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MERS MISSOURI GOODWILL INDUSTRIES

EIN 43-0652657 SAINT LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2023
$247,495,406
Expenses 2023
$235,659,454

Program services were 94.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1200
Street
1727 LOCUST ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 3509), covering 2 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MICHAEL ISKIWITCH

    2ND VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDDA BERTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • GERALD KRETMAR

    VICE CHAIR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLIOT ZUCKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • GEORGE PHILIPS

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN HALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • BARRY GINSBURG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • ELIZABETH GREEN

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related

  • DORIAN HOBBS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • SCOTT HOWZE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • PAUL KRAVITZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • LOUIS LOEBNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • CARLA MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • HARRY MOPPINS JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related

  • DAVID PICKERILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • LYNN ROTHBARTH

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related

  • DAVID ROWAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • KENNETH SALKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related

  • CHISTOPHER TABOURNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JULIE ZUICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • MICHAEL TOWERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • JAY SUMMERVILLE

    DIRECTOR (TERM ENDED SEPT. 23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related

  • MARK O KAHRS

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $404,669
    From this org
    $353,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,209
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,044
    Bonus
    $100,500
    Other
    $9,916
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,009
    Filer's total
    $404,669

  • C DAWAYNE BARNETT

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $407,339
    From this org
    $366,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,126
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,528
    Bonus
    $100,500
    Other
    $7,185
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,926
    Filer's total
    $407,339

  • MARK R ARENS

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $562,484
    From this org
    $527,336
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,148
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $388,803
    Bonus
    $135,500
    Other
    $3,033
    Deferred
    $13,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,948
    Filer's total
    $562,484

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $247,495,406
    Expenses
    $235,659,454
    Contributions
    $121,569,003
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $224,423,747
    Expenses
    $212,642,458
    Contributions
    $115,635,573
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.