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EIN 51-0182614 SAINT LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2023
$5,586,483
Expenses 2023
$4,098,212

Program services were 70.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P300
Classification
1200
Street
5257 SHAW AVE STE 202

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 3143), covering 13 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.

All 13 subordinates →

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.

  • Kristin Ostby

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $260,307
    From this org
    $227,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,422
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,885
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,422
    Filer's total
    $260,307

  • Brian Hipp

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $164,029
    From this org
    $136,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,161
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,868
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,161
    Filer's total
    $164,029

  • Melanie Burden

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $150,882
    From this org
    $124,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,172
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,172
    Filer's total
    $150,882

  • William Fronczak

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $150,495
    From this org
    $129,421
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,421
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,074
    Filer's total
    $150,495

  • Judith Horrell

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $103,158
    From this org
    $92,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,338
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $92,820
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,338
    Filer's total
    $103,158

  • Billie M Sakach

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $74,151
    From this org
    $70,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,055
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anja Schmelter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Davis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Growe

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Clarence Lee

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Anderson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristin Embury

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Scruggs

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Taylor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Wunderlich

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Koenig

    Emeritus Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anissa Gilbert

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Flavin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Wilhelm

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike de Graffenried

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Giss

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Paul Minorini

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Sheridan

    Emeritus Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Lloyd

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Sprague

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $5,586,483
    Expenses
    $4,098,212
    Contributions
    $4,721,254
    Grants paid
    $446,752
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,265,904
    Expenses
    $3,790,945
    Contributions
    $2,568,379
    Grants paid
    $500,786

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.

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.