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THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST

EIN 82-1838644 ST LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2024
$21,580,942
Expenses 2024
$21,538,891

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B19
Classification
1000
Street
5501 DELMAR BLVD SUITE A300

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).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BISHOP MICHAEL JONES SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN LEMKEMEIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC SCROGGINS

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $441,418
    From this org
    $428,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,012
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,406
    Bonus
    $85,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,012
    Filer's total
    $441,418

  • JOHN W KEMPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA PENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH WILLIAMSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CINDY BRINKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEMINA BERNARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSE DIXON

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $234,249
    From this org
    $220,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,475
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,497
    Bonus
    $14,277
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,475
    Filer's total
    $234,249

  • AYANNA BANKS

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $145,064
    From this org
    $137,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,763
    Hours/week
    50

  • RACHEL DONNICE POWERS

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $180,938
    From this org
    $175,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,145
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,793
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,145
    Filer's total
    $180,938

  • TANESIA LASHAY SIMMONS

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $189,657
    From this org
    $174,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,316
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,341
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,316
    Filer's total
    $189,657

  • BRANDI CHIN

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $215,308
    From this org
    $196,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,018
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,290
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,018
    Filer's total
    $215,308

  • ANTONIO PACIFICO

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $161,477
    From this org
    $145,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,400
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,400
    Filer's total
    $161,477

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $21,580,942
    Expenses
    $21,538,891
    Contributions
    $21,242,340
    Grants paid
    $12,889,499
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,600,936
    Expenses
    $14,089,865
    Contributions
    $12,325,965
    Grants paid
    $5,934,504
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,021,553
    Expenses
    $12,750,091
    Contributions
    $13,957,608
    Grants paid
    $5,151,838

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

  • BELIEVE SCHOOLS

    $1,488,050

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS

    $1,307,077

    2024 EXISTING SCHOOL EXPANSION

  • KAIROS ACADEMIES

    $1,265,207

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

    $991,848

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ST LOUIS VOICES ACADEMY

    $842,131

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $819,270

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • FRIENDLY ACADEMY

    $746,607

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL

    $740,000

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ST LOUIS VOICES ACADEMY

    $732,175

    2023 NEW SCHOOLS

  • PREMIER CHARTER SCHOOL

    $714,750

    2024 EXISTING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 PC.

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.