HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS
EIN 43-6048125 SAINT LOUIS, MO
- Revenue 2023
- $1,993,499
- Expenses 2023
- $2,012,342
Program services were 95.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 734 WEST PORT PLZ STE 273
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).
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS WAS FORMED TO ADVANCE COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES AMONG MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOLS, RELATED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA, TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, ARTISTIC, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS TO LOW INCOME PERSONS AND PRESENT A REPRESENTATIVE VOICE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA.
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA WITH ACADEMIC, CAREER, AND FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE. PRE-COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS TARGET MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, AS WELL AS ADULT LEARNERS IN PURSUIT OF A COLLEGE DEGREE. THE WHOLE FAMILY BENEFITS FROM THE VALUABLE OFFERINGS OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS TUTORING, PERSONAL INTEREST ASSESSMENTS, COLLEGE COMPARISIONS, STUDENT LOAN COUNCELING, FINANCIAL AID, SCHOLARSHIP AND ADMISSION APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, COLLEGE TOURS, ONE-ON-ONE EDUCATIONAL COUNSELING, COLLEGE AND CAREER MAPPING, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND ONGOING FOLLOW-UP, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY. THE ADULT BASED PROGRAM HELPS PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP REALISTIC, MEASUREABLE, AND ATTAINABLE GOALS PERTAINING TO BOTH THEIR SURVIVAL NEEDS AND THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 874 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND OVER 4,000 ADULTS ANNUALLY.
Expenses $1,921,835
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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Dr Aline PhillipsDR ALINE PHILLIPS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Brian McAulayDR BRIAN MCAULAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Laraine DavisLARAINE DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rochelle SmithROCHELLE SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Elizabeth Gassel PerkinsDR ELIZABETH GASSEL PERKINS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Feleecia Moore DavisFELEECIA MOORE DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Carol LupardasDR CAROL LUPARDAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Steven BerberichDR STEVEN BERBERICH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Kristine Callis-DuehlDR KRISTINE CALLIS-DUEHL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Peggy LentsPEGGY LENTS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Adrienne SharpADRIENNE SHARP
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Valerie PattonVALERIE PATTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Todd BasteanTODD BASTEAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Julie FickasDR JULIE FICKAS
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cassandra PinkstonCASSANDRA PINKSTON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $130,927
- From this org
- $112,797
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,130
- Hours/week
- 40
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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,993,499
- Expenses
- $2,012,342
- Contributions
- $1,984,826
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,819,407
- Expenses
- $1,818,956
- Contributions
- $1,816,170
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,975,547
- Expenses
- $1,984,219
- Assets (EOY)
- $535,454
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,140,485
- Expenses
- $2,084,354
- Assets (EOY)
- $611,368
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,860,288
- Expenses
- $1,862,276
- Assets (EOY)
- $542,100
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,790,518
- Expenses
- $1,823,474
- Assets (EOY)
- $344,841
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,849,785
- Expenses
- $1,916,043
- Assets (EOY)
- $375,173
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,870,953
- Expenses
- $2,064,056
- Assets (EOY)
- $537,285
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,268,616
- Expenses
- $2,422,361
- Assets (EOY)
- $674,282
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,607,408
- Expenses
- $2,861,376
- Assets (EOY)
- $882,712
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,820,406
- Expenses
- $2,336,190
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,082,007
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,398,313
- Assets (EOY)
- $549,036
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. 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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
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
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DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
501(C)(3) · IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH PLANT SCIENE · MO
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HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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501(C)(3) · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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501(C)(3) · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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501(C)(3) · TO DISCOVER & SHARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PLANTS & THEIR ENVIRONMENTS · MO
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ST LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT · IGNITE & SUSTAIN AN INTEREST IN LIFE-LONG SCIENCE & LEARNING · MO
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501(C)(3) · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST LOUIS
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT · HIGHER EDUCATION · MO
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501(C)(3) · SERVE AS THE CONFLUENCE OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES · MO
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GREATER ST LOUIS INC
501(C)(6) · PROMOTE THE ST. LOUIS REGION · MO
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 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.
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.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.