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Saint Charles Oktoberfest at a glance

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Saint Charles Oktoberfest

Saint Charles Oktoberfest is dedicated to hosting an authentic style festival each year to showcase the german heritage in the saint louis region and midwest through cultural, culinary, historical, and entertainment displays.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$141kRecreation & Sports$120kPublic Benefit$94kHuman Services$62kCommunity Improvement$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $175,753, the rows itemized in this filing. The $216,228 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,475 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $151k
$13,110
Median grant
1
States reached
$859k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION$44,635
SCB FOREVER INC$21,745
DUCHESNE ATHLETIC BOOSTER INC$19,582
CSTL BOOSTER CLUB$15,070
ST DOMINIC HIGH SCHOOL$13,440
ST CHARLES WEST HIGH SCHOOL$13,110
MISSOURI JAYCEES - ST CHARLES 059$12,471
MIDLAND FOUNDATION FOR AMATEUR BASEBALL INC$10,451
COTTLEVILLE WELDON SPRING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$9,471
SAINT PETERS HOCKEY CLUB$7,958
DISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION$7,820
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 4%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 4%ST CHARLES AREA SCHOOLS: $72k → 5%FIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB: $50k → 5%FIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $45k → 5%ST CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL: $22k → 5%DUCHESNE ATHLETIC BOOSTER INC: $20k → 5%MISSOURI JAYCEES - ST CHARLES 059: $12k → 5%ST CHARLES YOUTH SPORTS: $46k → 5%CSTL BOOSTER CLUB: $15k → 5%COTTLEVILLE WELDON SPRING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $9k → 5%SAINT PETERS HOCKEY CLUB: $8k → 5%DISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $8k → 5%ST DOMINIC HIGH SCHOOL: $13k → 5%MIDLAND FOUNDATION FOR AMATEUR BASEBALL INC: $10k → 5%OTHER ST CHARLES CHARITIES: $62k → 5%SCB FOREVER INC: $22k → 5%ST CHARLES JAYCEES: $16k → 5%ST CHARLES WEST HIGH SCHOOL: $13k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Starmount High School Athletic Boosters Club
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2
Culbertson Booster Club

Raise funds to aid in the athletic programs at the culbertson school

Education
3
St Charles North H S Boosters Club

Support students coaches and athletic needs

Education
4
Cardinal Athletic Boosters
Education
5
Cardinal Baseball Club Inc

Fundraiser and volunteer support for SCHS Baseball

Recreation & Sports
6
Dulaney High School Sports Boosters Club Inc

Support student athletes and sports teams

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7
Stoughton Sports Boostersinc

Support Stoughton High School Atthletic teams and facilites

Education
8
Canyon Lake High School Athletic Booster Club

Support student athletics

Education
9
Standley Lake Athletic Boosters Inc

To support all athletic and clubs at Standley Lake High School.

Recreation & Sports
10
Hallsvile Athletic Boosters

To support all athletic programs in the Hallsville Missouri Middle and High Schools

Community Improvement
11
Cardington Lincoln Athletic Boosters

The organization raises money to help students of the cardington lincoln school district play sports. the booster rasies that money through fundraisers and the concession stand at sporting events.

Recreation & Sports
12
Chaparral High School Boys Basketball Booster Club

Chaparral High School Boy's Basketball Booster Club is organized to support the athletes, parents, coaches, and administrative staff of The Chaparral High School Boys Basketball program by raising funds, conducting events, and recruiting…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midland Foundation for Amateur Baseball Inc; the most unlike its peers is Scb Forever Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST CHARLES AREA SCHOOLS: $71,768 · OtherST CHARLES AREA SCHOOLSOTHER ST CHARLES CHARITIES: $62,097 · OtherOTHER ST CHARLES CHARITIESFIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB: $49,834 · OtherFIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUBST CHARLES YOUTH SPORTS: $46,430 · OtherST CHARLES YOUTH SPORTSST CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL: $22,019 · OtherST CHARLES HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $15,798 · OtherST DOMINIC HIGH SCHOOL: $13,440 · OtherCity of St Charles School District: $13,110 · OtherMISSOURI JAYCEES-SAINT CHARLES 059: $12,471 · OtherSCB FOREVER INC: $21,745 · EducationSCB FOREVER IN…Duchesne Athletic Boosters Inc: $19,582 · EducationDuchesne Athle…Cstl Booster Club: $15,070 · EducationCstl Booster C…FIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $44,635 · Community ImprovementFIRST CAPITOL…COTTLEVILLE WELDON SPRING CHAMBER: $9,471 · Community ImprovementCOTTLEVILLE W…MIDLAND FOUNDATION FOR AMATEUR BASEBALL INC: $10,451 · Recreation & SportsST PETERS HOCKEY CLUB: $7,958 · Recreation & SportsDISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $7,820 · Recreation & Sports
Other$306,967Education$56,397Community Improvement$54,106Recreation & Sports$26,229

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIRST CAPITOL LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION: $44,635 over 1y, 32% of budgetSCB FOREVER INC: $21,745 over 1y, 82% of budgetDuchesne Athletic Boosters Inc: $19,582 over 1y, 27% of budgetCstl Booster Club: $15,070 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetMISSOURI JAYCEES-SAINT CHARLES 059: $12,471 over 1y, 59% of budgetMIDLAND FOUNDATION FOR AMATEUR BASEBALL INC: $10,451 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCOTTLEVILLE WELDON SPRING CHAMBER: $9,471 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetST PETERS HOCKEY CLUB: $7,958 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDISABLED ATHLETE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $7,820 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Saint Charles Oktoberfest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saint Charles Oktoberfest. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Saint Charles Oktoberfest?

    Find your warmest path to Saint Charles Oktoberfest through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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