Missouri · Public charity
Small Business Empowerment Center
The Small Business Empowerment Center (SBEC) is uniquely qualified to assist small businesses in the distressed areas of St. Louis County and St. Louis City. For 15 years the SBEC has worked in the Empowerment Zone (EZ) to help residents and entrepreneurs start and grow businesses in the urban core.
- $982k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $982,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $982,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Small Business Empowerment Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $515k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $982k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $515k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $7k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Empowerment Fund Cdfi | $1,482,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Prosperity Connection | $200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Special School District | $32,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Life Growing LLC | $16,776 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Union Construction Centerinc | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Friends of Jennings District Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Central Development Corporation | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
About Small Business Empowerment Center
- How much does Small Business Empowerment Center give?
- Small Business Empowerment Center reported 1 grants totaling $982,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Small Business Empowerment Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (96%), Education (2%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are Small Business Empowerment Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Small Business Empowerment Fund Cdfi ($1.5M), Prosperity Connection ($200k), Special School District ($33k).
- Does Small Business Empowerment Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Small Business Empowerment Center based?
- Small Business Empowerment Center is based in MO.
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