Missouri · Nonprofit
39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT
39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT (Missouri) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $485k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $400k
- Net assets
- $785k
What 39 North Agtech Innovation District does
Mission
39 North aims to be the agri-food tech/plant science hub that brings together people, resources, and facilities to grow St. Louis' economy and global reputation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support the startup and scaleup of early-stage companies and connect agtech and agri-food tech innovators with one another to help form connections and collaborations. 39 North hosted 21 events in 2024. Over 400 agtech innovators attended regular 39 North events at The Hub in 2024, representing more than 39 companies. 39 North expanded the resource section of its website to help provide additional resources for companies. In addition, as part of the office and lab graduation space study, 39 North identified the future needs of companies within the footprint to better accommodate needs.
$211,046 spent42% of program spendingAmplify and develop the local, national, and international agtech narrative to help inform and educate people about St. Louis' agtech leadership. 39 North gave a total of 25 tours in 2024 to over 300 individuals, many of whom were from outside of the St. Louis region and were considering relocating or increasing their economic activity in St. Louis. 39 North gave approximately 11 relavant talks and panels in 2024 to amplify the agtech narrative for St. Louis. In addition, 39 North attended 29 events outside of the district to amplify the narrative locally, nationally and internationally. Notably, 39 North hosted two notable and prestigious "platform" events at The Hub in 2024 that brought national and international audiences to St. Louis, many for the first time. The XPrize Agtech Brainstorming Event, brought 50 leading agtech experts and representatives from major corporations together to discuss the future of ag. The Association for Corporate Growth AgTech Investor Conference brought over 120 investors from across North America to 39 North to discuss agtech investment trends and meet local growing companies.
$211,045 spent42% of program spendingDeveloping the physical footprint of 39 North to create opportunities for early-stage agtech and agri-food tech companies to grow and scale. Opened The Hub at 39 North, a 10,000 sq/ft mixed-use co-working, meeting, and event space for growing agtech companies. In 2024 The Hub proved a successful tool in helping 39 North to develop the physical footprint of the district to benefit growing agtech companies. The Hub was used by companies for over 760 hours of meetings, events, and co-working in 2024, and 9 companies joined The Hub full time as members. In addition to The Hub, 39 North also developed the physical footprint of 39 North by completing two key studies for the future development of the district, one to identify the feasibility of lab and office graduation space within 39 North and in proximity to the Helix Center Incubator, and one to identify the existing conditions of the 600-acre footprint of 39 North to enable future development.
$77,582 spent$117,815 earned by the program16% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $499,673.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.7M (+64%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
91% of 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Emily Lohse-Busch
Executive Director
Board chair
Michael DeCamp
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT's revenue fell 60% between 2023 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT?
- 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT (Missouri) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $400,000 in grants to 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT?
- GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing