Missouri · Nonprofit
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,758 to it, the largest being JORDAN MARY R & ETTIE A CHARITABLE ($61,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $655k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $214k
- Net assets
- $10M
What Academy of Science of St Louis does
Mission
To promote the advancement of science and encourage public interest in and understanding of the sciences. Since 1856, the Academy of Science of St Louis has been a leader in the advancement and integration of science technology into contemporary society. Academy resources are entirely mission focused on expanded scientific outreach, education, resource sharing, and the recognition of scientific accomplishment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Academy of Science St Louis Science Fair. For more than 60 years, the Science Fair has been an amazing catalyst for students in kindergarten through high school. Under the leadership of the Academy, hundreds of educators, scientists, and science advocates work year round to bring science inquiry to life for students in the St Louis area. The Academy utilizes the services of hundreds of volunteers in areas such as judging projects and overall fair leadership. School districts select their top student projects and submit them to the fair. In 2023, nearly 600 students in public, private, parochial, and home-school students from 73 schools submitted projects representing the top 3% of science projects in the St Louis regions. Top winners receive scholarships and other educational awards.
$205,894 spent36% of program spendingSpeakers for Science program. The Speakers for Science Series provides scientists and professionals who speak on engineering, science, and technology related topics to area civic groups, community organizations and schools. Each year, thousands of students and life-long learners are inspired, enlightened and enthralled by unique opportunities to connect with scientists through live forums. Volunteer speakers present topics as varied as plant science, archaeology, genetics, DNA, and unmanned spacecraft. Each year brings requests for experts on newly emerging areas of science or topical issues generating public interest. In 2023, the Academy sponsored more than 30 Public Science Seminars attended by adults, students, educators, and the general public.
$149,277 spent26% of program spendingSTEM Programs. The Academy collaborates with school districts to present career explorations and science career forums for the critical middle-school age groups. The STEM Careers Explorations programs include Future Trek and Greening Your Future. The Junior Academy of Science program is for middle and high school students from public, private, and home schools across the regions where they can experience hands-on opportunities in science, engineering, and medicine. Corporations, science organizations, and universities open their labs and research areas to these teens at a critical time...when they are laying the science and technology paths for their future. Through these experiences, Junior Academy members realize the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to discovery and a strong early grounding in math and science. Recognizing that each child has potential, Junior Academy membership is open and available to all middle and high school students in the area and offers challenging and engaging science opportunities and competitions for a full range of academic levels. Teen Science Cafe. At the Science Cafes teens have the opportunity to interact with science professionals in…
$168,895 spent30% of program spendingSince its inception, the Academy has promoted the recognition of impressive scientists in the St Louis area. This tradition continues with the Academy Fellows induction and Annual Outstanding St Louis Scientists Awards. The Fellows of the Academy is a prestigious association of St Louis scientists and engineers of national reputation. The Fellows organization creates opportunities to tap into the wealth of science and technology resources in our area for recommendations and insight. Many Academy Fellows are recipients of an Outstanding St Louis Scientist Award.
$48,340 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $572,406.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $9.4M (−19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 35% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 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
Mary E Burke
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $44k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS’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
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 54% · 2021 53% · 2022 45% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS?
- ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,758 to it, the largest being JORDAN MARY R & ETTIE A CHARITABLE ($61,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $213,758 in grants to ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS?
- JORDAN MARY R & ETTIE A CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $61,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OF ST LOUIS 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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