Missouri · Nonprofit
Be Well Cafe
Be Well Cafe (Missouri) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,813 to it, the largest being WILLIAM A KERR FOUNDATION ($537,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $312k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $723k
- Net assets
- $610k
What Be Well Cafe does
Mission
To empower, create opportunities & make a social impact.Serve as a platform for new and aspiring food purveyors, creative entrepreneurs and small business owners. We promote business development, small businesses, entrepreneurs, job training, community engagement, and food access
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Be Well Cafe is a farm-to-table cafe service with alternative style meals. It includes a coffee, smoothie and juice bar. Much of 2024 involved building renovations. By doing this, we are supporting local, independent, small businesses in the North St Louis area.
$52,454 spent36% of program spendingThe Culinary Incubator is designed to provide small food businesses, food truck operators, and restaurateurs with an affordable, certified kitchen space for food preparation and culinary training. Much of 2024 was devoted to building renovations to set up this incredible space. The Culinary Incubator includes culinary arts training, commercial equipment training, as well as workshops, classes and community events.
$51,815 spent36% of program spendingThe Be Well Farmers Market supports local, sustainable farmers, growers, artisans and wellness practitioners. We have fresh, locally grown produce, fruits, vegetables, eggs, bread and pastries. Be Well Farmers Market is located in a part of St. Louis that doesnt have nearby healthy grocery options available. The Farmers Market gives local residents access to healthy foods they otherwise would not have.
$25,269 spent17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$16,010 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $145,548.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $172k to $528k (+206%).
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: 2022 39% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of Be Well Cafe’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $182k.
From the IRS filings of Be Well Cafe’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
Be Well Cafe leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 49% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
81% of Be Well Cafe's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Be Well Cafe runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Be Well Cafe
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Be Well Cafe: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Be Well Cafe?
- Be Well Cafe (Missouri) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $722,813 to it, the largest being WILLIAM A KERR FOUNDATION ($537,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Be Well Cafe have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $722,813 in grants to Be Well Cafe, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Be Well Cafe?
- WILLIAM A KERR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $537,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Be Well Cafe 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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