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GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL

GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$119k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$450k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Gladstone Economic Betterment Council does

Mission

Gladstone Economic Betterment Council (GEBC) was formed for the primary purpose of identifying human needs and creating and maintaining economic stability within the Gladstone, MO community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Amphitheater- Funded through private donations and organized fundraisers. Funds are used to support Theater in the Park. Two shows per season bring about 8,000 visitors to the Park.

    $27,398 spentof which $3,680 as grants
    24% of program spending

  2. The Gladstone community magazine is published twice a year and provided free to the community in order to inform the community of City-related events, classes, and City regulations. It offers a full Parks and Recreation guide that includes registration information for swim lessons, baseball, and volleyball as well as event planning, facility rental, and community space. Programs include both youth and adult leagues. The magazine also provides over 13,000 households with community and county contact phone numbers and websites.

    $45,794 spent
    40% of program spending

  3. The Mayor's Christmas Tree program is funded through private donations. Funds used to support the lighting event and proceeds provided to Northland area charities.

    $15,652 spentof which $14,077 as grants
    14% of program spending

  4. Under a public service agreement with the City of Gladstone, GEBC supports and provides a variety of services and programs throughout the year in the Gladstone and surrounding area. Programs include the Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum, Animal Control, Art Springs, Community Benches, Gladstone Legion Vet Memorial, Minor Home Repairs, Hobby Hill Park, the Gladstone Gators, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Shop with a Cop, and Beautification.

    $25,813 spentof which $13,175 as grants
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $114,657.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($168k) Expenses 100 ($130k) Net assets 100 ($509k)2018 Revenue 83 ($139k) Expenses 118 ($153k) Net assets 97 ($495k)2019 Revenue 69 ($116k) Expenses 136 ($176k) Net assets 85 ($435k)2020 Revenue 60 ($100k) Expenses 86 ($111k) Net assets 83 ($424k)2021 Revenue 62 ($103k) Expenses 113 ($146k) Net assets 75 ($381k)2022 Revenue 110 ($184k) Expenses 127 ($164k) Net assets 79 ($401k)2023 Revenue 87 ($146k) Expenses 77 ($100k) Net assets 88 ($447k)2024 Revenue 71 ($119k) Expenses 89 ($116k) Net assets 88 ($450k)
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Revenue (71)Expenses (89)Net assets (88)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $495k to $435k (−12%).

$509k
$495k
$435k
$424k
$381k
$401k
$447k
$450k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 39% · 2018 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$38k
’17
−$14k
’18
−$60k
’19
−$11k
’20
−$43k
’21
$20k
’22
$46k
’23
$3k
’24
39
months of
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.

Board chair

Amy Harlin

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

20172018
Listed1411
Joined·+7
No longer listed·10
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL’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.

Where its funders are

100% of GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

MO

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL's revenue fell 29% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL

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

Salem Area Community Betterment Associat73%Novinger Renewal Inc72%Salem Area Chamber of Commerce71%Grain Valley Economic Development Corp70%Gillioz Center for Arts & Entertainment70%Missouri Community Betterment Educational Fund Inc69%Midtown Neighborhood Opportunities Corp69%Good Samaritan Center of Excelsior Springs Association69%

Nationally

Salem Area Community Betterment Associat73%Gladstone Seniors Foundation72%Greenville Chamber of Commerce72%Glendora Community Coordinating Council72%Gladstone Education Foundation72%Gary Cares72%Groton Business Association Inc72%Novinger Renewal Inc72%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL?
GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL.
Who is the largest funder of GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL?
COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLADSTONE ECONOMIC BETTERMENT COUNCIL 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.

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 1 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