Missouri · Nonprofit
Living With Purpose Inc
Living With Purpose Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $529,840 to it, the largest being AREA RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES ($529,840). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $530k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Living With Purpose Inc does
Mission
Metropolitan st. Louis metropolitan area. Living w2ith purpose shall provide relief to the poor,distressed and underprivileged populations by offering programs and/or services.to improve the social civic and economic existence of underserved populations within the greater
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The community department has increased their outreach efforts in the underserved communities and have been servicing 200 plus participants a week. They have been providing individuals with harm reduction supplies, first aid kits, hygiene kits, food, general resources, and connecting them with our partner organizations if needed.
$2,711,061 spent$4,313,861 earned by the program93% of program spendingLWP was granted another year of grant funding for the WEEP (ARCHS) program to be able to support individuals and their families that are utilizing TANF resources through the State of Missouri.
$203,050 spent7% of program spendingThe HR Department has improved their streamlining processes for training and onboarding employees. They have more effective digital systems that alert them of any upcoming expirations or changes. The HR department has also brought on another HR assistant to support in the HR roles and responsibilities.
$10,500 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,924,611.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $1.8M to $3.2M (+77%).
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: 2018 93% · 2019 97% · 2020 95% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of Living With Purpose Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Calvin Garner
CEO
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.
From the IRS filings of Living With Purpose Inc’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 Living With Purpose Inc's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
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
Living With Purpose Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Living With Purpose Inc
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Living With Purpose Inc: 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 Living With Purpose Inc?
- Living With Purpose Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $529,840 to it, the largest being AREA RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES ($529,840). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Living With Purpose Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $529,840 in grants to Living With Purpose Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Living With Purpose Inc?
- AREA RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES is the largest funder on record, with $529,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Living With Purpose Inc 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 2018–2024), 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