Missouri · Nonprofit
Missouri Council for a Better Economy
Missouri Council for a Better Economy (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,454 to it, the largest being Missourians for a Better Economy ($21,354). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $75k
What Missouri Council for a Better Economy does
Mission
To educate the public regarding public policy concepts that are related to improving missouri's economic growth through reforms in public education, local and state tax policies, and related issues.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
In 2018, the Missouri Council for a Better Economy ran one large project branded as better together. The work included research and published reports on the efficacy of local government in st. Louis city and st. Louis county. In those reports, better together looked at four questions: 1. How is the particular service delivered today and at what cost? 2. What is considered to be "best practices" in this service area? 3. How does st. Louis's performance compare to best practices? 4. How can st. Louis improve its performance? Research and reports issued in 2018 included analysis of various policies and budgets for the 90 local governments in st. Louis city and county. All research has a strong public-comment component. In 2018, better together researchers conducted various meetings. These meetings included individual meetings with opinion-makers or leaders and many public meetings with audiences of 100 or more. Copies of all reports and the raw data that was collected to create the reports is available at www.bettertogetherstl.com.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $71k to $75k (+6%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $31k.
1 of 3 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 Missouri Council for a Better Economy’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
Missouri Council for a Better Economy leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 Missouri Council for a Better Economy.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 68% — 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
100% of Missouri Council for a Better Economy's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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.
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In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
28%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Missouri Council for a Better Economy: 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 Missouri Council for a Better Economy?
- Missouri Council for a Better Economy (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,454 to it, the largest being Missourians for a Better Economy ($21,354). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Missouri Council for a Better Economy have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,454 in grants to Missouri Council for a Better Economy.
- Who is the largest funder of Missouri Council for a Better Economy?
- Missourians for a Better Economy is the largest funder on record, with $21,354 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Missouri Council for a Better Economy 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 3 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