Missouri · Nonprofit
STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE
STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE (Missouri) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,485,737 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,006,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Starkloff Disability Institute does
Mission
Building inclusion where we live, learn, work, and play through disability-led programs that advance economic opportunity and transform lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through the employer and community education program, the organization provides innovative solutions and educational tools to companies wishing to hire qualified people with disabilities and communities looking to ensure all of their members can participate fully. These include custom consulting opportunities and programs such as the starkloff disability employment summit to help expand public awareness and the universal design summit which provides education on how to build communities where all people can live, learn, work, and play. The organization's team has over 100 years of experience and leadership in the area of disability, and its methods have been tested and proven successful at numerous companies and organizations across st. Louis and beyond.
$668,458 spentof which $750 as grants$135,765 earned by the program63% of program spendingThe dream big program strives to empower college and technical school-bound youth with disabilities to raise their expectations for their own futures. The program aims to show students that they can do many things that their non-disabled peers can do, and they should not limit their career goals. By participating in dream big, students will gain the confidence to explore different career paths and an understanding of the steps necessary to successfully live independently as a person with a disability.
$206,068 spent$19,641 earned by the program19% of program spendingStarkloff career academy helps adults with disabilities gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the workplace. The 4-week foundations course helps people with disabilities looking for their first job gain the foundational knowledge, skills, and tools they need to start their career journey. The 8-week transitions course helps individuals who may be changing professions or responding to newly acquired disabilities successfully advance their careers. The monthly advancements course provides disabled professionals who want to become supervisors or take on leadership opportunities with mentoring, virtual lunch-and-learns with guest experts, and networking opportunities.
$119,724 spent11% of program spendingAccess u is a program designed to empower college students with disabilities to develop professional skills and successfully begin their careers. Through one-on-one meetings, workshops, and events, students acquire the skills to become competitive job seekers. Students can receive personalized assistance regarding developing a disability disclosure plan, creating competitive resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, building professional networks, and more. Students who complete the access u curriculum receive exclusive connections to sdi's corporate partners offering internship and career opportunities.
$63,398 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,057,648.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $4.3M (+249%).
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 1% · 2020 9% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Lori Becker
CEO
Board chair
Steve Degnan
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $45k → $344k.
9 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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
STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 36% · 2019 25% · 2020 23% · 2021 31% · 2022 24% · 2023 31% — 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
53% of STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
53% of STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.1M that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE?
- STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE (Missouri) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,485,737 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,006,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $4,485,737 in grants to STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $2,006,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE 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 53 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing