Missouri · Nonprofit
THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL
THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,540 to it, the largest being EDWARD JONES FOUNDATION ($1,003,242). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $0
What The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council does
Mission
See schedule o.the greater st. Louis arts and education council (the arts and education council or the council) was the st. Louis region's only united arts fund that pooled together donations from individuals, foundations and corporations to invest in people, organizations and programs that supported art happening across the st. Louis bi-state region. Since its founding in 1963, the council has raised and distributed more than $100 million for the arts and arts education in the st. Louis region community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Allocations and grantsoperating grants provide unrestricted support to arts organizations whose programming supports the council's goal to drive community impact by promoting the elements of a vibrant community. Operating support is categorized into three levels based on the budget size of an organization.
$63,900 spentof which $63,900 as grants63% of program spendingSee schedule o.includes indirect expenditures which are necessary to maintain the council's support of the arts and provide arts-related information to the public. These include the council's quarterly produced happenings newsletter, a weekly e-blast which promotes upcoming arts programs and events including free arts programs for the community. The council's website promotes the council and its programs. The council annually produces the st. Louis arts awards, the area's highly anticipated and preeminent event honoring individuals, organizations and businesses who achieve a legacy of artistic excellence and enrich st. Louis' arts and cultural community. Since 1992, the arts awards have honored more than 190 individuals, organizations and businesses who have contributed to the vibrancy of our community. The annual event celebrates and connects our arts community, further strengthening awareness and appreciation.
$30,772 spent30% of program spendingThe council provides high quality administrative, rehearsal, collaborative event and exhibition spaces in the centene center for the arts (the center), a unique arts incubator located in the grand center arts district. The council provides an information technology network, telephone and internet services, and various other occupancy-related costs to the tenants of the center at a rate substantially below the actual costs incurred for such items and services by the council.
$6,671 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,343.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $947k (−61%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Jessiree Jenkins
Interim exec director to 4/24
Board chair
Chris Dornfeld
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 21 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $445k → $67k.
7 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 16% · 2019 21% · 2020 61% · 2021 60% · 2022 36% · 2023 32% — 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
52% of THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL'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
99% of THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $416k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
19% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL?
- THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,181,540 to it, the largest being EDWARD JONES FOUNDATION ($1,003,242). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $2,181,540 in grants to THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL?
- EDWARD JONES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,003,242 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION 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 41 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