Saint Louis Sudbury School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364935871
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Specialized Education Institutions

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,662
Expenses
$138,271
Assets
$42,317

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Lin (President Board of Directors)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Lin (President Board of Directors)
  • Kathryn Belcher (Secretary Board of Directors)
  • Thomas Osborn (Treasurer Board of Directors)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Saint Louis Sudbury School offers self-directed education for ages 5-18. Our mission: "We believe that children are born with the drive and skills to create a meaningful and successful life and learn best when given the opportunity to initiate and develop learning on their own. Within a self-governing democracy our school community protects respects and trusts the autonomy of young people."

What it reported doing in 2024

A K-12 private microschool in St. Louis MO Saint Louis Sudbury School offers Self-Directed Education. Students have the time and space to pursue their interests develop lifelong communication and decision-making skills discover who they are connect with people of all ages explore ideas and help run the school community. Saint Louis Sudbury School prioritizes young peoples well-being self-awareness ability to connect with those around them happiness and agility to adapt and innovate in a changing world. Full-time and part-time enrollment options are available. Over half of students enrolled receive tuition assistance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.