St Louis Poetry Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 436048105
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3146358105
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,376
- Expenses
- $105,571
- Assets
- $24,921
- Liabilities
- $425
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ted Mathys (Past President)
- Jennifer Goldring (President)
- Erin Quick (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Ted Mathys (Past President)
- Amanda Wells (Treasurer)
- Jennifer Goldring (President)
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
Promote the creation and enjoyment of poetry
What it reported doing in 2024
Promoted the creation and enjoyment of poetry by holding workshops in which published poets critique poems submitted by local writers, sponsored readings with published poets, held poetry contests, and provided poetry writing classes and programs for children. All activities held in-person with virtual options available to those who needed it.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.