Kipp St Louis: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 01-0916759)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$32.8M
FY2021	$42.8M
FY2022	$44.6M
FY2023	$58.9M
FY2024	$55.0M
FY2025	$52.0M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$31.8M
FY2021	$32.0M
FY2022	$42.8M
FY2023	$47.3M
FY2024	$47.8M
FY2025	$49.7M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$16.3M
FY2021	$27.0M
FY2022	$28.8M
FY2023	$40.3M
FY2024	$53.1M
FY2025	$55.5M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2010.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Part of a larger organization · Schedule R

Kipp St Louis files its own Form 990, but Schedule R discloses 3 related entities — figures on this page are for this EIN only, not the whole group.

The Fund for Kipp St Louis · Kipp St Louis Facilities Fund · Kipp Foundation · See Schedule R

Combined filings · FY2025 · 4 entities with data

Simple sum of each entity's Form 990 headline figures — not audited consolidated financials. This page's EIN is 26% of group revenue.

Group revenue

$198.3M

Group expenses

$157.8M

Group net assets

$215.4M

The Fund for Kipp St Louis · $843K rev · $10.4M net assets

Kipp St Louis Facilities Fund · $0 rev · −$3.8M net assets

Kipp Foundation · $145.5M rev · $153.3M net assets

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

83%

16%

Program services 83% · $41.2M Management & general 16% · $7.9M Fundraising 1% · $574K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Kelly Garrett

Executive Director

$254,633Pt VII · Sec A

Davonna Young

Vice President of HR & Tal

$195,448Pt VII · Sec A

Paul Fedchak

Chief Financial Officer

$175,711Pt VII · Sec A

Damien Myers

President of Academics

$169,739Pt VII · Sec A

Wesley Seaton

President of Operations

$167,217Pt VII · Sec A

Ashley Odham

Vice President of Staff

$161,005Pt VII · Sec A

Kari Kraichely

VP of Student Support Serv

$139,695Pt VII · Sec A

Dierre Littleton

Vice President of Equity

$126,258Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Kelly Garrett	$254,633	$248,603	$310,410	$248,000	$271,034	$245,504
Davonna Young	$195,448	$152,067	$140,004	$121,354	—	—
Paul Fedchak	$175,711	—	—	—	$163,380	—
Damien Myers	$169,739	—	—	—	—	—
Wesley Seaton	$167,217	—	—	—	—	—
Janelle Jenkins	—	—	—	$166,554	$144,031	—
Ashley Odham	$161,005	$129,749	$120,062	—	—	—
Jeremy Esposito	—	—	—	—	$159,180	$144,263

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates K-12 students to build character and academic skills for college success.

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1 program · $41.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024

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Kipp's primary program service is to develop, in all of our students, the strong knowledge, skills, and character traits necessary to succeed in high quality high schools, colleges, universities, and the competitive global world beyond.

$41.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

Regional Business CouncilFY2025$75K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$75K

Grants paid · 1 grant · $300K · 2019–2019

Kipp St Louis Facilities FundMO · FY2019$300,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$52.0M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$50.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M

Other incomeLn 4–11$150K

Money outPt IX

$49.7M

Ln 25

Programscol B$41.2M

Managementcol C$7.9M

Fundraisingcol D$574K

Owns and owesPt X

$55.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.2M

Total assetsLn 16$70.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$15.4M

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A11

Voting boardVI 1a8

IndependentVI 1b8

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$50.4M

Government grantsLn 1e$48.2M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$115K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$204K

Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M

Other incomeLn 4–11$150K

Total revenueLn 12$52.0M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$5.3M

SavingsLn 2$2.0M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.2M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$31.0M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18.6M

Other assetsLn 15$8.5M

Total assetsLn 16$70.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$15.4M

Net assetsLn 32$55.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5445

VolunteersI 650

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$11.1M	$7.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$23.8M	$31.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$18.3M	$18.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$69.2M	$70.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$16.0M	$15.4M
Net assetsLn 32	$53.1M	$55.5M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.6M	$1.2M	$374K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$18.3M	$15.5M	$2.7M	$179K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$2.2M	$1.9M	$347K	$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2.9M	$2.5M	$345K	$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.5M	$1.2M	$211K	$15K
Legal feesLn 11b	$230K		$227K	$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$57K		$57K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$4.2M	$2.2M	$1.8M	$124K
OccupancyLn 16	$5.9M	$5.5M	$344K
InterestLn 20	$405K	$328K	$69K	$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.8M	$1.5M	$312K	$37K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$10.2M	$9.2M	$1.1M	−$46K
All other expensesLn 24e	$354K	$136K	$36	$219K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$49.7M	$41.2M	$7.9M	$574K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$52.0M	$49.7M	$2.3M	$55.5M	990 PDF
FY2024	$55.0M	$47.8M	$7.1M	$53.1M	990 PDF
FY2023	$58.9M	$47.3M	$11.5M	$40.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$44.6M	$42.8M	$1.7M	$28.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$42.8M	$32.0M	$10.7M	$27.0M	990 PDF
FY2020	$32.8M	$31.8M	$1.0M	$16.3M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $51,954,944 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $53,214,802$50,440,810

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,025,574$1,363,892

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $754,858$150,242

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $54,995,234$51,954,944

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $25,755,081$26,529,200

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $22,090,448$23,151,558

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $47,845,529$49,680,758

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,149,705$2,274,186

Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8

VI-1b Independent voting members8

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $51,954,944 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$204,412

VIII-1d Related organizations$1,085,046

VIII-1e Government grants$48,220,567

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$930,785

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$115,181

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$50,440,810

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,363,892$1,363,892

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$31,996−$31,996

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $182,238$182,238

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $182,238 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,331,896$51,954,944

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $49,680,758 across 13 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,229,794 · Management $373,941$1,603,735

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $15,464,545 · Management $2,701,288 · Fundraising $179,280$18,345,113

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,876,481 · Management $347,200 · Fundraising $15,495$2,239,176

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,515,718 · Management $345,118 · Fundraising $19,402$2,880,238

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,235,183 · Management $211,075 · Fundraising $14,680$1,460,938

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $226,835 · Fundraising $3,220$230,055

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $57,300$57,300

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,216,318 · Management $1,822,359 · Fundraising $124,292$4,162,969

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,539,963 · Management $344,078$5,884,041

IX-20 InterestPrograms $328,280 · Management $68,898 · Fundraising $8,106$405,284

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,486,978 · Management $312,082 · Fundraising $36,716$1,835,776

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,201,827 · Management $1,065,578 · Fundraising −$45,618$10,221,787

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $135,768 · Management $36 · Fundraising $218,542$354,346

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $41,230,855 · Management $7,875,788 · Fundraising $574,115$49,680,758

Part X · Balance sheet $70,912,356 assets, 15 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $5,462,600; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $10,794,485$5,266,409

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $285,129$1,979,382

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,951,623$36,000

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $18,271,053$18,635,935

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $23,753,519$31,020,009

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,512,021$8,512,021

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $69,162,018$70,912,356

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,593,692$2,497,929

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $597,346$561,274

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,500$1,500

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,028,161$15,408,156

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $50,801,810$53,225,622

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,332,047$2,278,578

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $53,133,857$55,504,200

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $69,162,018$70,912,356

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $55,504,200 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$51,954,944

XI-2 Total expenses$49,680,758

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,274,186

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$53,133,857

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$96,157

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$55,504,200

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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