Springboard to Learning INC FY2024 filing

Tax-deductible

Saint Louis, MO501(c)(3)Civil Rights & AdvocacyEIN 43-1202003Revenue $1.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSspringboardstl.org8050 Watson Rd Ste 190, 63119-5387 · Saint Louis, MOTax-exempt since Dec 1980Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Springboard to Learning develops children's ability to think critically, create, collaborate and communicate. Our programs directly support school curriculum and are designed to ignite a passion for Learning.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$103K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $140K a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$103K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$137K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+75% vs prior year
Spent
$932K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▲ +75%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$934K
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$703K
FY2023$662K
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$882K
Expenses
$932K
FY2024▲ +11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$816K
FY2021$709K
FY2022$857K
FY2023$838K
FY2024$932K
FY2025$979K
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$3.0M
FY2025$3.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1980.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $642K Management & general 15% · $144K Fundraising 16% · $146K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $103K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$102,953Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cathy Hartmann’s $108K as Executive Director is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1031 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Cathy Hartmann$108,101$102,953$98,067$94,000$88,007$89,700

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

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

Programs and updates

Develops children's critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills.

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3 programs · $642K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Signature programs, proprietary to springboard, are eight to ten session residencies, many created in partnership with the university of mo ST. Louis; align with missouri learning standards; include measurable learning objectives; build 21ST century skills; offer authentic, realworld learning opportunities; provide autonomy, fostering…

$258Kprogram expense
02

Teaching artist created programs are proprietary to individual teaching artists, targeting elementary through middle school students. Programs are based on the artistic discipline of the teaching artist and vary from performing and visual arts, dance, music, puppetry, storytelling and design thinking.

$249Kprogram expense
03

Wolf trap institute for early learning through the arts is a program springboard to learning delivers, focusing on early childhood education, six weeks through six years. The wolf trap model has two aspects: baby artsplay focused on children six weeks - 3 years and wolf trap literacy and stem focused on children 4 - 6 years.

$134Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$545K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$472K
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Money outPt IX
$932K
Ln 25
Programscol B$642K
Managementcol C$144K
Fundraisingcol D$146K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$184K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$137K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$545K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$17K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$44K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$472K
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Other incomeLn 4–11$14K
Gains on assetsLn 7$60K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$184K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$184K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K
Other assetsLn 15$34K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$137K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 664
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$107K$184K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K$17K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$199K$137K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$108K$74K$6K$27K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$300K$207K$17K$76K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$25K$839$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$20K$2K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$88K$88K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$17K$52
Information technologyLn 14$10K$2K$310$8K
OccupancyLn 16$80K$51K$10K$20K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$25$257
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$1K$870
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K$507
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$245K$235K$10K$858
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$160$1K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$932K$642K$144K$146K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $882K$979K−$97K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $1.2M$932K$223K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $662K$838K−$176K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $703K$857K−$154K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$709K$926K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $934K$816K$118K$1.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,154,878 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $356,941$545,411
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $300,333$472,216
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$7,646$123,333
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,070$13,918
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $661,698$1,154,878
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 $385,883$466,849
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $451,872$465,253
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $837,755$932,102
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$176,057$222,776
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,154,878 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$44,428
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$500,983
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$17,009
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$545,411
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $472,216$472,216
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $63,440$63,440
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $59,893$59,893
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $13,918$13,918
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $472,216 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $137,251$1,154,878
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $932,102 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $74,192 · Management $6,262 · Fundraising $27,211$107,665
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $206,552 · Management $17,432 · Fundraising $75,757$299,741
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,837 · Management $839 · Fundraising $4,755$30,431
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,101 · Management $1,586 · Fundraising $7,325$29,012
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $88,130$88,130
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,692 · Fundraising $52$16,744
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,481 · Management $310 · Fundraising $7,623$10,414
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $50,966 · Management $9,500 · Fundraising $19,951$80,417
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,185 · Management $25 · Fundraising $257$4,467
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,306 · Management $870$2,176
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,576$7,576
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,779 · Management $507$6,286
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $234,528 · Management $9,813 · Fundraising $858$245,199
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $160 · Management $1,314 · Fundraising $2,370$3,844
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $641,779 · Management $144,164 · Fundraising $146,159$932,102
Part X · Balance sheet $3,157,124 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $107,489$184,122
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $86,690$116,402
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,523$25,762
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,271$16,802
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,446,844$2,780,243
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $89,692$33,793
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,761,509$3,157,124
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $104,460$89,583
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,688$13,854
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $90,310$34,020
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $199,458$137,457
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,513,597$2,961,483
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $48,454$58,184
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,562,051$3,019,667
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,761,509$3,157,124
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,019,667 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,154,878
XI-2 Total expenses$932,102
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$222,776
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,562,051
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$234,840
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,019,667

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