Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
22 people listed on the 990-EZ; $125K paid to officers and key staff.
Mary Quandt’s $88K as Executive Director (from July 1, 2025) is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 157 $100K–1M social science 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Weiss | $46,385 | $90,000 | $74,375 | $65,000 | — | — |
| Mary Quandt | $88,175 | $73,600 | $29,665 | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth G Weiss | — | — | — | — | $65,000 | $65,000 |
| Finola Prendergast | — | — | $28,923 | $59,583 | — | $50,000 |
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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Programs and updates
Develops community solutions for healthy, dignified, and productive lives for all Missourians.
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The Prison Reform
The prison reform program worked to ensure all women in missouri's jails and prisons have access to quality free menstrual products. Missouri appleseed used its own primary research to show a relationship between women who are forced to make homemade products and women who develop infections.
Public Health
The public health program has helped in educating lawyers, judges, and the general public about how current scientific research relates to how juveniles are treated in both missouri family and criminal courts.
The Criminal Justice Reform
The criminal justice program has researched and educated the public and policy makers about the value of keeping justice-involved parents in the community as opposed to incarceration. Missouri appleseed authored two documents on the research related to keeping families together.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $288K | $353K | −$65K | $56K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $277K | $307K | −$31K | $146K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $272K | $268K | $4K | $177K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $195K | $172K | 990 PDF | ||
| FY2021 | $289K | $182K | $107K | $196K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $181K | $88K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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