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St. Louis disease-focused nonprofits

There are 232 medical disease and disorder focused nonprofits in the greater St. Louis metro area, including the cities of St. Louis and St. Charles. Combined, these St. Louis metro disease-focused nonprofits employ 1,853 people, earn more than $150 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $241 million.
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Types of disease-focused nonprofits in St. Louis

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Cancer nonprofits
 
55
 
$21,889,939
Organizations focused on specific diseases
 
53
 
$59,880,685
Organ disease nonprofits
 
26
 
$18,391,266
Organizations supporting multiple disease or disorder focused nonprofits
 
24
 
$322,181
Autism awareness organizations
 
21
 
$33,035,619
Medical specialty organizations
 
15
 
$11,609,990
Genetic disorder and birth defect organizations
 
14
 
$26,802,959
Arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy organizations
 
14
 
$5,793,531
HIV / AIDS focused organizations
 
9
 
$19,185,264
Disease and disorder focused alliances and advocates
 
7
 
$0
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Job trends for St. Louis disease-focused nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
41
1-10
 
28
11-25
 
8
26-100
 
9
101 to 1,000
 
5
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of disease-focused nonprofits in St. Louis

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
72
$250k to $1M
 
26
$1M to $5M
 
24
$5M to $25M
 
7
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of disease-focused nonprofits in St. Louis

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Children's Cancer Assistance Fund (NCCS)

The National Children's Cancer Society (NCCS) provides emotional, financial and educational support to children with cancer, their families and survivors.
Revenue
$8.3m
Assets
$6.8m
Employees
19
EIN
37-1227890
IRS type
501(c)(3)

UCP Heartland

To provide the highest quality programs, services and supports while advancing the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people living with disabilities.
Revenue
$19.8m
Assets
$29.6m
Employees
518
EIN
44-0579903
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Doorways

Doorways provides comprehensive housing and supportive services to meet the diverse needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in St. Louis.
Revenue
$16.1m
Assets
$22.7m
Employees
137
EIN
43-1484279
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Judevine Center for Autism

To make a real difference in the quality of life of children and adults with autism, and their families, wherever they may live.
Revenue
$15.0m
Assets
$10.0m
Employees
296
EIN
27-0445486
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Illinois Center for Autism (ICA)

The mission of Illinois Center for Autism is to educate and serve children and adults with autism to help them achieve their highest level of independence in their home, school and community.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$3.6m
Employees
151
EIN
37-1023452
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American College of Lifestyle Medicine

ACLM advances lifestyle medicine and education to prevent, treat and reverse chronic diseases, with over 7,000 members.
Revenue
$9.6m
Assets
$5.0m
Employees
43
EIN
32-0208451
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Autism Education (CAE)

To assure that every child, family, and adult we serve is provided the highest quality training in functional skills and behavior intervention in a respectful, positive, and safe learning environment.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$7.1m
Employees
160
EIN
68-0501030
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois

The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois serves 37 counties in Southern Illinois with locations in Belleville and Mount Vernon.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$2.3m
Employees
52
EIN
51-0225010
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation

The Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation promotes eye health access, supports optometrists, and offers programs like InfantSEE and Golden Opportunity Awards.
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$4.3m
Employees
0
EIN
23-7292391
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cerebral Palsy of Southwestern Illinois

Provides services to promote independent living for individuals with cerebral palsy and similar disabilities through community living arrangements and at-home programs.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
56
EIN
37-0995954
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Erise Williams and Associates

Erise Williams and Associates provides health services to minorities in St. Louis with a focus on HIV/AIDS prevention and counseling.
Revenue
$2.4m
Assets
$2.1m
Employees
0
EIN
48-1294200
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation

DEAF empowers the Deaf community by raising awareness, building communication access and providing one-on-one support in Saint Louis.
Revenue
$2.6m
Assets
$2.2m
Employees
20
EIN
26-2617721
IRS type
501(c)(3)

DGCkids

Delta Gamma Center provides specialized services and support to help visually impaired children reach their full potential and aid their families.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$8.1m
Employees
30
EIN
43-0725282
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vision For Children at Risk

VCR improves well-being of at-risk children in St. Louis through information sharing, collaboration, and advocacy.
Revenue
$3.2m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
19
EIN
43-1853499
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Gateway To Hope

Gateway To Hope removes barriers to affordable, timely, quality breast healthcare and empowers people to live full and healthy lives.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
21
EIN
20-2737792
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Greater St Louis Dental Society

Promotes dental education through conventions, exhibits, and seminars focused on the latest advances and techniques. Based in St Louis, MO.
Revenue
$1.3m
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
5
EIN
43-0494640
IRS type
501(c)(6)

The Foundation for Aair

Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America St Louis Chapter serves those affected with education, support, and resources. Includes breath program for children.
Revenue
$2.8m
Assets
$1.5m
Employees
4
EIN
43-1484316
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of Kids with Cancer

Friends of Kids with Cancer enriches the lives of children with cancer through educational, emotional, and recreational support, fostering joy and resilience.
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$8.7m
Employees
10
EIN
43-1614563
IRS type
501(c)(3)

St Louis Peregrine Society

St Louis Peregrine Society assists needy cancer patients in the community, providing education and patient services in St. Louis, MO.
Revenue
$1.9m
Assets
$11.6m
Employees
3
EIN
43-0662496
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation

Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation supports heart families and transforms pediatric heart care with their Take Heart initiative and Ollies' Branch program.
Revenue
$1.6m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
15
EIN
47-5288776
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "G00: Disease, Disorders, Medical Disciplines: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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