St. Louis area nonprofits
There are 22,915 organizations in the greater St. Louis metro area, including the cities of St. Louis and St. Charles. Combined, these St. Louis metro nonprofits employ 476,574 people, earn more than $77 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $163 billion.
Job trends for St. Louis nonprofits
| Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| 0 | 4,456 |
| 1-10 | 1,145 |
| 11-25 | 423 |
| 26-100 | 386 |
| 101 to 1,000 | 304 |
| 1,000+ | 66 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in St. Louis is driven by large organizations like MHM Support Services, BJC Health System, Washington University in St. Louis (Wash. U), Ascension Seton, and Presence Care Transformation Corporation.
- The largest employers tend to be hospital systems, general hospitals, nursing homes, universities, and managed care organizations.
Sizes of nonprofits in St. Louis
| Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
|---|---|
| < $250k | 5,580 |
| $250k to $1M | 1,516 |
| $1M to $5M | 840 |
| $5M to $25M | 399 |
| $25M to $100M | 143 |
| $100M+ | 109 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like BJC Health System, Washington University in St. Louis (Wash. U), Ascension Seton, Ascension Health Alliance, and Clayton Health Services Pharmacy West East Central Missouri Area Health Education Center earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in St. Louis.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 1.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in St. Louis with more than $100 million account for 80.9% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, hospital systems, universities, nursing homes, and fraternal societies.