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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: August 2026 Expires: August 2027

Missouri Humanities Council

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(314) 781-9660
3224 Locust Street
Saint Louis, MO, 63103
https://mohumanities.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Missouri Humanities Council meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"To create a more thoughtful, informed, and civil society by supporting and presenting humanities-based programs that serve and benefit the people of Missouri. MHC works to encourage family reading; to support local museums, libraries, and public institutions; to facilitate interaction between humanities scholars and public audiences; and to foster community pride and economic development opportunities throughout Missouri via local exhibits, public educational programs, and heritage tourism projects."

Year, State Incorporated:
1971, MO

MHC offers a variety of programs, including family reading initiatives, heritage tourism projects, and traveling exhibits. MHC also conducts on-demand programming, such as a speakers' bureau--all of which combined to reach 157,665 individuals in 90 Missouri counties in 2013. Ongoing programs include: READ from the START--a program that seeks to help parents understand the importance and experience the joy of reading and telling stories to their children; Traveling Exhibits--in collaboration with the Missouri History Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, MHC brings high quality traveling exhibits to Missouri communities and helps them to develop programs and exhibits to tell their own stories; Project and Program Grants--MHC awards competitive grants to statewide institutions, organizations, and communities to help them develop and present high-quality humanities-based programs, events, exhibits, and publications; "Show Me Missouri" Speakers' Bureau--in collaboration with the State Historical Society of Missouri, MHC provides a network of scholars to provide affordable, high-quality programs; Veterans' Creative Writing Workshops--in cooperation with the VA Occupational Therapy Unit at Jefferson Barracks, MHC is helping offer creative writing workshops and mentoring for veterans, both to facilitate reentry into day-to-day living and to generate documentation of this aspect of our recent history; The Missouri Humanities Awards--MHC recognizes excellence in humanities-based education, literature and community service; Heritage Tourism/Humanities Inventory Pilot Project--MHC supports innovation in the effort to assist Missouri communities in preserving and sharing their stories.

For the year ended October 31, 2025, Missouri Humanities Council's program expenses were:

Programs $4,245,323
Total Program Expenses $4,245,323

Chief Executive
Jami Wade, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Sudarsan Kant

Board Size
13

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Missouri Humanities Council's audited financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2025.

Source of Funds
Government Grants $2,598,846
Contributions $283,575
Other Income $93,650
Investment Income $78,044
In Kind Contributions $9,100
Total Income $3,063,215

Programs: 89% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 8%

Total Income $3,063,215
Total expenses: $4,756,571
  Program expenses $4,245,323
  Fundraising expenses $153,305
  Administrative expenses $357,943
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-1,693,356
Beginning Net Assets $7,353,967
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $5,660,611
Total Liabilities $298,695
Total Assets $5,959,306

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