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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2026 Expires: July 2027

DeSales Community Development

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(314) 776-5444
2759 Russell Blvd
Saint Louis, MO, 63104
https://www.desalescd.com/
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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

DeSales Community Development meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"DeSales Community Development is a community-based non-profit that advances the ongoing wellbeing of neighborhoods as healthy, diverse urban communities through housing development, property management and community services."

Year, State Incorporated:
1976, MO

Also Known As:
DeSales Community Housing Corporation

As a community development nonprofit, DeSales works to develop and manage affordable housing in its historic service area of Tower Grove East and Fox Park and across the city of St. Louis. Additionally, it works to ensure a high quality of life for residents by providing social service support, such as rental assistance and eviction prevention, and by providing community programming, including youth sports. 
Since the 1990s, DeSales has sought to improve quality of life in its service area through affordable housing. DeSales is currently working on plans for a senior housing development on a vacant site in Benton Park West. To date, DeSales has developed 249 units of rental housing. To better serve DeSales residents, the organization formed Fox Grove Management in 2005. Today, Fox Grove manages over 1,300 units of affordable housing throughout St. Louis.
DeSales offers Community-Based Service Coordination to all residents. The Community Services Manager is available to assist residents in accessing resources related to housing stability, utility payment, childcare, education, health, food resources, and more. Over the past two years, this work has focused on connecting residents to rental assistance, and working with them to avoid eviction through our innovative Here to Stay” eviction prevention program.
DeSales began to offer youth and community programs in 2015 to build community and bring organized activities to the neighborhood park. Today DeSales SouthSide Rec runs free or very low-cost basketball, baseball, and soccer leagues, along with a youth community garden camp, cooking classes, and more for hundreds of neighborhood youth and families.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, DeSales Community Development's program expenses were:

Programs $506,020
Total Program Expenses $506,020

Chief Executive
Becky Reinhart, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Brian Washington

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Missouri Foundation for Health

Board Size
13

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, 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 DeSales Community Development's IRS Form 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions and Grants $206,732
Program Service Revenue $25,049
Other Revenue $11,387
Investment Income $542
Total Income $243,710

Programs: 75% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 25%

Total Income $243,710
Total expenses: $674,755
  Program expenses $506,020
  Fundraising expenses $526
  Administrative expenses $168,209
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-431,045
Beginning Net Assets $-948,882
Other Changes In Net Assets $-49,813
Ending Net Assets $-1,429,740
Total Liabilities $3,258,035
Total Assets $1,828,295

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BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois