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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2026

Easterseals Midwest

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(314) 432-6200
11933 Westline Industrial Dr
Saint Louis, MO, 63146-3203
https://www.stlyouthjobs.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

Easterseals Midwest meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"To change the way the world defines and views disabilities by making profound, positive difference in people’s lives every day."

Year, State Incorporated:
1971, MO

Also Known As:
Life Skills Life Skills Foundation Easter Seals Midwest

Easter Seals Midwest is part of a nearly century old network of high quality disability service providers. The mission of Easter Seals Midwest is to help individuals with developmental disabilities - including autism - learn, live, work and participate in the community. While we are part of a strong, national network all of the services we provide were designed in and for the communities we serve. Our board of directors is local and we have full control of program and funding decisions. In Missouri, our organization has been active for more than 50 years helping build communities where all people with developmental disabilities have equal opportunities to realize their goals, dreams and aspirations. Currently, we support nearly 6,500 youth and adults with developmental disabilities in St. Louis and across Missouri through the following four divisions:
Autism Services -- These services are designed to provide help for families impacted by autism. Our qualified team works with individuals who have autism, as well as with their families, to help clients develop communication and social skills, while troubleshooting problem behaviors. The agency customizes its services to meet each individual's and family's need for support. A wide variety of services -- including parent training, autism assessments, early intervention, respite services, family navigation, family support groups, community-integration support and clinical therapies -- are available. We currently provide these autism-specific services for more than 2,000 individuals.
Community Living Services -- These services are designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities live in homes of their own in the community. We customize services to meet each client's need for support -- ranging from just a few hours each month up to 24/7 support. Our Community Living Services team is able to assist with developing money-management and budgeting abilities, community safety skills, nutrition and meal preparation, and housekeeping and personal-care skills. Individuals typically live in apartments or homes owned or rented by them or their families. We serve more than 575 Community Living Services clients annually.
Early Childhood Services -- Our family-focused Early Childhood Services help at-risk children achieve more in life. At our Early Intervention Center, teachers incorporate an early-childhood curriculum and innovative technology into the learning environment to meet the needs of children both without and with special health needs and/or developmental delays. Additional services include physical, occupational, speech and developmental therapies, as well as in-home screenings that promote brain development and positive parenting techniques. We provide Early Childhood Services for nearly 300 children each year.
 Employment Services -- These services are designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities find and keep meaningful jobs in the community. Easter Seals Midwest customizes services to meet each client's need for support. Our Employment Services team assists clients with career exploration and discovery, job-skills assessments and job-placement services, as well as on-the-job coaching and retention services. It offers meaningful day programs that include volunteering opportunities and job-skills development as well as teen employment programs. It serves more than 700 Employment Services clients.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Easterseals Midwest's program expenses were:

Programs $81,728,323
Total Program Expenses $81,728,323

Chief Executive
Wendy Sullivan, CEO

Compensation*
$421,798

Chair of the Board
Greg Meier, Community Volunteer

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation

Board Size
19

Paid Staff Size
1544

* Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Radio, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 1.34%

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 Easterseals Midwest's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Program Service Revenue $101,900,185
Investment Gain $5,072,886
Contributions and Grants $1,167,106
Special Events $863,931
Contributed Nonfinancial Assets $179,306
Miscellaneous $75,528
Gain on Sale of Property and Equipment $47,414
Total Income $109,306,356

Programs: 86% Fundraising: 1% Administrative: 12%

Total Income $109,306,356
Total expenses: $94,701,675
  Program expenses $81,728,323
  Fundraising expenses $1,398,204
  Administrative expenses $11,575,148
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $14,604,681
Beginning Net Assets $60,109,106
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $74,713,787
Total Liabilities $20,273,604
Total Assets $94,987,391

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Report completed by:
BBB of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois