#706of 1,000 in 2025

Small Business Empowerment Center

Location
Saint Louis, Missouri
Sector
Community improvement
Founded
2010
Website
stlouissbec.org
283%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$3.5MFY2025 revenue
11Employees, FY2025
#41of 56 in Community improvement
#10of 13 in Missouri

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $908,702 $909K FY22 FY2023: $1,537,881 $1.5M FY23 FY2024: $3,832,702 $3.8M FY24 FY2025: $3,484,770 $3.5M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from Small Business Empowerment Center’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$3.2M · 91%
Government grants
$316K · 9%
Program revenue
$4K · 0%
Other revenue
$225 · 0%
Total revenue on the 990
$3,228,294
Investment income
− $24
Pledge payments received this year, promised in an earlier year
+ $256,500
Revenue we count
$3,484,770

What it does

The Small Business Empowerment Center (SBEC) is uniquely qualified to assist small businesses in the distressed areas of St. Louis County and St. Louis City. For 15 years the SBEC has worked in the Empowerment Zone (EZ) to help residents and entrepreneurs start and grow businesses in the urban core.

SBEC Program is designed to deliver up-to-date counseling, training and technical assistance in all aspects of small business management. SBEC services include, but are not limited to, assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, organization, and technical problems and feasibility studies.
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Leadership

Kevin WilsonProgram Director

EIN 80-0563561 · Full filings on ProPublica

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