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St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources

Public charity · Grantmaker Saint Louis, MO EIN: 43-1232363 Website
People with disabilitiesPeople with psychosocial disabilitiesPeople with intellectual disabilitiesHuman servicesSpecial population support

The St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources (DD Resources) is a public charity based in Saint Louis, Missouri, and a public taxing entity that funds agencies serving people with developmental disabilities in St. Louis City. It also provides Targeted Case Management to connect individuals with services and resources tailored to their needs and goals.

Key facts about St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources

In short: St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources gave $6.7M across 40 grants in 2025 (avg $168K), mostly in Missouri. 20% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
43-1232363
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$6,725,303
Grants made (2025)
40
Average grant
$168,133
Median grant
$90,247
New grantees (estimate)
20% first-time grantees (8 of 40, 2025)
Total assets
$20,614,156
Primary geography
Missouri (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Deadline
The most recent listed funding priorities closed February 13, 2026.

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology). Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$20.6M

+3.3% YoY

Annual Giving

$6.7M

+3.9% YoY

Grant Count

40

+2.6% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$168K

+1.3% YoY

Is St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources open to new grantees?

20%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 8 of 40 grantees (20%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $68K; repeat grants $193K. How we count

Medians: $34K first-time, $99K repeat.

  • 80% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 22% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

DD Resources’ mission is to ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities in the City of St. Louis have quality services, choices, and full inclusion. It funds programs and projects that support independent living, employment, and community connection. Its current stated priorities for new projects include collaborations between organizations, employment-training partnerships with paid work experience and guaranteed living-wage employment, and capital improvements supporting independent living, accessible housing, facility access, or access to the community.

Examples of grantees illustrate the range of funded work. St. Louis Arc describes its mission as empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through services, family support, and advocacy. Horizon Housing Development Company says it helps provide housing services to St. Louis City residents with developmental and mental disabilities. Industrial Aid describes itself as a sheltered workshop providing employment to people with developmental disabilities. Easter Seals Midwest says it assists individuals with developmental disabilities to learn, live, work, and participate in the community.

Grantmaking

In 2025, DD Resources reported 40 grants totaling $6,725,303. Grants ranged from $5,705 to $1,618,293, with a median grant of $90,247. The largest awards included $1,618,293 to St. Louis Arc, $765,844 to Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, and $663,368 to Horizon Housing Development Company. Other notable awards were $292,411 to MERSMO Goodwill, $290,619 to Industrial Aid, and $263,804 to Easter Seals Midwest. The stated purpose for these grants was to provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in St. Louis City.

Review Cycle

The most recent listed funding priorities closed February 13, 2026.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

DD Resources funds services for residents of St. Louis City. All reported 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Missouri; the stated grant purposes refer to services in St. Louis City.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 40 itemized grants.

Cities

St. LouisCreve CoeurJefferson CitySt CharlesManchesterMiamiBerkleyFentonFlorissantHazelwoodMaryland HeightsColumbia

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M34 grants2019 34 grants2020 37 grants2021 34 grants2022 33 grants2023 39 grants2024 40 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4.9M (2019) to $6.7M (2025). In 2025 it made 40 grants totaling $6.7M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

St Louis Arc: $1.6MSt Louis Arc$1.6MAssociation on Aging with Developmental Disabilities: $766KAssociation on Aging withDevelopmental Disabilities$766KHorizon Housing Development Company: $663KHorizon Housing DevelopmentCompany$663KMersmo Goodwill: $292KMersmo Goodwill$292KIndustrial Aid: $291KIndustrial Aid$291KEaster Seals Midwest: $264KEaster Seals Midwest$264KHorizon North Inc: $256KHorizon North Inc$256KBridges Community Support Services: $256KBridges Community SupportServices$256KProject Cu Inc: $218KProject Cu Inc$218KUCP Heartland: $200KUCP Heartland$200K

The largest 2025 recipient was St Louis Arc ($1.6M). Together the top 10 received $4.8M.

Grant Size Distribution

183 grants across all recorded years

62<$50K39$50–100K51$100–250K20$250–500K6$500K–1M5$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 62 grants of 183 (34%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
St Louis Arc St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$1,618,293
Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$765,844
Horizon Housing Development Company St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$663,368
Mersmo Goodwill St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$292,411
Industrial Aid St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$290,619
Easter Seals Midwest St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$263,804
Horizon North Inc St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$255,930
Bridges Community Support Services St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$255,674
Project Cu Inc St. Louis, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$217,964
UCP Heartland Berkley, MOTo provide programs for developmentally disabled persons in st. Louis city.$200,451

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants reported
2025 $20,614,156 $11,755,892 $11,143,083 $6,725,303 (40 grants)
2024 $19,949,005 $11,420,463 $10,571,343 $6,473,905 (39 grants)
2023 $18,802,525 $11,142,622 $9,730,789 $5,777,162 (33 grants)
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$20,614,156$19,949,005$18,802,525
Revenue$11,755,892$11,420,463$11,142,622
Expenses$11,143,083$10,571,343$9,730,789
Net Investment Income$415,870$363,168$211,923

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 24, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 9, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 10, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 9, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 25, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Cynthia Mueller as chairperson, William Siedhoff as vice chairperson, Patrick Brennan as treasurer, and Nina R North Murphy as secretary. Board members listed are Paige Colbert, Chris Faerber, Sarah Sims, Selena Washington, and Sherry Wibbenmeyer. Shaelene Plank is listed as executive director.

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources is led by Shaelene Plank, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 4 of 13 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Shaelene Plank

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $117K (2019) → $185K (2025)

  • Cynthia Mueller

    Chairperson

    Secretary → Chairperson, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Briggs

    Director of Finance

    Controller → Director of Finance, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $92K (2019) → $130K (2025)

  • Nathan Patton

    It Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $109K (2023) → $125K (2025)

  • Olivia Pruitt-Payne

    Hr Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $103K (2025)

  • Nina R. North Murphy

    Secretary

    Member → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Brennan

    Treasurer

    Treasurer Starting → Treasurer, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Wibbenmeyer

    Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Siedhoff

    Vice Chairperson

    Chairperson → Vice Chairperson, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Faerber

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paige Colbert

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Sims

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Selena Washington

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: Dionne Flowers (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Ken Franklin (2019–2023) — Chairperson
  • Former: David Weber (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Chrystal Griffin (2019–2021) — Director of Service Coordination
  • Former: Michael Garvin (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Jackie Engel (2019) — Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Shaelene Plank — Executive Director: $185KShaelene PlankExecutive Director$185KLisa Briggs — Director of Finance: $130KLisa BriggsDirector of Finance$130KNathan Patton — It Director: $125KNathan PattonIt Director$125KOlivia Pruitt-Payne — HR Director: $103KOlivia Pruitt-PayneHR Director$103K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $185K, to Shaelene Plank (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 2121 Hampton Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63139
Phone: (314) 421-0090
Website: https://stldd.org

Frequently asked questions about St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources

How much does St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources give each year?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources gave $6.7M across 40 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $6.5M across 39 grants.

What is St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's typical grant size?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's median grant in 2025 was $90,247, and its average grant was $168,133, across 40 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources that year got $68K on average.

Where does St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources give grants?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources gives mostly in Missouri: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were St. Louis, MO (32 grants) and Creve Coeur, MO (3 grants).

Does St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 40 grants with a stated purpose on St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

Who are St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's largest grantees?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's largest 2025 grantees include St Louis Arc ($1,618,293), Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities ($765,844) and Horizon Housing Development Company ($663,368), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 45% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources reported $20.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.8M.

What does St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources fund?

DD Resources’ mission is to ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities in the City of St. Louis have quality services, choices, and full inclusion. It funds programs and projects that support independent living, employment, and community connection. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check stldd.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's EIN?

St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-1232363. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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