The Principia Corporation
Principia's primary purpose is to serve the cause of Christian Science as an independent educational institution, providing pre-k - 12th grade education on its campus in St. Louis County, Missouri, and college education on its campus in Elsah, Illinois.
The Principia Corporation at a glance
In short: The Principia Corporation gave $16K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $16K), mostly in Missouri. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $16,000
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,000
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $16,000
- Total assets
- $1,286,700,453
- +6.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Missouri (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who The Principia Corporation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Cedars Camps ($16K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How The Principia Corporation gives
- Giving grew 23% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2019) to $16K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $16K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Cedars Camps Lebanon, MO | To provide Cedars Camps with monetary assistance for the food, housing and activities that Cedars provides to Principia's international students during summer break. | $16,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,286,700,453 | $158,233,307 | $113,512,077 | $16,000 | 1 | $90,594,125 |
| 2024 | $1,206,423,023 | $111,330,444 | $108,287,496 | $12,000 | 1 | $59,770,998 |
| 2023 | $1,138,240,701 | $85,500,016 | $101,062,746 | $13,726 | 1 | $43,156,424 |
| 2022 | $1,121,774,918 | $256,921,200 | $92,064,990 | $13,000 | 1 | $212,142,338 |
| 2021 | $1,062,983,927 | $108,938,341 | $91,217,651 | $10,000 | 1 | $74,281,214 |
| 2020 | $874,970,222 | $93,673,823 | $92,306,242 | $10,000 | 1 | $50,904,351 |
| 2019 | $878,107,421 | $101,259,657 | $93,589,803 | $10,000 | 1 | $41,247,244 |
About The Principia Corporation
Based on IRS filings
The Principia Corporation is a public charity focused on Education, based in St. Louis, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $16K. Net investment income was $90.6M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Principia Corporation is led by Barbara Blackwell, Chief Executive since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 20 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Barbara Blackwell
Chief Executive
Assistant Secretary & Chief Advancement Officer → Assistant Secretary, Chief Advancement Officer & Act. Chief Planning Officer, 2022
Assistant Secretary, Chief Advancement Officer & Act. Chief Planning Officer → Chief Executive, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$163K (2019) → $307K (2025)
Daniel Norton
College President
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$163K (2024) → $268K (2025)
Scott L Schneberger
Board Chair & Trustee
Acting Chief Executive & Board Chairman → Board Chairman, 2024
Board Chairman → Board Chair & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
$91K (2022) → $0 (2025)
Kristin Jamerson
Board Chair
Trustee → Trustee & Executive Committee Member at Large, 2023
Trustee & Executive Committee Member at Large → Board Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edward McCarty
Assistant Secretary & Director of Principal Gifts
Assistant Secretary → Assistant Secretary & Director of Planned Giving, 2020
Assistant Secretary & Director of Planned Giving → Assistant Secretary & Director of Principal Gifts, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$119K (2019) → $149K (2025)
Tamara Gavaletz
Director of School Business Ops
Interim Head of School & Director of School Bus Ops → Director of School Bus Ops, 2023
Director of School Bus Ops → Director of School Business Ops, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$200K (2022) → $162K (2025)
Terry McNabb
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
$9K (2024) → $9K (2025)
Steven Stock
Director of Facilities
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$150K (2025)
Chestnut Booth
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Inez Maubane Jones
Trustee
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ian Forber-Pratt
Trustee
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elisabeth Brinton
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gavin Campbell
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisle S Stigler
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Liz Crow
Trustee & Executive Committee Member-At-Large
Trustee → Trustee & Executive Committee Member-At-Large, 2025
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Distel
Trustee
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ann Austin
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donald D Miller
Assistant Secretary & Assistant CFO
Interim CFO, Assistant Secretary & Controller → Assistant Secretary, Assistant CFO & Controller, 2021
Controller, Assistant CFO & Assistant Secretary → Assistant Secretary & Assistant CFO, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$100K (2019) → $194K (2025)
Lee Barron
Assistant Secretary & General Counsel
General Counsel → Assistant Secretary & General Counsel, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$227K (2019) → $232K (2025)
Robert J Macdonald
Former Trustee
Secretary → Trustee, 2020
Trustee → Former Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
$52K (2025)
David Walters
Treasurer
CFO & Acting COO : Trustee → CFO, Acting COO & Treasurer, 2023
CFO, Acting COO & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$49K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Merry Sorrells
Head of School
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$187K (2023) → $283K (2025)
Thomas Nickell
CFO & COO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$203K (2023) → $269K (2025)
Brian Roberts
Associate Dean of Academic Assessment & Curriculum
Interim Dean of Academics → Associate Dean of Academic Assessment & Curriculum, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$144K (2024) → $153K (2025)
Hans Fredrikson
Chief Investment Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$148K (2024) → $300K (2025)
Samantha Dry
Principal, Upper School & Middle School
Upper & Middle School Principal → Principal, Upper School & Middle School, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$169K (2024) → $197K (2025)
Sarah Neale Rand
Chief Advancement, Marketing & Communications Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$185K (2024) → $196K (2025)
Terry Grigsby
Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$161K (2024) → $166K (2025)
Elise Crow
Legal Advisor & Attorney
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$149K (2025)
Jennifer Silver
Chief Human Resources Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$156K (2025)
Joy Fowler
College Chief Operations Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$154K (2025)
Julie Holser
Assistant Secretary & Controller
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$140K (2025)
D Stephen DeWindt
Vice Chair
Secretary → Vice Chairman, 2023
Vice Chairman → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Sarkisian
Secretary
Trustee → Trustee & Executive Committee Member at Large, 2022
Trustee & Executive Committee Member at Large → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Boyman
Vice Chair
Trustee → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (44)
- Former: Allan Marquardt (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Howard E Berner Jr. (2019–2024) — Chief Investment Officer
- Former: Mindy Savides (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen J Shaper (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Janna L Hernholm (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: John Williams (2021–2024) — College President
- Former: Jorian Clarke (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Joy Turnbaugh (2021–2024) — College Chief Operations Officer
- Former: Meggan Madden (2021–2024) — Academic Dean
- Former: Christen Alford (2024) — Upper School Principal
- Former: Erin Rainwater (2024) — Dean of Students
- Former: Mayal Tshiabuila (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Bruce Bond (2019–2023) — Trustee & Vice Chair
- Former: Peter Dry (2019–2023) — Former Assistant Head of School Innovation & Strategy
- Former: James Huddleston Jr. (2020–2023) — Director of It & Network Telecommunications
- Former: Maya Dietz (2021–2023) — Dean of Student Life
- Former: Duncan Martin (2023) — Faculty
- Former: William B Stock (2023) — Faculty
- Former: Charles Lindahl (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Charles T Brantingham (2019–2022) — Head of School
- Former: Dennis Marunde (2019–2022) — Interim Chief Executive
- Former: Tom Nickell (2021–2022) — Trustee, CFO & COO
- Former: Duncan Charters (2022) — Faculty-Languages & Cultures
- Former: James Hegerty (2022) — Faculty-Music
- Former: Karl Hellman (2022) — Faculty-Economics
- Former: Marshall Ingwerson (2019–2021) — Chief Executive
- Former: Meridee K Olsen (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Heidi Snow (2019–2020) — Interim Dean of Academics
- Former: John D Friborg (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jolanda Westerhof (2019–2020) — College President
- Former: Karen B Dearborn (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: Peter A Stevens (2019–2020) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: David Lovegren (2020) — Director Alumni & Field Relations
- Former: Laurel Walters (2020) — Chief Public Relations Committee & Marketing Officer
- Former: D. Douglas Gibbs (2019) — CFO
- Former: Glen H Cope (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jayme Walker Holcomb (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Jonathan W Palmer (2019) — College President
- Former: Jordan Poznick (2019) — Director of Recruiting
- Former: Joseph M Ritter (2019) — College Provost
- Former: Laurance Doyle (2019) — Director of the Institute for the Metaphysics of Physics
- Former: Libby Scheiern (2019) — Associate Academic Dean, Director of Center for Teaching & Learning
- Former: Steve DeWindt (2019) — Trustee
- Former: William Merritt (2019) — Trustee
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $307K, to Barbara Blackwell (Chief Executive). 20 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Principia Corporation
How much does The Principia Corporation give each year?
The Principia Corporation gave $16K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $12K across 1 grant.
How large is The Principia Corporation?
The Principia Corporation reported $1.3B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $158.2M.
What is The Principia Corporation?
The Principia Corporation is a public charity focused on Education, based in St. Louis, MO. It holds $1.3B in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Principia Corporation operate?
The Principia Corporation has awarded grants in Missouri.
What is The Principia Corporation's EIN?
The Principia Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-0652667. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 4, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 29, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 3, 2024)
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