Nonprofit · EIN 46-3309222
ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI
Tax-exempt · SAINT LOUIS, MO 63141
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $11,821,241 | $9,040,525 | $2,780,716 | $89,673,115 | $14,088,482 | $75,584,633 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $10,478,204 | $7,094,471 | $3,383,733 | $79,626,618 | $12,819,480 | $66,807,138 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $9,163,484 | $6,581,930 | $2,581,554 | $67,874,003 | $9,110,486 | $58,763,517 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,348,942
- Program service revenue
- $268,587
- Investment income
- $4,202,402
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $2,503,076
- Other revenue
- $1,310
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $7,558,962
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $353,016
- Other salaries and wages
- $385,409
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $875,184
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $50,942
- Occupancy
- $70,015
- Travel
- $26,570
- Program services (functional)
- $8,180,453
- Management and general (functional)
- $525,832
- Fundraising (functional)
- $334,240
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $79,626,618
- Total assets, end of year
- $89,673,115
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,088,482
- Net assets, end of year
- $75,584,633
- Publicly traded securities
- $79,768,312
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,752,110
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $73,832,523
- Gross receipts
- $41,925,228
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 35
- Year formed
- 2013
- State of legal domicile
- MO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH BESTGEN | PRESIDENT/CEO/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $186,551 | $22,562 |
| JOHN MODDER | VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Officer | 50 | $149,268 | $8,124 |
| MICHAEL WEISBROD | SENIOR GIFT PLANNING OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $115,211 | $7,821 |
| CASTOR ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| LOUIS ECKELKAMP III | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TINA ECKELKAMP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIALL GANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GUYOL | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN GUYOL | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| GERARD HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
19 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JERRY KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| LESA KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| FATHER CHRISTOPHER MARTIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CONNIE NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| STEPHEN M NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JIM SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE/VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.2 | $0 |
| KAREN SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| TIM SURDYKE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JANICE SURDYKE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| MIKE WALSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| ARCHBISHOP MITCHELL ROZANSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DONALD ROSS | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DIANE SNIVELY | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DAVID F SNIVELY | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| BISHOP MARK S RIVITUSO | TRUSTEE (TERM END 6/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| NANCY ROSS | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| GRANT DINO | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| TIFFANY DINO | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/25) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 37 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH BESTGEN | PRESIDENT/CEO/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $173,390 | $37,655 |
| JOHN MODDER | VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Officer | 50 | $136,087 | $14,269 |
| CASTOR ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GRANT DINO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TIFFANY DINO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| LOUIS ECKELKAMP III | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TINA ECKELKAMP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIALL J GANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| CONNIE NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN M NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY A ROSS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD L ROSS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN L SANSONE | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/24) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TIMOTHY G SANSONE | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/24) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANE SNIVELY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID F SNIVELY | TRUSTEE/VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE WALSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT WITTE | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/24) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GINA WITTE | TRUSTEE (TERM END 11/24) Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK J GUYOL | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| BISHOP MARK S RIVITUSO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| ARCHBISHOP MITCHELL ROZANSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GERARD HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| FATHER CHRISTOPHER MARTIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| LESA KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN GUYOL | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| JANICE SURDYKE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TIM SURDYKE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 35 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH BESTGEN | PRESIDENT/CEO/SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $168,164 | $35,654 |
| SCOTT WELZ | VICE PRESIDENT/CFO Officer | 50 | $130,878 | $27,866 |
| MARK J GUYOL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $13,591 | $12,047 |
| CASTOR ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHELLE ARMESTO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAN CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY CHARLES | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GRANT DINO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TIFFANY DINO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| LOUIS ECKELKAMP III | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TINA ECKELKAMP | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NIALL J GANNON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| CONNIE NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN M NOTESTINE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY A ROSS | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DONALD L ROSS | CO-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 0.4 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN L SANSONE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| TIMOTHY G SANSONE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM SHAUGHNESSY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANE SNIVELY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID F SNIVELY | TRUSTEE/VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE WALSH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT WITTE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GINA WITTE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY J WERNER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| BISHOP MARK S RIVITUSO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| ARCHBISHOP MITCHELL ROZANSKI | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| GERARD HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER HEMPSTEAD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| FATHER CHRISTOPHER MARTIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| LESA KEEVEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL CONOYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 421 N NEW BALLAS RD, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63141-0000
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JOE BESTGEN, 425 NORTH NEW BALLAS ROAD 200, ST LOUIS, MO 63141
- Signed the 990
- JOE BESTGEN, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (314) 918-2890
- Website
- WWW.RCFSTL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
INSPIRING GIVING AND CONNECTING DONORS TO CATHOLIC PARISHES, SCHOOLS AND MINISTRIES, SUSTAINING THE LOCAL CHURCH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
Program accomplishments
- CONNECTING DONORS AND THEIR PHILANTHROPIC GOALS WITH PARISHES, SCHOOLS, AGENCIES AND CHARITIES TO HELP BUILD A STEWARDSHIP WAY OF LIFE AND SUPPORT EXISTING EFFORTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. LOUIS.Expenses $8,180,453 · grants $7,558,962 · revenue $268,587
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-3309222
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T31)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $89,673,115
- Income (IRS master file)
- $41,925,228
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $11,821,241 | $9,040,525 | $89,673,115 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $10,478,204 | $7,094,471 | $79,626,618 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $9,163,484 | $6,581,930 | $67,874,003 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,518,361 | $5,762,410 | $58,459,218 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-3309222).
Questions about ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI
- What is the EIN of ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI is 46-3309222.
- Is ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JOE BESTGEN.
- Who are the officers and directors of ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 34 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $186,551 (JOSEPH BESTGEN, PRESIDENT/CEO/SECRETARY).
- How much revenue does ROMAN CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF EASTERN MISSOURI have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $11,821,241, expenses of $9,040,525 and total assets of $89,673,115 at year end.
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