Public Charity

ARCHCITY DEFENDERS

ARCHCITY DEFENDERS, of ST LOUIS, MO, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $7.3M in revenue, $7.4M in expenses, $6.3M in total assets. 113 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.8M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 800471494 ST LOUIS, MO Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$7.3M
Total Expenses$7.4M
Total Assets$6.3M
Grant Records113
Funding Total$6.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

ARCHCITY DEFENDERS (ACD) IS A HOLISTIC LEGAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT COMBATS THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY AND STATE VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. ACD'S FOUNDATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, IMPACT LITIGATION, POLICY AND MEDIA ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION ACHIEVES AND INSPIRES JUSTICE AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE ST. LOUIS REGION AND BEYOND.

Where $100 goes at Archcity Defenders

How Archcity Defenders divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$46
Advocacy
60% of program spending
$16
Civil rights litigation
20% of program spending
$16
Direct representaton civil
20% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Anne H Jump
BOARD MEMBER Arin H Smith
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Blake Strode
BOARD MEMBER Brendan Roediger
TREASURER Carl Greiner
BOARD MEMBER Cheryl Walker

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,508,021 67 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$652,000 8 grants
Human & Social Services
$557,174 13 grants
Education
$199,000 5 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$110,438 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $7.3M $7.4M $6.3M
2024 $6.5M $4.3M $8.2M
2023 $3.8M $3.4M $4.2M
2022 $4.4M $4.0M $3.9M
2021 $6.0M $3.6M $5.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.0M to $7.3M (+23%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.3M.

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