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Name:	Variety The Children's Charity of St. Louis
Address:	2200 Westport Plaza Drive
	St. Louis , MO 63146
Phone:	314-453-0453
Web Address:	www.varietystl.org
Also known as: St. Louis Variety The Children's Charity The Children's Charity Variety Club of St. Louis

Variety The Children's Charity of St. Louis (VSTL) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Services for more than 14,500 St. Louis-area children include Variety’s mobility program (providing vital medical equipment to more than 1,400 children with physical disabilities), as well as in-house recreational, therapeutic, and educational programs such as Adventure Camp, Variety Children’s Theatre, “St. Louis Through the Eyes of a Child with a Disability” outings, and a Children’s Chorus, all harvesting self-confidence, independence, and social skills. In addition, Variety’s Emerson Resource Center provides valuable information and community connections to resolve the legal, social, therapeutic, education, medical and counseling issues often encountered by families of children with disabilities. To further serve children with physical and/or mental disabilities, Variety partners with 80+ specialized agencies throughout the metro area to provide therapy/medical services, education, and counseling. One dynamic element of these partnerships is Variety’s Sunshine Coach Van program, in which Variety provides passenger vans to its partners to transport children across the St. Louis area to doctor appointments, therapy sessions and special outings or activities. The organization also utilizes high-profile fundraising events to raise awareness regarding the prevalence of children with disabilities in the community and the challenges they face.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, VSTL's program expenses were:

Contributions to Agencies	617,980
Medical/Special Equip to Ind	499,778
Other Programs	327,954
Children's Theatre	240,366
Awareness Programs	117,653
Variety Adventure Camps	113,987
Dinner with the Stars	88,643
Telecast	80,826
Bikes for Kids	33,202
Total Program Expenses:	$2,120,389

Chief Executive : Jan Albus , Executive Director

Compensation*:

$138,888

Chair of the Board: David Steward
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Chairman, World Wide Technology

Board Size: 44

Paid Staff Size: 14

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements

Fund raising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,604,633, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on VSTL's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Contributions	1,268,286
Special Events	730,799
Annual Giving	605,548
Investment Income	127,717
Other Support and Revenue	80,300
Total Income	$2,812,650

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 84%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 11%

Total income				$2,812,650
	Program expenses			$2,120,389
	Fund raising expenses			114,101
	Administrative expenses			269,692
Total expenses				$2,504,182
Income in Excess of Expenses				308,468
Beginning net assets				3,707,985
Ending net assets				4,016,453
Total liabilities				96,720
Total assets				$4,113,173