OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL
4494 LINDELL BOULEVARD, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63108 www.optimist.org

Total Revenue
$4,850,230
Total Expenses
$4,278,683
Net Assets
$2,160,632

Organizations Filed Purposes: BY PROVIDING HOPE AND POSITIVE VISION, OPTIMISTS BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOUTH, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OURSELVES.

OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL IS AN ASSOCIATION WHICH PROVIDES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO APPROXIMATELY 2,200 OPTIMIST CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD DEDICATED TO "BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOUTH." ADULT VOLUNTEERS JOIN OPTIMIST CLUBS TO CONDUCT POSITIVE SERVICE PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AIMED AT PROVIDING A HELPING HAND TO YOUTH. WITH THEIR UPBEAT ATTITUDE, OPTIMIST CLUB MEMBERS HELP EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE. EACH OPTIMIST CLUB DETERMINES THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ITS COMMUNITY AND CONDUCTS PROGRAMS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. EVERY YEAR, OPTIMISTS CONDUCT ROUGHLY 65,000 SERVICE PROJECTS AND SERVE WELL OVER FIVE MILLION PEOPLE.

JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL (JOI), IS A DYNAMIC COALITION OF YOUTH VOLUNTEERS. JOI MEMBERS REPRESENT THE TIMES WELL BY MAKING THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER - ONE SERVICE PROJECT AT A TIME. WITH MORE THAN 15,000 MEMBERS IN MORE THAN 500 COMMUNITIES, JOI MEMBERS ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Benny EllberbeEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY50$192,133
Thomas CarverSENIOR DIRECTOR OF IT50$112,824
Theresa OvelgoennerCFO - UNTIL 01/28/2050$94,406
Constance PellockCFO50$0
Sandy WilliamsBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Sandra LariveeBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Patsy GarnerBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Luc DuboisBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Sandy CyphersBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Don BroseBOARD DIRECTOR5$0
Rebecca Butler MonaIMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT5$0
Mark WeinsoffPRESIDENT-ELECT5$0
Adrian M ElcockPRESIDENT5$0

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