The Salvation Army Missouri operations are split between two divisions, both part of the Central Territory. The Midland Division (headquartered at 1130 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63139) covers most of Missouri except the greater Kansas City area, plus Southern Illinois. The Kansas and Western Missouri Division (headquartered at 3637 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111) covers the greater Kansas City area of Missouri and the State of Kansas. The Salvation Army has been operating in Missouri since 1881. The St. Louis Midland Division operates the Railton Apartments providing workforce housing in downtown St. Louis. Major Kelly Collins leads the Kansas and Western Missouri Division. The Midland Division responded to the May 2025 St. Louis tornado with canteens and emergency feeding for displaced residents in affected neighborhoods.
The year-round work in Missouri looks much like Salvation Army operations everywhere: emergency rent and utility assistance, food pantries, overnight shelter, addiction recovery, after-school and summer youth programs, holiday assistance, and disaster response. What sets Missouri apart from many states is the two-division split between the Midland Division (St. Louis side) and the Kansas and Western Missouri Division (Kansas City side). The two divisions operate independently, with separate leadership, separate fundraising operations, and separate financial reporting at the divisional level.
Missouri also has significant disaster response history. The May 2025 St. Louis tornado, the 2011 Joplin tornado (one of the deadliest US tornadoes in decades), the recurring spring tornado season across the state, and the ongoing flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi River systems all keep the Salvation Army's Missouri disaster response teams active throughout the year. Rural Missouri communities (particularly in the Ozarks and the bootheel region) have limited nonprofit infrastructure, and the Salvation Army often functions as the primary organized emergency assistance.
The Salvation Army Midland Division is headquartered at 1130 Hampton Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri 63139. The division is the administrative unit that provides services across Missouri and Southern Illinois. Bret Heinrich serves as Executive Director of Development. Lakeysha Givens-Fields serves as Associate Divisional and St. Louis Regional Social Service Director. Monica Kriegel serves as Director of Strategic Communications. The division was founded in 1881 and has been operating in St. Louis for over 145 years.
The Midland Division operations include 17 community centers across Missouri and Southern Illinois, the Railton Apartments providing workforce housing in downtown St. Louis, the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center in north St. Louis County, the St. Louis Adult Rehabilitation Center for residential addiction recovery, and multiple emergency shelter facilities. The Alton, Illinois Booth House at 114 East 5th Street serves the Illinois side of the metropolitan area.
In 2010 the Midland Division provided recreation opportunities at local community centers for 115,000 individuals (primarily low-income youth), assisted 170 individuals with more than 5,000 nights of transitional housing, distributed more than 39,000 toys at Christmas to children and families in need, served more than 50,000 people through feeding programs at community center soup kitchens, and provided more than 170 individuals with access to affordable workforce housing in the Downtown St. Louis area through the Railton Apartments. Current operations have grown substantially since then.
The Salvation Army Kansas and Western Missouri Division is headquartered at 3637 Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri 64111. The division covers the greater Kansas City area in Missouri plus the entire State of Kansas. Major Kelly Collins serves as Divisional Leader. She has served in the Salvation Army since being commissioned along with her husband Major Jesse Collins 35 years ago. Major Kelly has served in 11 different postings with the Salvation Army including most recently as the Divisional Commander for the Midland Division headquartered in Peoria, Illinois (the Salvation Army's Midland Division HQ has moved between Peoria and St. Louis over the years).
The Kansas and Western Missouri Division oversees and directs the operations of the region's largest non-governmental provider of social services including 22 community corps centers, two Booth Manor apartments for seniors, and five shelters. Lt. Shannell Johnson serves as Divisional Youth Secretary and Divisional Candidate Secretary. Major Merrill Powers serves as South Central Area Commander.
The Kansas City Salvation Army has been an active community institution since the 1880s. The 80th anniversary of the Kansas City Salvation Army was celebrated in November 1945 at the Municipal Auditorium. The division's longer history reflects how deeply embedded the Salvation Army is in Kansas City's nonprofit and civic life.
The Salvation Army Midland Division deployed canteens after the May 2025 St. Louis tornado, providing immediate emergency feeding and supplies to affected neighborhoods. The tornado caused significant property damage and displacement in several St. Louis-area communities. The Midland Division's disaster response team coordinated with other St. Louis area nonprofits and the City of St. Louis emergency management.
The tornado response built on the division's decades of disaster response experience. The Midland Division regularly deploys to spring and summer tornadoes across Missouri and Southern Illinois. The team also assists with major regional disasters in neighboring states. The Joplin Salvation Army (operating under the Midland Division for southwest Missouri coverage) has been an institutional anchor for tornado response in the Ozarks since the 2011 EF5 tornado that devastated the city.
The Ferguson Community Empowerment Center is the Salvation Army Midland Division's facility serving north St. Louis County. Courtney Graves serves as Director of the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center. The Center was established in response to the social and economic challenges of north St. Louis County, including Ferguson, Florissant, and surrounding communities. Programs include emergency assistance, after-school programming, job training, and community engagement.
The Ferguson Center represents a specific Salvation Army programmatic response to a specific community context. Ferguson became a national focus during 2014-2015 events and the broader north St. Louis County region has dealt with ongoing economic and social challenges. The Center's programming is calibrated to serve the specific demographic and economic profile of north St. Louis County families.
Springfield Corps (Midland Division) serves Greene County and the Ozarks region. Springfield is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest and the Salvation Army's Springfield operations have grown accordingly. Joplin Corps serves Jasper and Newton counties; the Joplin Salvation Army has been an institutional anchor since the 2011 EF5 tornado. Columbia Corps serves Boone County and central Missouri. Jefferson City Corps serves Cole County and the state capital area.
Cape Girardeau Corps serves the southeast Missouri bootheel region. St. Joseph Corps (Kansas and Western Missouri Division) serves Buchanan County in northwest Missouri. Smaller Missouri cities have corps in Sedalia, Hannibal, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, Joplin, Rolla, Lebanon, Branson, and other communities. The Kansas side of the Kansas and Western Missouri Division covers Kansas City Kansas, Wichita, Topeka, and other Kansas cities.
When SNAP benefits paused in November 2025 during the federal shutdown, Missouri had roughly 700,000 residents on the program. The Salvation Army Missouri corps across both divisions activated additional food distribution. The St. Louis Midland operations moved to multiple distributions per week. The Kansas City Kansas and Western Missouri Division did the same. Springfield, Joplin, Columbia, Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau, St. Joseph, and other Missouri corps ran additional pantries through November and December.
Most of the food handed out was paid for by Red Kettle donations from December 2024. St. Louis Area Foodbank, Harvesters Community Food Network in Kansas City, Ozarks Food Harvest in Springfield, and other Missouri food banks all reported significantly higher demand during the freeze. The Salvation Army Missouri corps coordinated with these food banks on overflow distribution.
Cash gifts at the Midland Division or Kansas and Western Missouri Division sites, or the national salvationarmyusa.org, can be designated to a specific Missouri corps. Both Missouri divisions are part of the Salvation Army Central Territory, which files a consolidated Form 990 under EIN 36-2167079 covering 11 Midwestern states. The Salvation Army national overhead ratio runs at roughly 14 percent (82 cents per dollar to program services, 11 cents to fundraising, 7 cents to management).
Red Kettle dollars from late November through Christmas Eve stay in the corps where the kettle was placed. Kettles in Springfield stay in Springfield. Kettles in St. Joseph stay in St. Joseph. The St. Louis and Kansas City metro fundraising operations are large enough to support significant Christmas-season campaigns at malls, transit stations, and commercial corridors.
Furniture, clothing, working appliances, and household goods go to Family Stores. Free pickup is available for larger items at satruck.org or by calling the store. Sale revenue funds the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center program; Missouri ARCs operate in both St. Louis and Kansas City.
Vehicle donations through Cars Helping Families. The vehicle is sold at auction; net proceeds fund local programs. Stock, planned giving, and donor-advised fund gifts are processed through the appropriate division development office depending on where in Missouri you live.
Red Kettle bell ringing from late November through Christmas Eve is the largest single volunteer role. Sign up at registertoring.com, pick a host store and shift, show up. Missouri needs thousands of two-hour slots filled each Christmas season across both divisional territories.
The St. Louis Midland Division has specific volunteer opportunities at the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center, the Railton Apartments program (limited support roles), and the St. Louis Adult Rehabilitation Center. The Kansas and Western Missouri Division has volunteer needs at the two Booth Manor apartments for seniors (companionship and program support) plus the five Kansas City and surrounding shelters.
Year-round opportunities at corps statewide include Family Store sorting, food pantry packing, after-school program tutoring at corps with kids' programming, and holiday toy distribution. Disaster volunteer roles include canteen, warehouse, and ESC; Missouri disaster volunteers are deployed frequently because of the state's tornado season and flood-prone river systems. Disaster roles require one or two training sessions before deployment. For corporate teams of 10 to 50 people, both Missouri division development offices can coordinate group volunteer days. Missouri-based companies (Anheuser-Busch, Boeing, Edward Jones, Emerson Electric, H&R Block, others) run repeat corporate volunteer programs with the Salvation Army.
Both Missouri divisions are part of the Salvation Army Central Territory, which has its territorial headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The Central Territory files its own Form 990 covering 11 Midwestern states under EIN 36-2167079. Missouri-specific financial reporting is consolidated at the divisional level (separate reports for Midland Division and Kansas and Western Missouri Division).
The Salvation Army National Corporation reported roughly $5.8 billion in annual revenue across all US operations. National overhead ratios run consistently at roughly 14 percent. Program services receive 82 cents per dollar; fundraising costs 11 cents; management and general 7 cents. Charity Navigator gives the Salvation Army four stars; CharityWatch rates it favorably. The Railton Apartments and Booth Manor senior apartments have their own restricted-fund accounting because of the housing-program model.
For pure food access dollars, Missouri has strong food bank infrastructure. St. Louis Area Foodbank covers 26 counties in eastern Missouri and Illinois. Harvesters Community Food Network in Kansas City covers 26 counties across northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Ozarks Food Harvest in Springfield covers 28 counties in southwest Missouri. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri in Columbia covers 32 counties. These food banks convert donated dollars at roughly 1:7 through bulk purchasing power.
The Salvation Army's specific advantages in Missouri: the Railton Apartments workforce housing in downtown St. Louis (a model no other Missouri nonprofit operates), the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center in north St. Louis County (community-specific programming), the two Booth Manor apartments for seniors in Kansas and Western Missouri, geographic reach across both divisional territories including rural Missouri and the bootheel, and the institutional disaster response capacity demonstrated during the May 2025 St. Louis tornado.
Practical framing: for maximum food-per-dollar in Missouri, food banks win on math. For workforce housing (Railton Apartments), senior housing (Booth Manor), community-specific programming (Ferguson Center), and integrated emergency assistance across both metro areas plus rural Missouri, the Salvation Army Missouri operations are among the few organizations operating at that scale.
Last updated May 2026. Midland Division headquarters address (1130 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis MO 63139), founded 1881, 21-50 employees, key contacts including Bret Heinrich as Executive Director of Development, Scott Thompson as Donor Relations Director, Monica Kriegel as Director of Strategic Communications, Jeff Cernicek as Divisional Director of Capital Campaigns, Courtney Graves as Director of Ferguson Community Empowerment Center, Lakeysha Givens-Fields as Associate Divisional and St. Louis Regional Social Service Director, from the prospeo.io company profile on the Salvation Army Midland Division. Kansas and Western Missouri Division headquarters address (3637 Broadway, Kansas City MO 64111, phone 816-756-1455), Major Kelly Collins as Divisional Leader with 35 years of service in 11 different postings most recently as Divisional Commander for the Midland Division in Peoria IL, 22 community corps centers, two Booth Manor apartments for seniors, and five shelters, plus Lt. Shannell Johnson as Divisional Youth Secretary and Major Merrill Powers as South Central Area Commander, from the K and WM Who We Are page (centralusa.salvationarmy.org/mokan/who-we-are/). Midland Division 2010 program metrics (115,000 individuals in community center recreation, 170 individuals with 5,000+ nights of transitional housing, 39,000+ toys at Christmas, 50,000+ people through feeding programs, 170+ individuals in Railton Apartments workforce housing) from the Patch O Fallon Missouri December 2011 article on the Midland Division. May 2025 St. Louis tornado response from the largestcharities.com Missouri state-page reporting. Alton IL Booth House at 114 East 5th Street from the Google search snippet on Midland Division. Salvation Army Missouri founded 1881 reference from the same Patch article and Midland Division prospeo profile. Kansas City Salvation Army 80th anniversary in November 1945 at Municipal Auditorium from the digital.lib.ku.edu archival material. Missouri SNAP participation (~700,000 residents) from USDA Food and Nutrition Service November 2025 communications. Central Territory headquarters in Hoffman Estates IL and Central Territory EIN 36-2167079 from prospeo.io company profile. National revenue figure (~5.8 billion dollars) from Salvation Army National Corporation 2023 published annual report. Overhead ratio figures from Salvation Army National annual report and Charity Navigator. We are not affiliated with the Salvation Army and receive no compensation for this listing. Errors: [email protected]
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