· Private foundation
Allen Birge Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLS | $12,000 |
| LADUE CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $3,000 |
| ST LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $3,000 |
| DUBLIN IRISH GUARD BAND BOOSTERS | $3,000 |
| VILLAGE OF ELKS RAPID | $3,000 |
| FOREST PARK FOREVER | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $2,000 |
| ST LUKES HOSPITAL | $1,500 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $1,500 |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,500 |
| CHADS | $1,250 |
| ST LOUIS RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS | $1,000 |
| PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST | $1,000 |
| CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against -22% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JBJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL8× · 2017–2025 · $49k · revenue +62%
- SLSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA8× · 2018–2025 · $24k · revenue +72%
- IRInternational Rescue Committee INC6× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +81%
Funded once
- SCSave Cuesta Inlet Incone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -100%
- SLST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $10k
- HWHARRIS WORLD ECOLOGY CENTER UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - STLOUISone grant, 2022 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.
The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…
To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…
Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.
The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…
Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…
San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.
The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds Save Cuesta Inlet Inc ↗
- Who funds The Alaska Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds DUBLIN IRISH GUARD BAND BOOSTERS CLUB ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL COAST STATE PARKS ASSOCIATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Allen Birge Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Birge Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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