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Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
245
Itemized grants FY2024
124
Organizations funded FY2023
84%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$5.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,584,081
Organizations funded a year
57 to 124
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$36M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 84% of the organizations Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving198$5.7M88%
FY2023124$5.6M84%
FY202257$5.3Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.3MEducation$2.3MCommunity Improvement$1.4MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$923kCivil Rights$871kYouth Development$661kFood & Nutrition$651kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 162 grantees
All grantees of Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$4,624,32932%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$600,00030%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$342,00030%
Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc$312,50037%
Heat Up St Louis Inc$300,00034%
Greater St Louis Inc Foundation$300,00014%
Greater St Louis Inc$300,00012%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$250,00010%
St Louis Police Foundation$250,00024%
Beyond Housing Inc$200,00011%
Great Rivers Greenway Foundation$200,00012%
Concordance$200,00021%
Home Works - Thvp$140,36036%
Marian Middle School$135,66722%
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis$135,00014%
Cardinal Ritter College Prep$125,0002n/a
National Merit Scholarship Corporation$117,16530%
Delmar Divine Charitable Foundation$100,00012%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$100,00010%
Kidsmart Inc$100,00011%
Meet the Need Inc$100,000144%
St Louis County Parks Foundation$100,000119%
Christmas in St Louis Foundation$95,000253%
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation$90,00032%
The Little Bit Foundation$85,00021%
American Cancer Society Inc$75,00020%
Metropolitan Golf Foundation$75,00018%
Lincoln University$59,5002n/a
The Tower Grove Park Foundation$58,33313%
Washington University$50,00010%
Mission St Louis$50,00011%
Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation$50,00011%
The Salvation Army$45,0001n/a
Ssm Health Foundation - St Louis$40,00010%
St Louis Public Schools Foundation$35,00011%
Park Central Development Corporation$35,00012%
St Joseph Housing Initiative$35,00023%
Fontbonne University$34,50010%
Guardian Angel Settlement Association$34,00030%
A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound$31,00031%
St Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature$30,00016%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$26,00020%
Network for Strong Communities$25,00012%
Center of Creative Arts$25,00010%
Build Missouri Health$25,00016%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$25,00011%
Trailnet Inc$25,00013%
Missouri Historical Society$25,00010%
Rebuilding Together - St Louis$25,00011%
Gro Health Center Po Box 771342$20,0001n/a
A Red Circle$20,00021%
United Way of Central Missouri Inc$18,74911%
United Way of Southeast Missouri Inc$17,71512%
St Louis Arc Inc$17,50010%
Covenant House Missouri$15,00010%
Ozark Regional Land Trust Inc Dba Ozark Land Trust$15,00012%
Callaway County United Way$12,78616%
Black Girls Do STEM$12,50012%
Food Outreach Inc$11,00020%
Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co$10,00011%
The Timber Pointe Charitable Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Affinia Healthcare$10,00010%
Human Support Services$10,00010%
Child Center-Marygrove$10,00010%
Isaac Bruce Foundation$10,00015%
Community Counseling Center$10,00010%
Mississippi River Confluence Foundation$10,00018%
Vision for Children at Risk Inc$10,00010%
Casa of Southwestern Illinois$10,00011%
Bridge 2 Hope Parent Institute$7,50011%
City Academy Inc$7,50010%
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis$7,00010%
Pony Bird Inc$6,00010%
Scenic Regional Library Foundation$6,0001n/a
Mexico Area United Way$5,97015%
Southern Illinois Community Foundation$5,00010%
Foundations for Franklin County Inc$5,00011%
Project Oz$5,00010%
Almost Home$5,00010%
St Andrews Charitable Foundation$5,00010%
Day Dreams Foundation$5,00012%
Council for Drug Free Youth$5,00012%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
Flance Management Inc D/B/A Flance Early Learning Center$5,00010%
Heart of Missouri United Way Inc$4,39510%
Jefferson County Library Foundation$4,0001n/a
St Charles City County Library Foundation$4,00012%
United Way of St Francois County Inc$3,86313%
Cabanne District Community Development Corporation$3,5001n/a
Collinsville Food Pantry$3,00020%
United Way of Randolph County Inc$2,79512%
Lydia's House Inc$2,75010%
Rainbow Village Properties Inc$2,50010%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$2,20020%
Heartland Regional Library Foundation$2,000130%
Carnegie Mellon University$2,00010%
Morrison Wiley Library$2,00011%
25-35 Ministries$2,00013%
Decatur Public Library Foundation$2,000111%
Edwardsville Library Friends$2,0001n/a
Friends of Marion Carnegie Library$2,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Louisiana Public Library Inc$2,0001n/a
Bandstanders$2,00011%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis$2,00010%
Tenth Life Cat Rescue$2,00010%
Shiloh Church$2,0001n/a
Larche St Louis$1,75010%
Jefferson City Area YMCA$1,50010%
Youth in Need$1,50010%
Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways$1,45010%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$1,25820%
St. Louis Scorpions Track Club$1,0001n/a
Gods Green Acre Association$1,0001n/a
Punascha$1,0001n/a
First Baptist Church of Canton$1,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity - St Louis$1,00010%
St Paul Catholic Church Fenton$1,0001n/a
Casa of St Louis$1,00010%
Mount Olive Fire Company No 1$1,0001n/a
Animal Protective Association of Missouri$1,00010%
Columbia Baseball Club Inc.$1,00011%
St Patrick Center$1,00010%
People Helping Paws Cat Rescue$1,00011%
Boy Scout Troop 557$1,0001n/a
Gabriels Retreat Ministries$1,00012%
Circle of Light Associates$1,00010%
Monroe County Christian School$1,00010%
Lift for Life Gym Inc$1,00010%
The Empoweredment Network$1,00011%
Ehs Trap Club$1,0001n/a
The Crown Center Inc$1,00010%
Asp2 Steam Academy Inc Nfp$1,00010%
Friends of Robot Casserole NFP$1,00011%
Mosaic Initiative Corporation$1,0001n/a
Memory Care Home Solutions$1,00010%
Gateway Pga Reach Foundation$1,00010%
Upper Sangamon River Conservancy$1,0001n/a
Boy Scout Troop 803$1,0001n/a
Scouting 300 Foundation Ltd$1,0001n/a
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association$1,00010%
The Library Foundation for the Benefit of St Louis Public Library$1,00010%
Monroe County Tribe Assoc Inc$1,00011%
Northwest Christian Church$1,0001n/a
Rohan Woods School$1,00010%
Coalition Life$75010%
Centralia Cultural Society$50010%
St Louis Community College Foundation$50010%
Citizens for Modern Transit$50010%
The Sharing Shed$50011%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$32510%
Franklin County Area United Way Inc$30010%
Ozark Trail Association$25010%
Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri$25010%
St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation$25010%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$10010%
Berea College$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
McKendree University$10010%
Curebound$10010%
Vanderbilt University$5010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 174 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 138 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $4,624,329 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra: $342,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc: $312,500 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetHeat Up St Louis Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetGreater St Louis Inc Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGreater St Louis Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUrban League of Metropolitan St Louis: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $250,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetBeyond Housing Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGreat Rivers Greenway Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetConcordance: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHome Works - Thvp: $140,360 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetMarian Middle School: $135,667 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity of St Louis: $135,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $117,165 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDelmar Divine Charitable Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKidsmart Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMeet the Need Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSt Louis County Parks Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetChristmas in St Louis Foundation: $95,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetThomas Alva Edison Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $85,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Golf Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetThe Tower Grove Park Foundation: $58,333 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetWashington University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission St Louis: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJackie Joyner Kersee Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSsm Health Foundation - St Louis: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis Public Schools Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPark Central Development Corporation: $35,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSt Joseph Housing Initiative: $35,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetFontbonne University: $34,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGuardian Angel Settlement Association: $34,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetA Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound: $31,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSt Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature: $30,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCardinal Glennon Children's Foundation: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNetwork for Strong Communities: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCenter of Creative Arts: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBuild Missouri Health: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTrailnet Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMissouri Historical Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRebuilding Together - St Louis: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetA Red Circle: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Central Missouri Inc: $18,749 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 138.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO92.6× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · World Wide Technology Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Centene Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric

How much does Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric give?
Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric reported 245 itemized grants totaling $5,672,504, out of $6,569,154 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 124 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (18%), Education (8%), Community Improvement (5%).
Who are Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc ($4.6M), St Louis Area Food Bank Inc ($600k), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra ($342k).
Does Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, St Louis Community Foundation.
Where is Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric based?
Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 338 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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