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Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
245
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 245 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 245 grants below total $5,672,504, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,569,154 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $896,650 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k173 grants · $242k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.9M
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST. LOUIS$1,584,081
GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC.$300,000
SCHOLARSHIP FND OF ST. LOUIS$270,000
STL RGNL ADVNCD MANFCTRNG INVTN$250,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN STL$250,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN$250,000
KIDSMART TOOLS FOR LEARNING$200,000
BEYOND HOUSING INC$200,000
ST LOUIS FOOD BANK$200,000
CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSP$100,000
CARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREPRTRY$100,000
DELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FND$100,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN STL$100,000
VARIETY$100,000
CONCORDANCE$100,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 33 repeat orgs$7.4M to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 175 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
128

Total granted

$9.2M
$4.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+10%

Still filing today

70%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $313k · revenue +21%
  • HU
    HEAT UP ST LOUIS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +106%
  • SL
    St Louis Police Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $250k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • GS
    GREATER ST. LOUIS INC FOUNDATIONDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
  • GS
    GREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +23%
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.

03Its field

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.

1
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
2
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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3
Forward Through Ferguson

Embracing the ferguson commission's mandate, forward through ferguson centers impacted communities and mobilizes accountable bodies to advance racially equitable systems and policies that ensure all people in the st. louis region can…

Civil Rights
4
St Louis Council of Construction Consumers

The slc3 is a community of design and construction industry professionals with a common interest in the betterment of our region through prioritizing innovation, continuing education, equity empowerment and all-inclusive workforce…

Community Improvement
5
Area Resources for Community & Human Services

To improve the lives of greater st. louis' residents by convening strategic community partnerships.

Human Services
6
St Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

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7
Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
8
Community Builders Network of Metro St Louis

The Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis (CBN) is a coalition of community building organizations, including both place-based nonprofits and supporting partners. Our mission is to gather community leaders of all backgrounds to…

Community Improvement
9
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.

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10
St Louis Association of Community Organizations

Community Development and Community Center and social services

—
11
St Martin's Child Center

Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri

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12
Community Foundation of Central Mo

The community foundation of central missouri inspires and nurtures philanthropy for the public good.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heat Up St Louis Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gro Health Center Po Box 771342. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

142 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 142 of the 338 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
141/142
Grantees still filing
70/142
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $600,000 · OtherST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY MISSOURI: $535,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY MISSOURIURBAN LEAGUE OF METRO ST. LOUIS: $500,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METRO ST. LOUISURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN STL: $350,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, ST LOUIS: $300,000 · OtherGREATER ST. LOUIS INC FOUNDATIONDATION: $300,000 · Other+142 more: $5,783,106 · Other+142 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $4,624,329 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC+9 more: $294,250 · Philanthropy+9 moreGREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER ST LOUIS INC: $300,000 · Community ImprovementGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Community ImprovementDELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementCHRISTMAS IN ST LOUIS FOUNDATION: $95,000 · Community ImprovementMISSION ST LOUIS: $50,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $60,000 · Community ImprovementHOME WORKS - THVP: $140,360 · EducationMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $135,667 · EducationNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $117,165 · EducationKIDSMART INC: $100,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationFONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $34,500 · EducationSt Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature: $30,000 · Education+8 more: $61,500 · EducationHEAT UP ST LOUIS INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesMEET THE NEED INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $85,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $34,000 · Human ServicesBUILD MISSOURI HEALTH: $25,000 · Human Services+10 more: $71,863 · Human ServicesSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $342,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $312,500 · International
Other$8,368,106Philanthropy$4,918,579Community Improvement$1,105,000Education$669,192Human Services$615,863Arts & Culture$392,000International$312,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAT UP ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds St Louis Police Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDANCE ↗
  • Who funds HOME WORKS - THVP ↗
  • Who funds MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds National Merit Scholarship Corporation ↗
  • Who funds DELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds KIDSMART INC ↗
  • Who funds MEET THE NEED INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION ↗

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 Fo…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Edward Jones Foundati…Employees Community F…World Wide Technology…Youthbridge Community…Brown Dana Charitable…Moneta Group Charitab…Centene FoundationNorman J Stupp Founda…
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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Find your warmest path to Ameren Charitable Trust (Union Electric through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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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