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Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc at a glance

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Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc

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.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through 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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$791kInternational$275kReligion$222kArts & Culture$10kHealth$10kRecreation & Sports$8kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$782Other$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$250,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DELIVERFUND: $10k → 11%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 8%OUR LADY'S INN: $208 → 11%OUR LADY'S INN: $202 → 11%OUR LADY'S INN: $195 → 11%OUR LADY'S INN: $177 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IN
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
NC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 7 repeat orgs$201k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
14

Total granted

$1.2M
$201k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
0%

Still filing today

43%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionEducationArts & CultureInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • BC
    BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $750k · revenue -6%
  • SI
    SERVICE INTERNATIONAL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $199k
  • EC
    ELEMENT CHURCH INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $167k

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue -2%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $36k · revenue 0%
  • EC
    ELEMENT CHURCH - KINGDOM BUILDING
    one grant, 2022 · $27k
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.

04Its 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
Shared Hope International

Shared hope international exists to rescue and restore women and children in crisis. we are leaders in a worldwide effort to prevent and eradicate sex trafficking and slavery through education and public awareness.

Human Services
2
Angels in Africa
International
3
House of Refuge Faith Based
Human Services
4
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
5
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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6
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
7
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
8
United Saints Worldwide

United Saints is committed to taking the Gospel to both major cities and the most remote regionsreaching places like the Amazon Jungle and beyondwith the power and love of Jesus.

Religion
9
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
10
Newman University Inc

We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
11
Free to Worship Ministries

This church will be that place of emergency where people can come any time of day or night. We will be a place that will lead people back to health both spiritually and naturally.

Religion
12
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bethany Christian Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Louis Youth Hockey Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $750,000 · OtherBETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INCSERVICE INTERNATIONAL: $199,006 · OtherSERVICE INTERNATIONALELEMENT CHURCH INC: $166,500 · OtherELEMENT CHURCH INCWATERSTONE: $69,500 · OtherWATERSTONE+7 more: $67,232 · Other+7 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $35,500 · ReligionOpen Doors With Brother Andrew Inc: $10,000 · ReligionWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $39,500 · Education+1 more: $1,006 · EducationLiving Water International: $10,000 · Human ServicesDeliverFund: $10,000 · Human ServicesOUR LADYS INN: $782 · Human ServicesOUR RESCUE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $10,000 · InternationalHeart and Armor Foundation: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,252,238Religion$45,500Education$40,506Human Services$20,782Arts & Culture$10,000International$10,000Public Benefit$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $750,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $39,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $35,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Water International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeliverFund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart and Armor Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSt Louis Youth Hockey Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetPROMISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,006 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LADYS INN: $782 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $225 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ark Foundation of Missouri Inc 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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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