· Private foundation
Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $139k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $230k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER | $75,000 |
| JAZZ ST LOUIS | $55,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| RANKEN JORDAN PEDIATRIC BRIDGE HOSPITAL | $50,000 |
| THE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| BJC FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| THE BACKSTOPPERS | $15,000 |
| BOOKS FOR STL KIDS | $15,000 |
| ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA | $12,500 |
| USO OF MISSOURI INC | $11,000 |
| VOLUNTEER LAWYERS & ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE ARTS | $7,500 |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $5,000 |
| 100 NEEDIEST CASES | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $436k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SLST LOUIS UNIVERSITY3× · 2019–2023 · $217k · revenue +9%
- TRThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children5× · 2020–2024 · $195k · revenue +38%
- TSTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION3× · 2022–2024 · $85k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- SFSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +71%
- CGCONSULATE GENERAL OF JAMAICAone grant, 2020 · $15k
- GMGOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +79%
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.
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.
SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.
Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.
The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.
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…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
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.
Economic development.
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,…
Fostering community and joy across the st. louis region through the shakespearean tradition of art for all.
The sole purpose of the foundation is to support the saint louis art museum, including but not limited to fundraising and other activities and assisting in financing expansion and renovation of its facilities.
Community Development and Community Center and social services
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 27 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 SOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ↗
- Who funds JAZZ ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children ↗
- Who funds THE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION USO OF MISSOURI INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR STL KIDS ↗
- Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS VOLUNTEER LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds GOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project ↗
- Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Jewish Federation of St Louis · Edward Jones Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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