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Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation at a glance

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Bee Payne-Stewart 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.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$534kEducation$341kHousing & Shelter$219kFood & Nutrition$169kHealth$113kReligion$110kAnimals$90kRecreation & Sports$83kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $91k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GYNCA$25,600
KVC MISSOURI$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$15,000
STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS$10,000
SCULPTURE WALK SPRINGFIELD$10,000
CONVOY OF HOPE$10,000
MSU FOUNDATION$6,000
ELKS LODGE 2779$6,000
UMKC$5,958
KC WELLS ACADEMY$5,000
MSU$5,000
MO SPORT HALL OF FAME$5,000
KIWANIS OF THE OZARKS$5,000
CASA OF SW MO$5,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%GATEWAY HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $5k → 11%GATEWAY HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $3k → 11%GATEWAY HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $3k → 11%CARE TO LEARN: $10k → 15%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $10k → 18%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $6k → 18%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $4k → 18%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $3k → 18%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $2k → 18%CARE TO LEARN: $5k → 15%CARE TO LEARN: $3k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $15k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $10k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $5k → 15%STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS: $5k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $22k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $20k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $20k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $20k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $5k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $5k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $5k → 15%THE KITCHEN: $5k → 15%HARMONY HOUSE: $20k → 15%HARMONY HOUSE: $20k → 15%HARMONY HOUSE: $5k → 15%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

NH
IL
WI
NY
OR
CT
MO
KS
TN
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 57 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
34

Total granted

$1.8M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+9%

Still filing today

33%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MS
    MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $117k · revenue +97%
  • FV
    FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER
    3× · 2017–2021 · $45k · revenue +58%
  • SW
    SCULPTURE WALK SPRINGFIELD
    4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +233%

Funded once

  • MA
    MU AEC PROJECT
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • FF
    Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
    one grant, 2022 · $14k · revenue -12%
  • S
    SATYA
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
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
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
2
Special Olympics Missouri Inc

Through year-round sports and training, individuals with intellectual disabilities are given the chance to gain confidence, seek opportunities to improve their physical fitness, demonstrate pride, and participate in their communities.

—
3
Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc

Child safe of central missouri's mission is to respond to and prevent child abuse by providing advocacy, support, and resources to children who are alleged victims of abuse and other traumatic crimes, and to their non-offending family…

Crime & Legal
4
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association

To provide children with hope, understanding, and compassion so they can reach their full potential.

Human Services
5
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
6
The Missouri Foundation for Health

To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive

Health
7
Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc

The community foundation of the ozarks mission is to enhance the quality of life through resource development, community grantmaking, collaboration, and public leadership.

Philanthropy
8
Blake Wagner Foundation
Human Services
9
St Louis Life

To enable individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve the highest level of independent living and live a full and enriched life.

Housing & Shelter
10
Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans

To assist the state of kansas in helping to improve the health of all kansans, particularly those unserved or underserved.

Health
11
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
12
Legal Aid of Western Missouri

To improve the lives of those in need through quality legal assistance.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Violence Center; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Garden Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 95 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GYNCA: $179,500 · OtherGYNCAGREAT CIRCLE: $102,500 · OtherGREAT CIRCLEIndividual grant recipient: $84,617 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSALVATION ARMY: $80,600 · OtherSALVATION ARMYMSU: $75,764 · OtherMSULEAST OF THESE PANTRY: $74,000 · OtherLEAST OF THESE PANTRYUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $60,000 · OtherCASA OF SW MO: $55,000 · Other+68 more: $664,914 · Other+68 moreTHE KITCHEN INC: $101,500 · Human ServicesTHE KITCHEN IN…STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesSTOMP THE BLUE…FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER: $45,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLENC…Good Samaritan Boys Ranch: $24,350 · Human ServicesGood Samaritan…Care to Learn: $17,500 · Human ServicesCare to LearnGATEWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $10,000 · Human ServicesMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $117,150 · EducationWALDORF EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $26,000 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · EducationMISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $48,000 · Arts & CultureSCULPTURE WALK SPRINGFIELD: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGFIELD LITTLE THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCONVOY OF HOPE: $52,500 · InternationalPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthFoundation for Springfield Public Schools: $14,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthOZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC: $40,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,376,895Human Services$263,350Education$144,650Arts & Culture$93,000International$52,500Health$45,500Food & Nutrition$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $117,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT CIRCLE: $102,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KITCHEN INC: $101,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSTOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS INC: $65,000 over 7y, 39% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $52,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $48,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSCULPTURE WALK SPRINGFIELD: $40,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetOZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRescue One: $31,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWALDORF EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $26,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGood Samaritan Boys Ranch: $24,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCare to Learn: $17,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFoundation for Springfield Public Schools: $14,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGATEWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $10,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetARC OF THE OZARKS: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROUTE 66 RESCUE INC: $8,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD LITTLE THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpringfield Workshop Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDrury University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPION ATHLETES OF THE OZARKS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds THE KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds STOMP THE BLUES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SCULPTURE WALK SPRINGFIELD ↗
  • Who funds OZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds Rescue One ↗
  • Who funds WALDORF EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Good Samaritan Boys Ranch ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Care to Learn ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Springfield Public Schools ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The Charlie & Mary Be…Cook Family FoundationCommerce Bancshares F…The Turner Family Fou…Mercy Health Springfi…Stanley & Elaine Ball…Musgrave FoundationArvest FoundationLarry P O'Reilly and …Rick and Marsha Floyd…Ozarks Health Advocac…
Community Foundation of the Ozarks IncMO36.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Cook Family Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Turner Family Foundation · Mercy Health Springfield Communities · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Musgrave Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation · Rick and Marsha Floyd Foundation · Ozarks Health Advocacy 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 Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 95 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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