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Bernice Priger Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Bernice Priger Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$359kHuman Services$275kEducation$46kReligion$43kFood & Nutrition$20kInternational$10kRecreation & Sports$5kYouth Development$5k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANKEN JORDAN PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL$12,500
SAINT LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY$12,500
CHILD CENTER - MARYGROVE$10,000
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$7,500
NURSE FOR NEWBORNS$5,000
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH$5,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON$5,000
BEST BUDDIES$5,000
CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI$5,000
ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF$4,500
CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH$3,750
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS$2,500
LOGOS SCHOOL$2,500
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 (FY18–25, $179k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE COVERING HOUSE: $10k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $8k → 21%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $8k → 16%THE COVERING HOUSE: $10k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $8k → 21%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $8k → 16%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $5k → 21%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $8k → 16%ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $5k → 16%NURSE FOR NEWBORNS: $5k → 11%DECEMBER 5TH FUND: $20k → 11%DECEMBER 5TH FUND: $16k → 11%COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%DECEMBER 5TH FUND: $15k → 11%DECEMBER 5TH FUND: $10k → 11%DECEMBER 5TH FUND: $7k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $3k → 11%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $5k → 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.
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.
$709k · 18 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$709k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+7%

Still filing today

83%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalFood & 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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $108k · revenue +75%
  • D5
    DECEMBER 5TH FUND
    5× · 2018–2023 · $68k · revenue +65%
  • VT
    VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS
    4× · 2018–2024 · $43k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • CG
    CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2024 · $13k
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • HP
    HEALTH PROTECTION AND EDUCATION SERVICE
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +7%
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
Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf

Empowering deaf children to listen, learn and talk.

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2
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
3
Easter Seals Midwest

To assist individuals with developmental disabilities, including autism, how to learn, live, work, and participate in the community.

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4
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
5
Listen and Talk

Listen and Talk teaches deaf and hard of hearing children to communicate and learn through listening and spoken language.

Education
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Evangelical Children's Home

Partnering with the community to assist children, youth and families in their unique pursuit of health and wholeness through quality, professional and faithful services.

Human Services
8
Child's Voice School

The mission of child's voice is to empower children with hearing loss to be successful in all educational and social settings by optimizing their listening, speaking and academic skills, our programs provide specialized support and…

Education
9
Louisiana United Methodist Children & Family Services Inc

The organization seeks to provide the highest quality of care in ministry to the diverse needs of louisiana's children and families by offering a variety of holistic services which promote personal growth and wholesome family life. the…

Human Services
10
The St Louis Children's Choirs

Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…

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11
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
12
Easter Seals Louisiana Inc

To change the way the world defines and views disabilities by making profound, positive differences in people's lives every day.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Crisis Nursery; the most unlike its peers is The Covering House. 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

19 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. 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $108,000 · OtherST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERYRANKEN JORDAN PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherRANKEN JORDAN PEDIATRIC HOSPITALST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FDNTN: $59,500 · OtherST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FDNTNVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $43,000 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUISCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $30,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH+7 more: $53,500 · Other+7 moreDECEMBER 5TH FUND: $67,500 · Human ServicesDECEMBER 5TH FUNDTHE COVERING HOUSE: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE COVERING HOUSEST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $28,500 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR TH…CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF…THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE: $58,500 · HealthCHILD CENTER-MARYGR…MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON: $38,090 · HealthMERCY HEALTH FOUNDA…BreakDown STL: $30,000 · HealthBreakDown STLHEALTH PROTECTION AND EDUCATION SERVICE: $6,000 · HealthLOGOS INC: $24,390 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH: $3,750 · EducationOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionWINGS OF HOPE: $10,000 · International
Other$394,000Human Services$178,500Health$132,590Education$28,140Food & Nutrition$20,000International$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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $108,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDECEMBER 5TH FUND: $67,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE: $58,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $43,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON: $38,090 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE COVERING HOUSE: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBreakDown STL: $30,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $30,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $28,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOGOS INC: $24,390 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlmost Home: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds DECEMBER 5TH FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds THE COVERING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BreakDown STL ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds LOGOS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH PROTECTION AND EDUCATION SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds NURSES FOR NEWBORNS ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH ↗
  • Who funds Almost Home ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS ↗

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…Berges Family Foundat…Employees Community F…Pott FoundationBrown Dana Charitable…Moneta Group Charitab…Herbert and Adrian Wo…TsfJefferson FoundationYouthbridge Community…Edward Jones Foundati…United Way of Greater…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO31.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Berges Family Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Pott Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Herbert and Adrian Woods Fdn · Tsf · Jefferson Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc

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 Bernice Priger Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernice Priger Charitable Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 27 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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