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Biggs Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Biggs Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.3MArts & Culture$116kInternational$51kFood & Nutrition$50kCommunity Improvement$23kEnvironment$22kRecreation & Sports$20kReligion$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$347k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA FOUNDATION$15,000
AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION$10,000
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF STL$10,000
POLLY HILL ARBORETUM$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LOVETHELOU$5,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$4,000
DANCING CLASSROOM$1,000
ST JOSEPH PARISH$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%FARAWAY PROJECTS: $10k → 10%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.
$3.4M · 12 repeat orgs$260k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
25

Total granted

$3.4M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+9%

Still filing today

58%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
InternationalEnvironmentEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +76%
  • TN
    The New City School Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +29%
  • MI
    Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School
    4× · 2018–2023 · $91k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • DD
    DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +9%
  • HC
    HARVARD COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • MO
    METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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.

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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
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
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
4
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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5
New Roots Institute

New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.

Food & Nutrition
6
Ie New York College

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Education
7
Institute for the International Education of Students

The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) blends the best elements of foreign higher education with American University requirements and encourages students to explore the unique elements of foreign countries.…

Education
8
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
9
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
10
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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11
Greater St Louis Inc

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…

Community Improvement
12
Goucher College

Goucher College provides an innovative liberal arts education that prepares students with a broad, humane perspective for a life of inquiry, creativity, and critical and analytical thinking. The College's vision is to become a top-100…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; the most unlike its peers is Love the Lou. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,055,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,064,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+1 more: $91,250 · EducationThe New City School Inc: $1,050,000 · OtherThe New City School Inc+25 more: $243,111 · Other+25 moreDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $50,000 · Science & TechROOT CAPITAL INC: $25,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC: $15,000 · International+3 more: $2,000 · InternationalGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsThe American Youth Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTRANSITION US: $10,000 · EnvironmentLIVING LANDS & WATERS: $10,000 · EnvironmentLOVE THE LOU: $15,000 · Community ImprovementENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,750 · Community Improvement
Education$3,210,250Other$1,293,111Science & Tech$50,000International$42,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Environment$30,000Community Improvement$27,750

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 budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,055,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $1,064,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe New City School Inc: $1,050,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $91,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROOT CAPITAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOVE THE LOU: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF FONDATION DE FRANCE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE ST LOUIS: $14,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $12,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAR AWAY PROJECTS: $10,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetROMERO INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe American Youth Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSITION US: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDancing Classrooms Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Rivers Environmental Law Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of God Relief Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 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…Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…The Annenberg Foundat…The Bessemer Giving F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …The US Charitable Gif…Edward Jones Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Biggs Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Biggs Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Root Capital Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Biggs Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Biggs Family Charitable Foundation 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 42 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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