· Private foundation
Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| QUINCY UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| DEFIANCE COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARD | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI | $1,000 |
| JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEG | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | $1,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE | $1,000 |
| MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | $1,000 |
| SIMPSON COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| JOHN WOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 13% of Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 39% of the giving stays in IL; by stated purpose, 35%.
How this is measured
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.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
We are a Catholic, co-educational, liberal arts university founded in 1843 by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke educates students at the post-secondary level in the liberal arts and sciences, the…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 70 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 CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds QUINCY UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Hannibal LaGrange University ↗
- Who funds Maryville University - St Louis ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MONMOUTH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds North Central College ↗
- Who funds The University of Tulsa ↗
- Who funds AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Pittsfield High School Class of 1954 Scholarship Fund Inc · Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Porter Edwin M Educational Fund · R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust Dtd 10121
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.
- The University of Tulsa: 2% of income from government
- University of New Haven: 1% of income from government
- Seton Hall University: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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