Missouri · Public charity
Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc
Build-a-bear foundation seeks to add a little more heart to life by sharing hugs, inspiring creativity, and making days a little bit brighter for those in need.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $566k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $804k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Book | $2,731,012 | 3 | 1% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $460,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $429,495 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $429,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baby2baby | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature | $140,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Toy Foundation Inc | $52,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Book | $2,731,012 | 3 | 1% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $460,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $429,495 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $429,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baby2baby | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Black Authors of Childrens Literature | $140,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Toy Foundation Inc | $52,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Urban League Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pflag | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kaboom Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation International | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc
- How much does Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc give?
- Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $1,185,000, out of $1,670,696 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Philanthropy (14%), Health (13%).
- Who are Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: First Book ($2.7M), Marine Toys for Tots Foundation ($460k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of America ($429k).
- Does Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc based?
- Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc is based in MO.
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