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Centene 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.

$39M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
155
Grants FY2025
107
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,912,778
Organizations funded a year
107 to 282
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
32
Total assets, FY2025
$195M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Centene Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving151$39M55%
FY2024107$25M43%
FY2023172$25M23%
FY2022243$28M11%
FY2021282$27M32%
FY2020276$27Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$69MEducation$33MArts & Culture$24MPhilanthropy$16MCommunity Improvement$12MCrime & Legal$7.4MEnvironment$6.7MYouth Development$5.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Centene Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Washington University$8,125,00050%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$7,742,88062%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$5,240,00044%
Community Health Development Inc$5,200,000213%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$5,000,00040%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$3,858,17462%
Concordance$3,852,150611%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$3,624,99242%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$3,055,60034%
Health Center Association of Nebraska$3,000,000346%
Jwch Institute Inc$2,912,77811%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$2,500,00054%
City of Albuquerque Foundation$2,500,000367%
Physicians for a Healthy California$2,250,0001n/a
Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund$2,165,211417%
Kipp Foundation$2,000,00051%
The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare$2,000,0002100%
Bi-State Development Research Institute$2,000,0001n/a
Medical College of Georgia Foundation Incorporated$2,000,00026%
Radio Arts Foundation$1,940,000453%
The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education$1,800,00054%
Beyond Differences$1,796,697641%
Central Iowa Shelter & Services$1,725,000222%
Safer Foundation$1,698,96125%
National Urban League Inc$1,662,87531%
National Minority Quality Forum Inc$1,657,469311%
Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc$1,645,000421%
Healthy Americas Foundation$1,610,002448%
Center of Creative Arts$1,572,71659%
St Louis Science Center Foundation$1,540,00049%
Union Rescue Mission$1,500,00051%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science$1,500,00011%
Ford's Theatre Society$1,375,00052%
Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$1,375,00027%
St Louis University$1,300,00060%
American Prairie Foundation$1,250,00043%
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis$1,245,92534%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$1,128,13261%
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis$1,100,000411%
Trinity University$1,050,00030%
Georgia Assoc for Primary Health$1,025,00033%
Community Medical Centers Inc$1,000,00011%
Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care$1,000,00012%
Alternatives for Girls$1,000,00027%
Altamed Health Services Corporation$1,000,0001n/a
Vision y Compromiso$1,000,00015%
Love One Louisiana Foundation$1,000,000197%
Charmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance$1,000,00029%
National Association of Community Health Centers Inc$1,000,00012%
Kaweah Delta Hospital Foundation$1,000,000124%
William Carey University$1,000,00011%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$945,93053%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$814,000410%
Miriam Foundation$775,00042%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$775,00031%
Cardinal Ritter College Prep$770,0003n/a
City of Refuge$750,00031%
Oakwood Creative Care Inc$750,000122%
Forest Park Forever Inc$733,33431%
Buffalo Urban League Inc$666,66723%
Neighborhood Service Organization$666,66722%
PAS Association$660,000226%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$650,00041%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc$621,97661%
Omaha Symphony Association$600,00062%
The Army Historical Foundation Inc$600,00061%
Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc$600,00020%
Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers$595,27522%
The Little Bit Foundation$585,74048%
Greater St Louis Inc Foundation$550,00016%
Mercy Health Foundation St Louis$547,07024%
The Jed Foundation$525,72520%
The Memorial Foundation Inc$500,000113%
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$483,33320%
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation$482,00044%
Kipp St Louis$479,76031%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas$465,84043%
Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc$450,00033%
Metropolitan Golf Foundation$450,000314%
Cultural Festivals$450,000366%
Somo Endowment Fund Inc$420,0003n/a
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals$400,00030%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$400,00040%
Friends of Jazz St Louis$400,0002n/a
The Sheldon Arts Foundation$395,00036%
West Hawaii Community Health Center Inc$375,0001n/a
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$374,15031%
United Way Suncoast Inc$365,86941%
National Hispanic Health Foundation$350,0001n/a
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc$350,0001n/a
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$338,00040%
Nevada Health Centers Inc$333,33411%
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area$333,33229%
United Way for Greater Austin$327,88941%
Speedway Children's Charities$325,00033%
St Louis American Foundation$304,835516%
Jazz St Louis$300,00027%
The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children$300,00030%
Friends of St Louis University Liver Center$300,000327%
Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Foundation$300,00014%
Great Circle$300,00020%
St Louis Police Foundation$299,17034%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$297,00032%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$293,44831%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$283,30053%
American Heart Association Inc$282,99250%
Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc$274,38043%
Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways$273,35050%
National Football Museum Inc$271,25011%
St Louis Arc Inc$263,35041%
St Louis Cardinals Community Fund$260,67037%
Progress in Education Inc$260,00032%
Youth Villages Foundation Inc$256,50010%
United Way California Capital Region$250,11341%
Americans for Oxford Inc$250,00011%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$250,00020%
Petersburg High School Stadium Enhancement Committee$250,0001n/a
New England College$250,00010%
Youth Villages Inc$250,00010%
Gaston Family Health Services Inc$250,00010%
United Way Inc$239,12140%
Pedal the Cause$237,53452%
Npower Inc$225,00030%
The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council$223,20039%
Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department$222,750172%
Regional Business Council$222,00024%
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Inc$216,11327%
Characterplus$205,00048%
Clayton Education Foundation$204,200442%
Ranken Technical College$200,00020%
California Health Collaborative$200,00011%
Missouri Chamber Foundation$200,00029%
Center for Hearing & Speech$199,50019%
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital$184,50051%
Hcc Stl Foundation$184,000375%
Goodlife Innovations Inc$180,00011%
Starkloff Disability Institute$174,46044%
Valley of the Sun United Way$171,85440%
March of Dimes Inc$168,86740%
St Louis Black Repertory Company Inc$167,48039%
Hays Medical Center Foundation$160,00021%
Virginia Health Care Foundation$156,00011%
The National Children's Cancer Society$153,50030%
United Way of Broward County Inc$151,96140%
Chamber Music Society of St Louis Inc$150,000319%
Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr$150,0003n/a
Manhattan School of Music$150,00020%
Mathews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club$150,00018%
The Dental Health Theatre Inc$150,000317%
Grand Center Inc$148,38634%
The Repertory Theatre of St Louis$147,06312%
United Way of Central Ohio Inc$141,13840%
Provident Inc$131,90051%
United Way of New York City$128,84640%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$120,00040%
Clayco Foundation$118,80042%
United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc$116,97240%
Central Institute for the Deaf$113,96430%
United Way of North Carolina$113,34240%
Musician Treatment Foundation of Austin Texas Inc$110,000227%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$105,81140%
Independence Center$102,00040%
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County$101,89940%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$101,10840%
St Louis Bar Foundation$100,000114%
Medical College of Va Foundation$100,00010%
Valencia College Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Casa de Salud$100,00023%
United Home Care Services Inc$100,00010%
Cortex$100,00012%
Gateway Pga Reach Foundation$100,00028%
Elevate Energy$100,0001n/a
St Louis Regional Crime Commission$100,000117%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$100,00010%
NAMI National$100,00010%
American Society of Health Economists$100,000120%
Navy League of the United States St Louis Council$100,000115%
California Health Foundation and Trust$100,00010%
Bridge of Hope Ministries$100,0001n/a
A T Still University of Health Sciences$100,00020%
United Way of Central Iowa$99,08440%
The Michael Bolton Charities Inc$98,400125%
The St Louis Children's Choirs$97,70026%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$96,98240%
United Way of Pierce County$95,93940%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$91,00040%
City of Refuge - Chicago$90,000219%
Heart of Florida United Way Inc$86,60340%
Saint Louis Ballet Company$86,00026%
Fair Saint Louis Foundation$85,00024%
El Centro del Barrio Inc$84,00010%
National Sportsmanship Foundation$81,42035%
The Soulard School$80,00023%
The Magic House$78,20041%
United Way Tar River Region$77,50243%
Capital Area United Way$77,47940%
Gateway to Hope$75,40022%
United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc$75,12140%
Home Works - Thvp$75,00018%
Friends of the Missouri Governor's Mansion$75,000311%
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health$75,00030%
National Hispanic Council on Aging$75,00014%
United We$75,00013%
National Council on Aging Inc$75,00010%
Farmington Regional Community Found$75,0001n/a
Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc$72,50040%
The Fatherless Foundation Inc$72,00034%
The Seeing Eye Inc$70,30430%
American Academy of Family Physicians$70,00010%
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc$70,00040%
International Institute of Metropolitan St Louis$70,00021%
United Way of the Midlands$69,85040%
Metro Theater Company$69,60021%
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association$68,30042%
The Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars$66,66620%
Food Outreach Inc$64,23241%
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc$64,10840%
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$62,58940%
The Grady Health Foundation Inc$62,50030%
Heart of Arkansas United Way$62,19541%
United Way of the Midlands$61,25440%
The Geen Family Foundation$60,9001n/a
Silk Road Project Inc$60,00031%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$59,15020%
United Way of the Greater Capital Region$56,34140%
Friends of Jennings District Foundation$55,000223%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$50,00010%
His House Ministries$50,0001n/a
Hungarian-American Coalition$50,000210%
Teche Action Board Inc$50,00010%
Home Sweet Home$50,00022%
Blackdoctor Foundation$50,0001n/a
Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation$50,00015%
St Louis Psychoanalytic Institute$50,00033%
Monmouth College$50,00010%
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Kipp New York Inc$50,00010%
Project Sunshine Inc$50,00011%
Wta Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Vivent Health Inc$50,00010%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum$50,00011%
St Louis Guns N Hoses Boxing Association$49,50035%
Now Serving Inc$49,5001n/a
United Way of the Capital Region$48,52740%
Young Women's Christian Association of Metropolitan St Louis$48,40020%
United Way of St Francois County Inc$47,817410%
United Way of El Paso County$47,62040%
The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation$47,00025%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$45,27540%
United Way of Cascade County$44,25641%
100 Black Men$44,250313%
Youth in Need$44,10030%
Memory Care Home Solutions$44,03031%
Granite United Way$43,95940%
Angels' Arms$43,54431%
Humane Society of Missouri$43,20030%
Girls in the Know$41,00035%
The Bach Society of Saint Louis$39,70534%
Child Center-Marygrove$38,10030%
The Santa Fe Opera$37,50010%
United Way of Greater Houston$36,33040%
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc$36,24740%
Foundation for Student Communicationinc$36,00032%
United Way of the Capital Area Inc$35,49941%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$35,00030%
Mildred Thimes Fndt for Pancreatic$35,0002n/a
Gateway Equity Institute$34,25035%
United Way of the Coastal Bend Inc$30,81240%
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc$30,75520%
United Way of South Texas$30,67640%
Community Farmers Market Inc$30,000112%
Suitup Incorporated$30,00012%
Generate Health Stl$30,00031%
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro St Louis$30,00016%
Blood Cancer United Inc$30,00010%
Women of Achievement$30,000213%
Dayspring Assembly of God$30,0001n/a
Emmaus Homes Inc$30,00010%
St Louis Cathedral Concerts$30,00018%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Gateway Chapter$30,00032%
United Way of the National Capital Area$29,25640%
Signature Health Care Foundation$28,200210%
Trustees of Boston College$28,00020%
The Women's Foundation of Greater Saint Louis$27,50035%
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette$27,36040%
Metro United Way Inc$27,19140%
Christian Hospital Foundation$26,89432%
Rob & Sam Inc Angels at Work$26,500323%
United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/A United Way of Greater Newark$26,35130%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$26,20940%
Commonwealth Health Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Project Helping$25,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$25,00010%
International Women's Health Coalition$25,00010%
United States Ski Team Foundation$25,00010%
Hotel Inc$25,00013%
St Louis Earth Day$25,00017%
Epworth Children & Family Services Inc$25,00010%
Cass Community Health Foundation$25,0001n/a
Foundation for Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics$25,000147%
Go St Louis$25,00013%
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Foundation$25,00016%
National Council on Independent Living$25,0001n/a
Community Action Kentucky Inc$25,00010%
Community Sharing Program$25,00011%
American Rivers Inc$25,00010%
Semper Fi Society of St Louis$22,900212%
United Way of Smith County$22,85840%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$22,80010%
Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc$22,50010%
Missouri Historical Society$22,50020%
Exploring the Arts Inc$21,36011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc$21,00020%
United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties$20,67040%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$20,10640%
Sacramento Police Foundation Inc$20,00019%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$20,00010%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$20,00010%
Addiction Is Real Inc$20,000119%
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$20,00020%
Smithsonian Institution$20,00010%
Missouri Appleseed$20,00017%
St Louis Area Diaper Bank$20,00021%
Aloha United Way Inc$19,48540%
United Way of Summit and Medina$19,13540%
Cornerstone Center for Early Learning$19,05040%
Blues for Kids$18,75031%
United Way of Lane County$18,53140%
Aeroangel Inc$18,50014%
Arts as Healing Foundation$17,72538%
United Way of Central New York Inc$17,04540%
Felton Institute$15,00030%
Community Health in Partnership Services (Chips)$15,0001n/a
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$15,00020%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$15,00020%
Havenhouse St Louis$15,00012%
The Salvation Army$15,0001n/a
Be Like Brit Foundation Inc$15,00011%
The Als Association Inc Wisconsin Chapter$15,00011%
Nurses for Newborns$15,00010%
Air & Space Forces Association$15,0001n/a
Connections to Success$14,70030%
The Biome School$14,15010%
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$14,10030%
Community Women Against Hardship$14,00023%
United Way of Acadiana Inc$13,91640%
Friends of Budapest Festival Orchestra Inc$12,5001n/a
Gene Slay's Boys' Club of St Louis Inc$12,50010%
St Louis Public Schools Foundation$12,50020%
The Randolph W & Dr Lael C Melville Family Foundation$12,50012%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$12,44440%
Harris-Stowe State University Alumni Association Inc$12,0001n/a
Lubbock Area United Way Inc$11,60430%
The United Way of Lee County Inc$11,42930%
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc$10,6501n/a
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc$10,56140%
United Way of Greater Toledo$10,32840%
Gateway Warrior Foundation$10,0001n/a
Phoenix Police Foundation Inc$10,00011%
We Stories$10,00013%
Rebuilding Together Greater Florida Inc$10,00010%
Ignite Theatre Company$10,00015%
United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc$10,00011%
Food Bank of Greenwood County$10,0001n/a
Barnwell County Help Line$10,000169%
Healthy Start Coalition of Pasco Inc$10,00011%
Confluence Academy$10,00010%
Harris-Stowe Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc$10,0001n/a
Anthropedia Inc$10,00014%
St Louis Center for International Relations$10,00020%
Broad River Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Woodruff Area Soup Kitchen$10,0001n/a
Healthy Start Coalition of Jefferson Ma$10,00011%
Living Hope Foundation Inc$10,000116%
Storehouse of Pickens County$10,00014%
At Last$10,00031%
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri & Kansas$10,00022%
United Way of Aiken County Inc$10,00010%
Central Patrol Business Association$10,000117%
United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
Mission Lexington$10,0001n/a
Northside Center for Child Development Inc$10,00010%
Florida Coalition for Children Foundation Inc$10,00011%
United Way of Anderson County$10,0001n/a
United Way of Toombs & Montgomery$10,0001n/a
Care and Counseling Inc$10,00010%
National Conference for Comminuty & Justice of Metropolitan St Louis$10,00012%
Radius Church$10,0001n/a
Spread Ari's Light Foundation$10,00015%
Canton City Schools$10,0001n/a
Women Empowering Eachother$10,0001n/a
Florida International University Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis$9,60010%
Mardi Gras Foundation$9,1001n/a
Friends of Kids With Cancer$8,80810%
Citizens for Modern Transit$8,00020%
United Way of San Diego County$7,72340%
Ready Readers$7,50030%
Oar Success Foundation$7,50033%
Worcester Natural History Society Inc$7,50011%
All Hands Cultural Community Center$7,50015%
Socorro Independent School District$7,5001n/a
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$7,32340%
Behavioral Health Response Inc$6,95010%
United Way of West Florida Inc$6,85830%
East Ozarks Audubon Society$6,5001n/a
Museum of the African Diaspora (Moad)$6,50030%
River Region United Way$5,94740%
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc$5,86220%
United Way of Southeast Louisiana$5,64940%
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc$5,43230%
Philanthropy Missouri$5,25011%
National Association of Black Accountants St Louis$5,0002n/a
St Louis ArtWorks$5,00011%
Navigate STL Schools$5,00011%
Latin American Community Center Inc$5,00010%
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc$5,00010%
Heat Up St Louis Inc$5,00010%
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis$5,00010%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$5,00010%
Friends of St James School Inc$5,0001n/a
911 Day$5,00010%
In Series Inc$5,00011%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Southern Healthcare Collaboration Inc$5,00010%
Good Shepherd Congregation Dane County Wi Inc$5,0001n/a
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty$5,0001n/a
South Ga Educational Defense Limited$5,0001n/a
Photo Art & Science Foundation$5,00011%
Delmar Divine Charitable Foundation$5,00010%
Vermont Academy$5,00010%
Special Olympics Missouri Inc$5,00010%
Focus St Louis$5,00010%
St Louis Dance Theatre$5,00012%
Indianapolis Urban League Inc$5,00010%
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association$5,00020%
Maryville University - St Louis$5,00020%
Ga District Church of the Nazarene$5,0001n/a
Projecthandup$5,00010%
Givable$5,00012%
Lifebridge Partnership$5,0001n/a
Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation$4,7501n/a
Flance Management Inc D/B/A Flance Early Learning Center$4,7201n/a
United Way of the Plains Inc$4,57640%
St Louis Community College Foundation$4,57510%
Jewish Community Center$4,50030%
Saint Louis Visionary Awards$4,5001n/a
United Way of Palm Beach County Inc$4,33230%
Pikes Peak United Way$4,30540%
St Andrews Charitable Foundation$4,00010%
The Gatehouse Corporation$4,00027%
Women's Sports Museum Inc$4,00019%
United Way of Kaw Valley Inc$3,62740%
Live Well Events Inc$3,500111%
Seed St Louis$3,50011%
United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra$3,43140%
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc$3,28040%
United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc$3,24240%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$3,08140%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$3,03720%
United Way of Greater Mercer County$3,00330%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$3,00020%
Puerto Rican Society$3,0001n/a
American Lung Association$2,87010%
United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties$2,62230%
United Way of Mid-Maine$2,54740%
Forest Forward$2,5001n/a
Logos Inc$2,50020%
Apple Tree Arts Inc$2,50011%
Los Cabos Children's Foundation$2,5001n/a
Boule Foundation$2,50010%
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc$2,50010%
Cancer Support Community of Greater St Louis$2,50010%
Momentous Institute$2,5001n/a
Noble Network of Charter Schools$2,50010%
United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County$2,39240%
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula$2,34820%
St Louis Area Police Chiefs Assn Attn Treasurer$2,32015%
United Way of Imperial County$2,18340%
Greater Saint Louis Association of Black Journalists$2,1002n/a
United Way of the Mid South$2,02130%
United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut$2,00310%
National Council for Adoption$2,00010%
Fbi National Academy Associates Eastern District of Missouri Chapter$2,00015%
The St Louis Men's Group Against Cancer$1,86710%
Hawaii Island United Way Inc$1,72430%
Mound City Bar Foundation$1,6001n/a
United Way of Greater New Haven Inc$1,54130%
United Way Fox Cities Inc$1,51840%
United Way of the Csra Inc$1,12830%
Nathaniel's Hope Inc$1,00010%
Greenville Renewable Energy Education Network$1,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County$1,00010%
Concord NC Police Foundation$1,00011%
Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School$1,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks$1,00010%
Haven Schools Education Foundationinc$1,0001n/a
Nightlight Christian Adoptions$1,00010%
Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc$1,00010%
River Valley Humane Society Inc$1,00010%
Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley$1,00010%
United Way of Yuma County Inc$36410%
Mary Ryder Home$25010%
Maui United Way$15810%
United Way of Sierra Vista and Cochise County$13110%
Pierce County Aids Foundation$10010%
United Cerebral Palsy Heartland$7510%
United Way of Pinal County$2910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Centene Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWashington University: $8,125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $7,742,880 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $5,240,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCommunity Health Development Inc: $5,200,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $5,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUrban League of Metropolitan St Louis: $3,858,174 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetConcordance: $3,852,150 over 6y, 11% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $3,624,992 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Saint Louis Zoo Association: $3,055,600 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetHealth Center Association of Nebraska: $3,000,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetJwch Institute Inc: $2,912,778 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMunicipal Theatre Association of St Louis: $2,500,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetCity of Albuquerque Foundation: $2,500,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetGreater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund: $2,165,211 over 4y, 17% of budgetKipp Foundation: $2,000,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare: $2,000,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetMedical College of Georgia Foundation Incorporated: $2,000,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetRadio Arts Foundation: $1,940,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetThe Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education: $1,800,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetBeyond Differences: $1,796,697 over 6y, 41% of budgetCentral Iowa Shelter & Services: $1,725,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSafer Foundation: $1,698,961 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $1,662,875 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNational Minority Quality Forum Inc: $1,657,469 over 3y, 11% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc: $1,645,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetHealthy Americas Foundation: $1,610,002 over 4y, 48% of budgetCenter of Creative Arts: $1,572,716 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetSt Louis Science Center Foundation: $1,540,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetUnion Rescue Mission: $1,500,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCharles R Drew University of Medicine and Science: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFord's Theatre Society: $1,375,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetVolunteer Florida Foundation Inc: $1,375,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetSt Louis University: $1,300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $1,250,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $1,245,925 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCardinal Glennon Children's Foundation: $1,128,132 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity of St Louis: $1,100,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetTrinity University: $1,050,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGeorgia Assoc for Primary Health: $1,025,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCommunity Medical Centers Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMissouri Coalition for Primary Health Care: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAlternatives for Girls: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetVision y Compromiso: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetLove One Louisiana Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $1,000,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetNational Association of Community Health Centers Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetKaweah Delta Hospital Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetWilliam Carey University: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

World Wide Technology FoundationMO117.1× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Pershing Charitable Trust

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.

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Find your warmest path to Centene 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.

About Centene Foundation

How much does Centene Foundation give?
Centene Foundation reported 155 grants totaling $39,445,230 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 282 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Centene Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (35%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are Centene Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Washington University ($8.1M), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($7.7M), Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees ($5.2M).
Does Centene Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Centene Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Centene Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include World Wide Technology Foundation, Edward Jones Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
Where is Centene Foundation based?
Centene Foundation is based in MO.

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 584 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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