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Civic Progress Inc

Civic progress is comprised of chief executives from st.

$329k
Granted FY2020
3
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Employment$650kEducation$525kCommunity Improvement$505kPublic Safety & Disaster$195kPhilanthropy$150kHousing & Shelter$100kSocial Science$98kPublic Benefit$75kOther$0
02FY2020 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS$300,000
ST LOUIS POLICE FOUNDATION$15,000
ST LOUIS REGIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION$12,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–19, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $150k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $100k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Civic Progress Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in MO; by stated purpose, 89%.

Civic Progress Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 6 repeat orgs$713k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$1.5M
$700k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+11%

Still filing today

83%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentOther
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

  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS
    4× · 2017–2020 · $580k · revenue +184%
  • TL
    THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $250k · revenue +80%
  • BH
    BEYOND HOUSING INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $200k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • SY
    STL YOUTH JOBSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +32%
  • SC
    STL CITIZENS FOR SAFETY
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • SL
    ST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +92%
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
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
2
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
3
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.

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4
Techstl

The TechSTL Council serves as the St Louis champion for technology by strategically and equitably investing in regional collaboration to advance tech workforce development and retention, along with spurring innovation opportunities in…

Community Improvement
5
St Louis Development Corporation

To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the economic development activities of the city of st. louis, missouri.

—
6
St Louis Council of Construction Consumers

The slc3 is a community of design and construction industry professionals with a common interest in the betterment of our region through prioritizing innovation, continuing education, equity empowerment and all-inclusive workforce…

Community Improvement
7
St Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

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…

—
8
Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois

Uniting the southwestern illinois and greater st. louis region for economic growth

—
9
St Louis Sports Foundation Inc

Foster amateur sports competitions, opportunities for youth and adults to participate in sports, and a culture of sportsmanship so st. louisans lead healthier, happier lives.

Recreation & Sports
10
St Louis Science Center Foundation

Support the st. louis science center and its comprehensive array of educational outreach programs to the community in order to increase interest, understanding and enthusiasm for stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

Science & Tech
11
Stlventureworks

To provide the greater st. louis area a program of resources and services that contribute to the success rate of business start-ups during their first four years.

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12
Build Missouri Health

To foster and amplify community-led innovations through partnerships resulting in radical system changes that create equitable health outcomes.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Safermocom. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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.

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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $580,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUISSTL CITIZENS FOR SAFETY: $150,000 · OtherSTL CITIZENS FOR SAFETYCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $103,250 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI21ST CENTURY ST LOUIS PAC INC: $75,000 · Other21ST CENTURY ST LOUIS PAC INCST LOUIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · OtherNORTH CAMPUS PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · OtherSt Louis Police Foundation: $45,000 · Other+4 more: $62,500 · Other+4 moreBETTER FAMILY LIFE INC: $285,260 · Community ImprovementBETTER FAMILY…THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE B…STL YOUTH JOBS: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTL YOUTH…BEYOND HOUSING INC: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterBEYOND HO…ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationTHE OPPORTUNITY TRUST D/B/A ZEST EDUCATION: $25,000 · Education
Other$1,115,750Community Improvement$285,260Human Services$250,000Youth Development$200,000Housing & Shelter$200,000Philanthropy$150,000Education$125,000

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 budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $580,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBETTER FAMILY LIFE INC: $285,260 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetBEYOND HOUSING INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budget21ST CENTURY ST LOUIS PAC INC: $75,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetST LOUIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetST LOUIS CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: $30,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH COMMISSION OF MISSOURI: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI VENTURE FORUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% 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.

Regional Business Cou…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…
Regional Business CouncilMO15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Regional Business Council · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Civic Progress Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Civic Progress Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 18 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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