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Clemence S Lieber Foundation Inc at a glance

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Clemence S Lieber Foundation Inc

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.

$206k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$198kArts & Culture$160kEducation$126kHousing & Shelter$101kFood & Nutrition$48kYouth Development$28kHuman Services$14kCommunity Improvement$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $131k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$35,000
CIVITAS$30,000
OPERA THEATRE ST LOUIS$25,500
Individual grant recipient$20,000
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH$10,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT$6,500
HUDSON RIVER HEALTHCARE$5,225
ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO$5,100
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CROSSROADS SCHOOL$5,000
KID IN THE CORNER$5,000
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$5,000
GRAND CENTER INC$2,694
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 (FY17–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $5k → 13%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $3k → 13%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 21%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 21%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 33 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
24

Total granted

$1.0M
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+15%

Still filing today

58%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • OF
    OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +13%
  • CA
    CITY ACADEMY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +97%
  • TW
    THE WYMAN CENTER
    6× · 2017–2023 · $23k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • EM
    EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -68% · 28% of their budget
  • TN
    The New City School Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • TH
    THE HAVEN OF GRACEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +28%
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
City Year Inc

City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…

Unclassified
2
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
3
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
4
Center City Public Charter Schools

Center city public charter schools (center city pcs) empowers our students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout washington, d.c.

Education
5
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…

—
6
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
7
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
8
The St Louis Children's Choirs

Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…

—
9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
11
St Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts

The mission of st. louis voices academy of media arts is to leverage media arts and storytelling to equip students with the agency to excel academically, author their own futures, and make meaningful contributions in their communities.

Education
12
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound; the most unlike its peers is American Opera Projects Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 64 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
22/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CIVITAS: $270,000 · OtherCIVITASDOORWAYS INTERFAITH AIDS HOUSING: $89,000 · OtherDOORWAYS INTERFAITH AIDS HOUSINGOPERA THEATRE ST LOUIS: $88,000 · OtherOPERA THEATRE ST LOUISST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO: $32,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherCOCA: $27,600 · OtherSLPS FOUNDATION: $27,500 · Other+34 more: $209,500 · Other+34 moreTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $135,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION F…EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA INC: $10,000 · HealthEDUCATIONAL MULT…KID IN THE CORNER: $6,250 · Health+2 more: $7,725 · HealthCITY ACADEMY INC: $22,500 · EducationHOME WORKS - THVP: $11,500 · EducationREAD 718 INC: $6,000 · EducationTHE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $1,095 · EducationOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $47,500 · Food & NutritionTHE WYMAN CENTER: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsSWIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE FOUNDRY SOL: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsARTIST FIRST: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMETRO THEATER COMPANY: $5,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND CENTER INC: $2,694 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesFLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $11,000 · Human Services
Other$774,200Health$158,975Education$48,595Food & Nutrition$47,500Recreation & Sports$30,500Arts & Culture$25,694Human Services$25,000

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 budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $135,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $47,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $22,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WYMAN CENTER: $22,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetARTIST FIRST: $15,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL DBA CROSSROADS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ST LOUIS: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOME WORKS - THVP: $11,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPHILANTHROPY MISSOURI: $10,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKID IN THE CORNER: $6,250 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetREAD 718 INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO THEATER COMPANY: $5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe New City School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN OPERA PROJECTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProvident Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT CU INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREADY READERS: $595 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOULFISHER MINISTRIES: $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.

  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WYMAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ARTIST FIRST ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL DBA CROSSROADS COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds HOME WORKS - THVP ↗
  • Who funds FLANCE MANAGEMENT INC D/B/A FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPY MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds KID IN THE CORNER ↗
  • Who funds READ 718 INC ↗
  • Who funds A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND ↗
  • Who funds METRO THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SUN RIVER HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds The New City School Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HAVEN OF GRACE ↗
  • Who funds THE LAUNCHCODE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SWIFT YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CENTER INC ↗

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…Trio Foundation of St…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…Centene FoundationSt Louis Community Fo…Youthbridge Community…Pershing Charitable T…Norman J Stupp Founda…Pott FoundationSam and Marilyn Fox F…Enterprise Holdings F…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO33.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Pott Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation

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 Clemence S Lieber Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clemence S Lieber Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    10report 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 64 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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