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Commerce Bancshares Foundation at a glance

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Commerce Bancshares Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
645
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.8MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$1.4MHealth$1.2MCommunity Improvement$740kHousing & Shelter$608kArts & Culture$557kFood & Nutrition$433kOther$0
02FY2024 · 645 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k612 grants · $1.2M
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $567k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $292k
$1,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC$60,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC$60,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC$60,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC$60,500
POLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY$50,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC$42,628
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC$42,628
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC$42,628
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC$42,628
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS$40,000
UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS$35,000
ARTISTS REENVISIONING TOMORROW DBA ART INC$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC$25,000
HEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC$25,000
BLACK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE FLINT HILLS ASSOCIATION$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $715k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEFFERSON COUNTY RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 9%SISTERS OF SOLACE: $5k → 18%METAMORA COMMUNITY NURSING HOME DBA SNYDER VILLAGE: $5k → 7%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 9%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 14%OUR SPOT KC: $5k → 16%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 14%HEARTS FOR HEARING FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $5k → 21%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 14%EMPOWER EVERGREEN: $20k → 16%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $14k → 14%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $5k → 11%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $8k → 15%EMPOWER EVERGREEN: $10k → 16%CIRCLE OF CONCERN: $5k → 11%CIRCLE OF CONCERN: $5k → 11%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP INC: $5k → 11%MARCFIRST: $5k → 11%MARCFIRST: $5k → 11%RITENOUR CO-CARE INC: $5k → 11%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA: $5k → 16%YWCA OF MCLEAN COUNTY: $5k → 11%YWCA OF MCLEAN COUNTY: $5k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT INC: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI: $7k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI: $7k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI: $7k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE: $6k → 15%HOPE FAITH MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE OF JACKSON COUNTY: $6k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE OF JACKSON COUNTY: $6k → 15%PROSPERITY CONNECTION: $8k → 21%CREDIT AND HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES DBA CHES INC: $10k → 15%CREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES DBA CHES INC: $8k → 15%PROSPERITY CONNECTION: $8k → 21%CREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES DBA CHES INC: $8k → 15%CREDIT AND HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES INC: $8k → 15%CREDIT AND HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES DBA CHES INC: $8k → 15%CREDIT AND HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES DBA CHES INC: $8k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $6k → 15%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $6k → 15%GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 821 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

821 repeat relationships: 461 still active in FY2024, 360 since wound down; 106 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

821
423

Total granted

$11M
$889k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+24%

Still filing today

77%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $210k · revenue +8%
  • TULSA AREA UNITED WAY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $104k · revenue +5%
  • NS
    NEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY FUND
    4× · 2019–2024 · $88k · revenue +219%

Funded once

  • SL
    St Louis Police Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $125k · revenue -62%
  • CB
    CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +133%
  • UR
    UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WICHITA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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
Clark Community Mental Health Center

Reduce the stigma and promote awareness surrounding mental health within the communities we serve, promote wellness, and provide individualized care with an integrated approach.

Health
3
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
4
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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5
St Martin's Child Center

Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri

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6
Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka Inc

Family service and guidance center provides quality behavioral healthcare to children and families. vision: family service and guidance center shall be the premier, outcomes-focused children and family behavioral healthcare center that…

Health
7
Council Apartments Inc

Provide high quality living and services to enable lower income older adult residents of the managed apartment buildings to flourish independently; and create inspiring programming to enable both residents and community seniors to maintain…

Housing & Shelter
8
Opportunities Inc of Jefferson County

Opportunities, inc. of jefferson county provides services for individuals for the purpose of maximizing their success and enhancing their abilities to be independent, contributing members of the community.

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9
Casa of St Louis

Casa of st. louis advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in st. louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community. our vision is that every child lives in a safe permanent home and has the opportunity…

Civil Rights
10
Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund

Children's services fund ('csf') is an innovative way to support child well-being projects. while we are funded by a jackson county sales tax, we are a stand-alone organization led by an independent board. (continued on schedule o)we are…

Human Services
11
Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc

Child safe of central missouri's mission is to respond to and prevent child abuse by providing advocacy, support, and resources to children who are alleged victims of abuse and other traumatic crimes, and to their non-offending family…

Crime & Legal
12
Missouri Center for Patient Safety

Center for patient safety seeks to reduce preventable patient harm by improving patient safety culture, working in collaboration with providers, associations and government entities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heat Up St Louis Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gateway Warrior Foundation. 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

1040 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1040 of the 1,372 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)
271
Early backer (in before they grew)
1008/1040
Grantees still filing
716/1040
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $1,023,072 · OtherUnited Way of Greater Kansas City IncHEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC: $144,000 · OtherSt Louis Police Foundation: $125,000 · Other+88 more: $2,366,639 · Other+88 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,430,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUI…UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $210,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INCUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH: $114,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC: $81,000 · Philanthropy+10 more: $320,833 · Philanthropy+10 moreMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC: $79,500 · EducationMISSOURI …FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $58,334 · EducationFORT HAYS…PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationPITTSBURG…ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $34,100 · EducationCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $31,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,600 · EducationUNIVERSITY ACADEMY: $27,000 · EducationST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $26,500 · EducationPIVOTAL POINT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC: $25,500 · EducationGARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · EducationBLUE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationGood Reason Houston Inc: $23,500 · EducationLOGAN UNIVERSITY INC: $23,500 · EducationThe Foundation for Tulsa Schools: $22,500 · Education+11 more: $181,350 · Education+11 moreCREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES: $66,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Services League of Jackson County: $39,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $32,500 · Human ServicesGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesPROSPERITY CONNECTION: $31,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $26,500 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $25,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE OF CONCERN: $23,700 · Human ServicesLIFELONG ACCESS: $23,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $22,500 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE: $21,100 · Human ServicesJEFFERSON COUNTY RESCUE MISSION INC: $19,800 · Human Services+10 more: $138,350 · Human ServicesJOHNNY MORRIS' WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $53,500 · Arts & CultureTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $40,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORATION PLACE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureBOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $29,500 · Arts & CultureARTISTS REENVISIONING TOMORROW INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $24,000 · Arts & CultureORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LTD: $20,000 · Arts & CultureConnect2Culture: $17,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $64,500 · Arts & CultureBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthCarle Development Foundation: $31,968 · HealthSAINT FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $30,923 · HealthMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $28,500 · HealthCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $25,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MID MISSOURI INC: $23,200 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $18,500 · HealthSKY HIGH FOR KIDS INC: $17,485 · HealthAcruxKC: $16,000 · HealthMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $14,500 · HealthRIVERVIEW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC D/B/A RIVERVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION: $14,000 · HealthLIMB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $14,000 · HealthTHE VICTIM CENTER: $13,000 · Health+5 more: $60,899 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY FUND: $87,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AREA: $42,500 · Community ImprovementBLACK ENTREPRENEURS OF THE FLINT HILLS: $25,500 · Community ImprovementTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI: $24,900 · Community ImprovementEL CENTRO INC: $23,500 · Community ImprovementAUDRAIN DEVELOPMENT INC: $22,500 · Community ImprovementREGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL: $21,500 · Community ImprovementRESTORE SGF INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementBETTER FAMILY LIFE INC: $13,225 · Community ImprovementCommunity Builders Network of Metro St Louis: $12,500 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $11,500 · Community Improvement
Other$3,658,711Philanthropy$2,155,833Education$661,384Human Services$585,450Arts & Culture$427,000Health$377,975Community Improvement$305,125

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,430,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $1,023,072 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $210,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC: $144,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH: $114,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $104,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY FUND: $87,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC: $84,773 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC: $81,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC: $79,500 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $70,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES: $66,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJOHNNY MORRIS' WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $58,334 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MO: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $53,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $46,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSpringfield Business Development Corporation: $45,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC: $42,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AREA: $42,500 over 6y, 22% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $41,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBEYOND HOUSING INC: $40,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEXPLORATION PLACE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Services League of Jackson County: $39,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $37,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFINNEY COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $35,250 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetEMILY'S PLACE INC: $34,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $34,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON AREA FOUNDATION: $32,750 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC: $32,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $32,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCarle Development Foundation: $31,968 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MCLEAN COUNTY: $31,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPROSPERITY CONNECTION: $31,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $30,923 over 6y, 0.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds St Louis Police Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST JOSEPH ↗
  • Who funds TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds POLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds CREDIT & HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds JOHNNY MORRIS' WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MO ↗
  • Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Springfield Business Development Corporation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AREA ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SPRINGFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
  • Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
  • Who funds EXPLORATION PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Services League of Jackson County ↗
  • Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FINNEY COUNTY UNITED WAY 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…Norman J Stupp Founda…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…Moneta Group Charitab…Trio Foundation of St…William T Kemper Foun…Pott FoundationBrown Dana Charitable…World Wide Technology…Youthbridge Community…
St Louis Community FoundationMO129.4× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Pott Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · World Wide Technology Foundation · Youthbridge Community 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 Commerce Bancshares Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Commerce Bancshares Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
74report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Commerce Bancshares Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Commerce Bancshares 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.

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 1372 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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