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Contegra Cares

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$144k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$127kRecreation & Sports$53kHealth$33kPhilanthropy$29kAnimals$11kArts & Culture$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $91k
$900
Median grant
9
States reached
$51k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSOURI VETERANS ENDEAVOR$45,000
NORTHPOINT FOUNDATION INC$16,600
PEDAL THE CAUSE$16,072
CARITAS FAMILY SOLUTIONS$13,444
METRO EAST HUMANE SOCIETY$5,500
SONGS4SOLDIERS$4,000
OUR LITTLE HAVEN$3,950
THE BACKSTOPPERS INC$3,370
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS$3,258
SIUE FOUNDATION$2,842
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$2,500
EDWARDSVILLE ROTARY CLUB$2,400
BLUES FOR KIDS$2,100
Individual grant recipient$1,500
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY$1,500
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 (FY22–24, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSOURI VETERANS ENDEAVOR: $45k → 11%CARITAS FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $50k → 16%CARITAS FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $13k → 16%HAVEN HOUSE: $517 → 21%CARITAS FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $5k → 16%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $16k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $3k → 11%BLUES FOR KIDS: $2k → 21%BLUES FOR KIDS: $200 → 21%THE RESTORE NETWORK: $1k → 12%THE RESTORE NETWORK: $250 → 12%THE RESTORE NETWORK: $200 → 12%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
NY
OH
CA
CO
MO
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$225k · 22 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
11

Total granted

$225k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+446%

Still filing today

68%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • CS
    CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $69k · revenue +27%
  • PT
    PEDAL THE CAUSE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $19k · revenue +3%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST CHARLES COUNTY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • PR
    PINK RIBBON GOOD
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • P
    PELOTONIAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +33%
  • AM
    ALTON MEMORIAL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +512%
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
Ssm Health Foundation - St Louis

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the health presence of god.

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2
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
3
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Human Services
4
Children's Miracle Network of Greater St

Impacting the lives of hospitalized children and their families by raising funds and awareness equally benefiting our member hospitals, st. louis children's hospital and ssm health cardinal glennon children's hospital. funds are used for…

Health
5
University Medical Center Inc

To provide care to our community and to serve as a major teaching hospital for education and training in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health professions.

Health
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
St Louis County Police Welfare Assoc

Assistance to police officers and their families.

Human Services
8
Ssm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

Health
9
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
St Louis Integrated Health Network

The st. louis integrated health network, through partnership and collaboration, is a healthcare intermediary building capacity across sectors to improve wellbeing by increasing access to health and social services.

Health
11
Blake Wagner Foundation
Human Services
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Greater Kansas City Mo Usbc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 59 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
19/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $68,619 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOISMISSOURI VETERANS ENDEAVOR: $45,000 · Human ServicesMISSOURI VETERANS ENDEAVORPEDAL THE CAUSE: $19,382 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE+3 more: $4,267 · Human ServicesSONGS4SOLDIERS: $8,000 · OtherSONGS4SOLDIERSOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $6,450 · OtherOUR LITTLE HAVENRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $6,258 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE C…THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $5,870 · OtherTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FK…NATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $3,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE: $2,842 · OtherPINK RIBBON GOOD: $2,500 · OtherEDWARDSVILLE ROTARY CLUB: $2,494 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST CHARLES COUNTY: $2,450 · Other+30 more: $23,458 · Other+30 moreCAMP HOPE INC: $51,500 · Recreation & SportsCAMP HOPE INC+1 more: $150 · Recreation & SportsNORTHPOINT FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 · PhilanthropyNORTHPOINT…HIGHLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMETRO EAST HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,500 · AnimalsST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,048 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $518 · HealthBIG FISH FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · HealthPELOTONIA: $2,070 · EducationCOLLINSVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,100 · EducationAutism Strong Foundation: $529 · Education
Human Services$137,268Other$63,322Recreation & Sports$51,650Philanthropy$28,600Animals$10,500Health$5,066Education$3,699

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 budgetCHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $68,619 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP HOPE INC: $51,500 over 2y, 21% of budgetMISSOURI VETERANS ENDEAVOR: $45,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetNORTHPOINT FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $19,382 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMETRO EAST HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $6,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $6,258 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $5,870 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST CHARLES COUNTY: $2,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUES FOR KIDS: $2,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPELOTONIA: $2,070 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWENTZVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BLUE: $1,800 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Chamber of Commerce SW Madison: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE RESTORE NETWORK: $1,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALTON MEMORIAL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLINSVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,048 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION: $880 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREVITY CREDIT UNION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 312 - GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Strong Foundation: $529 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE INC: $517 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG FISH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS CHAPTER OF CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSTACHE MARCH 4 PD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Kansas City MO USBC: $150 over 1y, 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.

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…Edward Jones Foundati…World Wide Technology…Enterprise Bank & Tru…Moneta Group Charitab…United Way of Greater…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO22.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Contegra Cares?

    Find your warmest path to Contegra Cares 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 59 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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