Missouri · Public charity
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Improve the human condition through plant science/research: feed the hungry and improve human health, preserve and renew our environment and enhance our region's economy.
- $8.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $6.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $178,661
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $881,742
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $626M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Donald Danforth Plant Science Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $5.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $6.1M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $6.2M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $6.3M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $6.7M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $6.8M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $5.3M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $4.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $7,173,091 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $7,045,828 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $6,145,364 | 7 | n/a |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | $2,513,045 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Rhode Island | $2,326,987 | 7 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $2,296,495 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $1,936,547 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $1,917,425 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $1,750,226 | 7 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $1,283,069 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $7,173,091 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Arizona | $7,045,828 | 8 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $6,145,364 | 7 | n/a |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington | $2,513,045 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Rhode Island | $2,326,987 | 7 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $2,296,495 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota | $1,936,547 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $1,917,425 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $1,750,226 | 7 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $1,283,069 | 7 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $1,242,386 | 6 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $1,222,332 | 5 | n/a |
| The George Washington University | $1,221,071 | 7 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $1,164,532 | 7 | n/a |
| Washington University | $1,031,272 | 7 | 0% |
| Hudsonalpha Institute for Biotechnology | $909,048 | 5 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $809,046 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Florida | $802,527 | 7 | n/a |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $675,548 | 4 | 0% |
| The Land Institute | $627,522 | 4 | 3% |
| Michigan State University | $490,408 | 3 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $456,246 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii System | $362,494 | 5 | n/a |
| Biostl | $299,759 | 3 | 1% |
| Iowa State University | $221,338 | 4 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $199,539 | 2 | n/a |
| Technology Entrepreneur Center Inc | $191,033 | 3 | 2% |
| Wexford Science and Technology | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | $174,544 | 3 | n/a |
| Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc | $151,551 | 2 | 0% |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $143,271 | 2 | n/a |
| Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation | $127,188 | 3 | 1% |
| Clemson University | $125,771 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington University | $105,538 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $63,998 | 2 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $62,760 | 2 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa | $59,984 | 3 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $59,112 | 3 | n/a |
| WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc | $40,109 | 3 | 2% |
| Impossible Sensing LLC | $39,319 | 1 | n/a |
| Harris-Stowe State University | $35,571 | 3 | n/a |
| Deep Grain LLC | $35,500 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus | $25,818 | 3 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald Danforth Plant Science Center supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research · Cornell University · Washington University · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- How much does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center give?
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center reported 28 itemized grants totaling $6,423,011, out of $8,684,217 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (68%), Education (22%), Health (7%).
- Who are Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois ($7.2M), University of Arizona ($7.0M), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($6.1M).
- Does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald Danforth Plant Science Center?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Cornell University, Washington University.
- Where is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center based?
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is based in MO.
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