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· Public charity

Donate Life Foundation

To improve the quality of life for people affected by organ and tissue donation and transplantation.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$681k
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 2024.

Health$14MHuman Services$1.8MScience & Tech$1.2MEducation$624kPhilanthropy$95kReligion$40k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $2,390,702, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,244,587 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $853,885 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$91M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$681,130
ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY$496,774
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI CURATORS$209,304
EYE THRIVE$100,000
LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS$100,000
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$100,000
ST LOUIS BREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE$100,000
FAMILY HOSPICE OF BELLEVILLE AREA$100,000
CASA DE SALUD$99,664
INFANT LOSS RESOURCES INC$97,830
GIFT OF LIFE$67,500
ST LOUIS REGIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION$35,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES FOUNDATION$35,000
GATEWAY REGIONAL YMCA$35,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%ST LOUIS BREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $108k → 11%ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $100k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $123k → 15%ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $100k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $115k → 15%ST LOUIS BREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $100k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $108k → 15%ST LOUIS BREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $100k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $100k → 15%ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $93k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $100k → 15%ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $75k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $100k → 15%ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DBA ANNIE'S HOPE: $75k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $99k → 15%EYE THRIVE: $100k → 11%LOST & FOUND GRIEF CENTER: $34k → 15%EYE THRIVE: $100k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $38k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $35k → 11%GATEWAY REGIONAL YMCA: $35k → 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
MI
MO
VA
KS
AR
TN
GA
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.
$13M · 27 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
16

Total granted

$13M
$4.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+31%

Still filing today

81%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.9M · revenue +76%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +16%
  • LF
    LOST & FOUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $778k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • MT
    MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $4.1M · revenue +31%
  • NB
    NEA BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +23%
  • P
    POWER4STLgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +59%
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
Ssm Health Care St Louis

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

Health
3
Ssm-Sluh Inc

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

—
4
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

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

Health
5
Ssm Health Care of Oklahoma Inc

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

Health
6
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
7
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
8
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
9
Ssm St Clare Health Center Foundation

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

—
10
Ssm Regional Health Services

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

Health
11
Ssm Health Foundation

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

—
12
St Luke's Des Peres Episcopal- Presbyterian Hospital

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Fr ancis. 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 45 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
31/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,883,862 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $1,904,909 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY+6 more: $375,224 · EducationMID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SERVICES: $4,145,979 · HealthMID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SERVICESFAMILY HOSPICE OF BELLEVILLE AREA: $676,318 · HealthFAMILY HOSPICE OF BELLEVILLE AREACASA DE SALUD: $601,504 · HealthCASA DE SALUDGIFT OF LIFE INC: $314,500 · HealthBAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- JONESBORO INC: $258,000 · HealthBAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $255,000 · HealthINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE: $245,750 · Health+10 more: $407,500 · Health+10 moreLOST & FOUND: $777,968 · Human ServicesLOST & FOUN…THE ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: $750,750 · Human ServicesTHE ST LOUI…EYE THRIVE: $272,800 · Human ServicesEYE THRIVE+1 more: $35,000 · Human ServicesCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SPECIAL TR: $399,612 · OtherCURATORS O…INFANT LOSS RESOURCES: $349,293 · OtherINFANT LOS…CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $328,615 · OtherCURATORS O…CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherCARDINAL G…SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $83,166 · OtherSOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $74,600 · OtherPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $60,000 · Other+9 more: $205,984 · Other+9 more
Education$7,163,995Health$6,904,551Human Services$1,836,518Other$1,701,270

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 budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,883,862 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SERVICES: $4,145,979 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $1,904,909 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLOST & FOUND: $777,968 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE ST LOUIS BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: $750,750 over 8y, 16% of budgetFAMILY HOSPICE OF BELLEVILLE AREA: $676,318 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetCASA DE SALUD: $601,504 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetINFANT LOSS RESOURCES: $349,293 over 8y, 36% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE INC: $314,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetEYE THRIVE: $272,800 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetBAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- JONESBORO INC: $258,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $255,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN FAMILY MEDICINE: $245,750 over 3y, 14% of budgetCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150,637 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAdvocates For a Healthy Community Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmory University: $128,707 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH COMMISSION OF MISSOURI: $70,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPHOENIX SOCIETY INC: $60,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $54,084 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEA BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENTAL HEALTH THEATRE INC: $40,880 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER4STL: $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONATE LIFE AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Elizabeth's Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Fr ancis: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Bernards Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST HOSPITAL: $7,500 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.

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…Commerce Bancshares F…Youthbridge Community…Bjc Health System Dba…Centene FoundationUnited Way of Greater…American Cancer Socie…The Four Leaf Clover …Pecha Family Foundati…Regional Business Cou…Jefferson FoundationMoneta Group Charitab…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO27.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare · Centene Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · The Four Leaf Clover Foundation · Pecha Family Foundation · Regional Business Council · Jefferson Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable 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 Donate Life Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donate Life Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    11report 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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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