Missouri · Private foundation
East Missouri Foundation
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZED AS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3), WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE CHARITIES THAT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, LOW INCOME PERSONS, SINGLE PARENTS, CHILDREN OR THE HOMELESS. Its FY2025…
- $691k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations East Missouri Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 50 | $691k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $545k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $525k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $665k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $698k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $600k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $498k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $616k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eye Thrive | $136,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Food Outreach Inc | $123,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Wesley House Association | $108,200 | 6 | 4% |
| Cardinal Ritter Senior Services | $107,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $103,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Loaves and Fishes for St Louis Inc | $97,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Operation Food Search Inc | $96,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Covering House | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Bethesda Health Group Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lutheran Senior Services | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
East Missouri Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Pott Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Jefferson Foundation · Tsf · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Youthbridge Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About East Missouri Foundation
- How much does East Missouri Foundation give?
- East Missouri Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $691,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does East Missouri Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Health (22%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
- Who are East Missouri Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Eye Thrive ($136k), Food Outreach Inc ($123k), Wesley House Association ($108k).
- Does East Missouri Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does East Missouri Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as East Missouri Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
- Where is East Missouri Foundation based?
- East Missouri Foundation is based in MO.
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