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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.

$691k
Granted FY2025still arriving
50
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
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.

Human Services$1.8MHealth$1.0MFood & Nutrition$805kHousing & Shelter$422kYouth Development$324kPhilanthropy$55kCommunity Improvement$44kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $650k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES$25,000
CIRCLE OF CONCERN FOOD PANTRY$25,000
EYE THRIVE$25,000
MISSION - ST LOUIS$20,000
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH$20,000
UNITED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN$20,000
SALVATION ARMY - MIDLAND DIVISION$20,000
FOOD OUTREACH$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER ST LOUIS$20,000
NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICE CENTER$20,000
ROOM AT THE INN$20,000
ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY$20,000
CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES$20,000
THE COVERING HOUSE$20,000
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF STL$15,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EVANGELICAL CHILDREN'S HOME: $20k → 11%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $15k → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $30k → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $23k → 21%NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICE CENTER: $20k → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $20k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $15k → 21%THE COVERING HOUSE: $20k → 11%NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 21%HOME SWEET HOME: $20k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $15k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $15k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $20k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $18k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $15k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $28k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $15k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $25k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $20k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $20k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $30k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $26k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $25k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $20k → 21%EYE THRIVE: $25k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $20k → 21%EYE THRIVE: $25k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $18k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 21%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 21%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $18k → 21%LOAVES & FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $27k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MO: $20k → 11%LOAVES & FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $20k → 11%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 66 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

66 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
50

Total granted

$4.2M
$836k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+23%

Still filing today

65%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $213k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • ET
    EYE THRIVE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $136k · revenue +136%
  • WH
    Wesley House Association
    6× · 2020–2025 · $108k · revenue +11%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $103k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • EC
    EPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • SL
    ST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR BLIND
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • NY
    NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
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
Magdala House

To provide outpatient and residential rehabilitative services to individuals and families referred by various government agencies. these individuals include substance abusers, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, and abused…

Health
2
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc

We walk with people facing homelessness on their journey to lifelong stability.

Housing & Shelter
3
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

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

Health
4
Hope House Stl

To provide supportive housing and child development services to help homeless citizens of the city of st. louis, missouri exit the condition of homelessness and regain independence in the community

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5
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
6
Larche St Louis

High quality, 24/7 support in neighborhood homes for persons with intellectual disabilities. inclusive educational opportunities for people in st. louis. changing the way persons with disabilities are seen and highlighting their…

Health
7
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc

A faith-based organization providing compassionaite, quality social services to the vulnerable.

Human Services
8
Family Advocacy and Community Training Inc

Enhance the opportunities and quality of life for children and youth with disabilities. the organization achieves this objective through parent training, emotional support, direct advocacy, community education, self-advocacy and navigation…

—
9
St Louis Arc Inc

To empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to lead better lives by providing a lifetime of high-quality services, family support and advocacy.

Human Services
10
Mary Ryder Home

To serve st. louis' most vulnerable senior women, nourishing their social, physical and emotional needs, and enhancing their quality of life through compassionate care.

Housing & Shelter
11
Family Self Help Center Inc

A sanctuary for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and substance use disorders.

—
12
Nazareth Living Center

In the tradition of the sisters of st. joseph of carondelet and in partnership with benedictine, nazareth living center participates in the healing ministry of jesus ministering with compassion and responding creatively to the needs of…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sts Joachim and Ann Care Service; the most unlike its peers is Community Council of St Charles County. 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

75 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. 75 of the 134 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/75
Grantees still filing
43/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REBUILDING TOGETHER: $130,000 · OtherCIRCLE OF CONCERN FOOD PANTRY: $101,700 · OtherCIRCLE OF CONCERN: $100,000 · OtherEMMAUS HOUSE: $100,000 · Other+81 more: $2,551,600 · Other+81 moreEYE THRIVE: $136,000 · Human ServicesEYE THRIVEWesley House Association: $108,200 · Human ServicesWesley House AssociationJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $103,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST L…LOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $97,200 · Human ServicesLOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS…THE COVERING HOUSE: $95,000 · Human ServicesTHE COVERING HOUSEBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INCLUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $95,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICESFEED MY PEOPLE: $88,200 · Human ServicesFEED MY PEOPLEGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $87,500 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSO…HOME SWEET HOME: $80,000 · Human ServicesHOME SWEET HOMEUNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $73,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $63,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $60,000 · Human Services+14 more: $222,000 · Human Services+14 moreCARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES: $107,500 · HealthCARDINAL R…ST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $80,000 · HealthST LOUIS S…Provident Inc: $55,000 · HealthProvident …MEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $52,500 · HealthMEMORY CAR…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND: $40,000 · HealthUNITED CER…CHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE: $30,000 · HealthCHILD CENT…CHADS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH: $25,000 · HealthCHADS COAL…UNITED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 · HealthHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS: $20,000 · HealthINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS: $20,000 · Health+3 more: $18,000 · HealthFOOD OUTREACH INC: $123,200 · Food & NutritionOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $96,200 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $55,000 · PhilanthropyRanken Jordan Pediatric Hospital Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES CORP: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentDEACONESS FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE MINS INC: $45,200 · Religion
Other$2,983,300Human Services$1,403,100Health$468,000Food & Nutrition$224,400Philanthropy$75,000Youth Development$67,000Religion$45,200

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 budgetEYE THRIVE: $136,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC: $123,200 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWesley House Association: $108,200 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetCARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES: $107,500 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $103,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $97,200 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $96,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COVERING HOUSE: $95,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $91,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE: $88,200 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $87,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetARNOLD FOOD PANTRY: $87,200 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetRoom at the Inn: $87,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOME SWEET HOME: $80,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND: $80,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $73,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $67,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $63,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEMMAUS HOMES INC: $62,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetProvident Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $52,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDEACONESS FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE MINS INC: $45,200 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetEvangelical Children's Home: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S SAFE HOUSE: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHSIDE YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICE CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetST PATRICK CENTER: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlmost Home: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSAFE CONNECTIONS: $27,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHADS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES CORP: $22,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER - ST LOUIS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS: $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Council of St Charles County: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPONY BIRD INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE: $13,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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 EYE THRIVE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Wesley House Association ↗
  • Who funds CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COVERING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ARNOLD FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds Room at the Inn ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds HOME SWEET HOME ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds UNLEASHING POTENTIAL ↗
  • Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds EMMAUS HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds Provident Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS ↗

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 Foundation IncMO93.6× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 East Missouri Foundation?

Find your warmest path to East Missouri 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 134 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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