· Private foundation
Edward Chase Garvey Mem Found
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 24 grants below total $271,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $310,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $39,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k13 grants · $90k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $182k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $22,000 |
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | $22,000 |
| Webster University | $22,000 |
| St. George's School | $21,000 |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | $20,000 |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Foundation | $15,000 |
| Forest ReLeaf of Missouri | $13,000 |
| Stray Rescue Of St. Louis | $13,000 |
| St. Louis Regional Public Media Inc. | $12,000 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc. | $11,500 |
| John Burroughs School | $10,000 |
| Ranken Technical College | $9,000 |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | $9,000 |
| The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park | $9,000 |
| City of Kirkwood Municipal Library District | $8,500 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The muny is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to enrich lives by producing exceptional musical theatre accessible to all, continuing its remarkable tradition in forest park.
Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…
The association provides knowledge, guidance and resources which enhances members' professionalism and success, supports growth in the area's diverse communities and protects private property rights.
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
Support the st. louis science center and its comprehensive array of educational outreach programs to the community in order to increase interest, understanding and enthusiasm for stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Saint Louis Zoo Association and the most unlike its peers is The Michael D and Margaret Ann Latta Charitable Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
Your grantees are a median of 50 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.
The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.
The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.
Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds Webster University ↗
- Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
- Who funds ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Stray Rescue of St Louis ↗
- Who funds FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Ranken Technical College ↗
- Who funds THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE IN EBSWORTH PARK ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Rescue Center ↗
- Who funds OPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds THE CAT SHELTER ↗
- Who funds THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds DUO DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds THE MAGIC HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Centene Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Edward Chase Garvey Mem Found funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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