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Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$380k
Granted FY2021
28
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01FY2021 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k7 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $349k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Salvation Army$40,000
Aim High-St. Louis$35,000
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$25,000
University of Minnesota Foundation$25,000
St. Louis Art Museum Foundation$20,000
LightHouse for the Blind$20,000
St. Louis Chamber Chorus$20,000
Forest Releaf of Missouri$16,000
Gateway Region Young Mens Christian Association$15,000
Boy Scouts of America - St. Louis Area Council$15,000
Soulard School Inc.$15,000
Forest Park Forever Inc.$13,000
Central Institute for the Deaf$10,000
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$10,000
Gateway Arch Park Foundation$10,000
02The need
02

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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–25) 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.

area typical 7%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $405k → 11%SEE ATTACHED: $380k → 11%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $365k → 11%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $345k → 11%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $325k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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.

03Your field

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.

1
Thomas Jefferson School

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…

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2
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
3
St Louis Science Center Foundation

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).

Science & Tech
4
Missouri Historical Society

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.…

Arts & Culture
5
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
6
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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7
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
8
The St Louis Children's Choirs

Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…

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9
Siue Charter School

The mission of the siue east st. louis charter high school is to prepare sudents, who are career - and college - ready, upon graduation.

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
12
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gateway Arch Park Foundation 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 62 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr16%12%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr18%19%35–55yr19%54%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr16%7%10–20yr15%13%20–35yr18%23%35–55yr19%57%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
14%
1,023/7,508

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.

03the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY — $40,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYAIM HIGH ST LOUIS — $35,000 · OtherAIM HIGH ST LOUISSAINT LOUIS CHAMBER CHORUS — $20,000 · OtherSAINT LOUIS CHAMBER CHORUSTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND — $20,000 · OtherTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLINDBoy Scouts of America - St. Louis Area Council — $15,000 · OtherBoy Scouts of America - St. Louis Area CouncilEPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $10,000 · OtherEPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INCThe Tower Grove Park Foundation — $10,000 · OtherThe Tower Grove Park FoundationGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC — $10,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INCUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC+1 more — $3,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA…THE SOULARD SCHOOL — $15,000 · EducationTHE SOULARD SCHOOLCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF — $10,000 · EducationCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR T…Ranken Technical College — $10,000 · EducationRanken Technical Colleg…JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL — $5,000 · EducationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLHOME WORKS - THVP — $5,000 · EducationHOME WORKS - THVPCITY ACADEMY INC — $5,000 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INCMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC — $3,000 · EducationSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SY…ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS ART M…CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF CREA…FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — $16,000 · EnvironmentFOREST RELE…Forest Park Forever Inc — $13,000 · EnvironmentForest Park…MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $10,000 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BO…GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE WYMAN CENTER — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Animals
Other$173,000Education$78,000Arts & Culture$50,000Environment$39,000Human Services$15,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Animals$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAIM HIGH ST LOUIS — $35,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT LOUIS CHAMBER CHORUS — $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI — $16,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOULARD SCHOOL — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tower Grove Park Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRanken Technical College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME WORKS - THVP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WYMAN CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

United Way of Greater…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Norman J Stupp Founda…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationEmployees Community F…St Louis Community Fo…Berges Family Foundat…Pershing Charitable T…Pott Foundation
United Way of Greater St Louis IncMO27.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Berges Family Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Pott Foundation

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 Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char 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.

2024
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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24

    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.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char?

    Find your warmest path to Elberth R & Gladys F Grant Char 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $365k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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