Missouri · Private foundation
Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn
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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $269
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $248k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster University | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community School Association | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Youth Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City Academy Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis Christmas Carols Associati | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster University | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $120,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community School Association | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Youth Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City Academy Inc | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis Christmas Carols Associati | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of St Louis | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn
- How much does Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn give?
- Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn reported 2 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Environment (24%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Webster University ($135k), Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees ($120k), Community School Association ($100k).
- Does Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn 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 Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
- Where is Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn based?
- Elizabeth G Danforth Charitable Fdn is based in MO.
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