· Private foundation
Emerson Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k85 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
- $250k+1 grant · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Seton Regional Catholic School | $400,000 |
| BEYOND HOUSING INC | $100,000 |
| ELYRIA SCHOOLS & FRIENDS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | $23,000 |
| CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| INDEPENDENCE CENTER | $5,000 |
| URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS | $5,000 |
| Geek Partnership Society | $5,000 |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | $5,000 |
| THE BOAZ HOUSE | $3,500 |
| NIEM PHAT BUDDHIST TEMPLE - CHUA NIEM PHAT | $3,000 |
| MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY INC | $3,000 |
| NIEM PHAT BUDDHIST TEMPLE - CHUA NIEM PHAT | $2,500 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| THE FISTULA FOUNDATION | $1,057 |
| CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION | $1,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
180 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 179 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $578k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UWUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC2× · 2021–2022 · $1.0M
- GSGREATER ST. LOUIS INC FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $683k
- SLST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2022 · $683k
Funded once
- MTMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUISone grant, 2022 · $785k
- MHMISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUMone grant, 2022 · $710k
- RTRANKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $600k
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.
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.
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.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
Education, research, medical services and other public services.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
How this is measured
52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
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 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 927 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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