Illinois · Private foundation
Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable
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.
- $749k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $692k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 61 to 68
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $692k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 68 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $1.4M | 56% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $668k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vp Community Impact Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $8,077 | 1 | 0% |
| American Corporate Partners | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vp Community Impact Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $8,077 | 1 | 0% |
| American Corporate Partners | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites St Louis | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Magic House | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Independence Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Crisis Nursery | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of St Louis | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Dance Theatre | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ride on St Louis Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 180 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable 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.
Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Centene Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Finerty Family Foundation · Interco Charitable Trust · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable
- How much does Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable give?
- Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable reported 47 itemized grants totaling $692,388, out of $749,338 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 68 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (16%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ($250k), Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation ($100k), St Louis Area Food Bank Inc ($50k).
- Does Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable 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 Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward Jones Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company.
- Where is Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable based?
- Emerson Directorsofficers' Charitable is based in IL.
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