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Express Scripts Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2020
82
Grants FY2020
80
Organizations funded FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$1,017,000
States reached, FY2020
17
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
AZ
NM
NC
OK
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scholarship America Inc$1,017,00011%
Operation Food Search Inc$106,84910%
Barnes Jewish Hospital$101,3521n/a
Beyond Housing Inc$100,00011%
The Little Bit Foundation$100,00012%
National Medical Fellowships Inc$60,00012%
A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound$50,00011%
Washington University$40,55010%
Kipp St Louis$40,00010%
Casa de Salud$37,50012%
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All grantees of Express Scripts Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Scholarship America Inc$1,017,00011%
Operation Food Search Inc$106,84910%
Barnes Jewish Hospital$101,3521n/a
Beyond Housing Inc$100,00011%
The Little Bit Foundation$100,00012%
National Medical Fellowships Inc$60,00012%
A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound$50,00011%
Washington University$40,55010%
Kipp St Louis$40,00010%
Casa de Salud$37,50012%
Train Up a Child Inc$35,0001n/a
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St Louis$33,00011%
Girls Incorporated of St Louis$30,00012%
United Cerebral Palsy Heartland$25,00010%
Home Works - Thvp$25,00013%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$25,00010%
Missouri Colleges Fund Inc$20,00013%
City Academy Inc$20,00010%
Alphapointe$17,00010%
Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation$15,00012%
United Services for Children$13,00011%
Paraquad Inc$12,50010%
Blue Star Families Inc$12,50010%
St Patrick Center$10,00010%
Food Outreach Inc$10,00010%
Ready Readers$10,00011%
Mary Ryder Home$10,00011%
Nurses for Newborns$10,00010%
Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways$10,00010%
Our Ladys Inn$10,00010%
Lift for Life Academy Inc$10,00010%
Go St Louis$10,00011%
Aim High St Louis$10,00012%
Literacy Matters Foundation$8,00011%
Flance Management Inc D/B/A Flance Early Learning Center$7,5001n/a
The Biome School$5,00010%
Casa of St Louis$5,00010%
Child Center-Marygrove$5,00010%
Chads Coalition for Mental Health$5,0001n/a
Havenhouse St Louis$5,00011%
Ranken Technical College$5,00010%
College Mentors for Kids Inc$5,00010%
University High School of Indiana Inc$1,00010%
Forsyth School Inc$1,00010%
Logos Inc$1,00010%
All Saints Academy$1,0001n/a
St Benedict Roman Catholic Parish Phoenix$1,0001n/a
John Burroughs School$1,00010%
Reed Academy$85010%
Brother Martin High School$5001n/a
Sampson Community College Foundation$50010%
St Louis University High School$4501n/a
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy$40010%
Basis Charter Schools Inc$30010%
Indiana University Foundation$20010%
Vianney High School$2001n/a
Gibault High School$1501n/a
Oral Roberts University$10010%
Trustees of Boston College$10010%
Westminster College$10010%
St Louis University$10010%
Miami University$1001n/a
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$10010%
Brigham Young University$901n/a
Northwestern University$7510%
The New City School Inc$5010%
Butler University$5010%

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Express Scripts Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetScholarship America Inc: $1,017,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $106,849 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond Housing Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNational Medical Fellowships Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetA Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWashington University: $40,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKipp St Louis: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCasa de Salud: $37,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association of Greater St Louis: $33,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGirls Incorporated of St Louis: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Heartland: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHome Works - Thvp: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMissouri Colleges Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCity Academy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlphapointe: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarrie Tingley Hospital Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUnited Services for Children: $13,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetParaquad Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Star Families Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Outreach Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReady Readers: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMary Ryder Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNurses for Newborns: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Ladys Inn: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLift for Life Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGo St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAim High St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLiteracy Matters Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Biome School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCasa of St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHavenhouse St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRanken Technical College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Mentors for Kids Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity High School of Indiana Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForsyth School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLogos Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Burroughs School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReed Academy: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSampson Community College Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Phoenix Preparatory Academy: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBasis Charter Schools Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOral Roberts University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…Employees Community F…Commerce Bancshares F…Pott FoundationCentene FoundationSt Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Trio Foundation of St…Berges Family Foundat…Sam and Marilyn Fox F…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO53.1× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Pott Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Berges Family Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Express Scripts Foundation

How much does Express Scripts Foundation give?
Express Scripts Foundation reported 82 grants totaling $2,383,816 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does Express Scripts Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (15%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Express Scripts Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: Scholarship America Inc ($1.0M), Operation Food Search Inc ($107k), Barnes Jewish Hospital ($101k).
Does Express Scripts Foundation 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 Express Scripts Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company.
Where is Express Scripts Foundation based?
Express Scripts Foundation is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 82 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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