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Flourish - a Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$928k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$325k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$663kEducation$497kPhilanthropy$325kHousing & Shelter$313kFood & Nutrition$208kInternational$180kCommunity Improvement$150kEnvironment$73kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $325k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$325,000
BEYOND HOUSING INC$100,000
LEARNING ZONE (REAL LIFE COLORADO)$50,000
TALL TALES RANCH$50,000
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC$50,000
WEPOWER$50,000
WELLSPRING COMMUNITY$50,000
DELMAR DEVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$50,000
LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION$30,000
GLOBAL HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC$25,000
PARENTS AS TEACHERS$25,000
STL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
FHD MISSIONS HONDURAS$25,000
GUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION$15,000
EARTH JUSTICE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $50k → 3%TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $50k → 7%TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $25k → 7%TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $10k → 7%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $125k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 26% of Flourish - a Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Flourish - a Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 13 repeat orgs$725k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$1.8M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+5%

Still filing today

85%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $538k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementInternationalAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BH
    BEYOND HOUSING INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $228k · revenue +25%
  • LF
    LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $225k · revenue +39%
  • TL
    THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $205k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • PP
    Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -55%
  • UH
    URBAN HARVEST STL
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +19%
  • FT
    FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -10%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Missouri Foundation for Health

To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive

Health
2
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
3
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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4
Mission St Louis

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

Community Improvement
5
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
6
Habitat for Humanity - St Louis

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. the organization's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
7
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
8
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
9
Build Missouri Health

To foster and amplify community-led innovations through partnerships resulting in radical system changes that create equitable health outcomes.

Human Services
10
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
11
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
12
Switch4Good

Advancing Health Equity Through Food System Change We are a nonprofit advancing food equity and nutrition security by working at the intersection of public health, education and policy. We start with dairy because of its outsized impact on…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri; the most unlike its peers is Earthjustice. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $325,000 · OtherST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONREAL LIFE COLORADO (AKA THE LEARNING ZONE): $250,000 · OtherREAL LIFE COLORADO (AKA THE LEARNING ZONE)FHD MISSIONS HONDURAS: $100,000 · OtherFHD MISSIONS HONDURASLEARNING ZONE (REAL LIFE COLORADO): $50,000 · OtherGlobal Health Connections Inc: $75,000 · OtherGlobal Health Connections IncEARTHJUSTICE: $62,500 · OtherEARTHJUSTICE+10 more: $142,000 · Other+10 moreTALL TALES RANCH: $250,000 · HealthTALL TALES RANCHPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $50,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthoo…PARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $47,500 · HealthPARENTS AS TEACHE…GUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthGUNNISON VALLEY H…+2 more: $10,000 · HealthTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $205,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT …TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $85,000 · Human ServicesTIMOTHY'S MINIS…WELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $50,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING COMM…BEYOND HOUSING INC: $227,500 · Housing & ShelterBEYOND HOU…LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $225,000 · Recreation & SportsLIFT FOR L…EarthDance: $150,000 · Food & NutritionURBAN HARVEST STL: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD OUTREACH INC: $22,500 · Food & NutritionWEPOWER: $100,000 · Community ImprovementDELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,004,500Health$387,500Human Services$340,000Housing & Shelter$227,500Recreation & Sports$225,000Food & Nutrition$197,500Community Improvement$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTALL TALES RANCH: $250,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetBEYOND HOUSING INC: $227,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $205,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetEarthDance: $150,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWEPOWER: $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $85,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetGlobal Health Connections Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $62,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDELMAR DIVINE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWELLSPRING COMMUNITY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER INC: $47,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUNNISON VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN HARVEST STL: $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPROJECT HOPE OF GUNNISON VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAREGIVER CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDEAR JACK FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUntil Theyre Home: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budget
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.

St Louis Community Fo…Trio Foundation of St…St Louis Community Fo…Moneta Group Charitab…Washington UniversitySt Louis Philanthropi…Youthbridge Community…Commerce Bancshares F…Colorado Gives Founda…The Opportunity Trust…The Blackbaud Giving …United Way of Greater…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · St Louis Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Washington University · St Louis Philanthropic Organization · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Opportunity Trust D/B/A Zest Education · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Flourish - a Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Flourish - a Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Flourish - a Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Flourish - a Family Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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