· Private foundation
Frank and Bessie Spielberg Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k59 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATION | $17,400 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION | $5,000 |
| TIGER SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $3,000 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $2,881 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI | $2,440 |
| UNITED WAY OF ST LOUIS | $500 |
| LUNG CANCER CONNECTIONS | $309 |
| ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM | $200 |
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS | $200 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $200 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI | $200 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $125 |
| NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER | $120 |
| AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND | $100 |
| LOGOS HIGH SCHOOL | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 59 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +43%
- LCLUNG CANCER CONNECTION5× · 2021–2025 · $1k · revenue +86%
- TSTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS6× · 2020–2025 · $1k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $962
- TFThe Florida Aquarium Incgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $140 · revenue +138%
- SCSERVICE CLUB FOR THE BLIND INCone grant, 2020 · $100 · revenue +2%
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 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…
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…
The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
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,…
To promote and advance the microbial sciences
The purpose of the society is to advance the art and science of bariatric surgery by continued encouragement of its members to carry out the following mission: (1) to improve the care and treatment of people with obesity and related…
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
How this is measured
37 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. 37 of the 84 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
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.
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds LUNG CANCER CONNECTION ↗
- Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds KEREN OR INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
- Who funds BEVERLY FARM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA ↗
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 · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Jewish Federation of St Louis · World Wide Technology Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation · Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc · Eidelman Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Frank and Bessie Spielberg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank and Bessie Spielberg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
- National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Florida Aquarium Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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