· Private foundation
George a Capps Memorial 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST LOUIS GYM CENTRE | $5,000 |
| REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL | $5,000 |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY - MARCY MADISON SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $1,500 |
| FOREST PARK FOREVER - LEFFINGWELL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| ST LOUIS PRIORY SCHOOL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS4× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +49%
- KSKIPP ST LOUIS3× · 2021–2023 · $10k · revenue +22%
- SLST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +263%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $5k
- TSTHE SAINT AUSTIN SCHOOLone grant, 2020 · $4k
- BCBIRTHRIGHT COUNSELING ST LOUISgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +34%
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.
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.
Economic development.
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The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…
To improve the quality of life in the greater st louis metropolitan area by connecting individuals, families, and businesses to their philanthropic goals.
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
St. Luke's Health Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established to develop philanthropic resources that support St. Luke's mission "To improve the health of people in the communities we serve." We're responsible for cultivating…
The mission of the missouri baptist foundation is to strengthen mission and ministry efforts of missouri baptists.
Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.
The st. louis bar foundation promotes the rule of law and the administration of justice in both our society and within the legal profession. the foundation seeks to improve the administration of justice in our community through law related…
Saint louis christian college prepares biblical servant leaders for urban, suburban, rural, and global ministry.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 21 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 THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds GREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND ↗
- Who funds KIPP ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds Missouri Baptist University ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT COUNSELING ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds St Louis Police Foundation ↗
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: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Centene Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George a Capps Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George a Capps Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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