· Private foundation
Gershman Foundation (Formerly Gershman Charitable Trust)
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, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $339k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOORWAYS | $50,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS | $40,000 |
| JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI | $26,000 |
| CENTRAL REFORM CONGREGATION | $25,000 |
| SITEMAN CANCER CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| NINE PBS | $12,500 |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO | $10,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD ST LOUIS | $10,000 |
| URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS | $10,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ST LOUIS | $10,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI & KANSAS | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ST LOUIS | $10,000 |
| ST LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $73k) 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 13 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, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IRINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS5× · 2021–2025 · $220k · revenue +28%
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY5× · 2021–2025 · $151k · revenue +21%- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- MHMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -8%
- CTCOMMUNITY TRANSITION PROGRAMone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
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.
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…
The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…
Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.
Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…
To enable individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve the highest level of independent living and live a full and enriched life.
As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…
Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…
How this is measured
54 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. 54 of the 99 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 Federation of St Louis ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN ST LOUIS SECTION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds FOCUS ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND ↗
- Who funds JAZZ ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gershman Foundation (Formerly Gershman Charitable Trust) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gershman Foundation (Formerly Gershman Charitable Trust). Bigger dots raise more.
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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