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Graybar Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$883k
Granted FY2024still arriving
82
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$3.5MHealth$153kHuman Services$94kArts & Culture$49kAnimals$48kEducation$38kYouth Development$36kRecreation & Sports$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 82 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $429k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $270k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Greater St Louis$210,000
The Blackbaud Giving Fund$60,468
St Louis Zoo Association$30,000
American Heart Association$25,000
Catholic Charities$25,000
Humane Society of Missouri$15,100
American Red Cross$15,000
The Oasis Institute$15,000
Junior Achievement$15,000
Loyola Academy of St Louis$15,000
St Louis Crisis Nursery$15,000
Rural Parish Clinic Archdiocese of St Louis$15,000
St Louis Community Foundation$15,000
American Cancer Society$15,000
Missouri Botanical Garden$15,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%American Red Cross: $15k → 14%Home Sweet Home: $2k → 11%Semper Fi Society of St Louis: $10k → 11%MakeAWish Missouri and Kansas: $3k → 11%Gateway Region Ymca: $13k → 21%Blues For Kids: $2k → 21%The Oasis Institute: $15k → 11%Joshua Chamberlain Society: $10k → 11%St Louis Arc Inc: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Mission St Louis

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

Community Improvement
2
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
3
Greater St Louis Inc

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…

Community Improvement
4
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

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.

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5
Missouri Historical Society

The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…

Arts & Culture
6
St Louis Science Center Foundation

Support the st. louis science center and its comprehensive array of educational outreach programs to the community in order to increase interest, understanding and enthusiasm for stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

Science & Tech
7
St Louis Association of Realtors

The association provides knowledge, guidance and resources which enhances members' professionalism and success, supports growth in the area's diverse communities and protects private property rights.

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8
Jewish Federation of St Louis

Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

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…

Health
10
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
11
St Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

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…

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12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas and the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPerforming Arts Organizatio…Alternative K-12 SchoolsYouth Development and Famil…Fraternal Orders and Vetera…St. Louis Regional Developm…Animal Rescue and WelfareDevelopmental Disabilities …Christian Faith-Based Minis…Community Housing and Suppo…Private Charitable Foundati…Education Scholarships & Gr…Community Interest Groups
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr17%13%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr17%24%35–55yr19%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr17%15%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr17%14%35–55yr19%51%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/67
the rest of the field
14%
1,453/10,090

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 83 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
23/65
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LIST AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST — $3,194,801 · OtherLIST AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST+40 more — $306,500 · Other+40 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $210,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND — $60,468 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc — $25,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $15,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $10,000 · HealthLUKE 181 FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $5,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $5,000 · HealthHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 · HealthMIDWEST HEALTH INITIATIVE — $5,000 · Health+3 more — $7,500 · HealthTHE OASIS INSTITUTE — $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $15,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $12,500 · Human ServicesSemper Fi Society of St Louis — $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Joshua Chamberlain Society — $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS — $2,500 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARC INC — $2,500 · Human Services+3 more — $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $30,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $15,100 · AnimalsWORLD BIRD SANCTUARY — $2,500 · AnimalsST LOUIS AQUARIUM AT UNION STATION FOUNDATION — $2,500 · AnimalsTHE MAGIC HOUSE — $15,000 · Arts & CultureCULTURAL FESTIVALS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $2,500 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $2,500 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,000 · Arts & CultureLOYOLA ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS — $15,000 · EducationCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF — $6,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $5,000 · EducationROCKHURST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationHOME WORKS - THVP — $2,500 · Education
Other$3,501,301Philanthropy$270,468Health$107,500Human Services$71,500Animals$50,100Arts & Culture$43,500Education$33,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $210,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND — $60,468 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $15,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OASIS INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR SAINT LOUIS FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER - ST LOUIS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSemper Fi Society of St Louis — $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUKE 181 FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCULTURAL FESTIVALS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCONCORDANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Joshua Chamberlain Society — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCLAYTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetST PATRICK CENTER — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF — $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST HEALTH INITIATIVE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICA SCORES — $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetClayton Community Foundation — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Centene FoundationSt Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…United Way of Greater…Edward Jones Foundati…Commerce Bancshares F…Employees Community F…St Louis Community Fo…Pershing Charitable T…Norman J Stupp Founda…Brown Dana Charitable…
Centene FoundationMO49.9× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Graybar Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your 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
    16report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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