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Graybar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
77
Grants FY2025
80
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$6,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 80
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$17M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Graybar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving76$1.2M43%
FY202480$820k100%
FY20231$877k0%
FY20221$772k0%
FY20211$792k0%
FY20201$754kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
MO
VA
SC
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 85 grantees
All grantees of Graybar Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$485,00020%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$100,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$65,00020%
Heat Up St Louis Inc$50,00011%
St Louis Integrated Health Network$50,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$50,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$35,00020%
Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc$31,00021%
Humane Society of Missouri$30,10020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$30,00020%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$30,00010%
The Magic House$30,00020%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$25,00020%
Barnes Jewish Hospital$25,0001n/a
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$25,00020%
Hope Ignites$22,50011%
Luke 181 Foundation$20,00022%
Forest Park Forever Inc$20,00020%
Semper Fi Society of St Louis$20,00024%
St Patrick Center$17,50020%
Loyola Academy of St Louis$15,00010%
Oasis$15,0001n/a
The Oasis Institute$15,00010%
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association$12,50010%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$12,50020%
Central Institute for the Deaf$12,00020%
Fair Saint Louis Foundation$11,00011%
Chads Coalition for Mental Health$10,00020%
Concordance$10,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Our Little Haven$10,00020%
American Lung Association$10,00010%
Clayton Chamber of Commerce$10,00013%
Midwest Health Initiative$10,00021%
Rebuilding Together - St Louis$10,00010%
Lift for Life Academy Inc$10,00010%
Cultural Festivals$10,00011%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc$10,00020%
St Louis Sports Commission Inc$10,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00020%
The Joshua Chamberlain Society$10,00011%
Girls Incorporated of St Louis$9,00020%
Special Education Foundation$8,00021%
Home Works - Thvp$7,50021%
America Scores$7,00021%
Curators of the University of Missouri Special Tr$6,0001n/a
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$5,00010%
Rockhurst University$5,00010%
Starkloff Disability Institute$5,00020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$5,00010%
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$5,00010%
World Pediatrics$5,00010%
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis$5,00010%
The Bach Society of Saint Louis$5,00021%
Havenhouse St Louis$5,00011%
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$5,00010%
The Repertory Theatre of St Louis$5,00020%
De Smet Jesuit High School$5,0001n/a
Boy Scouts of America 312 - Greater St Louis Area Council$5,0001n/a
The Center for Hearing and Speech$5,00010%
St Louis Arc Inc$5,00020%
World Bird Sanctuary$5,00020%
Almost Home$5,00010%
Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund$5,00010%
Home Sweet Home$3,00020%
Blues for Kids$3,00020%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$2,50010%
St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation$2,50010%
Paraquad Inc$2,50010%
American Diabetes Association$2,50010%
NAMI St Louis$2,50010%
Child Center-Marygrove$2,50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas$2,50010%
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc$2,50010%
St Louis Shakespeare Festival$2,50010%
Focus Marines Foundation$2,00020%
Super Hornets Robotics$1,5002n/a
St Louis Center for International Relations$1,50010%
Girls on the Run of St Louis$1,00010%
Davis Phinney Foundation$1,0001n/a
Walter's Walk$1,00010%
Herzberg Family Wellness Foundation$1,00019%
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis$1,00010%
American Bass Fishing Alliance Inc$50016%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Graybar Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $485,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeat Up St Louis Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc: $31,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $30,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Louis Zoo Association: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Magic House: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Crisis Nursery: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Ignites: $22,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLuke 181 Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi Society of St Louis: $20,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLoyola Academy of St Louis: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Oasis Institute: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGateway Region Young Men's Christian Association: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Institute for the Deaf: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFair Saint Louis Foundation: $11,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChads Coalition for Mental Health: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetConcordance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Little Haven: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClayton Chamber of Commerce: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMidwest Health Initiative: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRebuilding Together - St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLift for Life Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCultural Festivals: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Joshua Chamberlain Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGirls Incorporated of St Louis: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Education Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHome Works - Thvp: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerica Scores: $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRockhurst University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStarkloff Disability Institute: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Art Museum Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Pediatrics: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity of St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 75.

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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.

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

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.

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About Graybar Foundation

How much does Graybar Foundation give?
Graybar Foundation reported 77 grants totaling $1,234,915 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 80 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Graybar Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Health (4%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Graybar Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc ($485k), Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis ($100k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($65k).
Does Graybar Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Graybar Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Graybar Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Centene Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation.
Where is Graybar Foundation based?
Graybar Foundation is based in MO.

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 116 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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