· Private foundation
Great Rivers Confluence Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $335k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS | $65,000 |
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS | $45,000 |
| GIRLS SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI | $40,000 |
| ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK | $40,000 |
| OPERATION FOOD SEARCH | $40,000 |
| GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL | $40,000 |
| ST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK | $25,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE | $20,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CASA OF ST LOUIS | $15,000 |
| COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI | $15,000 |
| BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ST LOUIS | $10,000 |
| DELTA GAMMA CENTER FOR CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| BOOKS FOR NEWBORNS | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 61% 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
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 +11% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 23 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, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS9× · 2017–2025 · $340k · revenue +99%
- SLST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC9× · 2017–2025 · $150k · revenue +17%
- COCASA OF ST LOUIS7× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +25%
Funded once
Teach for America Incone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -3%- CFCENTER FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -31%
- SSSTEMY STUFF INCone grant, 2023 · $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.
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…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
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…
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).
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…
Economic development.
Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…
To provide children with hope, understanding, and compassion so they can reach their full potential.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 44 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 UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC ↗
- Who funds CASA OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds WORTH INDUSTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Black Girls Do STEM ↗
- Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE BUDDY FUND ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds THE GREEN HOUSE VENTURE ↗
- Who funds KIDS IN THE MIDDLE INC ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR NEWBORNS INC ↗
- Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
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 · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation · Pecha Family Foundation · Pott Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Great Rivers Confluence Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Great Rivers Confluence Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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