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Greater St Louis Inc

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$636k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Community Improvement$701kEmployment$300kRecreation & Sports$238kScience & Tech$147kCivil Rights$90kArts & Culture$73kEducation$60kHuman Services$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $484,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $635,844 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $151,644 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k17 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $215k
$13,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GO ST LOUIS$115,000
39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT$100,000
GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION$35,000
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ST LOUIS$30,000
EAST WEST GATEWAY INSTITUTE$25,000
HOUSE EVERYONE STL$24,000
ST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION$19,700
NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM$15,000
KRANZBERG ARTS FOUNDATION$15,000
CITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT$13,000
HAWTHORN FOUNDATION$12,500
USGIF (UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION)$10,000
VENTURE FOR AMERICA INC$10,000
MISSOURI MAIN STREET CONNECTION INC$10,000
LACLEDE'S LANDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ST LOUIS: $30k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
MO
VA
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of Greater St Louis Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Greater St Louis Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 14 repeat orgs$473k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$1.2M
$224k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+13%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k 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
Community ImprovementEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterSocial ScienceOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $450k · revenue +24%
  • US
    UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $148k · revenue +223%
  • DD
    DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $27k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • IF
    INITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -16%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER & GROWTH ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $33k · revenue 0%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -10%
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.

04Its field

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.

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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
2
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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3
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
4
Techstl

The TechSTL Council serves as the St Louis champion for technology by strategically and equitably investing in regional collaboration to advance tech workforce development and retention, along with spurring innovation opportunities in…

Community Improvement
5
Mission St Louis

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

Community Improvement
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 Council of Construction Consumers

The slc3 is a community of design and construction industry professionals with a common interest in the betterment of our region through prioritizing innovation, continuing education, equity empowerment and all-inclusive workforce…

Community Improvement
8
The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council

See schedule o.the greater st. louis arts and education council (the arts and education council or the council) was the st. louis region's only united arts fund that pooled together donations from individuals, foundations and corporations…

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9
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

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,…

Animals
10
Cortex

Founded in 2002, cortex mission is the creation of the midwest's premier innovation hub of bioscience and technology research, development and commercialization, serving as the anchor of st. louis' growing ecosystem for innovative startup…

Community Improvement
11
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation

Arch grants advances economic development and community revitalization by providing equity-free grants of up to $100,000 and dynamic wraparound support to startup entrepreneurs willing to headquarter their businesses in st. louis. arch…

Community Improvement
12
St Louis Development Corporation

To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the economic development activities of the city of st. louis, missouri.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Kranzberg Arts Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $450,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUISST LOUIS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $107,158 · OtherST LOUIS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCEST LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER & GROWTH ASSOCIATION: $32,948 · OtherTHE KRANZBERG ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $30,000 · Other+15 more: $215,000 · Other+15 more39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT: $200,000 · Community Improvement39 NORTH AGTECH INN…FOCUS ST LOUIS: $30,000 · Community ImprovementFOCUS ST LOUISVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementVENTURE FOR AMERICA…Missouri Main Street Connection Inc: $20,000 · Community ImprovementMissouri Main Stree…CEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY: $20,000 · Community ImprovementCEO LEADERSHIP ALLI…MISSOURI PARTNERSHIP: $12,773 · Community Improvement+1 more: $5,500 · Community ImprovementGO ST LOUIS: $115,000 · Recreation & SportsGO ST LOUISGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $102,500 · Recreation & SportsGATEWAY ARCH P…UNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION: $148,100 · Social ScienceUNITED ST…INITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE EVERYONE STL: $24,000 · Housing & ShelterST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $19,700 · EducationSaint Louis Fashion Fund: $10,000 · EducationOPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationNATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education
Other$865,106Community Improvement$308,273Recreation & Sports$217,500Social Science$148,100Housing & Shelter$74,000Philanthropy$70,000Education$69,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $450,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget39 NORTH AGTECH INNOVATION DISTRICT: $200,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION: $148,100 over 3y, 10% of budgetGO ST LOUIS: $115,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetST LOUIS REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $107,158 over 2y, 100% of budgetGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $102,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR A COMPETITIVE INNER CITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KRANZBERG ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOCUS ST LOUIS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSE EVERYONE STL: $24,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMissouri Main Street Connection Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCEO LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE ORANGE COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $19,700 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCITIZENS FOR MODERN TRANSIT: $13,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMISSOURI PARTNERSHIP: $12,773 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWTHORN FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FERTILIZER INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN ST LOUIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSaint Louis Fashion Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS SPORTS COMMISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIndustrial Asset Management Council Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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.

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.

United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Regional Cultural and…Bjc Health System Dba…Centene FoundationWorld Wide Technology…AARPThe Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
United Way of Greater St Louis IncMO17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare · Centene Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · AARP · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Greater St Louis Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater St Louis Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 39 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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