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Griffin Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$343k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2025
48
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$36,000
Organizations funded a year
41 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$5.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Griffin Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving55$343k36%
FY202448$334k25%
FY202364$336k33%
FY202257$305k37%
FY202153$328k49%
FY202041$261k27%
FY201954$272k37%
FY201844$253k48%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$213kHuman Services$182kReligion$148kRecreation & Sports$137kHealth$128kHousing & Shelter$77kEmployment$64kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IA
CA
NE
MO
OK
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Griffin Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition$71,703813%
Handi-Shop Inc$57,00041%
Missouri Military Academy$52,22990%
Presser Arts Center$50,50033%
Mexico Recreation Corporation$45,000211%
Mexico Senior Center Inc$41,000528%
William Woods University$36,55080%
Uplift Mid-Mo$35,500519%
Historical and Preservation Society$34,867252%
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri$33,00040%
Columbia College$32,05060%
Vandalia Recreation Corporation$30,000495%
Mexico Area Family YMCA INC$26,89931%
Central Methodist University$25,80090%
Audrain County Historical Society$23,78746%
Simmons Stable Preservation Fund Inc$20,0001n/a
Maryville University - St Louis$18,35070%
Hannibal LaGrange University$17,20040%
Westminster College$15,55070%
Mexico Parks Foundation Inc$15,000120%
Cancer Research Center$15,00033%
St Louis University$14,05050%
Audrain Emergency Communications Inc$14,0002n/a
Shoes From the Heart$12,50081%
Bright Futures Audrain$12,0003n/a
Montgomery County Council on Aging$12,00015%
Mexico Sustainability Project Inc$11,5992n/a
Agape House of Vandalia$11,1002n/a
East Central Area Literacy Council$10,3001n/a
Southwest Baptist University$10,05050%
Benevolent & Protective Order of El$10,00014%
Arthur Hills Golf Association Inc$10,0001n/a
Saving Kidsight$10,00022%
Lincoln University$9,7505n/a
Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce$8,53025%
Missouri Baptist University$7,75030%
Avila University$7,75040%
Northeast Community Service Agency Inc$7,5001n/a
Williams Family Support Center Inc$7,500112%
Anointed Life Saving Ministries$7,0932n/a
Sacred Groundz$6,5001n/a
Quincy University Corporation$6,05030%
Lindenwood Education System$5,75030%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Inc$5,5003n/a
Scattering Fork Outdoor Center Inc$5,3958n/a
Central Christian College of the Bible$5,25030%
The Help Center Inc$5,10012%
Audrain Humane Society$5,0001n/a
Audrain County Crisis Intervention$4,80021%
Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc$4,50020%
Farber Community Betterment$4,0001n/a
Graceland University$4,00020%
Millikin University$3,75020%
Beauty for Ashes Ministry$3,00012%
Angel Wings$3,0001n/a
St Mary's Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Room at the Inn$2,78710%
Kansas City University$2,50010%
Briar Cliff University$2,30010%
Missouri Valley College$2,30010%
Southern Methodist University$2,00010%
Stephens College$2,00010%
College of the Ozarks$2,00010%
Washington University$2,00010%
Kansas State University$2,0001n/a
Olivet Nazarene University$2,00010%
Rockhurst University$2,00010%
Drury University$1,75010%
Perry Christian Academy Inc$1,00010%
Martinsburg Athletic Association Inc$8501n/a
Shop With a Cop$5001n/a
Character That Counts Inc$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 120 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Griffin Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAudrain County Shelter Resource Coalition: $71,703 over 8y, 13% of budgetHandi-Shop Inc: $57,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMissouri Military Academy: $52,229 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPresser Arts Center: $50,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMexico Recreation Corporation: $45,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMexico Senior Center Inc: $41,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetWilliam Woods University: $36,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUplift Mid-Mo: $35,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetHistorical and Preservation Society: $34,867 over 2y, 52% of budgetThe Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia College: $32,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVandalia Recreation Corporation: $30,000 over 4y, 95% of budgetMexico Area Family YMCA INC: $26,899 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Methodist University: $25,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAudrain County Historical Society: $23,787 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $18,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHannibal LaGrange University: $17,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWestminster College: $15,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMexico Parks Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCancer Research Center: $15,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSt Louis University: $14,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetShoes From the Heart: $12,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMontgomery County Council on Aging: $12,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSouthwest Baptist University: $10,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBenevolent & Protective Order of El: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSaving Kidsight: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMexico Area Chamber of Commerce: $8,530 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetMissouri Baptist University: $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAvila University: $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams Family Support Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetQuincy University Corporation: $6,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLindenwood Education System: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Christian College of the Bible: $5,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Help Center Inc: $5,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAudrain County Crisis Intervention: $4,800 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChild Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGraceland University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMillikin University: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeauty for Ashes Ministry: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSt Mary's Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRoom at the Inn: $2,787 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKansas City University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBriar Cliff University: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Valley College: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephens College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Ozarks: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 54.

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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.

Miriam a Edmonston Charitable FoundationMO53.8× affinity23 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Miriam a Edmonston Charitable Foundation · Allen P and Josephine B Green · Consolidated Cares · W Basil & Nina Leach Charitable Trust · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · Jack J Isgur Foundation · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Hardin Memorial Scholarship Foundation · Virginia Thomas 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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Find your warmest path to Griffin Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Griffin Family Foundation Inc

How much does Griffin Family Foundation Inc give?
Griffin Family Foundation Inc reported 57 grants totaling $343,295 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Griffin Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Arts & Culture (9%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Griffin Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition ($72k), Handi-Shop Inc ($57k), Missouri Military Academy ($52k).
Does Griffin Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Griffin Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Griffin Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Miriam a Edmonston Charitable Foundation, Allen P and Josephine B Green, Consolidated Cares.
Where is Griffin Family Foundation Inc based?
Griffin Family Foundation Inc 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 194 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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