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Growing More Opportunities Foundation at a glance

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Growing More Opportunities Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$93k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$13k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$267kHuman Services$97kScience & Tech$83kEducation$68kArts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$28kAnimals$10kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION$13,000
FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE CARE COALITION$13,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$10,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$10,000
JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL$7,000
PEDAL THE CAUSE$5,000
WORLD FOOD PRIZE$5,000
ALLIANCE FOR SCIENCE$5,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
SSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$4,000
ST MARY'S ACADEMY$2,500
MONTESORRI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES$2,500
LADUE CHAPEL NURSERY SCHOOL$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%NURSES FOR NEWBORN: $5k → 11%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
IA
CO
MO
MD
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$548k · 16 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$548k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+46%

Still filing today

56%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $96k · revenue +40%
  • FC
    FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $82k · revenue +248%
  • OH
    OLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $82k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MATTHES DICKEY BOYS
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • TF
    THE FIT AND FOOD CONNECTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +240%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +21%
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.

1
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
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
11
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
12
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is World Food Prize Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 29 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $82,000 · OtherFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUISALLIANCE FOR SCIENCE: $66,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR SCIENCEST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,500 · OtherST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE: $17,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGESSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherTHE MATTHES DICKEY BOYS: $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $31,000 · Other+6 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $95,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS AS…OLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION: $82,000 · HealthOLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATIONTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $46,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $42,500 · EducationWASHINGTO…JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $7,000 · EducationJOHN BURR…MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES: $2,500 · EducationTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $22,500 · Arts & CulturePEDAL THE CAUSE: $12,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesNURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5,000 · Human ServicesWorld Food Prize Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,000 · Religion
Other$273,500Health$229,000Education$52,000Arts & Culture$22,500Human Services$22,500Philanthropy$10,000Religion$4,000

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $95,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $82,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetOLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION: $82,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $46,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF DINOSAUR RIDGE: $17,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIT AND FOOD CONNECTION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Food Prize Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WILD PINES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Growing More Opportunities Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Growing More Opportunities Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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