Missouri · Private foundation
John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $77k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $85k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $76k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $82k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $90k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $82k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $123k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $31k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $80,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington University | $80,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health Inc | $42,700 | 4 | 3% |
| Friends of Kids With Cancer | $25,500 | 9 | 0% |
| St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation | $25,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $12,900 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($234k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · World Wide Technology Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Blues for Kids · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · The Four Leaf Clover Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation with peer funders
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About John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation
- How much does John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation give?
- John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $77,488 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Environment (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees ($81k), Washington University ($80k), Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health Inc ($43k).
- Does John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
- Where is John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation based?
- John Henry Foster and Bernadine Foster Foundation is based in MO.
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