· Private foundation
Mfa 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, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Missouri - Mental Health | $125,000 |
| Heart of Missouri United Way | $15,000 |
| Missouri Colleges Fund | $10,000 |
| ALOT Foundation | $10,000 |
| Missouri FFA Associaion | $10,000 |
| Central Missouri Food Bank | $10,000 |
| Drury University | $5,000 |
| Missouri 4-H Foundation | $5,000 |
| Stephens College | $5,000 |
| Missouri 4-H Foundation (Robotics) | $5,000 |
| Agriculture Future of America | $3,000 |
| College of the Ozarks | $2,500 |
| Missouri Valley College | $2,500 |
| Missouri Young Farmers Association | $2,500 |
| University of Missouri - Bill Streeter Scholarship | $2,100 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- M4MISSOURI 4-H FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +8%
- DUDrury University4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +16%
- SCSTEPHENS COLLEGE4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- EFEAGLE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -95%
- MFMissouri Farm Bureau Federationone grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -20%
- M4Missouri 4-H Foundation (Robotics) (2 of 5)one grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
To assist in providing agricultural related education to all persons and developing agricultural leaders for the future.
The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…
Mid-america christian university prepares students through a wesleyan perspective to create, collaborate, and innovate to solve local and global problems for the glory of god through jesus christ and the good of society.
Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…
SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…
Christian institution of higher learning dedicated to the exploration, discernment, sustentation, and dissemination of god's truth. midwest is committed to excellence in education encouraging students to comprehensively consider god's word…
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Dunwoody college changes lives by building opportunities for graduates to have successful careers, to develop into leaders and entrepreneurs, and to engage in "the better performance of life's duties." quote is from the last will and…
Lincoln college uniquely empowers students to realize their full potential
Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 26 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 EAGLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI 4-H FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Drury University ↗
- Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds AGRICULTURE FUTURE OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds Missouri Farm Bureau Federation ↗
- Who funds Woodhaven Learning Center d/b/a Woodhaven ↗
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: Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Veterans United Foundation · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Truman Heartland Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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