Missouri · Public charity
Missouri Bar Foundation
To relieve, aid and assist as charitable acts deserving members of the bar who shall be ill, incapacitated or superannuated and in need of aid or the dependents of deceased members of the bar who shall be ill, incapacitated or superannuated and in need of aid; the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and research therein; the…
- $23k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $6k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,175
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,175
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Missouri Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $58k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $128k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $65k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $89k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Missouri Bar | $148,465 | 8 | n/a |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc | $95,466 | 5 | 1% |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | $55,812 | 3 | 0% |
| The Mo Coalition for Right to Counsel | $45,764 | 2 | n/a |
| Legal Services of Southern Missouri | $31,788 | 3 | 0% |
| Mid-Missouri Legal Services | $15,527 | 3 | 0% |
| Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project | $11,526 | 2 | 2% |
| Innovation Law Lab | $9,441 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Missouri Law School Foundation | $6,526 | 1 | 0% |
| Fathers Support Center St Louis | $6,526 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Missouri Bar | $148,465 | 8 | n/a |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc | $95,466 | 5 | 1% |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | $55,812 | 3 | 0% |
| The Mo Coalition for Right to Counsel | $45,764 | 2 | n/a |
| Legal Services of Southern Missouri | $31,788 | 3 | 0% |
| Mid-Missouri Legal Services | $15,527 | 3 | 0% |
| Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project | $11,526 | 2 | 2% |
| Innovation Law Lab | $9,441 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Missouri Law School Foundation | $6,526 | 1 | 0% |
| Fathers Support Center St Louis | $6,526 | 1 | 0% |
| Historical Society of the United States Courts in the Eighth Circui | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Archcity Defenders | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Appleseed Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Deportation Defense Legal Network | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Missouri Bar 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: Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation · Equal Justice Works · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Legal Services Corporation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Missouri Bar Foundation
- How much does Missouri Bar Foundation give?
- Missouri Bar Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $6,175, out of $22,675 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Missouri Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (96%), Human Services (3%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are Missouri Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Missouri Bar ($148k), Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc ($95k), Legal Aid of Western Missouri ($56k).
- Does Missouri Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Missouri Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation, Equal Justice Works, St Louis Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Missouri Bar Foundation based?
- Missouri Bar Foundation is based in MO.
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