· 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…
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MISSOURI BAR | $6,175 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.
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, 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
Backed again, and grew
- LSLEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC5× · 2017–2023 · $95k · revenue +119%
- LALegal Aid of Western Missouri3× · 2017–2021 · $56k · revenue +14%
- LSLegal Services of Southern Missouri3× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +100%
Funded once
- ILInnovation Law Labgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue +132%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +140%
- FSFATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUISone grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue -2%
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.
SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.
South carolina legal services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income south carolinians.
Promotion, support, and coordination of activities to improve the legal system in Missouri through education, research and legislative reforms.
To provide civil legal services to the poor, to improve the administration of justice; and to promote other programs for the benefit of the public as are approved by the supreme court of missouri.
Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.
To enforce, advance and defend the civil legal rights of low income and vulnerable people, especially on behalf of elderly, children, victims of domestic violence and persons with disabilities, by providing free, civil legal assistance to…
Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.
Immigration Legal Services and Advocacy (ISLA) provides direct representation to indigent detained immigrants throughout Louisiana on a pro bono basis and under a universal representation model. ISLA provides information to the public to…
Legal aid's mission is to 'make justice real' - in individual and systemic ways - for persons living in poverty in the district of columbia. in particular, legal aid provides civil legal assistance to individuals, families, and communities…
Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.
At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…
The st. louis bar foundation promotes the rule of law and the administration of justice in both our society and within the legal profession. the foundation seeks to improve the administration of justice in our community through law related…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 16 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 LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC ↗
- Who funds Legal Aid of Western Missouri ↗
- Who funds Legal Services of Southern Missouri ↗
- Who funds MID-MISSOURI LEGAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project ↗
- Who funds Innovation Law Lab ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN BAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARCHCITY DEFENDERS ↗
- Who funds APPLESEED FOUNDATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Missouri Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Missouri Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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