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Missouri Colleges Fund Inc

The Mission of the Missouri Colleges Fund is to acquire resources to help educate students in our member independent four year liberal-arts colleges and universities.

$440k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$41k
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.

Education$3.2M
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,487
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY$41,112
MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY$38,112
LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY$34,556
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE$28,020
WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY$26,687
SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY$25,981
PARK UNIVERSITY$25,487
WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE$25,487
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY$25,336
AVILA UNIVERSITY$24,931
ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY$24,806
DRURY UNIVERSITY$24,336
HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE UNIVERSITY$24,112
COLUMBIA COLLEGE$23,556
COTTEY COLLEGE$23,556
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY: $35k → 5%WILLIAM JEWEL COLLEGE: $32k → 8%PARK UNIVERSITY: $31k → 8%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $41k → 11%WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $31k → 11%DRURY UNIVERSITY: $26k → 15%ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $31k → 15%CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $28k → 16%COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $26k → 17%SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $26k → 18%LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY: $35k → 5%WILLIAM JEWEL COLLEGE: $27k → 8%PARK UNIVERSITY: $27k → 8%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $39k → 11%WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $29k → 11%EVANGEL UNIVERSITY: $25k → 15%ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $27k → 15%CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $26k → 18%LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY: $31k → 5%WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE: $25k → 8%PARK UNIVERSITY: $25k → 8%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $38k → 11%WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $28k → 11%ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $25k → 15%SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $25k → 18%LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY: $27k → 5%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $36k → 11%WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $27k → 11%LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY: $27k → 5%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $36k → 11%WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $27k → 11%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $34k → 11%WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $25k → 11%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $34k → 11%WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $33k → 11%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $33k → 11%AVILA UNIVERSITY: $31k → 15%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $33k → 11%AVILA UNIVERSITY: $28k → 15%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $30k → 11%AVILA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 15%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $28k → 11%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $27k → 11%MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $27k → 11%FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $26k → 11%FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 18 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
0

Total granted

$3.2M
$0

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

  • MU
    Maryville University - St Louis
    8× · 2017–2024 · $274k · revenue +38%
  • MB
    Missouri Baptist University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +41%
  • LE
    LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +17%

Funded once

    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
    Saint Xavier University

    Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

    Education
    2
    Augustana University Association

    Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

    Education
    3
    John Brown University

    John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

    Education
    4
    University of the Ozarks

    True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

    Education
    5
    Wilson College

    Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

    Education
    6
    LaGrange College

    Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

    Education
    7
    Simpson College

    Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

    Education
    8
    Augustana College

    Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

    Education
    9
    Capital University

    Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

    Education
    10
    Greenville College

    Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

    Education
    11
    Benedictine University

    Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

    Education
    12
    Furman University

    The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

    Education
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is William Jewell College; the most unlike its peers is Southwest Baptist University. 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.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    18/18
    Grantees still filing
    12/18
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    Maryville University - St Louis: $273,759 · EducationMaryville University - St LouisMissouri Baptist University: $239,948 · EducationMissouri Baptist UniversityLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $222,715 · EducationLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEMWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $203,677 · EducationWESTMINSTER COLLEGEWilliam Jewell College: $189,576 · EducationWilliam Jewell CollegeAVILA UNIVERSITY: $188,626 · EducationAVILA UNIVERSITYPARK UNIVERSITY: $187,709 · EducationPARK UNIVERSITYROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $186,792 · EducationROCKHURST UNIVERSITYSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $183,648 · EducationSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITYWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $180,544 · EducationWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITYCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $176,756 · EducationCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITYHannibal LaGrange University: $168,465 · EducationDrury University: $167,418 · EducationCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $162,341 · EducationCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $158,132 · EducationCOTTEY COLLEGE: $152,132 · Education+2 more: $166,436 · Education
    Education$3,208,674

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $273,759 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Baptist University: $239,948 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $222,715 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $203,677 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $189,576 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAVILA UNIVERSITY: $188,626 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPARK UNIVERSITY: $187,709 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $186,792 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: $183,648 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $180,544 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $176,756 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHannibal LaGrange University: $168,465 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDrury University: $167,418 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $162,341 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $158,132 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOTTEY COLLEGE: $152,132 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFONTBONNE UNIVERSITY: $93,406 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEvangel University: $73,030 over 4y, 0.1% 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.

    • Who funds Maryville University - St Louis ↗
    • Who funds Missouri Baptist University ↗
    • Who funds LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
    • Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds William Jewell College ↗
    • Who funds AVILA UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds Hannibal LaGrange University ↗
    • Who funds Drury University ↗
    • Who funds COLUMBIA COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds COTTEY COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds Evangel University ↗

    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.

    Griffin Family Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Jack J Isgur Foundati…Virginia Thomas Chari…T Michal Flottman Sch…The Gr & Mf Nichols F…William Edgar Charita…Folds of Honor Founda…Porter Edwin M Educat…Bour Memorial Scholar…Hardin Memorial Schol…John R Lucash Scholar…
    Griffin Family Foundation IncMO24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Jack J Isgur Foundation · Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · The Gr & Mf Nichols Foundation · William Edgar Charitable Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Porter Edwin M Educational Fund · Bour Memorial Scholarship Fund American National Bank of Texas · Hardin Memorial Scholarship Foundation · John R Lucash Scholarship Trust

    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 Missouri Colleges Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Missouri Colleges Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2025
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
      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 18 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 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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