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· Public charity

Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative

To educate and inform missouri residents on the mechanics of and issues existing in state politics.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Benefit$2.3MEmployment$1.0MCivil Rights$687kHealth$248kCrime & Legal$199kHuman Services$194kHousing & Shelter$140kReligion$133kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $39k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $856k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSOURI WINS INVESTOR NETWORK$1,017,108
MISSOURI ORGANIZING AND VOTER ENGAG$317,480
MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER AC$215,000
LIUNA LOCAL 955$152,000
EMPOWER MISSOURI$132,000
PRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT$100,000
ABORTION ACTION MISSOURI$87,500
PROGRESS MO EDUCATION FUND$69,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$50,000
KC TENANTS$50,000
ACTION ST LOUIS$28,750
ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $132k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EMPOWER MISSOURI: $132k → 10%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 14 repeat orgs$720k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$4.2M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+178%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $678k went to new ones.

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

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementEmploymentHealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MW
    MISSOURI WIN
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +415%
  • MJ
    MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $668k · revenue +3% · 36% of their budget
  • MJ
    MISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE
    5× · 2018–2022 · $621k · revenue +561%

Funded once

  • B
    BLAQOUTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue ×30
  • MO
    METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $11k · revenue +20%
  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB- MO CHAPTER
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Missouri Workers Power

Our mission is to advocate for a just and equitable economy where poor and working people make more of the decisions that affect their daily lives. Through civic engagement, political advocacy, and issue-based voter education and…

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2
Missouri Centers for Independent Living
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3
Missouri Civil Justice Reform Coalition Inc

Promotion, support, and coordination of activities to improve the legal system in Missouri through education, research and legislative reforms.

Civil Rights
4
Legal Aid of Western Missouri

To improve the lives of those in need through quality legal assistance.

Crime & Legal
5
Coalition for Missouri Values

The coalition for missouri values seeks to bring members of our community together around a core set of values that undergird our society and community. together, we aim to gather information, educate and inform our fellow citizens and…

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6
Missouri Afl-Cio

Assist in furthering policies of the national labor association, monitoring employment legislation, and providing related education to the organization membership.

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7
Missouri Gun Rights

We have advocated for the second amendment rights of all law abiding citizens of missouri.

Civil Rights
8
St Louis Workers Education Society

The St. Louis Workers Education Society (WES) educates and trains St. Louis residents, especially people of color, women and youth, to become community leaders. Our focus is on the intersection of workers rights, racial justice, sexual and…

Human Services
9
Progress Mo

Progress mo is a multi-issue advocacy organization focused on advancing progressive issues through communication. our mission is to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems.

Civil Rights
10
Community Builders Network of Metro St Louis

The Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis (CBN) is a coalition of community building organizations, including both place-based nonprofits and supporting partners. Our mission is to gather community leaders of all backgrounds to…

Community Improvement
11
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
12
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative

To educate and inform missouri residents on the mechanics of and issues existing in state politics. among other things, the organization will offer 501(c)3 organizations technical support in educating the general public on policy issues.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action; the most unlike its peers is Missouri Faith Voices Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 24 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL LABORER'S LO: $405,000 · OtherCONSTRUCTION & GENERAL LABORER'S …Abortion Action Missouri: $316,516 · OtherAbortion Action MissouriMissouri Rural Crisis Center: $267,750 · OtherMissouri Rural Crisis CenterMETROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS UNITED FOR ST LOUIS: $169,600 · OtherMETROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS UNITED…Missouri Health Care for All: $106,331 · OtherMissouri Health Care for AllPRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT: $100,000 · OtherPRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECTMissouri Faith Voices Inc: $99,067 · OtherMissouri Faith Voices Inc+2 more: $20,000 · OtherMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION: $668,100 · Civil RightsMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE…MISSOURI ORGANIZING AND VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTION: $317,480 · Civil RightsMISSOURI ORGANIZING AND VO…KC TENANTS: $140,000 · Civil RightsKC TENANTSORGANIZATION FOR BLACK STRUGGLE: $42,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $11,000 · Civil RightsMISSOURI WIN: $1,042,108 · Community ImprovementMISSOURI WINPROGRESS MO EDUCATION FUND: $69,000 · Community ImprovementPROGRESS MO EDUCATION FUND+1 more: $30,000 · Community ImprovementMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $620,933 · EmploymentMISSOURI JOBS …+1 more: $5,600 · EmploymentARCHCITY DEFENDERS: $199,250 · Crime & LegalPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $126,400 · HealthBLAQOUT: $15,000 · HealthEMPOWER MISSOURI: $132,000 · Human ServicesSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Environment
Other$1,484,264Civil Rights$1,179,080Community Improvement$1,141,108Employment$626,533Crime & Legal$199,250Health$141,400Human Services$132,000Environment$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISSOURI WIN: $1,042,108 over 2y, 16% of budgetMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE VOTER ACTION: $668,100 over 3y, 36% of budgetMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $620,933 over 5y, 23% of budgetCONSTRUCTION & GENERAL LABORER'S LO: $405,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetMISSOURI ORGANIZING AND VOTER ENGAGEMENT ACTION: $317,480 over 1y, 12% of budgetAbortion Action Missouri: $316,516 over 3y, 44% of budgetMissouri Rural Crisis Center: $267,750 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetARCHCITY DEFENDERS: $199,250 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKC TENANTS: $140,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetEMPOWER MISSOURI: $132,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $126,400 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMissouri Health Care for All: $106,331 over 3y, 15% of budgetPRIVACY RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT: $100,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetMissouri Faith Voices Inc: $99,067 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetPROGRESS MO EDUCATION FUND: $69,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR BLACK STRUGGLE: $42,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWEPOWER: $30,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMETRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC: $11,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMissouri Workers Center: $5,600 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

St Louis Community Fo…Missouri Organizing a…Health Forward Founda…The Community Foundat…Amalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundJoseph & Florence Rob…ImpactassetsincTrio Foundation of St…Windward FundTides FoundationGreater Kansas City C…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Action · Health Forward Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Joseph & Florence Roblee Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Windward Fund · Tides Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

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 Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative?

    Find your warmest path to Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 24 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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