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Mueth Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$299k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$478kInternational$474kHuman Services$218kFood & Nutrition$213kHealth$203kPublic Safety & Disaster$113kPhilanthropy$34kEducation$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WINGS OF HOPE$70,000
COVENANT NETWORKS$70,000
MINISTRY TO THE SICK & AGED$40,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
RIDE ON ST LOUIS$25,000
NINE PBS$20,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR$20,000
L-LIFE FOOD PANTRY$15,000
FEED THE HUNGRY$8,000
COVENANT HOUSE$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, 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.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $20k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE: $6k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 21%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN IL: $13k → 16%HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN IL: $10k → 16%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 21 repeat orgs$213k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$1.6M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
-16%

Still filing today

52%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesReligionHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CN
    COVENANT NETWORK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $166k · revenue +19%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +98%
  • RO
    RIDE ON ST LOUIS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +622%

Funded once

  • IC
    IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • SJ
    ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -16%
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
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
2
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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3
Habitat for Humanity - St Louis

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. the organization's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
4
Southeast Missouri Food Bank Inc

The mission of the southeast missouri food bank is to promote food recovery; acquire and distribute food and household products; and provide community leadership and education on issues of hunger and poverty in an effort to alleviate…

Food & Nutrition
5
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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6
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc

Ozarks food harvest's mission is to transform hunger into hope.

Food & Nutrition
7
St Louis Health Equipment Lending Program Inc

St. louis help is dedicated to providing community members with donated medical equipment, promoting independence, health and environmental responsibility.

Health
8
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Inc

Inspired by the vision of st. francis and in the tradition of the roman catholic church, we extend the healing ministry of jesus christ to god's people, especially those most in need. we call forth all who serve in this healthcare…

Health
9
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
10
Casa De Salud

To facilitate and deliver high quality clinical and mental health services for uninsured and underinsured patients, focusing on new immigrants and refugees who encounter barriers to accessing other sources of care.

Health
11
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc

St. louis area foodbank is building a stronger bi-state region by nourishing people, empowering communities, and transforming systems.

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12
Heart of Missouri United Way Inc

The heart of missouri united way works in improve lives of people in need by mobilizing and coordinating the caring power of community resources in mid-missouri.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is L-Life Food Pantry. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINISTRY FOR THE SICK & AGED: $125,000 · OtherMINISTRY FOR THE SICK & AGEDCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $113,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $100,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAULST BONAVENTURE INDIAN MISSION: $79,000 · OtherST BONAVENTURE INDIAN MISSIONCATHOLIC URBAN PROGRAMS: $60,000 · OtherCATHOLIC URBAN PROGRAMSCATHOLIC SERVICE & MINISTRY APPEAL: $55,000 · OtherCATHOLIC SERVICE & MINISTRY APPEALIMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherIMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCHST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCHMINISTRY TO THE SICK & AGED: $40,000 · OtherGIBAULT HIGH SCHOOL: $33,000 · Other+11 more: $137,100 · Other+11 moreWINGS OF HOPE: $355,000 · InternationalWINGS OF HOPEFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $141,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $112,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC+1 more: $7,000 · InternationalCOVENANT NETWORK: $166,000 · ReligionCOVENANT N…RIDE ON ST LOUIS INC: $55,000 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $31,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $49,000 · Food & NutritionEAST SIDE HEART & HOME FAMILY CENTER: $44,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$842,100International$615,000Religion$166,000Health$55,000Human Services$54,000Food & Nutrition$49,000Housing & Shelter$44,000

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 budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $355,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCOVENANT NETWORK: $166,000 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $141,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $112,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRIDE ON ST LOUIS INC: $55,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $49,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEAST SIDE HEART & HOME FAMILY CENTER: $44,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $31,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $20,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL-Life Food Pantry: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMARION MEDICAL MISSION: $7,000 over 6y, 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 WINGS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDE ON ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE HEART & HOME FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds L-Life Food Pantry ↗
  • Who funds MARION MEDICAL MISSION ↗

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.

Edward Jones FoundationMO15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mueth Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mueth Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 31 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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