Missouri · Private foundation
Musgrave 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2020
- 76
- Grants FY2020
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Musgrave Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of The Ozarks Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Musgrave Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 45 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $29M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 16% of the organizations Musgrave Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 74 | $1.1M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 71 | $1.2M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 80 | $753k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 66 | $751k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Symphony Association | $505,500 | 4 | 18% |
| Community Partnership of the Ozarks Inc | $192,850 | 5 | 1% |
| Coxhealth Foundation | $136,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Southwest Baptist University | $126,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Springfield Regional Arts Council | $112,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Ozarks Food Harvest Inc | $108,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $97,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Niangua Tlc | $73,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Drury University | $72,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Railroad Historical Museum | $68,500 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 64 grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Musgrave 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: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Robert M - Bobby - Allison Charitable Tr · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · The Hulston Family Foundation · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation · Ozarks Food Harvest Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Roy W Slusher Charitable Foundation · The Turner Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Musgrave Foundation
- How much does Musgrave Foundation give?
- Musgrave Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $1,132,750 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Musgrave Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Arts & Culture (6%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Musgrave Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Springfield Symphony Association ($506k), Community Partnership of the Ozarks Inc ($193k), Coxhealth Foundation ($137k).
- Does Musgrave Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Musgrave Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Musgrave Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation, Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr.
- Where is Musgrave Foundation based?
- Musgrave Foundation is based in MO.
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