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Mysun Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Mysun Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2022
44
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$3.1MEducation$2.4MCommunity Improvement$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.3MYouth Development$280kEmployment$247kHuman Services$233kFood & Nutrition$155kOther$0
02FY2022 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 44 grants below total $1,807,083, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,917,083 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $110,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $511k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $966k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$30,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$67M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Forest Park Forever Inc.$300,000
Earthjustice$125,000
Washington University$100,000
National Audubon Society Inc.$75,000
Missouri Botanical Garden$75,000
The Tower Grove Park Foundation$75,000
Magnificent Missouri Inc.$75,000
The Tower Grove Park Foundation$71,000
Howard University$60,000
Advance A Non Profit Corporation$60,000
University City Childrens Center$50,000
Bridgercare$50,000
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Fdn$50,000
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Fdn$50,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated$50,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 31 repeat orgs$4.5M to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
21

Total granted

$5.0M
$4.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+45%

Still filing today

90%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $353k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
EducationEnvironmentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FP
    Forest Park Forever Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $900k · revenue +137%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $600k · revenue +16%
  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $358k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.9M · revenue +25%
  • GR
    GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -60%
  • GS
    GREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $330k · revenue +899% · 36% of their budget
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.

03Its 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
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
6
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
7
Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
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
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Opportunity Trust D/B/a Zest Education; the most unlike its peers is West End School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

54 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. 54 of the 61 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
36/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,932,981 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATIONForest Park Forever Inc: $900,000 · EnvironmentForest Park Forever IncEARTHJUSTICE: $600,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEMAGNIFICENT MISSOURI INC: $225,000 · EnvironmentMAGNIFICENT MISSOURI INCMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $225,000 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES+7 more: $335,500 · Environment+7 moreTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $357,500 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $350,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYADVANCE: $200,000 · EducationADVANCECITY ACADEMY INC: $168,570 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INCUniversity of Miami: $160,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiRanken Technical College: $120,000 · EducationRanken Technical Coll…PROGRESS IN EDUCATION INC: $95,000 · EducationCITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $95,000 · EducationEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $76,000 · EducationMontana State University Foundation Inc: $70,000 · Education+4 more: $170,000 · Education+4 moreThe Tower Grove Park Foundation: $363,000 · OtherThe Tower Grove Park…UNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $195,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY CITY CHIL…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $166,666 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVE…National Audubon Society Inc.: $150,000 · OtherNational Audubon Soc…AIM HIGH ST LOUIS: $105,000 · OtherAIM HIGH ST LOUISHRDC: $88,333 · OtherBRIDGERCARE: $85,000 · OtherJEFFERSON COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · OtherTHRIVE INC: $65,000 · OtherVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $60,000 · Other+18 more: $399,333 · Other+18 moreGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementGREAT RIVERS GR…GREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATION: $330,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER ST LOUI…STL YOUTH JOBS: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $130,000 · PhilanthropyONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $27,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $95,000 · Human Services
Environment$4,218,481Education$1,862,070Other$1,757,332Community Improvement$1,330,000Youth Development$180,000Philanthropy$157,000Human Services$95,000

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 budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,932,981 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $900,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tower Grove Park Foundation: $363,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $357,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS INC FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetMAGNIFICENT MISSOURI INC: $225,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetADVANCE: $200,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetUNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $195,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $168,570 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $160,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEED ST LOUIS: $135,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRanken Technical College: $120,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAIM HIGH ST LOUIS: $105,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetSTL YOUTH JOBS: $100,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetPROGRESS IN EDUCATION INC: $95,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $95,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $95,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBRIDGERCARE: $85,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $80,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetJEFFERSON COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetEASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $76,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMISSOURI CONSERVATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHRIVE INC: $65,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $60,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PENINSULA BRIDGE PROGRAM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE OPPORTUNITY TRUST D/B/A ZEST EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE GREEN HOUSE VENTURE: $50,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA CONSERVATION CORPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGallatin Valley Farm to School: $20,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetWest End School Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Harbors Beaches and Parks Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHAVEN: $15,000 over 2y, 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.

Commerce Bancshares F…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…One Valley Community …The Bellwether Founda…Regional Business Cou…William T Kemper Foun…Youthbridge Community…Montana Community Fou…Employees Community F…Bozeman Deaconess Hea…
Commerce Bancshares FoundationMO30.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · One Valley Community Foundation · The Bellwether Foundation · Regional Business Council · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Bozeman Deaconess Health Services

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.
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How do I get to Mysun Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mysun Charitable Foundation 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 61 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.6M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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