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Panda Foundation Inc

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.

$50k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$526k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Panda Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$50k32%
FY202421$39k10%
FY202324$59k13%
FY202226$28k31%
FY202126$32k38%
FY202020$19k30%
FY201922$19k64%
FY201812$28kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$104kHealth$56kHuman Services$30kEducation$26kPhilanthropy$21kArts & Culture$17kHousing & Shelter$7kInternational$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
CT
CA
MO
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Panda Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$15,00010%
Children's Home Society of Missouri$12,50080%
Washington University$10,00010%
Christian Activity Center$10,00080%
Ready Readers$8,00080%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$8,00080%
Center for Hearing & Speech$6,50020%
Paraquad Inc$5,25040%
Ssp International Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc$5,00080%
Characterplus$4,10080%
Almost Home$4,00020%
Frizzy by Nature LLC$4,0004n/a
Chicago Furniture Bank$4,00040%
Girls Incorporated of St Louis$4,00080%
Child Mind Institute Inc$4,00040%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$3,00020%
Arts for Life$3,0004n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$2,50030%
The St Louis Children's Choirs$2,50050%
Smithsonian Institution$2,50040%
International African American Museum$2,00040%
Direct Relief$2,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$2,00010%
Meds & Food for Kids$2,00010%
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc$1,50030%
Room at the Inn$1,50030%
Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation$1,50040%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$1,50030%
Fly North Theatricals$1,50030%
St Louis Arc Inc$1,25030%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,25020%
City Academy Inc$1,00010%
Neighborhood Solidarity Fund$1,00010%
Kingdom House D/B/A Lifewise Stl$1,00010%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$1,0001n/a
Ranken Technical College$1,00010%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$1,00010%
John Burroughs School$70010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50010%
Prevent Child Abuse America$50010%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$50010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$50010%
United Way of Genesee County$50010%
Fearless Fathers$5001n/a
Tesseract Theatre Company$50011%
Kirkwood Theatre Guild$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($121k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Panda Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Missouri: $12,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Activity Center: $10,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetReady Readers: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Hearing & Speech: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetParaquad Inc: $5,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSsp International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCharacterplus: $4,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlmost Home: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Furniture Bank: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Incorporated of St Louis: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChild Mind Institute Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe St Louis Children's Choirs: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational African American Museum: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeds & Food for Kids: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNegro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoom at the Inn: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCardinal Glennon Children's Foundation: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFly North Theatricals: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSt Louis Arc Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Academy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Solidarity Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKingdom House D/B/A Lifewise Stl: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRanken Technical College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Burroughs School: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Child Abuse America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Genesee County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTesseract Theatre Company: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 Foundation IncMO32.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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Find your warmest path to Panda Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Panda Foundation Inc

How much does Panda Foundation Inc give?
Panda Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $50,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Panda Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (38%), Health (20%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Panda Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc ($15k), Children's Home Society of Missouri ($13k), Washington University ($10k).
Does Panda Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Panda Foundation Inc 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 Panda Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is Panda Foundation Inc based?
Panda Foundation Inc is based in MO.

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 65 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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