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Pershing Place Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$5.7MArts & Culture$3.9MHealth$1.7MPhilanthropy$121kEnvironment$23kRecreation & Sports$22kInternational$10kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$462k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM$50,300
JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS$20,000
FOREST PARK FOREVER$3,100
ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,500
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$1,200
BUILDING FUTURES$1,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN$1,000
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS$1,000
FRIENDS OF BOGARDUS PLAZA$1,000
OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS$1,000
MUSIC BOOSTERS OF OWATONNA$200
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSN OF ST LOUIS: $25k → 21%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $5k → 21%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $5k → 21%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $5k → 21%JEWISH FEDERATION OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $3k → 21%MEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $10k → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $2k → 21%NEW CITY SCHOOL: $1.3M → 21%NEW CITY SCHOOL: $150k → 21%NEW CITY SCHOOL: $50k → 21%CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $1.4M → 21%NEW CITY SCHOOL: $50k → 21%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $1.0M → 21%NEW CITY SCHOOL: $50k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3.4M → 11%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $896k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $356k → 11%CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $172k → 11%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $306k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%ST LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTISTS COLLECTIVE: $3k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $50k → 11%CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $200k → 21%ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO: $2k → 21%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $125k → 21%MEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $2k → 21%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $125k → 21%MEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $2k → 21%ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $50k → 21%CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $50k → 21%CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $50k → 21%CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $50k → 21%FLORA CONSERVANCY: $4k → 21%FLORA CONSERVANCY: $3k → 21%FLORA CONSERVANCY: $3k → 21%FLORA CONSERVANCY: $3k → 21%METRO THEATER COMPANY: $800k → 21%METRO THEATER COMPANY: $300k → 21%METRO THEATER COMPANY: $150k → 21%METRO THEATER COMPANY: $55k → 21%METRO THEATER COMPANY: $50k → 21%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 18 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$11M
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+52%

Still filing today

72%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthInternationalYouth 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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +44%
  • CI
    CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +1%
  • TN
    The New City School Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • MT
    MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +52%
  • MF
    MEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -36%
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
Missouri Historical Society

The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…

Arts & Culture
3
Mission St Louis

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

Community Improvement
4
Greater St Louis Inc

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

Community Improvement
5
St Louis Art Museum Foundation

The sole purpose of the foundation is to support the saint louis art museum, including but not limited to fundraising and other activities and assisting in financing expansion and renovation of its facilities.

Arts & Culture
6
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
7
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

—
8
Jazz St Louis

Jazz st louis is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead our community in advancing the uniquely american art of jazz through performance, education, and community engagement.

Arts & Culture
9
St Louis Shakespeare Festival

Fostering community and joy across the st. louis region through the shakespearean tradition of art for all.

Arts & Culture
10
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…

Animals
11
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…

—
12
Cinema St Louis

Cinema st. louis engages the st. louis region through educational programs, cultural connectivity, and curated film exhibitions.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Meds & Food for Kids. 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,065,938 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $1,700,000 · EducationCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAFST LOUIS ART MUSEUM: $2,522,300 · OtherST LOUIS ART MUSEUMThe New City School Inc: $1,600,000 · OtherThe New City School Inc+8 more: $39,800 · OtherMETRO THEATER COMPANY: $1,354,500 · Arts & CultureMETRO THEATER…+5 more: $47,000 · Arts & CultureJewish Federation of St Louis: $120,000 · PhilanthropyForest Park Forever Inc: $21,700 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $6,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF BOGARDUS PLAZA INC: $2,000 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $10,000 · InternationalMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $4,000 · HealthCASA DE SALUD: $1,200 · Health
Education$5,765,938Other$4,162,100Arts & Culture$1,401,500Philanthropy$120,000Environment$29,800International$10,000Health$5,200

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 budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,065,938 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF: $1,700,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetThe New City School Inc: $1,600,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMETRO THEATER COMPANY: $1,354,500 over 5y, 44% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $21,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBuilding Futures Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOGARDUS PLAZA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCASA DE SALUD: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNIFICENT MISSOURI INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationRegional Cultural and…United Way of Greater…The Kranzberg Family …Commerce Bancshares F…Leon and Mary Strauss…The Crawford Taylor F…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Sam and Marilyn Fox F…St Louis Community Fo…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · The Crawford Taylor Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · St Louis 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 Pershing Place Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pershing Place Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pershing Place Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pershing Place 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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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