Missouri · Public charity
St Louis Bar Foundation
The st. Louis bar foundation promotes the rule of law and the administration of justice in both our society and within the legal profession. The foundation seeks to improve the administration of justice in our community through law related (continued in schedule o) education directed to citizens as well as through charitable…
- $152k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $115k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $33,869
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $44,001
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations St Louis Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 4 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $930k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $223k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $173k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $77k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $23k | 0% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation | $862,743 | 2 | n/a |
| Bar Association of Metropolitan St Louis | $419,976 | 10 | 4% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $137,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Greater St Louis | $62,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Operation Food Search Inc | $43,869 | 2 | 0% |
| 911 Day | $43,775 | 3 | 0% |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc | $39,034 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis World Food Day Inc | $27,750 | 3 | 8% |
| St Patrick Center | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation | $862,743 | 2 | n/a |
| Bar Association of Metropolitan St Louis | $419,976 | 10 | 4% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $137,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Greater St Louis | $62,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Operation Food Search Inc | $43,869 | 2 | 0% |
| 911 Day | $43,775 | 3 | 0% |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc | $39,034 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis World Food Day Inc | $27,750 | 3 | 8% |
| St Patrick Center | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Step It Up Inc | $27,500 | 2 | 22% |
| Outreach Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget St Louis Bar 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.
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How this is measured
About St Louis Bar Foundation
- How much does St Louis Bar Foundation give?
- St Louis Bar Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $115,445, out of $152,255 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does St Louis Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Civil Rights (56%), Crime & Legal (26%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
- Who are St Louis Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation ($863k), Bar Association of Metropolitan St Louis ($420k), Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis ($138k).
- Does St Louis Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as St Louis Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Commerce Bancshares Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is St Louis Bar Foundation based?
- St Louis Bar Foundation is based in MO.
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