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St Louis Cardinals Community Fund

Provide financial support to area organizations that serve the needs of children in the st.

$897k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$165k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.3MHuman Services$731kEducation$547kArts & Culture$396kInternational$330kHealth$181kRecreation & Sports$172kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $642,482, the rows itemized in this filing. The $897,481 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $254,999 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $207k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $415k
$21,775
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MO$165,000
GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION$100,000
ST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF METRO STL$50,000
A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND$30,000
BRACE FOR IMPACT 46 INC$25,000
THE MAGIC HOUSE$25,000
COCA-CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS$23,000
MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS$21,775
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE CENTER$20,000
ST LOUIS AREA FOODBANK$17,139
CENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH$14,325
SPECIAL EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION$10,500
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CHARITIES INC$10,000
ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $747k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Red Cross: $10k → 14%BIG LEAGUE IMPACT INC: $10k → 13%Southside Early Childhood Center: $15k → 21%EYE THRIVE: $7k → 11%GATEWAY REGION YMCA: $525k → 21%GATEWAY REGION YMCA: $180k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
MO
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 17 repeat orgs$712k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
22

Total granted

$3.6M
$506k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

88%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyInternationalEducationOther
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

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MISSOURI
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +59%
  • GR
    GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $705k · revenue +10%
  • AM
    A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SA
    SSI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -97% · 41% of their budget
  • RC
    ROBERTO CLEMENTE FOUNDATION CORP
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • CA
    CITY ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +101%
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
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
2
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
3
Mission St Louis

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

Community Improvement
4
St Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

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…

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5
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.

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6
World Affairs Council of St Louis

Education, non-partisan, membership organization that encourages people and organizations in the region to take an interest in, to learn more about, and to participate to a greater extent in global matters.

International
7
Forward Through Ferguson

Embracing the ferguson commission's mandate, forward through ferguson centers impacted communities and mobilizes accountable bodies to advance racially equitable systems and policies that ensure all people in the st. louis region can…

Civil Rights
8
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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9
Junior Golf Foundation of Greater St Louis

To impact the lives of young people in the greater st. louis area by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

Recreation & Sports
10
The St Louis Children's Choirs

Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…

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11
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association

To provide children with hope, understanding, and compassion so they can reach their full potential.

Human Services
12
Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Public Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Big League Impact Inc. 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

41 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. 41 of the 47 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/41
Grantees still filing
21/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MISSOURI: $1,225,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MISSOURIMATHEWS-DICKEY BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB: $165,000 · OtherMATHEWS-DICKEY BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUBCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $98,325 · OtherGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherSSI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · OtherCONCORDANCE: $90,000 · Other+19 more: $430,243 · Other+19 moreST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,260,000 · PhilanthropyST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…+3 more: $42,336 · PhilanthropyGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $705,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY REGION …INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $30,000 · Human Services+4 more: $41,978 · Human Services+4 moreA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $240,000 · Youth DevelopmentJACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS IN THE KNOW: $81,329 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION: $154,964 · Arts & CultureTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $150,555 · Arts & CultureMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $40,300 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS: $23,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBrace for Impact 46 Inc: $200,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · InternationalST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INC: $50,000 · Education
Other$2,208,568Philanthropy$1,302,336Human Services$776,978Youth Development$421,329Arts & Culture$378,819International$250,000Education$250,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,260,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MISSOURI: $1,225,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $705,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $240,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetBrace for Impact 46 Inc: $200,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetMATHEWS-DICKEY BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB: $165,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION: $154,964 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $150,555 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSSI ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH: $98,325 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCONCORDANCE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS IN THE KNOW: $81,329 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $54,588 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $53,034 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $40,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWHITEY HERZOG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS: $23,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIVE KIDS A SMILE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetST LOUIS AQUARIUM AT UNION STATION FOUNDATION: $16,315 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 312 - GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig League Impact Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMajor League Baseball Charities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRESTWOOD SUNSET HILLS ROTARY FNDTN: $10,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $7,336 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEYE THRIVE: $6,978 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,765 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…United Way of Greater…World Wide Technology…Edward Jones Foundati…St Louis Community Fo…Moneta Group Charitab…Centene FoundationEmployees Community F…The Bellwether Founda…Brown Dana Charitable…Regional Cultural and…Edward Jones Foundati…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO40.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Centene Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Bellwether Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Edward Jones 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 St Louis Cardinals Community Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from St Louis Cardinals Community Fund. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to St Louis Cardinals Community Fund?

    Find your warmest path to St Louis Cardinals Community Fund 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 47 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 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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