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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.

$7.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
228
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$13MAnimals$8.0MArts & Culture$6.6MPhilanthropy$5.8MHealth$5.8MHuman Services$4.1MReligion$3.8MEnvironment$965kOther$0
02FY2024 · 228 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 228 grants below total $6,581,379, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,397,724 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $816,345 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 $10k89 grants · $649k
  • $10k–50k120 grants · $2.2M
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.6M
$11,194
Median grant
17
States reached
$104M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACT FOUNDATION$1,030,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI$715,915
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$600,000
CREATE A LOOP$300,509
THRIVE ST LOUIS$138,206
FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS$130,216
STRAY RESCUE OF ST LOUIS$97,076
OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS$71,262
VANGUARD CHARITABLE$70,927
THE ABBEY OF SAINT MARY AND SAINT LOUIS$66,723
NINE PBS$60,904
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY$60,654
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$60,388
SALVATION ARMY OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS$59,803
MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY$58,159
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 (FY17–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $159k → 11%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $47k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $45k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $45k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $45k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $43k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $40k → 16%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $39k → 16%EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $75k → 17%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $33k → 16%EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $50k → 17%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $27k → 5%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $23k → 5%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $22k → 5%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $22k → 5%ANNIE'S HOPE--THE BEREAVEMENT CENTER FOR KIDS: $17k → 11%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $19k → 5%BURUNDI MIRACLE PROJECT: $16k → 11%FIRST STEP BACK HOME: $16k → 5%KIRKWOOD AREA EVERY CHILD PROMISE: $16k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $24k → 21%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $22k → 21%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ST LOUIS: $21k → 21%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 21%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 21%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $25k → 21%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $22k → 21%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $68k → 11%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $21k → 21%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $24k → 11%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $21k → 21%HOME SWEET HOME: $22k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $20k → 11%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $20k → 21%ANNIE MALONE CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $20k → 21%YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $166k → 11%SOULARD EDUCATION CENTER: $22k → 21%SOULARD EDUCATION CENTER: $20k → 21%SOULARD EDUCATION CENTER: $20k → 21%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $48k → 21%A SEAT AT THE TABLE: $19k → 21%THE OASIS INSTITUTE: $22k → 11%THE OASIS INSTITUTE: $22k → 11%THE OASIS INSTITUTE: $18k → 11%A SEAT AT THE TABLE: $16k → 21%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $37k → 11%ST LOUIS ARC: $24k → 11%ANGELS' ARMS: $23k → 11%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

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NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$45M · 336 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

336 repeat relationships: 186 still active in FY2024, 150 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

336
168

Total granted

$45M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+14%

Still filing today

84%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $304k 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 ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsYouth 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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.1M · revenue +56%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +76%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    5× · 2019–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • MB
    MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $360k · revenue +48%
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -21%
  • RG
    RACEWAY GIVES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -71%
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
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
3
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
4
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association

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

Human Services
5
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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6
Avila University

Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…

Education
7
St Louis Survivors' Legal Support Inc

SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.

Crime & Legal
8
Habitat for Humanity - St Louis

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. the organization's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
9
St Martin's Child Center

Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri

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10
Behavioral Health Network of Greater St

Behavioral Health Network is a collaborative effort of providers working together to improve our community by leading behavioral health planning and coordination.

Health
11
St Patrick Partnership Center

To transform lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.

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12
Larche St Louis

High quality, 24/7 support in neighborhood homes for persons with intellectual disabilities. inclusive educational opportunities for people in st. louis. changing the way persons with disabilities are seen and highlighting their…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission St Louis; the most unlike its peers is Rx Outreach 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

470 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. 470 of the 550 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
123
Early backer (in before they grew)
454/470
Grantees still filing
330/470
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,514,778 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYCREATE A LOOP: $953,146 · EducationCREATE A LOOPJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $791,253 · EducationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $708,060 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $555,291 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF…The Trustees of Princeton University: $474,574 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INC: $404,533 · Education+18 more: $1,638,062 · Education+18 moreFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $739,951 · OtherFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATE…ST MARY & ST LOUIS ABBEY: $500,814 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP: $473,722 · Other+94 more: $11,388,575 · Other+94 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $5,105,844 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY O…Stray Rescue of St Louis: $702,917 · AnimalsStray Rescue of …+13 more: $1,233,667 · Animals+13 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,059,944 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED …UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,342,918 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …IMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,030,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACT INVESTI…ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $622,593 · PhilanthropyST LOUIS COMMU…Jewish Federation of St Louis: $481,515 · PhilanthropyJewish Federat…+5 more: $358,418 · Philanthropy+5 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,675,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITA…SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $639,840 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS…CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS: $497,931 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF C…Opera Theatre of Saint Louis: $464,626 · Arts & CultureOpera Theat…ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $453,120 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS RE…MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $393,944 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HI…ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $364,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS AR…+4 more: $310,906 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTHRIVE ST LOUIS INC: $920,758 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $447,845 · HealthMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $360,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $260,995 · HealthProvident Inc: $229,474 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $221,377 · HealthBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $141,492 · HealthST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $126,551 · Health+13 more: $915,331 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $426,085 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $335,793 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $331,473 · Human ServicesAnnie Malone Children and Family Service: $179,221 · Human ServicesSELAH FREEDOM INC: $166,680 · Human ServicesYOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $166,218 · Human ServicesFIRST STEP BACK HOME INC: $157,989 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $125,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $112,571 · Human ServicesVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · Human Services+11 more: $770,937 · Human Services
Education$10,039,697Other$13,103,062Animals$7,042,428Philanthropy$5,895,388Arts & Culture$4,799,367Health$3,623,823Human Services$2,881,967

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $5,105,844 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,514,778 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $2,059,944 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,675,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,342,918 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetIMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,030,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCREATE A LOOP: $953,146 over 5y, 99% of budgetTHRIVE ST LOUIS INC: $920,758 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $791,253 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $739,951 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $708,060 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $702,917 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $639,840 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $622,593 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $555,291 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS: $497,931 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $481,515 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $474,574 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $464,626 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $453,120 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $447,845 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $426,085 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $404,533 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $393,944 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE: $372,340 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $364,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $360,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $335,793 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $331,473 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetMISSION ST LOUIS: $291,605 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $260,995 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL: $260,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $255,643 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetGREAT CIRCLE: $232,380 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProvident Inc: $229,474 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $229,070 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $227,219 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $224,489 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $221,377 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND: $212,221 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGATEWAY PET GUARDIANS: $206,590 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetARCHCITY DEFENDERS: $205,073 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $203,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $190,396 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAnnie Malone Children and Family Service: $179,221 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPREPARE AI: $175,380 over 2y, 83% of budgetMIRIAM FOUNDATION: $172,061 over 8y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT INVESTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATE A LOOP ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Stray Rescue of St Louis ↗
  • Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of St Louis ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds CITY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE HAVEN OF GRACE ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS ↗

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…Moneta Group Charitab…Trio Foundation of St…Youthbridge Community…World Wide Technology…Employees Community F…Commerce Bancshares F…Brown Dana Charitable…Edward Jones Foundati…The Bellwether Founda…Pott Foundation
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO244.6× affinity265 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 · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Youthbridge Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · The Bellwether Foundation · Pott 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 Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from St Louis Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 550 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home