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Tacony Family Foundation

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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$167kHealth$35kEducation$16kReligion$10kAnimals$4kInternational$2kPhilanthropy$1kHousing & Shelter$800Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$586k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY - GATEWAY AREA CHAPTER$5,000
STAGES ST LOUIS$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $325 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%EVERY CHILD'S HOPE: $100 → 11%SOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $500 → 21%FEED MY PEOPLE: $200 → 11%YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDTION OF MISSOURI: $1k → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI: $1k → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDTION OF MISSOURI: $1k → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDTION OF MISSOURI: $500 → 11%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI: $200 → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $2k → 21%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $100 → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$215k · 24 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

24 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
25

Total granted

$215k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthReligionAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SS
    STAGES ST LOUIS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $155k · revenue +91%
  • CH
    CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue +10%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS
    5× · 2018–2023 · $4k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • MT
    MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -48%
  • CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • NZ
    NAPLES ZOO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +37%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
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
5
Jewish Federation of St Louis

Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
6
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.

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7
St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa

To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.

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8
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
9
Cinema St Louis

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

Arts & Culture
10
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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11
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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12
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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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas and the most unlike its peers is Gateway Warrior Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr17%5%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr17%24%35–55yr19%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr17%2%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr17%76%35–55yr19%10%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/44
the rest of the field
14%
1,453/10,113

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/40
Grantees still filing
28/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STAGES ST LOUIS — $155,000 · OtherSTAGES ST LOUISNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY - GATEWAY AREA CHAPTER — $25,000 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY - GATEWAY AREA CHAPTERCHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY — $10,000 · Other+24 more — $10,640 · OtherMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MAGIC HOUSE — $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $550 · Arts & CultureCHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES INC — $6,000 · ReligionYOUTH WITH A MISSION - SAN DIEGOBAJA — $2,500 · ReligionMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS — $3,700 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION — $2,100 · Human ServicesYOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER — $500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $425 · Human Services+2 more — $300 · Human ServicesNAPLES ZOO INC — $2,500 · AnimalsTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $1,500 · AnimalsST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 · HealthPINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $1,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 · HealthGATEWAY CHILDRENS CHARITY — $2,000 · EducationACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS — $450 · EducationST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $100 · Education
Other$200,640Arts & Culture$11,550Religion$8,500Human Services$8,025Animals$4,000Health$3,500Education$2,550

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSTAGES ST LOUIS — $155,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS — $3,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION — $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY CHILDRENS CHARITY — $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PATRICK PARTNERSHIP CENTER — $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS — $450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $425 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL — $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - ST LOUIS — $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND — $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT CIRCLE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WYMAN CENTER — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvangelical Children's Home — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS VETERANS HOME COMMITTEE — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY WARRIOR FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Employees Community F…Edward Jones Foundati…The Bellwether Founda…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Norman J Stupp Founda…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationSt Louis Community Fo…Trio Foundation of St…Youthbridge Community…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO34.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Edward Jones Foundation · The Bellwether Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Youthbridge Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Tacony Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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