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The Adorjan Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$79k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 60
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$136k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Adorjan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$79k15%
FY202410$36k30%
FY202342$18k12%
FY202260$28k22%
FY202149$25k29%
FY202052$21k19%
FY201854$16k31%
FY201752$37kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$69kEnvironment$62kEducation$39kHealth$30kArts & Culture$23kRecreation & Sports$11kInternational$7kHuman Services$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 60 grantees
All grantees of The Adorjan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rosati-Kain Academy$37,50021%
Gratitude House Inc$25,00015%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$11,50080%
Forest Park Forever Inc$6,00060%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$4,85050%
World Affairs Council of St Louis$4,50021%
Gateway Arch Park Foundation$3,50040%
Missouri Historical Society$2,82570%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$2,00060%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$2,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,75060%
Humane Society of Missouri$1,67570%
Smile Train Inc$1,50060%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,36030%
St Louis Metropolitan Spay Neuter and Wellness Center Inc$1,35040%
St Louis University$1,25020%
Beyond Housing Inc$1,20050%
The Women's Safe House$1,10020%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$1,05020%
Show-Me Institute$1,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
The Sheldon Arts Foundation$95040%
Animal Protective Association of Missouri$90050%
St Louis Regional Public Media Inc$80020%
Wildlife Rescue Center$80050%
National Park Foundation$75050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$60060%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$60060%
Safe Connections$60050%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$53550%
Interfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways$50010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$50040%
The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council$50050%
Little Sisters of The Poor$50020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$48050%
National Parks Conservation Association$45050%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$45040%
Missouri Parks Association$40040%
Patty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc$40020%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$40030%
Ozark Regional Land Trust Inc Dba Ozark Land Trust$30030%
Feed My People$30030%
Board of Commissioners of Tower Grove Park$3003n/a
World Bird Sanctuary$30030%
The Cat Shelter$30040%
Rocky Mountain Conservancy$30030%
St Patrick Center$25010%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$20020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$20020%
Friends of Tower Grove Park Inc$20020%
Spca International Inc$17530%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$15010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$15010%
Abortion Action Missouri$10010%
National Wildlife Federation$10020%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$10010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10010%
Friends of Rookery Bay Inc$9510%
Humane World for Animals International$5010%
Suburban Journals Old Newsboy's Fund for Children$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Adorjan Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRosati-Kain Academy: $37,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGratitude House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $4,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of St Louis: $4,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGateway Arch Park Foundation: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMissouri Historical Society: $2,825 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetContemporary Art Museum St Louis: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $1,675 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Metropolitan Spay Neuter and Wellness Center Inc: $1,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis University: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Housing Inc: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Safe House: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFarm Sanctuary Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sheldon Arts Foundation: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Protective Association of Missouri: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Regional Public Media Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Rescue Center: $800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Connections: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $535 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Residence D/B/A Doorways: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $480 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Parks Association: $400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPatty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOzark Regional Land Trust Inc Dba Ozark Land Trust: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeed My People: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Bird Sanctuary: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cat Shelter: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Conservancy: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Tower Grove Park Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.

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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 Foundation IncMO41.9× 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 · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Washington University

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.

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About The Adorjan Family Foundation

How much does The Adorjan Family Foundation give?
The Adorjan Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $78,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Adorjan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (27%), Environment (24%), Education (15%).
Who are The Adorjan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rosati-Kain Academy ($38k), Gratitude House Inc ($25k), Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees ($12k).
Does The Adorjan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Adorjan Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Adorjan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation.
Where is The Adorjan Family Foundation based?
The Adorjan Family Foundation is based in MO.

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 117 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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