· Private foundation
The David A Blanton III Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of St Louis | $35,000 |
| Church of the Annunziata | $12,500 |
| Washington University Catholic Student Center | $10,000 |
| Starkloff Disability Institute | $10,000 |
| Loyola Academy of St Louis | $7,500 |
| St Joseph Institute for the Deaf | $5,000 |
| Kenrick-Glennon Society | $3,000 |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation | $3,000 |
| St Louis Art Museum Foundation | $2,500 |
| The Garden Conservancy | $2,500 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart USA Province | $2,000 |
| Siteman Cancer Center | $2,000 |
| Order of Malta American Association | $1,950 |
| St Vincent de Paul Annunziata RC Parish | $1,000 |
| Missouri Historical Society | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS5× · 2020–2024 · $113k · revenue +117%
- SLSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA4× · 2020–2023 · $85k · revenue +29%
- SDSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue +144%
Funded once
- AOACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ACADEMY OF ST LOUISgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +153%
- COCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMSgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +35%
- KSKenrick-Glennon Seminaryone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
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.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
The mission of the new orleans museum of art is to inspire the love of art; to collect, preserve, exhibit and present excellence in the visual arts; to educate, challenge and engage a diverse public.
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The minneapolis institute of art (mia) enriches the community by collecting, preserving, and making accessible outstanding works of art from the world's diverse cultures.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
Champion equitable and impactful museums by connecting people, fostering learning and community, and nurturing museum excellence.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
- Who funds THE ORDER OF MALTA PILGRIMAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ST LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MOTHER OF GOOD COUNSEL HOME ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S BAKERY INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
- Who funds THE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Stephen F & Camilla T Brauer Charitable Trust · Ross Family Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The David A Blanton III Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The David A Blanton III Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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