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The Finerty Family Foundation at a glance

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The Finerty 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.

$846k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$366k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.9MCommunity Improvement$272kAnimals$230kRecreation & Sports$217kHealth$120kEducation$119kYouth Development$84kPhilanthropy$81kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $156k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $294k
  • $250k+1 grant · $366k
$1,200
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LOUIS SYMPHONY$366,470
ST LOUIS ZOO$105,000
FOREST PARK FOREVER$84,446
Individual grant recipient$55,000
GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION$50,000
SITEMAN CENTER - ILLUMINATION GALA$25,000
MISSOURI HISTORICAL MUSEUM$21,000
MAGIC HOUSE$20,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS$15,000
RUNG$15,000
HEINZL PASTORIAL MEMORIAL FUND$10,000
WEBSTER ARTS$10,000
ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ST LOUIS MUNICIPAL OPERA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOME SWEET HOME: $250 → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $1k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $500 → 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

IL
IA
PA
MO
VA
SC
LA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 50 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
15

Total granted

$3.3M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+81%

Still filing today

48%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +29%
  • GR
    GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $228k · revenue +248%
  • FP
    Forest Park Forever Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $211k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • WG
    WEBSTER GROVES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $44k
  • US
    USS ST LOUIS COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USAgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +29%
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
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
2
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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3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…

Animals
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
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
9
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
10
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Crisis Nursery; the most unlike its peers is The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy 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

31 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. 31 of the 70 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,289,589 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATHE MAGIC HOUSE: $81,250 · Arts & CultureTHE MAGIC HOUSEST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $60,100 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $14,500 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS MUNICIPAL OPERA: $260,000 · OtherST LOUIS MUNICIPAL OPERAST LOUIS ZOO: $230,000 · OtherST LOUIS ZOOMISSOURI HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $111,000 · OtherMISSOURI HISTORICAL MUSEUMRUNG: $105,000 · OtherRUNGIndividual grant recipient: $87,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $75,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INCSITEMAN CENTER BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL: $71,000 · OtherSITEMAN CENTER BARNES JEWISH HOSPITALSITEMAN CENTER - ILLUMINATION GALA: $50,000 · OtherWEBSTER GROVES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $44,387 · Other+40 more: $147,750 · Other+40 moreForest Park Forever Inc: $211,124 · EnvironmentMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $15,000 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $228,000 · Community ImprovementWEBSTER ARTS: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationREADY READERS: $27,809 · EducationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $6,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $5,000 · EducationThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $17,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,445,439Other$1,261,137Environment$231,124Community Improvement$228,000Philanthropy$155,000Education$109,809Health$17,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,289,589 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetGREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION: $228,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $211,124 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $81,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWEBSTER ARTS: $80,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $60,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREADY READERS: $27,809 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $5,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINDEPENDENCE CENTER: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME SWEET HOME: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $250 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.

  • Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MAGIC HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WEBSTER ARTS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds READY READERS ↗
  • Who funds The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA ↗
  • Who funds CITY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE CENTER ↗

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.

Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationEmployees Community F…Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Pershing Charitable T…Edward Jones Foundati…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…World Wide Technology…Trio Foundation of St…
Edward Jones FoundationMO30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · World Wide Technology Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis

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 The Finerty Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Finerty Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    9report 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.

    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 70 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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