· Private foundation
The Four Leaf Clover Foundation
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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k17 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $299k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $755k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EYE THRIVE | $120,000 |
| GATEWAY REGION YMCA | $100,000 |
| THE COLLECTIVE THREAD | $100,000 |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| MICA PROJECT | $60,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | $50,000 |
| THE WILSON SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| VEAP | $50,000 |
| FREEDOMWORKS | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN | $50,000 |
| SWIM ON FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| NURSES FOR NEWBORNS | $25,000 |
| CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| DELTA GAMMA CENTER | $25,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 9 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MAMigrant and Immigrant Community Action Project6× · 2019–2024 · $370k · revenue +160%
- TWTHE WILSON SCHOOL6× · 2019–2024 · $293k · revenue +44%
- JJJACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2023 · $230k · revenue +226%
Funded once
- MSMORGAN STANLEY ANONYMOUS INVESTMENTS DONOR ADVISED FUNDone grant, 2019 · $525k
- TGTHE GOSPEL COALITION INCone grant, 2021 · $100k
- MFMONSANTO FAMILY YMCAone grant, 2019 · $50k
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.
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…
Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
City year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of civically engaged leaders who can work across lines of difference. partnering with teachers, teams of city year americorps members cultivate learning…
Founded in 1883, brightpoint (formerly known as children's home & aid) is a leading statewide organization supporting families so children can thrive.
As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.
The mission of greater minneapolis crisis nursery is to end the abuse and neglect of children and create strong and healthy families.
Child safe of central missouri's mission is to respond to and prevent child abuse by providing advocacy, support, and resources to children who are alleged victims of abuse and other traumatic crimes, and to their non-offending family…
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…
How this is measured
91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 118 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 Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project ↗
- Who funds THE COLLECTIVE THREAD ↗
- Who funds THE WILSON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JACKIE JOYNER KERSEE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOMWORKS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds VEAP Inc ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds RISE TOGETHER MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds EYE THRIVE ↗
- Who funds CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds A MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND ↗
- Who funds DREAM BUILDERS 4 EQUITY ↗
- Who funds NURSES FOR NEWBORNS ↗
- Who funds Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis ↗
- Who funds ARCHCITY DEFENDERS ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds CASA DE SALUD ↗
- Who funds MILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation ↗
- Who funds ENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds AREA RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR NEWBORNS 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 · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · World Wide Technology Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Centene Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Pott Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Berges Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Four Leaf Clover Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Four Leaf Clover Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
- Community Servings Inc: 12% of income from government
- Round the Bend Farm Inc: 11% of income from government
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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