· Private foundation
The Gilbert Foundation (Fka the Wa Gilbert Family Foundation)
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $82k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FORSYTH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $16,400 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,500 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDENS | $15,000 |
| ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,600 |
| THE HAVEN OF GRACE | $5,000 |
| BATTLE MOUNTAIN TOUCHDOWN CLUB | $5,000 |
| FOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL MS SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $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 (FY23–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MBMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES4× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +14%
- THTHE HAVEN OF GRACE3× · 2022–2025 · $43k · revenue +33%
- FMFOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $26k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- NONATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +37%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $12k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $7k
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.
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…
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…
Maryville university is one of the outstanding private universities in the midwest offering an innovative liberal arts education leading to excellent academic and professional programs in the arts and sciences, health professions,…
As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.
The university's mission is to educate and advance communities of discovery to foster a healthier society.
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
To operate a private school for age 3 through eighth grade students.
For more than a century, southwestern has educated lawyers ready to serve clients, the profession, and our society with excellence. we empower students to reach their potential. we cultivate inclusion and belonging. we promote equity and…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 43 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 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds THE HAVEN OF GRACE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FOCUS MARINES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORSYTH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds PROGRESS IN EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School ↗
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: Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Dotopia · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gilbert Foundation (Fka the Wa Gilbert Family Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gilbert Foundation (Fka the Wa Gilbert Family Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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