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· Public charity

The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council

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$64k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.9MEducation$72kHuman Services$47kReligion$18kEnvironment$18kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$204k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $32,400 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $63,900 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $31,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$8,400
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEAM ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL$12,000
MASON SCHOOL OF ACL$8,400
CONFLUENCE ACADAMIES$6,000
AMES VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS$6,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–22, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MINDSEYE RADIO: $12k → 16%FERGUSON YOUTH INITIATIVE: $6k → 11%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $10k → 11%ANGEL BAND PROJECT: $8k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 28 repeat orgs$248k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +16% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
22

Total granted

$2.0M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+14%

Still filing today

93%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TS
    THE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $182k · revenue +34%
  • JS
    JAZZ ST LOUIS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $106k · revenue +10%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    5× · 2017–2022 · $96k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LUMINARY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +34%
  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -42%
  • RA
    RADIO ARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -21%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Art St Louis

Art St Louis is a nonprofit community art organization and gallery dedicated to enriching lives through the creative activity of our region's contemporary visual artists. Through exhibition, education, and exchange, we connect and inspire…

Arts & Culture
2
Upstream Theater

Upstream Theater is a professional production company dedicated to bringing a world of theater to St. Louis. We believe that art engages as much as it entertains and that by feeding the senses we feed the soul. Our goal is to move you and…

Arts & Culture
3
Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission

As the leading public catalyst for arts and culture in st. louis, the regional arts commission leverages the power of creativity to strengthen and enrich our community.

Arts & Culture
4
St Lou Fringe

To offer everyone the opportunity to put before an audience their works in theater, dance and music.

Arts & Culture
5
St Louis Artists Guild

The St. Louis Artists' Guild ('Guild') inspires art experiences through extraordinary exhibitions, interactive art education, outreach to underserved audiences, and by fostering creativity throughout the community.

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6
Union Avenue Opera Theatre

The mission of union avenue opera is to provide professional opportunities for gifted, emerging artists and to offer vibrant and affordable opera experiences in original languages to audiences that reflect the breadth and diversity of the…

Arts & Culture
7
Stray Dog Theatre

Stray dog theatre is committed to unleashing the art of theatre, education, and community on saint louis and the surrounding area.

Arts & Culture
8
The St Louis Children's Choirs

Transforming lives through musical excellence. the goal of the st. louis children's choirs is to empower the youth of st. louis through a rich choral program that helps each young singer realize their full potential - as a musician and as…

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9
St Louis Irish Arts

St Louis Irish Arts mission is to promote and preserve traditional Irish music, song and dance with an emphasis over the years of restoring the playing of the Irish instruments and the use of the Irish language.

Arts & Culture
10
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
11
Constellation Performing Arts

Constellation is a performing arts presenter with an emphasis on forward- thinking practices, particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music.

Arts & Culture
12
St Louis Cathedral Concerts

To present affordable live concerts in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis featuring world-class musicians and the finest repertoire of sacred and classical music for the cultural enrichment, education, and enjoyment of the entire region.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Dance Theatre and the most unlike its peers is A Red Circle. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%9%5–10yr16%36%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr17%25%35–55yr19%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%3%5–10yr16%12%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr17%40%35–55yr19%23%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/60
the rest of the field
14%
1,452/10,097

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
36/54
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis — $372,350 · Arts & CultureOpera Theatre of Saint LouisTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $310,000 · Arts & CultureTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUISCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $220,675 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTSTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $182,350 · Arts & CultureTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATIONJAZZ ST LOUIS — $105,846 · Arts & CultureJAZZ ST LOUISST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $96,350 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS — $95,350 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $85,000 · Arts & CultureCRAFT ALLIANCE — $67,350 · Arts & Culture+20 more — $348,704 · Arts & Culture+20 moreSTAGES ST LOUIS — $72,350 · OtherSTAGES ST …PRISON PERFORMING ARTS — $21,200 · OtherPRISON PER…FERGUSON-FLORISSANT SCHOOL DISTRICT — $18,900 · OtherFERGUSON-F…FAMILY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC — $18,200 · OtherFAMILY RES…ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $14,400 · OtherST LOUIS P…THE BACH SOCIETY OF SAINT LOUIS — $12,350 · OtherTHE BACH S…WHO RAISED YOU — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherINTERCULTURAL MUSIC INITIATIVE — $10,000 · OtherThe German St Vincent Orphan Association — $10,000 · Other+1 more — $6,250 · OtherA RED CIRCLE — $18,200 · EducationYourwords STL — $18,200 · EducationSaint Louis Fashion Fund — $15,000 · EducationWebster University — $15,000 · EducationCONFLUENCE ACADEMY — $6,000 · EducationTHE ANGEL BAND PROJECT — $18,200 · Human ServicesMindsEye Radio — $12,350 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S SAFE HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesFERGUSON YOUTH INITIATIVE — $6,250 · Human ServicesJACOBS LADDER MINISTRIES — $18,200 · ReligionRUSTIC ROOTS SANCTUARY CO — $18,200 · EnvironmentCREATIVE REACTION LAB — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$1,883,975Other$203,650Education$72,400Human Services$46,800Religion$18,200Environment$18,200Community Improvement$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOpera Theatre of Saint Louis — $372,350 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $310,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $220,675 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $182,350 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetJAZZ ST LOUIS — $105,846 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $96,350 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS — $95,350 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTAGES ST LOUIS — $72,350 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCRAFT ALLIANCE — $67,350 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK — $42,504 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSt Louis ArtWorks — $33,200 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBREAD & ROSES MISSOURI — $31,200 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetCINEMA ST LOUIS — $24,850 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCIRCUS HARMONY — $22,350 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSt Louis Black Repertory Company Inc — $22,350 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPIANOS FOR PEOPLE — $22,050 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetPRISON PERFORMING ARTS — $21,200 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMETRO THEATER COMPANY — $19,850 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE ANGEL BAND PROJECT — $18,200 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetA RED CIRCLE — $18,200 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetYourwords STL — $18,200 over 2y, 25% of budgetRUSTIC ROOTS SANCTUARY CO — $18,200 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetSaint Louis Fashion Fund — $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWebster University — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUMINARY INC — $12,350 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSAINT LOUIS STORY STITCHERS ARTIST COLLECTIVE — $12,350 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRADIO ARTS FOUNDATION — $12,350 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM — $12,350 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMindsEye Radio — $12,350 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetST LOUIS DANCE THEATRE — $12,350 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE BACH SOCIETY OF SAINT LOUIS — $12,350 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST LOUIS — $12,350 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S SAFE HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR — $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetRAGTAG FILM SOCIETY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe German St Vincent Orphan Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPACK DANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFERGUSON YOUTH INITIATIVE — $6,250 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetHEAL'S CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $6,250 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetCONFLUENCE ACADEMY — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Regional Cultural and…St Louis Community Fo…Trio Foundation of St…Edward Jones Foundati…Employees Community F…St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…Leon and Mary Strauss…The Kranzberg Family …Commerce Bancshares F…Centene FoundationMissouri Humanities C…
Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development CommissionMO81× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Edward Jones Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Centene Foundation · Missouri Humanities Council

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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