Missouri · Private foundation
The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $59k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2026
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 43 | $59k | 12% |
| FY2025 | 36 | $95k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $48k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $53k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $58k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $64k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $53k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $53k | 5% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit Radio Foundation Inc | $57,500 | 10 | 9% |
| Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis | $26,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Our Little Haven | $23,500 | 10 | 0% |
| St Louis Crisis Nursery | $20,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Circle of Concern | $18,500 | 10 | 0% |
| St Martha's Hall | $14,000 | 9 | 0% |
| No Woman Left Behind Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 41% |
| St Louis University | $13,500 | 10 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $13,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Pott Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Youthbridge Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · Tsf
How this is measured
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About The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation
- How much does The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation give?
- The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $59,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Health (18%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Holy Spirit Radio Foundation Inc ($58k), Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation ($50k), The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis ($26k).
- Does The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
- Where is The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation based?
- The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation is based in MO.
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