· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOLY SPIRIT RADIO FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| OUR LITTLE HAVEN | $3,000 |
| CIRCLE OF CONCERNS | $2,000 |
| ONE CLASSROOM- ST LOUIS CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE | $2,000 |
| ST MARTHAS HALL | $2,000 |
| ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY | $2,000 |
| THE BACKSTOPPERS | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN DIABETES ASSN | $2,000 |
| VITAE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS RURAL PARISH WORKERS OF CHRIST | $1,000 |
| STL FIRST RESPONDER CANTEEN | $1,000 |
| SUSAN G KOMEN FOR CURE | $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 (FY17–26, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2026, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHOLY SPIRIT RADIO FOUNDATION INC10× · 2017–2026 · $58k · revenue +122%
- TBTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS10× · 2017–2026 · $26k · revenue +68%
- SLST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY10× · 2017–2026 · $20k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- TATODAY AND TOMORROW EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2025 · $50k
- LHLydia's House Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +71%
- CRCAMP RAINBOW FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -24%
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.
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.
To transform lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.
SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
Setting a new standard of employment for people who have disabilities and chronic medical conditions.
To enable individuals with developmental disabilities to achieve the highest level of independent living and live a full and enriched life.
To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.
The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
Casa of st. louis advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in st. louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community. our vision is that every child lives in a safe permanent home and has the opportunity…
Inspired by jesus christ, st patrick apartments, inc. assists cardinal ritter senior services in providing compassionate care through a continuum of high quality residential healthcare and supportive social services. we bring the mission…
St. james place foundation promotes compasssion through giving to advance living life well at st. james place.
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 68 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 HOLY SPIRIT RADIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds OUR LITTLE HAVEN ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
- Who funds CIRCLE OF CONCERN ↗
- Who funds ST MARTHA'S HALL ↗
- Who funds NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds Little Sisters of The Poor ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS TAX ASSISTANCE PROGR ↗
- Who funds DUO DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST PATRICK CENTER ↗
- Who funds BEYOND HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHRISTOPHERS INC ↗
- Who funds STARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds ACCESS ACADEMIES ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ST LOUIS ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The J W & Mildred a Kisling Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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