Missouri · Private foundation
The Jsm Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $520,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,050,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations The Jsm Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $18M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $8.3M | 54% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $8.1M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $5.1M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $6.6M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $6.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $23,002,879 | 6 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $10,000,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Gateway Arch Park Foundation | $3,670,000 | 4 | 40% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $3,250,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $1,840,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hollins University Corporation | $1,640,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Missouri Historical Society | $1,552,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Bucknell University | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scripps College | $900,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School | $493,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $23,002,879 | 6 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $10,000,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Gateway Arch Park Foundation | $3,670,000 | 4 | 40% |
| Davis & Elkins College | $3,250,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $1,840,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hollins University Corporation | $1,640,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Missouri Historical Society | $1,552,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Bucknell University | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scripps College | $900,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School | $493,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation | $250,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Concordance | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $230,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Life Sciences Project | $225,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Thinker Analytix Inc | $104,403 | 1 | 16% |
| Teach St Louis | $76,191 | 2 | 7% |
| The Clark-Fox Family Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryville University - St Louis | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jsm Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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 · James S McDonnell Foundation · Mac Five Foundation Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Jsm Charitable Trust
- How much does The Jsm Charitable Trust give?
- The Jsm Charitable Trust reported 14 grants totaling $18,179,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Jsm Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are The Jsm Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Washington University ($23M), Forest Park Forever Inc ($10M), Gateway Arch Park Foundation ($3.7M).
- Does The Jsm Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jsm Charitable Trust 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 Jsm Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, James S McDonnell Foundation.
- Where is The Jsm Charitable Trust based?
- The Jsm Charitable Trust is based in MO.
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