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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$9.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$31MRecreation & Sports$14MPhilanthropy$2.1MHealth$2.0MArts & Culture$1.6MScience & Tech$1.0MInternational$665kAnimals$640kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $560k
  • $250k+9 grants · $18M
$520,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$9,050,000
FOREST PARK FOREVER$2,180,000
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,730,000
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY$1,640,000
MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,039,000
Individual grant recipient$600,000
ST LOUIS ZOO$520,000
DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE$450,000
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE METRO ST LOUIS$390,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDENS$230,000
ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER$230,000
ARCH GRANTS$50,000
CLARK-FOX FAMILY FOUNDATION$50,000
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THINKERANALYTIX: $104k → 8%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $500k → 11%EINSENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS: $600k → 22%SCRIPPS COLLEGE: $250k → 14%CONCORDANCE ACADEMY: $250k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE METRO ST LOUIS: $390k → 21%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $1.2M → 17%HOLLINS UNIVERSITY: $1.6M → 8%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $500k → 11%EINSENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS: $213k → 22%SCRIPPS COLLEGE: $200k → 14%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE METRO ST LOUIS: $275k → 21%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $905k → 17%SCRIPPS COLLEGE: $200k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS: $235k → 11%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $450k → 17%SCRIPPS COLLEGE: $200k → 14%MICDS: $493k → 11%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $340k → 17%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $5.1M → 21%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $210k → 17%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $9.1M → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $2.2M → 21%DAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $185k → 17%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4.0M → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $1.9M → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3.6M → 11%MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1.0M → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3.3M → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $460k → 21%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3.1M → 11%FOREST PARK FOREVER: $375k → 21%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $100k → 11%MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $304k → 21%MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $210k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $100k → 21%BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1.7M → 21%ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER: $575k → 21%ST LOUIS ZOO: $520k → 21%ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER: $230k → 21%MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDENS: $230k → 21%ST LOUIS LIFE SCIENCES PROJECT: $225k → 21%ST LOUIS ZOO: $120k → 21%BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $110k → 21%GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 21%GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $960k → 21%GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $905k → 21%GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $745k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
PA
CA
MO
WV
VA
MD
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49M · 17 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$49M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+52%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $23M · revenue +16%
  • FP
    Forest Park Forever Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $10M · revenue +153%
  • GA
    GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $3.7M · revenue +22% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • MI
    Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $493k · revenue +90%
  • C
    CONCORDANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -7%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2024 · $235k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
2
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
3
Saint Xavier University

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…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

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…

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7
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
10
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees; the most unlike its peers is Teach St Louis. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $23,002,879 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $3,250,000 · EducationDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGEHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $1,640,000 · EducationHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION+7 more: $2,643,594 · Education+7 moreForest Park Forever Inc: $10,000,000 · EnvironmentForest Park Forever IncNEW VENTURE FUND: $2,000,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND+1 more: $230,000 · EnvironmentGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $3,670,000 · Recreation & SportsIndividual grant recipient: $880,000 · OtherST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER: $805,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE METRO ST LOUIS: $665,000 · OtherST LOUIS ZOO: $640,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS: $235,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · OtherENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $250,000 · OtherCONCORDANCE: $250,000 · Other+2 more: $97,157 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $1,840,000 · HealthST LOUIS LIFE SCIENCES PROJECT: $225,000 · HealthMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,552,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $300,000 · Youth Development
Education$30,536,473Environment$12,230,000Recreation & Sports$3,670,000Other$3,972,157Health$2,065,000Arts & Culture$1,552,500Youth Development$300,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $23,002,879 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $10,000,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetGATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION: $3,670,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $3,250,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $1,840,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $1,640,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,552,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBucknell University: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetScripps College: $900,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $493,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $300,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $250,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCONCORDANCE: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $230,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST LOUIS LIFE SCIENCES PROJECT: $225,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThinker Analytix Inc: $104,403 over 1y, 16% of budgetTEACH ST LOUIS: $76,191 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…James S McDonnell Fou…Mac Five Foundation I…Moneta Group Charitab…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Jsm Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jsm Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Jsm Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Jsm Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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