· Private foundation
The Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $295k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $420k
- $250k+1 grant · $269k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| St Louis Symphony Foundation | $269,000 |
| St Louis Area Food Bank | $84,000 |
| St Louis Art Museum | $84,000 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | $84,000 |
| Oasis Institute | $84,000 |
| St Louis Science Center | $84,000 |
| Bethesdal Health Group Foundation | $48,000 |
| Washington University | $35,000 |
| Sheldon Art Foundation | $30,000 |
| Goldfarb School of Nursing | $30,000 |
| Opera Theatre of St Louis | $30,000 |
| Foundation for Fighting Blindness | $24,000 |
| Character Plus | $24,000 |
| St Andrews Society for Seniors | $18,000 |
| Loaves and Fishes | $18,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MBMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES5× · 2019–2025 · $344k · revenue +11%
- OTOpera Theatre of Saint Louis5× · 2019–2025 · $290k · revenue +250%
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY5× · 2019–2025 · $145k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- BHBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2025 · $48k · revenue 0%
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.
The muny is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to enrich lives by producing exceptional musical theatre accessible to all, continuing its remarkable tradition in forest park.
The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…
The sole purpose of the foundation is to support the saint louis art museum, including but not limited to fundraising and other activities and assisting in financing expansion and renovation of its facilities.
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.
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.
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
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…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Support the st. louis science center and its comprehensive array of educational outreach programs to the community in order to increase interest, understanding and enthusiasm for stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 24 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 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds THE OASIS INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHARACTERPLUS ↗
- Who funds GRAND CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
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: Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Stanley & Lucy Lopata Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Centene Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Margaret Blanke Grigg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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