· Private foundation
The Prufrock Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL | $12,500 |
| ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CARNAHAN POLICY CENTER | $10,000 |
| UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | $10,000 |
| MICDS (MARY INSTITUTE OF ST LOUIS COUNTY DAY SCHOOL) | $6,000 |
| WELCOME NEIGHBOR STL (START) | $5,000 |
| CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM SAINT LOUIS | $5,000 |
| ARCH GRANTS | $5,000 |
| BEYOND HOUSING | $5,000 |
| GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| FOREST PARK FOREVER | $2,500 |
| SAINT LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| US FUND FOR UNICEF | $2,414 |
| DIMENSIONS DANCE COMPANY | $2,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +44% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SLST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +34%
- FPForest Park Forever Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +213%
- FSFORSYTH SCHOOL INC6× · 2017–2022 · $75k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- KCKENNEDY CENTERone grant, 2019 · $10k
- WIWORLDSERVE INTERNATIONALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +272%
- AIAMENSTY INTERNATIONAL USA INCone grant, 2017 · $6k
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.
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…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
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.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
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…
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).
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The corporation exists to provide pro bono (free) mediation and other dispute resolution services to communities in need, and any other charitable purpose allowed under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended.
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.
Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
Invest stl facilitates investment in the power of people and their neighborhoods to develop communities of justice and opportunity in places that continue to endure the legacy of systemic anti-black racism.
How this is measured
54 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. 54 of the 79 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 ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds FORSYTH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Care to Learn ↗
- Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY ARCH PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CARNAHAN POLICY CENTER ↗
- Who funds WORLDSERVE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALIGHT ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DIMENSIONS DANCE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds BEYOND HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds THE EXPLORERS CLUB ↗
- Who funds ARCHCITY DEFENDERS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS SERVICE BUREAU ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT RIVERS GREENWAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
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 · St Louis Community Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Edward Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Pershing Charitable Trust · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Washington University · Commerce Bancshares Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Prufrock Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Prufrock Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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