Missouri · Private foundation
The Sayers Foundation Inc
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.
- $520k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $149,559
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Sayers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $365k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $360k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $435k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $316k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $481k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $335k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $338k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $297k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway to Hope | $545,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis | $270,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Maren Fund Inc | $130,000 | 7 | 18% |
| EdChoice Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Federation for Children Inc | $115,000 | 8 | 0% |
| A Million Stars Inc Dba College Bound | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Kids With Cancer | $85,000 | 8 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| 4522 Club | $60,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($438k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sayers Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 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 · St Louis Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · Berges Family Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Pott Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee
How this is measured
About The Sayers Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sayers Foundation Inc give?
- The Sayers Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $519,559 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sayers Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Philanthropy (29%), Education (21%).
- Who are The Sayers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gateway to Hope ($545k), Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis ($270k), Maren Fund Inc ($130k).
- Does The Sayers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sayers Foundation Inc 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 Sayers Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, Moneta Group Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Sayers Foundation Inc based?
- The Sayers Foundation Inc is based in MO.
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