Does The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Missouri · Private foundation

The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 43
Grants FY2024: 51
Organizations funded FY2023: 12%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $531,505
Organizations funded a year: 43 to 56; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 5
Total assets, FY2024: $77M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein 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; $325k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterHealthOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	43	$5.7M	14%
FY2023	51	$5.3M	12%
FY2022	43	$4.7M	7%
FY2021	56	$5.8M	14%
FY2020	55	$5.1M	18%
FY2019	51	$5.2M	14%
FY2018	53	$5.2M	n/a

95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$8.3MArts & Culture$6.3MHealth$5.8MEnvironment$3.9MHuman Services$2.1MYouth Development$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.6MScience & Tech$1.5MOther$0

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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees	$3,923,904	7	1%
Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School	$3,223,907	7	2%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis	$2,500,000	5	4%
St Lukes Health Corporation	$2,423,907	7	n/a
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation	$1,090,289	7	1%
Forest Park Forever Inc	$1,040,000	6	2%
Rossman School	$846,956	7	2%
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis	$830,000	6	3%
Washington University	$784,780	7	0%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra	$746,827	5	1%

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All grantees of The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees	$3,923,904	7	1%
Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School	$3,223,907	7	2%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis	$2,500,000	5	4%
St Lukes Health Corporation	$2,423,907	7	n/a
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation	$1,090,289	7	1%
Forest Park Forever Inc	$1,040,000	6	2%
Rossman School	$846,956	7	2%
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis	$830,000	6	3%
Washington University	$784,780	7	0%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra	$746,827	5	1%
Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund	$744,997	5	7%
Wings of Hope	$725,000	7	3%
Missouri Historical Society	$708,914	7	2%
Great Circle	$700,000	6	1%
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital	$646,376	7	2%
Paraquad Inc	$525,000	3	2%
Board of Commissioners of Tower Grove Park	$525,000	6	n/a
Miriam Foundation	$400,000	6	1%
Marian Middle School	$295,000	6	3%
City Academy Inc	$290,000	7	1%
Rainbow Village Inc	$275,000	4	31%
Vanderbilt University	$258,550	7	0%
Samaritan's Purse	$210,000	6	0%
Rainbow Village Properties Inc	$200,000	3	3%
Central Institute for the Deaf	$195,000	3	0%
Starkloff Disability Institute	$180,000	5	5%
Beyond Housing Inc	$165,000	6	0%
Friends of Kids With Cancer	$160,000	6	2%
Kidsmart Inc	$145,000	4	1%
The Little Bit Foundation	$140,000	6	1%
Thrive St Louis Inc	$135,340	6	1%
Haven House Inc	$135,000	4	7%
School District 12 Education Foundation	$120,000	6	5%
Nurses for Newborns	$100,000	2	1%
Grace Hill Settlement House	$100,000	2	2%
Operation Food Search Inc	$95,000	2	0%
Npower Inc	$95,000	4	0%
Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls	$95,000	3	1%
The Haven of Grace	$66,254	3	2%
Logos Inc	$65,000	4	0%
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis	$65,000	2	0%
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc	$62,000	3	0%
Camp Rainbow Foundation	$60,000	5	4%
Home School Legal Defense Association	$60,000	3	n/a
Ranken Technical College	$50,000	1	0%
The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children	$50,000	1	0%
Our Ladys Inn	$50,000	3	1%
Give Kids a Smile Inc	$45,000	2	10%
The Covering House	$45,000	2	1%
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association	$45,000	2	2%
Folds of Honor Foundation	$40,000	1	0%
Girls in the Know	$32,000	2	5%
Food Outreach Inc	$27,000	2	1%
The Caregiver Club	$25,000	1	6%
St Louis County Parks Foundation	$25,000	1	17%
Sherwood Forest Camp Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Home Works - Thvp	$15,000	1	2%
Lift for Life Gym Inc	$15,000	1	2%
Radio Arts Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Equine-Assisted Therapy Inc	$10,000	1	2%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis	$10,000	1	0%
Loyola Academy of St Louis	$10,000	1	0%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc	$4,000	1	0%
Circle of Concern	$4,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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 Foundation IncMO66.6× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Pott Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Berges Family Foundation

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.

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About The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc

How much does The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc give?: The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc reported 43 grants totaling $5,665,380 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (16%).
Who are The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees ($3.9M), Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School ($3.2M), Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis ($2.5M).
Does The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc based?: The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc is based in MO.