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Webster University

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.

$46M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$202kArts & Culture$138kCommunity Improvement$116kRecreation & Sports$80kHuman Services$58kHealth$54kPublic Benefit$41kInternational$32kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $9,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $46,406,377 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $46,397,377 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$284M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Louis American Foundation$9,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 21%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $8k → 21%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$613k · 16 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
14

Total granted

$613k
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-1%

Still filing today

88%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $79k · revenue +184%
  • MI
    Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School
    5× · 2017–2021 · $49k · revenue +86%
  • II
    INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS
    3× · 2018–2022 · $38k · revenue +515%

Funded once

  • AS
    AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $16k · revenue +101%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL CORP
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -25%
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.

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Teach St Louis

Founded In 2018, Teach St. Louis (formerly St. Louis Teacher Residency) launched to improve teacher quality and retention in St. Louis, a city where 40% of new teachers exit the classroom in their first three years. Teach St. Louis…

Education
2
St Louis Artists Guild

The St. Louis Artists' Guild ('Guild') inspires art experiences through extraordinary exhibitions, interactive art education, outreach to underserved audiences, and by fostering creativity throughout the community.

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3
Edhub Stl

The Education Equity Center of St. Louis advances a regional approach to achieving full racial equity in education by building anti-racist capacity towards systems level practices and policy changes.

Education
4
St Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

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…

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5
Webster University

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.

Education
6
Greater St Louis Inc

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…

Community Improvement
7
St Louis Council of Construction Consumers

The slc3 is a community of design and construction industry professionals with a common interest in the betterment of our region through prioritizing innovation, continuing education, equity empowerment and all-inclusive workforce…

Community Improvement
8
St Louis Science Center 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).

Science & Tech
9
Bring Me a Book St Louis

Support childhood literacy

Youth Development
10
Center of Creative Arts

Enriching lives and building community through the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
The Luminary Inc

The luminary is a nonprofit art space in st. louis that supports artists and the community through exhibitions, residencies, grants, and public programs. we provide time, space, and resources for creative work and create opportunities for…

Arts & Culture
12
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is International Institute of Metropolitan St Louis; the most unlike its peers is The Susan Polgar Foundation Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $78,500 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUISST LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $50,080 · OtherST LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL: $31,660 · OtherTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCI…VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $30,000 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUISCITY OF WEBSTER GROVES MISSOURI: $23,375 · OtherCITY OF WEBSTER GROVES MISSOURIST LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL CORP: $12,500 · OtherVariety the Childrens Charity: $10,000 · OtherWebster Groves Chamber of Commerce: $17,310 · OtherWebster Groves Chamber of CommerceCOUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $33,875 · Other+5 moreST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $73,050 · EducationST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUND…Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $49,259 · EducationMary Institute and St L…AIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $15,750 · EducationAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSO…ST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationMISSOURI COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · EducationST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $25,650 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS REG…CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $23,900 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY…THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $22,000 · Arts & CultureTHE REPERTOR…ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $9,400 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS SHA…THE SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION INC: $80,250 · Recreation & SportsTHE SUSAN PO…INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $37,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesWEBSTER ARTS: $25,800 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF ST LOUIS: $24,850 · InternationalNAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS: $7,269 · International
Other$297,300Education$151,559Arts & Culture$80,950Recreation & Sports$80,250Human Services$57,500Philanthropy$32,800International$32,119

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE SUSAN POLGAR FOUNDATION INC: $80,250 over 5y, 66% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $78,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $73,050 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $49,259 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL: $31,660 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEBSTER ARTS: $25,800 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF ST LOUIS: $24,850 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $23,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWebster Groves Chamber of Commerce: $17,310 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION: $15,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $9,400 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFOCUS ST LOUIS: $7,375 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNAFSA ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS: $7,269 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGateway Equity Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Regional Cultural and…Edward Jones Foundati…Centene FoundationWorld Wide Technology…Employees Community F…St Louis Community Fo…Moneta Group Charitab…United Way of Greater…Edward Jones Foundati…Leon and Mary Strauss…Sam and Marilyn Fox F…The Kranzberg Family …
Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development CommissionMO32.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Edward Jones Foundation · Centene Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 30 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 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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