Missouri · Private foundation
William a Kerr 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.
- $800k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 67
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations William a Kerr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 50 | $800k | 34% |
| FY2024 | 54 | $740k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 62 | $791k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 66 | $840k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $660k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Be Well Cafe | $537,500 | 5 | 65% |
| The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc | $300,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Mt Diablo Interpretive Association | $217,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Las Trampas School Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Seed St Louis | $200,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Dream Builders 4 Equity | $175,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Congregation B Nai Tikvah | $175,000 | 5 | n/a |
| John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust | $160,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pacific Crest Trail Association | $95,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Choice in Aging | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 84 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($503k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William a Kerr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 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 · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Washington University · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Philanthropic Organization · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation
How this is measured
About William a Kerr Foundation
- How much does William a Kerr Foundation give?
- William a Kerr Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $800,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 67 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does William a Kerr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Community Improvement (20%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are William a Kerr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Be Well Cafe ($538k), The Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc ($300k), Mt Diablo Interpretive Association ($217k).
- Does William a Kerr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William a Kerr Foundation 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 William a Kerr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, St Louis Community Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc.
- Where is William a Kerr Foundation based?
- William a Kerr Foundation is based in MO.
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