How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Missouri?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Missouri, currently Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City, Youthbridge Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Missouri?

Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City gives the most to animals organizations in Missouri, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Missouri?

$95M reached 189 animals organizations in Missouri, from 493 funders. 64% came from funders also based in Missouri.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Missouri · Animals

Who funds animals in Missouri

$95M reached 189 animals organizations in Missouri, from 493 funders, with no single one dominating.

$95M

granted

189

organizations

64%

from in-state

The short version

493 funders gave $95M to 189 animals organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
64% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Missouri is Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City, at $26M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City, at $28M.

Largest funders of animals in Missouri

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Missouri, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City$26M 2Youthbridge Community Foundation$13M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 4St Louis Community Foundation Inc$4M 5Elizabeth Parrish Charitable Trust$3M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 8Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$2M 9The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouriinc$2M 10The Bellwether Foundation$2M

Animals organizations in Missouri that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City$28M The Saint Louis Zoo Association$26M

179 other animals organizations$16M

Humane Society of Missouri$11M

How to find animals funders in Missouri

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Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to animals in Missouri are Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City, Youthbridge Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
36% of animals money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Missouri, currently Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City, Youthbridge Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Missouri?: Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City gives the most to animals organizations in Missouri, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Missouri?: $95M reached 189 animals organizations in Missouri, from 493 funders. 64% came from funders also based in Missouri.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.