How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Missouri?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Missouri, currently Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Connect2Culture. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Missouri?

Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Missouri, $39M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Missouri?

$286M reached 452 arts and culture organizations in Missouri, from 832 funders. 57% 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 · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Missouri

$286M reached 452 arts and culture organizations in Missouri, from 832 funders, with no single one dominating.

$286M

granted

452

organizations

57%

from in-state

The short version

832 funders gave $286M to 452 arts and culture organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
57% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Missouri is Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust, at $39M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, at $49M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Missouri

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

1Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust$39M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$18M 3Connect2Culture$13M 4Corporation for Public Broadcasting$11M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$10M 6Regional Cultural and Performing Arts$9M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$9M 8The Sunderland Foundation$8M 9The William Rockhill Nelson Trust$8M 10Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family$7M

Arts and culture organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

442 other arts and culture organizations$139M

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$49M The Nelson Gallery Foundation$14M Harry M Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex$13M Municipal Theatre Association of St$12M St Louis Regional Public Media Inc$9M Kansas City Symphony$9M

How to find arts and culture funders in Missouri

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Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Missouri are Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Connect2Culture. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture 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
43% of arts and culture money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Missouri, currently Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Connect2Culture. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Missouri?: Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Missouri, $39M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Missouri?: $286M reached 452 arts and culture organizations in Missouri, from 832 funders. 57% 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.