How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Missouri?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Missouri, currently Alvin Goldfarb Foundation, Hawthorn Foundation, The Crawford Taylor Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Missouri?

$509M reached 610 community development organizations in Missouri, from 907 funders. 77% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Missouri

$509M reached 610 community development organizations in Missouri, from 907 funders, with no single one dominating.

$509M

granted

610

organizations

77%

from in-state

The short version

907 funders gave $509M to 610 community development organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
77% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Missouri is Alvin Goldfarb Foundation, at $66M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Community Impact Network, at $73M.

Largest funders of community development in Missouri

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

1Alvin Goldfarb Foundation$66M 2Hawthorn Foundation$28M 3The Crawford Taylor Foundation$28M 4St Louis Community Foundation Inc$24M 5Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$23M 6Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated$22M 7Missouri Technology Corporation$18M 8United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$17M 9Greater St Louis Inc Foundation$14M 10Centene Foundation$8M

Community development organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

600 other community development organizations$233M

Community Impact Network$73M Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$51M Great Rivers Greenway Foundation$39M Missouri Partnership$28M

How to find community development funders in Missouri

1
Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to community development in Missouri are Alvin Goldfarb Foundation, Hawthorn Foundation, The Crawford Taylor Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
23% of community development money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Missouri, currently Alvin Goldfarb Foundation, Hawthorn Foundation, The Crawford Taylor Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Missouri?: Alvin Goldfarb Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Missouri, $66M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Missouri?: $509M reached 610 community development organizations in Missouri, from 907 funders. 77% 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.

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The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.