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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Missouri, currently Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish, St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Missouri?

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Missouri, $125M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Missouri?

$1.2B reached 620 education organizations in Missouri, from 2,183 funders. 48% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Missouri

Funding is concentrated: Washington University alone draws 45% of every education grant dollar in Missouri.

$1.2B

granted

620

organizations

48%

from in-state

The short version

2,183 funders gave $1.2B to 620 education organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
48% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Missouri is Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, at $125M.
The education organization drawing the most is Washington University, at $544M.

Largest funders of education in Missouri

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

1Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$125M 2The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish$119M 3St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$46M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$42M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$32M 6Gates Foundation$28M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$25M 8Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders$24M 9Great Jobs Kc Inc$20M 10Sinquefield Center for Research Inc$19M

Education organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

Washington University$544M

610 other education organizations$382M

Great Jobs Kc Inc$86M St Louis University$57M The Opportunity Trust$27M

How to find education funders in Missouri

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Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to education in Missouri are Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish, St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
52% of education money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Missouri, currently Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish, St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Missouri?: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Missouri, $125M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Missouri?: $1.2B reached 620 education organizations in Missouri, from 2,183 funders. 48% 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.