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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Missouri, currently Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Area Resources for Community & Human Services, Goodwill Industries International Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Missouri?

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation gives the most to employment organizations in Missouri, $131M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Missouri?

$381M reached 290 employment organizations in Missouri, from 745 funders. 71% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Missouri

One funder dominates the giving, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, at 34% of the total.

$381M

granted

290

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

745 funders gave $381M to 290 employment organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Missouri is Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, at $131M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Great Jobs Kc Inc, at $122M.

Largest funders of employment in Missouri

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

1Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$131M 2Area Resources for Community & Human Services$25M 3Goodwill Industries International Inc$19M 4US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$16M 5United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$15M 6Central Workforce Development Board$15M 7St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources$9M 8South Central Workforce Investment Board$9M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 10Missouri Community Action Network$6M

Employment organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

280 other employment organizations$126M

Great Jobs Kc Inc$122M Mersmissouri Goodwill Industries$35M Better Family Life Inc$14M Central Ozarks Private Industry Council$14M The Launchcode Foundation$12M Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$12M

How to find employment funders in Missouri

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Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to employment in Missouri are Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Area Resources for Community & Human Services, Goodwill Industries International Inc. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
29% of employment money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Missouri, currently Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Area Resources for Community & Human Services, Goodwill Industries International Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Missouri?: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation gives the most to employment organizations in Missouri, $131M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Missouri?: $381M reached 290 employment organizations in Missouri, from 745 funders. 71% 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.