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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Missouri, currently Central Workforce Development, Alphapointe Foundation, The Sunderland Foundation. 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?

Central Workforce Development gives the most to employment organizations in Missouri, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Missouri?

$40M reached 74 employment organizations in Missouri, from 306 funders. 60% 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

Missouri's employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$40M

granted

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

306 funders gave $40M to 74 employment organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% 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 Central Workforce Development, at $7M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Alphapointe, at $8M.

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.

1Central Workforce Development$7M 2Alphapointe Foundation$6M 3The Sunderland Foundation$3M 4St Louis Office for Developmental$2M 5Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$1M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 7United Association of Journeymen &$1M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$893k 9American Online Giving Foundation Inc$834k 10Health Care Foundation of Greater Kc$790k

Employment organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

64 other employment organizations$9M

Alphapointe$8M Central Ozarks Private Industry Council$7M Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$5M Missouri Jobs With Justice$3M Missouri Workers Center$2M Connections to Success$2M Kc Common Good Inc$1M

How to find employment funders in Missouri

1
Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to employment in Missouri are Central Workforce Development, Alphapointe Foundation, The Sunderland Foundation. 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
40% 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 Central Workforce Development, Alphapointe Foundation, The Sunderland Foundation. 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?: Central Workforce Development gives the most to employment organizations in Missouri, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Missouri?: $40M reached 74 employment organizations in Missouri, from 306 funders. 60% 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 regranting layer

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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.