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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Missouri, currently St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Lukes East Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Missouri?

St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City gives the most to health organizations in Missouri, $772M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Missouri?

$6.2B reached 1,477 health organizations in Missouri, from 3,823 funders. 80% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Missouri

It is overwhelmingly local money: 80% comes from funders based in Missouri.

$6.2B

granted

1,477

organizations

80%

from in-state

The short version

3,823 funders gave $6.2B to 1,477 health organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
80% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Missouri is St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, at $772M.
The health organization drawing the most is Saint Lukes Physician Group Inc, at $1.1B.

Largest funders of health in Missouri

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

1St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City$772M 2The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital$328M 3Saint Lukes East Hospital$289M 4Bjc Health System Dba Bjc Healthcare$190M 5Ascension Health Alliance$182M 6Saint Lukes North Hospital$151M 7Bjc Health System Group Return$119M 8St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$119M 9Saint Lukes Foundation$116M 10St Louis Community Foundation Inc$101M

Health organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

1,467 other health organizations$3.1B

Saint Lukes Physician Group Inc$1.1B Washington University$828M The Children's Mercy Hospital$255M Ascension Seton$203M

How to find health funders in Missouri

1
Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to health in Missouri are St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Lukes East Hospital. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
20% of health money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Missouri, currently St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Lukes East Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Missouri?: St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City gives the most to health organizations in Missouri, $772M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Missouri?: $6.2B reached 1,477 health organizations in Missouri, from 3,823 funders. 80% 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 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.