Funding · Missouri · Human services
Who funds human services in Missouri
Human services funding in Missouri is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis leads, and the money reaches 1,161 groups.
The short version
- 2,591 funders gave $1.2B to 1,161 human services organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 65% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Missouri is United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, at $102M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis, at $39M.
Largest funders of human services in Missouri
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Missouri, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Missouri that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Missouri
- 1Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to human services in Missouri are United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Area Resources for Community & Human Services, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
35% of human services money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Missouri?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Missouri, currently United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, Area Resources for Community & Human Services, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Missouri?
- United Way of Greater St Louis Inc gives the most to human services organizations in Missouri, $102M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Missouri?
- $1.2B reached 1,161 human services organizations in Missouri, from 2,591 funders. 65% 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
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.