How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Missouri?

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Missouri, currently The Stowers Foundation, Rga Foundation, Stowers Policy Institute Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Missouri?

$13M reached 23 medical research organizations in Missouri, from 122 funders. 36% 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 · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Missouri

Funding is concentrated: Stowers Institute for Medical Research alone draws 52% of every medical research grant dollar in Missouri. One funder dominates the giving, The Stowers Foundation, at 36% of the total.

$13M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

122 funders gave $13M to 23 medical research organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Missouri is The Stowers Foundation, at $5M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Stowers Institute for Medical Research, at $7M.

Largest funders of medical research in Missouri

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

1The Stowers Foundation$5M 2Rga Foundation$1M 3Stowers Policy Institute Inc$600k 4Northwestern University$571k 5Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America$435k 6Hearing Health Foundation$413k 7Howard Hughes Medical Institute$405k 8Health Care Foundation of Greater Kc$399k 9United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$348k 10The Children's Mercy Hospital$294k

Medical research organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

Stowers Institute for Medical Research$7M Longer Life Foundation$1M Starkloff Disability Institute$947k Levelup Kids Inc$901k Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving$600k Head for the Cure Foundation$567k

Midwest Health Initiative$505k International Foundation for Autoimmune&Autoinflammatory Arthri$441k

How to find medical research funders in Missouri

1
Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to medical research in Missouri are The Stowers Foundation, Rga Foundation, Stowers Policy Institute Inc. A funder already writing medical research checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the medical research 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
64% of medical research money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Missouri, currently The Stowers Foundation, Rga Foundation, Stowers Policy Institute Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Missouri?: The Stowers Foundation gives the most to medical research organizations in Missouri, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Missouri?: $13M reached 23 medical research organizations in Missouri, from 122 funders. 36% 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.