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

Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in Missouri, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation of the State University Of. Then look at who funds the philanthropy 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 philanthropy in Missouri?

$1.0B reached 211 philanthropy organizations in Missouri, from 857 funders. 28% 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 · Philanthropy

Who funds philanthropy in Missouri

Most of it comes from outside Missouri: only 28% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Greater Horizons alone draws 46% of every philanthropy grant dollar in Missouri.

$1.0B

granted

211

organizations

28%

from in-state

The short version

857 funders gave $1.0B to 211 philanthropy organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
28% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of philanthropy in Missouri is National Philanthropic Trust, at $187M.
The philanthropy organization drawing the most is Greater Horizons, at $470M.

Largest funders of philanthropy in Missouri

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

1National Philanthropic Trust$187M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$111M 3Foundation of the State University Of$84M 4Stanley M Herzog Charitable Foundation$60M 5Columbus Foundation$56M 6Tulsa Community Foundation$41M 7The Sunderland Foundation$38M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$38M 9Alvin Goldfarb Foundation$27M 10Greater Horizons Trust$22M

Philanthropy organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

Greater Horizons$470M Greater Kansas City Community Foundation$121M

201 other philanthropy organizations$119M

United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$81M Herzog Foundation Resource Management$60M

How to find philanthropy funders in Missouri

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Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to philanthropy in Missouri are National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation of the State University Of. A funder already writing philanthropy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the philanthropy 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
72% of philanthropy money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national philanthropy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a philanthropy nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to philanthropy in Missouri, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Foundation of the State University Of. Then look at who funds the philanthropy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest philanthropy funder in Missouri?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to philanthropy organizations in Missouri, $187M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to philanthropy in Missouri?: $1.0B reached 211 philanthropy organizations in Missouri, from 857 funders. 28% 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.