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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Missouri, currently St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Biostl, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Missouri?

St Louis Community Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in Missouri, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Missouri?

$52M reached 16 science organizations in Missouri, from 110 funders. 59% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Missouri

Funding is concentrated: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center alone draws 45% of every science grant dollar in Missouri. Missouri's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$52M

granted

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

110 funders gave $52M to 16 science organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in Missouri; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Missouri is St Louis Community Foundation Inc, at $10M.
The science organization drawing the most is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, at $23M.

Largest funders of science in Missouri

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

1St Louis Community Foundation Inc$10M 2Biostl$9M 3Gates Foundation$9M 4Moshiri Family Foundation$4M 5Global Peace Alliance Inc$4M 6James S McDonnell Family Foundation$2M 7Missouri Technology Corporation$1M 8William T Kemper Foundation$1M 9Johns Hopkins University$1M 10The Bellwether Foundation$1M

Science organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$23M Biogenerator$9M St Louis Science Center Foundation$7M Unity Foundation Np$4M Maharishi Vedic Science And$4M Bionexus Kc$2M

How to find science funders in Missouri

1
Start with the funders already active in Missouri
The funders giving the most to science in Missouri are St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Biostl, Gates Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
41% of science money in Missouri comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Missouri.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Missouri?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Missouri, currently St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Biostl, Gates Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Missouri from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Missouri?: St Louis Community Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in Missouri, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Missouri?: $52M reached 16 science organizations in Missouri, from 110 funders. 59% 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.