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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Missouri, currently Biostl, University of Pittsburgh, St Louis Community Foundation Inc. 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?

Biostl gives the most to science organizations in Missouri, $43M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Missouri?

$200M reached 51 science organizations in Missouri, from 192 funders. 60% 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

Three organizations take 73% of all science funding in Missouri, led by Washington University.

$200M

granted

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

192 funders gave $200M to 51 science organizations in Missouri across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% 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 Biostl, at $43M.
The science organization drawing the most is Washington University, at $53M.

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.

1Biostl$43M 2University of Pittsburgh$26M 3St Louis Community Foundation Inc$26M 4Washington University$14M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 6St Louis Life Sciences Project$6M 7Moshiri Family Foundation$6M 8Missouri Technology Corporation$5M 9Emory University$5M 10Global Peace Alliance Inc$4M

Science organizations in Missouri that draw the most

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

Washington University$53M Biostl$50M Biogenerator$44M Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$16M St Louis Science Center Foundation$10M

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 Biostl, University of Pittsburgh, St Louis Community Foundation Inc. 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
40% 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 Biostl, University of Pittsburgh, St Louis Community Foundation Inc. 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?: Biostl gives the most to science organizations in Missouri, $43M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Missouri?: $200M reached 51 science organizations in Missouri, from 192 funders. 60% 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.