Missouri · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF KWMU INC
FRIENDS OF KWMU INC (Missouri) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,483,235 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($782,670). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $632k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $540k
What Friends of Kwmu Inc does
Mission
Programmatic support of public radio stations kwmu-fm, wqub-fm and kmst-fm dba st louis public radio which is a unit of the university of missouri st louis. The mission of st louis public radio is to inform and provide a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas and cultures for a more inspired and engaged public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support of public radio stations kwmu fm, wqub fm and kmst fm dba st louis public radio which is a unit of the university of missouri st louis. The metro population of st louis is 2.2 million, quincy il 39,000 and rolla/lebanon mo, over 29,000. The station's public media service is available to all citizens of this region at no charge through broadcast, digital and on-demand delivery. Friends of kwmu, inc transfer gifts to st louis public radio, inc. Upon approval by the board.
The organization solely supports st louis public radio (kwmu, kmst, wqub), a unit of the university of missouri. The board of directors, (1) approves the amounts and timing of fund transfers to st louis public radio and (2) reviews the budgets, interim and audited financial statements of st louis public radio.
$101,927 spentof which $100,000 as grants100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,927.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $38k to $540k (+1325%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of FRIENDS OF KWMU INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $120k → $395k.
15 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF KWMU INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF KWMU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF KWMU INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 52% · 2019 67% · 2020 41% · 2021 30% · 2022 24% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
58% of FRIENDS OF KWMU INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of FRIENDS OF KWMU INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $335k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF KWMU INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF KWMU INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KWMU INC?
- FRIENDS OF KWMU INC (Missouri) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,483,235 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($782,670). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF KWMU INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,483,235 in grants to FRIENDS OF KWMU INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF KWMU INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $782,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF KWMU INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing