Missouri · Nonprofit
MIRIAM FOUNDATION
MIRIAM FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,233,887 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,985,730). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Miriam Foundation does
Mission
Together we empower students with learning differences through our specialized educational approach by unlocking their potential and paving the way for lifelong success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Miriam School provides a personalized learning program integrated therapies and a nurturing community to ensure students with unique learning needs in Kindergarten through 12th Grade thrive both academically and socially. With a low student to teacher ratio and collaborative learning approach students find an environment full of possibilities. At Miriam learning is intentional collaborative and personalized designed to meet the unique social emotional physical and academic needs of each student. 159 Students were served in the 2024-25 school year.
$7,710,955 spentof which $2,082,465 as grants$6,039,350 earned by the program73% of program spendingMiriam Operates a Learning Center to provide specialized services for students ages 2-18 with learning differences. Services offered include IQ and psychological testing tutoring counseling in-school supports St. Louis Charter and Private Schools behavior support occupational music and speech therapy. Specialized Services are provided to over 1,200 children annually.
$2,775,487 spentof which $183,795 as grants$2,978,777 earned by the program26% of program spendingMiriam Summer Camp offers both full and half day camp sessions for children with learning differences. Camp sessions offered include occupational therapy social skills project-based learning academic tutoring and non-competitive sports. During the fiscal year 94 kids were served.
$147,957 spentof which $26,578 as grants$244,115 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,634,399.
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 2019 to 2020, from $22M to $31M (+45%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2022 14% · 2023 3% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of MIRIAM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Kristen Bowser
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 20 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $969k.
11 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 MIRIAM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 funders by total. 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
MIRIAM FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
49% 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 MIRIAM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 32% · 2019 26% · 2020 24% · 2021 33% · 2022 45% · 2023 24% — 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
56% of MIRIAM FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
76% of MIRIAM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MIRIAM FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MIRIAM FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIRIAM FOUNDATION?
- MIRIAM FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,233,887 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,985,730). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MIRIAM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $10,233,887 in grants to MIRIAM FOUNDATION, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIRIAM FOUNDATION?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,985,730 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIRIAM FOUNDATION 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.
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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 54 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing