Missouri · Nonprofit
MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION
MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,935 to it, the largest being FLORENCE HEIMAN CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST ($12,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Missouri Parks Association does
Mission
Educate the public. Promote the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of missouri state parks and historic sites.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational books, pamphlets, and materials are published and distributed to inform the membership & public about the missouri state park system resources. The association further promotes serving, renewing, retaining, and augmenting membership.
$97,105 spent$1,865 earned by the program42% of program spendingKansas city, st. Louis, joplin, and columbia urban efforts to expose underserved urban youths to missouri state parks and related scientific and cultural themes; the 'seniors to state parks outreach program' is a partnership between missouri state parks and Missouri Parks Association (mpa) that provides exclusive incentives and special opportunities designed for seniors and individuals with disabilities to explore and enjoy missouri's outdoors and its past; involvement with like-minded organizations to more effectively and efficiently reach the association's goals; support of an awards program for state park employees to recognize their exceptional service to the purposes of the organization; an annual meeting and other meetings and conferences to allow members to discuss areas of interest and educate themselves about current developments regarding the missouri state park system.
$121,859 spentof which $96,719 as grants$2,462 earned by the program52% of program spendingAn ongoing newsletter, website, and social media presence provides for the dissemination of information regarding current issues and highlights activities in our existing park system.
$14,702 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $233,666.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.8M to $1.5M (−14%).
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.
63% of MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $1k → $6k.
1 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $500 from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest L-A-D Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION’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
MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 69% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 47% · 2022 44% · 2023 29% — 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
57% of MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
94% of MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION?
- MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,935 to it, the largest being FLORENCE HEIMAN CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST ($12,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $39,935 in grants to MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION?
- FLORENCE HEIMAN CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSOURI PARKS ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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