FundersMissouri

Innovative Technology Education Fund

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 43-1689900. Reported 73 grants totalling $1,669,723 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$22,181median grant
$1,669,723granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
8%of grantees funded again the next year
$13.6Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Innovative Technology Education Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $22,181. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $29,802; the smallest was $607 and the largest $70,515. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
10 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Normandy Schools CollaborativeSt Louis, MO$129,515222024
The School District of University CityUniversity City, MO$76,444332024
Maplewood Richmond Heights School DistrictMaplewood, MO$75,745222024
The Soulard SchoolSt Louis, MO$68,100112022
Webster Groves School DistrictWebster Groves, MO$67,303112023
Special School District of University CityUniversity City, MO$60,564112024
Fox High SchoolArnold, MO$57,286112022
Hazelwood East High SchoolSt Louis, MO$55,792222022
Lindbergh School DistrictSt Louis, MO$54,871112023
Sister Thea Bowman Catholic SchoolEast St Louis, IL$52,041222022
Gateway STEM High SchoolSt Louis, MO$51,000112022
Parkway School DistrictChesterfield, MO$42,463112023
Crossroads College PrepSt Louis, MO$39,121112023
Christ Community Lutheran SchoolKirkwood, MO$36,000112022
Ferguson Florissant School DistrictHazelwood, MO$35,030332024
Peine Ridge Elementary SchoolWentzville, MO$34,913112022
Saint Louis Priory SchoolSt Louis, MO$32,651112023
Hillsboro R-3 School DistrictHillsboro, MO$30,000112024
Lebanon Community School DistrictLebanon, MO$29,996112024
Gateway Mst Elementary SchoolSt Louis, MO$29,802112021
St Rose of Lima Catholic SchoolDesoto, MO$29,770112022
City Academy IncSt Louis, MO$29,700112023
Ferguson Middle SchoolFerguson, MO$29,200112022
Hancock Place School DistrictSt Louis, MO$28,909222024
Valley Park School DistrictValley Park, MO$28,908222024
Northwest R-1 School DistrictHouse Springs, MO$28,890112021
Bernard Long Elementary SchoolMadison, IL$28,200112022
Barrington Elementary SchoolFlorissant, MO$26,627112022
Holy Cross AcademyWebster Groves, MO$26,000112023
Lafayette Preparatory AcademySt Louis, MO$25,764112023
Walbridge Steam AcademySt Louis, MO$24,493112021
Sunrise R-9 School DistrictDesoto, MO$23,573112024
Saint Francis of Assisi SchoolSt Louis, MO$23,415112021
Froebel Literacy AcademySt Louis, MO$22,999112021
Brittany Woods Middle SchoolUniversity City, MO$22,460112021
Washon High SchoolSt Louis, MO$22,181112021
Connected LearningSt Louis, MO$20,250332024
Wedgwood Sixth Grade CenterFlorissant, MO$17,930112022
Affton School DistrictSt Louis, MO$17,851112023
Al-Salam Day SchoolManchester, MO$16,500112024
Hawthorn Leadership School for GirlsSt Louis, MO$15,235112023
Berkeley Intermediate SchoolBerkeley, MO$14,163112022
Saint Mark Catholic SchoolSt Louis, MO$13,333112021
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic SchoolDesoto, MO$12,380112023
Notre Dame High SchoolLemay, MO$10,416112022
National Ebs AssociationClermont, FL$10,000112021
NebsaClearmont, FL$7,500222024
Usgbc Mo Gateway ChapterSt Louis, MO$6,250222024
City Garden MontessoriSt Louis, MO$4,000112021
Our Lady of GuadalupeSt Louis, MO$4,000112021
Lebanon Community School DistrictLebanon, IL$3,861112021
North Side Community SchoolSt Louis, MO$3,800112021
Saint Louis Language Immersion SchoolSt Louis, MO$3,500112021
Tillman Elementary Krikwood SchoolsKirkwood, MO$3,500112021
Usgbc Missouri GatewaySt Louis, MO$2,500112021
Slps FoundationSt Louis, MO$999112021
Beasley Elementary MsdSt Louis, MO$722112021
Ets at Madison Saint Louis Public SchoolSt Louis, MO$700112021
Mehlville School DistrictSt Louis, MO$607112021

11 of 59 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 8%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 11 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
11 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202124$295,741$5,925
202216$478,472$27,413
202319$503,269$25,764
202414$392,241$20,036

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Missouri
$1.6M
Illinois
$84K
Florida
$18K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsSt Louis Community Foundation6 shared recipientsEmployees Community Fund5 shared recipientsThe Opportunity Trust4 shared recipientsJordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable4 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $22,181. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Innovative Technology Education Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 20 South Sarah, Saint Louis, MO, 63108. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 43-1689900 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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