Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Missouri

These 135 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Missouri that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

135grantmaking charities
$6.4Bgranted between them
19,336funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Greater HorizonsKansas City$15,0003,279$1.9B
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationKansas City$20,0002,402$1.3B
St Louis Community Foundation IncSt Louis$20,0001,375$302.0M
Community Foundation of the Ozarks IncSpringfield$15,050970$66.3M
Veterans United FoundationColumbia$10,000708$56.0M
Midway USA Foundation IncColumbia$10,218623$30.9M
Washington UniversitySaint Louis$58,265544$328.1M
United Way of Greater St Louis IncSaint Louis$77,838501$210.6M
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis$11,126423$27.9M
United Way of Greater Kansas City IncKansas City$20,800419$56.1M
Health Forward FoundationKansas City$75,000356$101.5M
Truman Heartland Community FoundationIndependence$12,000314$23.0M
Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor FundSpringfield$15,000258$23.6M
Regional Cultural and Performing ArtsSt Louis$15,000247$16.2M
Youthbridge Community FoundationSaint Louis$20,400244$50.2M
Southeast Missouri Food Bank IncSikeston$39,718175$67.8M
Forvis Mazars FoundationSpringfield$10,000168$4.2M
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesKansas City$44,622154$41.6M
The Kansas City Royals FoundationKansas City$15,000149$6.6M
Ozarks Food Harvest IncSpringfield$68,498148$142.3M
Leonard & Beryl Buck FoundationSaint Louis$100,000144$133.4M
Jackson County Community Children'sKansas City$122,835142$79.2M
Roman Catholic Foundation of EasternSt Louis$15,000138$10.2M
Community Foundation of Central MoColumbia$19,200124$9.2M
Missouri Children's Trust FundJefferson City$67,155113$36.1M
Mhm Support ServicesChesterfield$15,000112$5.0M
The Children's Mercy HospitalKansas City$19,925112$16.3M
Entrepreneur Startup BusinessSt Louis$75,000108$8.6M
Oracle Health FoundationKansas City$11,545108$21.3M
National Council of the US Society ofMaryland Heights$13,292101$6.2M
The Community Foundation of Northwest MissouriincSaint Joseph$12,500100$10.5M
Delta Dental of MissouriSt Louis$25,00097$5.2M
Theater League IncKansas City$10,00097$14.4M
Bjc Health SystemSt Louis$12,50093$22.8M
Masonic Home of MissouriColumbia$9,00091$2.1M
Missouri Humanities CouncilKansas City$10,00091$2.1M
United Way of Central Missouri IncJefferson City$29,00091$7.7M
Government Employees Health Association IncLees Summit$10,00084$6.1M
Community Capital FundKansas City$10,00075$944K
Parents As Teachers National Center IncSt Louis$25,00074$2.1M
Area Resources for CommunitySt Louis$154,27173$73.3M
Lockton Cares IncKansas City$15,40072$1.9M
Regional Business CouncilSaint Louis$20,00069$4.6M
Metropolitan Arts Council ofKansas City$5,50067$1.3M
Ssm Health Care of Oklahoma IncSt Louis$20,00066$4.2M
Ascension SetonSt Louis$28,65566$59.2M
Great Jobs Kc IncKansas City$254,17266$89.3M
St John Medical Center IncSt Louis$80,00065$26.9M
Missouri Sports Hall of FameSpringfield$13,55964$2.7M
Extension FoundationKansas City$45,28763$12.6M
Restoring LifewaysKansas City$25,00062$3.7M
Generating Income for TomorrowKansas City$25,00060$1.7M
Missouri United Methodist FoundationColumbia$14,79058$3.4M
St John Health System IncSt Louis$10,00057$5.7M
The Opportunity TrustSt Louis$51,35057$15.6M
National Rural Health AssociationKansas City$14,65656$6.5M
Staenberg Family FoundationSaint Louis$18,00056$4.4M
Bjc Health System Group ReturnSt Louis$10,00056$9.5M
The Foundation for Barnes-JewishSt Louis$35,29953$217.5M
The Global Orphan Project IncKansas City$28,95153$4.8M
Boone Electric Community TrustColumbia$8,69351$746K
After the HarvestKansas City$11,83651$10.2M
Ssm Health Care of Wisconsin IncSt Louis$19,83550$3.0M
Northpoint Foundation IncKansas City$28,44149$2.5M
Blues for KidsSt Louis$13,57248$2.2M
Head for the Cure FoundationKansas City$15,00047$3.3M
Mobile Health Clinics AssociationSt Louis$12,50047$726K
St Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center IncSt Louis$34,75047$9.6M
School Smart Kc IncKansas City$52,50047$21.3M
The Greater St LouisSt Louis$10,00046$812K
Combat Veterans Motorcycle AssociationLiberty$10,00046$423K
Franklin County Area United Way IncWashington$20,50045$4.0M
Ascension Health AllianceSt Louis$50,00045$150.3M
St Louis Office for DevelopmentalSaint Louis$92,08244$23.4M
Perception Funding IncKansas City$26,71743$4.6M
The Research FoundationKansas City$25,00043$2.5M
Pi Beta Phi FoundationTown Country$10,00042$7.6M
Ssm Health Care CorporationSt Louis$10,00042$1.1M
Skaggs FoundationBranson$17,07740$6.1M
St Vincent Health IncSt Louis$20,00040$4.0M
St Louis Cardinals Community FundSt Louis$23,08240$3.2M
Caring Communities IncJefferson City$10,00040$2.3M
Esco Technologies FoundationSt Louis$10,00039$916K
Greater St Louis IncSt Louis$10,00039$1.8M
Mercy Health Springfield CommunitiesSpringfield$10,60039$1.3M
Missouri Association of Area Agencies on AgingJefferson City$33,97937$5.0M
Ssm Health Care St LouisSt Louis$25,00037$7.0M
Lake of the Ozarks Shootout IncLake Ozark$14,38736$2.0M
Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSaint Louis$145,03836$27.5M
Heart of Missouri United Way IncColumbia$67,00336$7.3M
Columbian Charities of Mo IncSt Louis$29,61435$2.9M
St Mary's Health IncSt Louis$15,00035$3.1M
Pkd FoundationKansas City$80,00035$7.0M
Heartland Regional Medical CenterSt Joseph$15,00035$4.6M
Alliance for Life - Missouri IncLees Summit$32,03435$7.8M
Downtown Kansas City Civic VenturesKansas City$35,00034$1.3M
Southeast Missouri Area Agency onCape Girardeau$196,73734$23.9M
Missouri Family Health Council IncJefferson City$247,20634$29.8M
Bright Futures FundKansas City$105,18833$10.3M
Disabled American VeteransKirksville$10,00032$809K
Saint Thomas West HospitalSt Louis$16,00032$17.7M
Seniorage Area Agency on AgingSpringfield$60,93131$7.0M
Donate Life FoundationSt Louis$95,15431$12.0M
Build-a-Bear Foundation IncSaint Louis$34,62030$5.2M
Mid America Assistance CoalitionKansas City$6,79230$20.3M
Missouri Technology CorporationSt Louis$200,00030$44.4M
The St Louis Men's Group Against CancerSt Louis$8,00030$957K
International Brotherhood ofKansas City$10,00030$1.1M
One ClassroomSt Louis$13,50029$959K
The Giving Branch FoundationColumbia$10,13929$688K
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation IncSt Louis$96,84328$16.7M
Young at Heart ResourcesCameron$92,53328$12.1M
AcruxkcKansas City$12,50027$1.3M
Mccarthy Holdings CharitableSt Louis$16,25027$1.3M
Missouri Baptist FoundationJefferson City$12,98626$695K
Freeman Health SystemJoplin$25,00026$6.7M
Missouri Universal Service FundJefferson City$17,26126$2.6M
Kansas City Soccer FoundationKansas City$12,25025$834K
Optimist International FoundationSt Louis$10,52825$712K
Mercy Hospitals East CommunitiesSt Louis$15,00025$9.9M
The Home Builders Charitable FoundationSt Louis$15,00025$907K
Webster Electric FoundationMarshfield$10,00025$403K
United Way of the Ozarks IncSpringfield$43,44725$4.2M
Ascension ProvidenceSt Louis$20,50025$2.8M
Missouri Organizing and VoterSt Louis$73,30025$3.6M
United Way of Southeast MissouriCape Girardeau$14,03224$1.5M
Missouri Incutech FoundationRolla$12,56824$1.1M
Ascension FoundationSt Louis$50,00024$3.8M
Northeast Missouri Area Agency onKirksville$139,92522$14.5M
Economic Development Corporation ofKansas City$10,00022$5.7M
Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education IncKansas City$39,99922$2.6M
Generate Health StlSaint Louis$16,25021$1.1M
Beta Sigma Phi Charitable FoundationKansas City$10,00021$380K
Metropolitan Energy Center IncKansas City$82,69921$6.6M
Ascension Providence HospitalSt Louis$20,00020$11.5M
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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