Funding search · EIN 376448116 · St Louis, MO

Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable

Name: Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

213
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “coca” · $145,000

$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Coca4 grants · $145,000
St Louis Ballet3 grants · $85,000
Dance St Louis4 grants · $80,000
New Jewish Theatre2 grants · $61,000
Stages St Louis3 grants · $60,000
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation3 grants · $46,500
Cinema St Louis3 grants · $35,000
Nine Network2 grants · $35,000
Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital3 grants · $30,000
Tennessee Williams Festival3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$171,700

2022

$290,300

2023

$266,700

2024

$399,750

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$40,000
St Louis Ballet · Chesterfield, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$40,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$31,000
New Jewish Theatre · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$30,000
Dance St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$30,000
New Jewish Theatre · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$27,500
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Dance St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Nine Pbs · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$25,000
St Louis Ballet · Chesterfield, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$25,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Stages St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Nine Network · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$20,000
St Louis Ballet · Chesterfield, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$20,000
Stages St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$15,750
French American Cultural Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Cabaret Project of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Stages St Louis · Chesterfield, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Tennessee Williams Festival · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Cinema St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Dance St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$13,500
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$12,500
Animal House · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Cinema St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
St Louis Symphony Orchestra · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Tennessee Williams Festival · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Cinema St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Dance St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
St Louis Symphony Orchestra · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Nine Network · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,500
Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry · House Springs, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,500
Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Animal Protective Association · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Chamber Music Society Stl · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Gateway Center for Performing Arts · Webster Groves, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Gateway Pet Guardians · East St Louis, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Humane Society of Mo · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry · House Springs, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Door Animal Sanctuary · House Springs, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Opera Theatre - St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Operation Spot · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Pound Pets · Granite City, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis Art Museum Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis Feral Cat Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Stray Dog Theatre · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Stray Rescue · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
The Goode Life Rescue · Desoto, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
The J Stl Jewish Community Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Winter Opera · Creve Coeur, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Animal Protective Association · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry · House Springs, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Door Animal Sanctuary · House Springs, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Opera Theatre - St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Pound Pals Cat Aid Fund · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
River City Journalism Fund · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis Art Museum Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Animal Protection Association · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Cabaret Project of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Circus Harmony · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Community Music School -Webster University · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Food Outreach · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Goode Life Pet Rescue · Herrculaneum, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Humane Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Jefferson County Pet Food Pantry · House Springs, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Missouri Historical Society · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Naral Pro Choice Missouri Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Door Animal Sanctuary · House Springs, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Opera Theatre - St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Pound Pals Cat Aid Fund · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis Art Museum Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Tennessee Williams Festival · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Animal Protection Association · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Circus Harmony · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Goode Life Pet Rescue · Herrculaneum, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
St Louis Art Museum Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3,500
Humane Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Circus Harmony · Florissant, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Classic 1073 · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Full Circle Mo Feral · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Memory Care Home Solutions · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Salvation Army · Des Plaines, IL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Washington University in Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Gateway Pet Guardians · East St Louis, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Operation Food Search · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Washington University in Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Wildlife Rescue · Ballwin, MO · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Bi-State Pet Food Pantry · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Chamber Music Society of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Clowder House · St Louis, MO · 2023
General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.