Funding search · EIN 431758789 · St Louis, MO

St Louis Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,186
grants reported
$212.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Where the money goes

  • Capital campaigns for St. Louis cultural and hospital institutions
  • Catholic and independent K-12 schools, tuition, endowment, scholarships
  • Biomedical research at Washington University and Saint Louis University
  • Economic mobility, workforce, and neighborhood investment in St. Louis
  • Higher education endowments and named scholarship funds nationally
  • Parkinson's disease programs: research, exercise classes, community outreach

Typical grant

Median grant is $20,000 with the middle half between $10,000 and $50,000, so most of the 2,186 grants are modest annual gifts. The seven-figure checks go almost entirely to multi-year capital campaign pledges (Davis & Elkins, Hollins, the Muny, the Zoo, Ronald McDonald House) or to a single named research institute at Washington University. Giving repeats heavily year over year, often described as annual distributions or installments against commitments dated years earlier.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • GENERAL SUPPORT
  • PAYMENT AGAINST THE JSM CHARITABLE TRUST COMMITMENT DATED
  • CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
  • ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION FOR UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT
  • ALL BENEFITS ARE DECLINED TO ENSURE THIS GRANT IS ENTIRELY CHARITABLE

Positioning adjacent work

  • Parkinson's disease is a live theme: BioSTL, SLU rehabilitation, APDA, Paraquad all funded in 2024.
  • Ask $25,000 to $50,000 for a first request; reserve six figures for named capital or endowment components.
  • Tie research to St. Louis benefit, as WWF did with invasive carp and BioSTL with workforce.
  • Name a fund, chair, or lecture series; donors here clearly respond to naming and honorific framing.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation running donor-advised funds, so most grants reflect individual donor choices rather than a central program, and the biggest dollars trace to a few named vehicles like the JSM Charitable Trust. Missouri recipients take 1,327 of 2,186 grants; out-of-state gifts are usually a donor's alma mater or personal cause, not a strategic priority.

23 grants matching “please · $1.2M

  • $212,500

    Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, annual support for 2024, 2024 annual campaign. Please attribute to account #10000857

  • $107,205

    American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Please designate this gift to the aclu of missouri foundation, for work within our state only., annual distribution for general support, general support

  • $78,832

    St Louis Public Schools Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Investing in post secondary awareness, access, and activation for 6th-12th grade students, general support - list anonymous in public materials, thank you for the invitation to the spring celebration event on april 17th read all
  • $54,000

    Alzheimer'S Association Hq · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Dian project. Please use these funds, committed at annually over 3 years, to leverage additional funding through a matching program., general support, annual donation, credited to edward jones campaign

  • $47,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Annual gift, in honor of bill hilburn, for princeton alumnicorps in memory of stephen m. Boyd. Please notify his widow, susan boyd, of this grant: 4400 cathedral ave. Nw, washington dc 20016

  • $25,530

    University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024

    Annual distribution restricted for support of the school of social work, please allocate as follows:: tsf/athletics - izzou alumni association/tradition funds - engineering school (lalumandier endowment) - journalism sc read all
  • $19,100

    Home Sweet Home · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, we are so sorry to hear of the theft of the catalytic converters from two of hsh's vehicles. Please accept this unrestricted gift of and our best wishes for getting the vans back on the road again soon! read all
  • $12,000

    Vitendo 4 Africa · Hazelwood, MO · 2024

    V4a capacity building program, please direct this donation to support youth soccer programs provided by vitendo 4 africa.

  • $11,500

    Great Rivers Environmental Law Center · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, to support your work in protecting environmental justice, with a focus on north st. Louis, in memory of p. Wayne goode and jane bell goode. Please notify their children, peter goode and jennie goode, of read all
  • $10,250

    Annie Malone Children & Family Service Center · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, general support in memory of earline madkins, please inform eric madkins of the donation (eric.madkins@regions.com)

  • $8,500

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Gateway Area Chapter) · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    Bike ms - gateway getaway 2024. Please attribute to the fundraising efforts of team hogan, godfrey il bikems fundraising sponsor, bike ms gateway getaway ride september 7-8, 2024. To "team watlow," team captain: kim dry read all
  • $7,250

    National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support, general support. Please take advantage of any match program, general support in celebration of the life of nancy gabianelli. Please send a notification of the gift to her daughter, nina gabianelli at 73 read all
  • $5,100

    Children'S Miracle Network of Greater St Louis · Manchester, MO · 2024

    General support from grimco for play yellow, for dance marathon at ladue high school. Teresa please give credit to eleanor keller, georgia bland, arden poger, and emily rosen

  • $296,000

    Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2023 annual campaign. Please attribute to account #10000857

  • $10,000

    St John Vianney High School · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Please apply to the "hunter guilfoy memorial scholarship" fund. Thank you.

  • $90,500

    Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Please accept this gift in honor of becky james-hatter as she retires after many impactful years of service to the st. Louis region. Becky, we wish you all the best in the next chapter!

  • $48,000

    Humane Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Put toward longmeadow please

  • $37,065

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Metro St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Please allocate to the red shoe event held by dan harbaugh at the st. Louis wine market on october 8, 2022

  • $30,000

    Physicians for Human Rights · New York City, NY · 2022

    This donation can be used as a matching grant, if masha thinks that would be useful. The match should be 2:1 or 3:1, whichever masha thinks will bring in the most money for phr. Please use the donation for aid in ukrain read all
  • $13,200

    Missouri Abortion Fund · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating funds to honor the work of erin king eisenberg and david eisenberg. Please notify them of the grant

  • $10,000

    American Liver Foundation - Mid-America Division · West Orange, NJ · 2022

    In memory of jessica wulf. Please send an acknowledgement of the gift to jane and tom wulf, 38 old belle monte road, chesterfield, mo 63017.

  • $10,000

    Partners in Health · Frederick, MD · 2022

    On behalf of native americans struggling with covid, rsv or flu especially with regard to the navajo nation. If the navajo nation is doing well, and not in need of this kind of help, please use the money toward vaccine read all
  • $6,500

    Second Chance Ranch Stl Foundation · High Ridge, MO · 2022

    In memory of beloved dog, bunker. He was a real sweetheart and will be missed! Please send an acknowledgement of the gift to richard and meg riney and boys, 9746 litzsinger road, ladue, missouri 63124.

Top recipients

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

  • Washington University in St Louis3 grants · $12.6M
  • Davis & Elkins College3 grants · $10.0M
  • Schwab Charitable Fund3 grants · $9.6M
  • Hollins University3 grants · $7.4M
  • Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis - Muny3 grants · $6.3M
  • St Louis Children'S Hospital Foundation3 grants · $5.8M
  • Donald Danforth Plant Science Center3 grants · $5.3M
  • Saint Louis Zoo Association3 grants · $4.9M
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center1 grant · $4.7M
  • Saint Louis Science Center Foundation2 grants · $4.5M

Giving over time

$82.0M
2022
$67.1M
2023
$63.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,186 grants.

  • $9.4M

    Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2023

    Hecker charitable foundation

  • $6.7M

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Support of the knight family dominantly inherited alzheimer network trials unit (dian-tu) fund

  • $5.1M

    Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · St Louis, MO · 2022

    2021 innovation fund contribution

  • $5.1M

    St Louis Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Helmkamp construction team for kidstruction on behalf of employee, austin reams

  • $4.7M

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York City, NY · 2022

    Final payment to the paula and rodger riney multiple myeloma research initiative fund at memorial sloan kettering cancer center

  • $4.5M

    Saint Louis Science Center Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023

    60 for 60 challenge match

  • $4.1M

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Health

  • $4.0M

    Davis & Elkins College · Elkins, WV · 2024

    Final payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated august 23, 2022, for the building the experience capital campaign

  • $3.9M

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    For accelerating discovery at the elizabeth h. And james s. Mcdonnell iii genome institute., to support the research of dr. Christopher a. Maher, eliot society support

  • $3.4M

    The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center · Austin, TX · 2022

    Funds are intended to support the adolescent and adult program at md anderson.this gift is in honor of abbie norris.

  • $3.0M

    Davis & Elkins College · Elkins, WV · 2023

    Building the experience capital campaign

  • $3.0M

    Davis & Elkins College · Elkins, WV · 2022

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated august 23,2022 for the building the experience capital campaign

  • $3.0M

    Saint Louis Zoo Association · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Annual support

  • $2.8M

    Charities Aid Foundation of America · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Support for the manoukian foundation

  • $2.5M

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2024

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated april 21, 2017

  • $2.5M

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2023

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated april 21, 2017

  • $2.5M

    Hollins University · Roanoke, VA · 2022

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated april 21, 2017.

  • $2.3M

    The Kings Foundation America · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Support for the development of the great hall, an addition to the dumfries house, general support of the king's foundation

  • $2.2M

    Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis - Muny · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated november 16, 2017, for the munys second century campaign, in support of the john legend concert held recently, general support. This grant represents the second read all
  • $2.1M

    Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis - Muny · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Muny partners guarantor

  • $2.0M

    Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis - Muny · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General support

  • $2.0M

    Biostl · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    General purposes, biostl-facilitated projects aimed at improving the diagnosis accuracy and treatment of parkinson's disease, catalyzing equitable career pathways and enhancing the workforce system to improve economic m read all
  • $2.0M

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    For the catholic student center and for the kemper art museum

  • $2.0M

    Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York, NY · 2024

    General purposes, general support

  • $1.8M

    University of Arkansas Medical Science Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022

    Second gift to the riney family multiple myeloma research program fund at the myeloma center of university of arkansas for medical sciences

  • $1.7M

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2022

    President's circle

  • $1.7M

    Ohio State University Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $1.6M

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Metro St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2023 capital campaign

  • $1.5M

    Saint Louis Zoo Association · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated june 6, 2023, for the zoos better wild, better world campaign, general support, 2024 contribution to the st louis zoo north park capital campaign

  • $1.5M

    Biostl · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Employment/training

  • $1.4M

    Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Capital campaign for the new head & neck tumor center. - the koenig family head & neck cancer fund, to the direct campaign and as a donation to the illumination gala in support of the head & neck cancer fund, 2024 illum read all
  • $1.3M

    American Friends of Covent Garden · New York, NY · 2023

    General support of the royal ballet

  • $1.2M

    Cardinal Glennon Children'S Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2023 glennon live

  • $1.1M

    Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Capital campaign scholarship fund

  • $1.1M

    Missouri Historical Society · St Louis, MO · 2023

    $100,000 for the capital campaign and $4,000 annual support. The grant will be paid in 4 distributions of $26,000 in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. To be attributed as $25,000 annually for the capital campaign, and $1,000 a read all
  • $1.1M

    Saint Louis University High School · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Go forth campaign - to be applied to the john mahon scholarship

  • $1.1M

    Missouri Historical Society · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated may 27, 2020, payment 1 for educational endowment, general support

  • $1.1M

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Metro St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Final installment for construction of new ronald mcdonald house under the let's make room campaign, general support, fourth of five distributions for capital campaign for new home

  • $1.1M

    Concordance · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Human services

  • $1.0M

    Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Transformative workforce academy

  • $1.0M

    Cor Jesu Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, fund in need

  • $1.0M

    Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York, NY · 2023

    General purposes

  • $1.0M

    National Air and Space Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated september 25, 2019 for the "destination moon" gallery

  • $1.0M

    Armenian General Benevolent Union · New York City, NY · 2022

    General purposes, no restriction

  • $1.0M

    Charities Aid Foundation of America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    To support the the manoukian charitable foundation

  • $927,920

    Saint Louis University High School · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Cashbah event sponsorship

  • $916,620

    Saint Louis University High School · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Go forth campaign w/ specific designation for chapel renovation, alan carruthers scholarship, fund in need

  • $877,551

    United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Credit to the bayer united way campaign from james p. Tobin, a monsanto retiree, and his wife, virginia e. Heagney

  • $770,970

    United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Designated support for organizations as detailed on the attached spreadsheet., for the 100 neediest cases 2024 fund drive. All benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable., 2024 alexis de tocquevil read all
  • $767,405

    Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023

    Daf account a2000040

  • $750,000

    Gateway Global American Youth and Business Alliance Academies · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Capital campaign

  • $722,000

    Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Endowment, general support showing as from alice and jess yawitz only. No fund name, general support

  • $720,625

    United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    $15,000 general support

  • $700,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church and School · St Charles, MO · 2022

    Educational purposes in support of the immanuel lutheran school

  • $681,000

    Cor Jesu Academy · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Building fund

  • $669,153

    Neighborhood Solidarity Fund Dba Invest Stl · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, cultivating a neighborhood storytelling practice, balance of grant to dutchtown south community corporation transfered to invest stl to handle directly

  • $660,000

    American Friends of Covent Garden · New York City, NY · 2022

    General support of the royal opera house

  • $652,260

    American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024

    Fbo the samuels family fund at the american endowment foundation, samuels family fund at american endowment foundation

  • $650,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023

    $50,000 to the bongiovanni / stellakis scholarship commitment$50,000 unrestricted donation to the university

  • $635,000

    American Friends of Covent Garden · New York, NY · 2024

    General support of the royal ballet

  • $632,500

    Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Stokes family fund for supportive care (fund #b1574-40) in honor of dr. Patrick white's excellent care for ken steinback

  • $625,000

    Fiftieth Anniversary Scholarship Fund · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General support to be paid in five annual installments of $125,000 in mid-september of 2022 through 2026.

  • $600,000

    Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    The stokes family endowed scholarship fund, pops on the heights: the barbara and jim cleary scholarship gala. All benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable.

  • $600,000

    Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    Pops on the heights: the barbara and jim cleary scholarship gala

  • $600,000

    Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022

    The stokes family endowed scholarship fund

  • $582,500

    Boys Hope Girls Hope Network Headquarters · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Bhgh - capital campaign () and annual giving ()., capital campaign, general support

  • $559,750

    St Louis Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Establishment and endowment of the gary a. Silverman md, phd chair in pediatrics, general support, general support. We had intended this grant be sent in december 2023 but noticed it did not go through. So, we are makin read all
  • $552,500

    The Opportunity Trust · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General support

  • $550,000

    University of California Irvine Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022

    Dr. Ling gao and her merkel cell research (fund 2115)

  • $545,000

    Westminster College · Fulton, MO · 2024

    Donation for college endowment fund, general support, westminster fund

  • $544,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Otto grahm society

  • $541,454

    The Opportunity Trust · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General support

  • $535,822

    Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation-Soar · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Environment

  • $500,000

    Justine Petersen Housing & Reinvestment Corp · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Drive, jps auto refinance program, drive, jp's auto refinance program

  • $500,000

    The Opportunity Trust · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support

  • $500,000

    West Chester University Foundation · West Chester, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $481,250

    City Academy · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Education

  • $455,000

    Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    Exhibition support. This grant represents an additional five year commitment to a grant already in place whose final payment will be 9/1/2025. The first payment of this grant will occur on or about 9/1/2026, education i read all
  • $445,001

    Greater St Louis Inc Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Community building

  • $425,000

    Biostl · St Louis, MO · 2023

    1st quarter 2023 installment

  • $409,500

    Arch Grants · St Louis, MO · 2024

    2024 anchor grant, nexus contribution - no attendance or taxable benefits received, fund a need

  • $407,250

    Fiduciary Charitable Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Funding daf account # 03300900

  • $393,500

    Arch Grants · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Annual support (continues a fulfilled multi-year grant)

  • $390,000

    Arch Grants · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2022 board contribution

  • $369,150

    Saint Louis Zoo Association · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General support in memory of lee r. Wallace

  • $368,180

    Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Community building

  • $360,000

    Cid - Central Institute for the Deaf · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Scholarships fundraising efforts associated with the 2023 casino & cocktails event. The grant is not for the cost associated with attendance at the event or purchase of an auction item

  • $351,643

    City Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, general support., general support from grimco

  • $342,661

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Grant to leslie and charles nicolais family foundation, account 1237154

  • $340,000

    New City Fellowship · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Rwanda school, -rwanda, -congo, -tfs, each for inside out, firm f., workday,health conn. And for umetilisha, togo school property purchase

  • $337,500

    City Academy · St Louis, MO · 2023

    25th birthday celebration

  • $337,200

    The Sheldon Arts Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Capital campaign - patron bar & hospitality, support for capital improvements/capital campaign, general support

  • $330,000

    Greater St Louis Inc Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Annual grant

  • $324,965

    First Congregational Church of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Capital campaign, general support. Check to be picked up, general support

  • $313,000

    Lifewise Stl · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Youth literacy and economic wellness, general support, lifewise stl operating support

  • $310,750

    Loyola Academy of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Endowment fund, general support, general support

  • $300,000

    Greater St Louis Inc Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General support, executive committee investor donation

  • $300,000

    Westminster College · Fulton, MO · 2023

    Donation

  • $300,000

    Silent Spring Institute · Newton, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $296,000

    Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2023 annual campaign. Please attribute to account #10000857

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