Funding search · EIN 472082281 · Saint Louis, MO

Strive Fund

Name: Strive Fund grants, 2021–2024
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.

41
grants reported: $960,833
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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

Contemporary Art Museum St Louis5 grants · $200,000
Coca2 grants · $100,000
The Wilson School4 grants · $95,000
Counterpublic1 grant · $83,333
Shakespeare Festival St Louis3 grants · $75,000
Whitfield School3 grants · $70,000
The Big Muddy Dance Company2 grants · $55,000
Brace for Impact 462 grants · $55,000
Grinnell College2 grants · $45,000
John Burroughs School - Headmaster'S Discretionary Fund3 grants · $37,500

Giving over time

$230,000

2021

$270,000

2022

$222,500

2023

$238,333

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$83,333
Counterpublic · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$45,000
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$35,000
The Wilson School · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$35,000
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$35,000
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$30,000
Whitfield School · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Whitfield School · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$30,000
The Big Muddy Dance Company · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$30,000
Brace for Impact 46 · Lake Saint Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$25,000
St Louis Dance Theatre · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
Shakespeare Festival St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
The Big Muddy Dance Company · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$25,000
30 for the Kids · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$25,000
Brace for Impact 46 · Lake Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$25,000
Shakespeare Festival St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$25,000
The Wilson School · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$25,000
Shakespeare Festival St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$25,000
The Wilson School · Saint Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$20,000
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2022
General operating funds
$15,000
Saint Louis Art Museum · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Coca · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$15,000
St Louis Art Museum · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$15,000
John Burroughs School - Headmaster'S Discretionary Fund · St Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$15,000
John Burroughs School - Headmaster'S Discretionary Fund · St Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$10,000
Arch City Defenders · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
The Wilson School · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
4theville · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$10,000
Whitfield School · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$7,500
John Burroughs School - Headmaster'S Discretionary Fund · St Louis, MO · 2023
General operating funds
$5,000
National Eating Disorders Association · White Plains, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
The Ehlers-Danlos Society · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
City Academy · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$5,000
Missouri Appleseed · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operating funds
$5,000
Friends of Manual High School · Denver, CO · 2021
General operating funds
$5,000
Niche Employee Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds
$5,000
St Louis Symphony · Saint Louis, MO · 2021
General operating funds

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