Funding search · EIN 842708703 · Clayton, MO

David and Dorothy Kemper Family Foundation

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

96
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2020–2024
filing years
$7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202024. 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

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Top recipients

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  • Greater Horizons Daf3 grants · $897,154
  • Missouri Botanical Garden5 grants · $235,000
  • Washington University3 grants · $181,384
  • Americans for Oxford3 grants · $145,000
  • St Louis Art Museum Foundation5 grants · $145,000
  • John Burroughs School5 grants · $138,600
  • Princeton5 grants · $80,000
  • Harvard University2 grants · $65,000
  • Opera Theatre of Saint Louis4 grants · $50,000
  • Archdiocese of St Louis5 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$240,000
2020
$425,000
2021
$531,002
2022
$530,977
2023
$592,659
2024

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

  • $424,159

    Greater Horizons Daf · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $256,002

    Greater Horizons Daf · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $216,993

    Greater Horizons Daf · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $100,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2021

    For the professorship

  • $80,000

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Jack c. Taylor visitor

  • $75,100

    John Burroughs School · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $75,000

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2022

    Garden pond restoration at

  • $71,384

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    For the professorship

  • $62,500

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $55,000

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $55,000

    Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2020

    Used at the discretion of

  • $50,000

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2023

    Garden pond restoration at

  • $50,000

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $50,000

    St Louis Art Museum Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $27,500

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $25,000

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Jack c. Taylor visitor

  • $25,000

    St Louis Art Museum Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $25,000

    Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Jack c. Taylor visitor

  • $25,000

    St Louis Art Museum Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $25,000

    St Louis Art Museum Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $25,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $20,000

    Opera Theatre of Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Artistic director contract

  • $20,000

    Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $20,000

    John Burroughs School · Saint Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $20,000

    St Louis Art Museum Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $17,500

    John Burroughs School · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $15,000

    Opera Theatre of Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $13,500

    John Burroughs School · Saint Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $12,500

    John Burroughs School · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Opera Theatre of Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Artistic director contract

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

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

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021

    2021 annual appeal

  • $10,000

    Happy Lung Project · Austin, TX · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2021

    Used at the discretion of

  • $10,000

    St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Winchester Basketball Association · Winchester, MA · 2021

    The bob bigelow memorial

  • $10,000

    Yellowstone Forever · Bozeman, MT · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2020

    2020 annual appeal

  • $10,000

    Illinois Native Plant Society · Chicago, IL · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $10,000

    Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2020

    Covid research

  • $7,500

    Mildred Kemper Lane Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $7,500

    Nine Network of Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $7,500

    Mildred Kemper Lane Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $7,500

    Boy Scouts of America - St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $7,500

    Nine Network of Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $6,000

    Chandler School · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $6,000

    Chandler School · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Congregation Temple Israel · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Polytechnic School · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Used at the discretion of

  • $5,000

    St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

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

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Casa De Salud · St Louis, MO · 2023

    2023 virtual gala

  • $5,000

    Congregation Temple Israel · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Used at the discretion of

  • $5,000

    St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

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

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Casa De Salud · St Louis, MO · 2022

    2023 virtual gala

  • $5,000

    Kipp St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Mercantile Library at Umsl · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Mackey study room

  • $5,000

    Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Used at the discretion of

  • $5,000

    US Ski and Snowboard Foundation · Park City, UT · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Wellesley College · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Alliance College-Ready Public Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Catholic Student Center at Washington · Saint Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    Opera Theatre of Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    St Louis Mercantile Library at Umsl · Saint Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $5,000

    United Way · Alexandria, VA · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $4,000

    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $4,000

    Nine Pbs · St Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2024

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Forsyth School · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Nine Network of Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2023

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Nine Network of Public Media · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2022

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Congregation Temple Israel · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Kipp St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2021

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2020

    To be used at the

  • $2,500

    St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2020

    To be used at the

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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.