Funding search · EIN 431820447 · St Louis, MO

Blues for Kids

Name: Blues for Kids grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

50
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $14,394
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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.

Top recipients

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

United Way of Greater St Louis2 grants · $322,720
St Louis Blues Alumni1 grant · $271,733
Friends of Kids With Cancer2 grants · $100,000
Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation2 grants · $64,900
Siteman Cancer Center2 grants · $50,389
Ronald McDonald House1 grant · $50,000
Best Buddies Missouri1 grant · $50,000
Navigate Stl Schools1 grant · $50,000
Chads Coalition for Mental Health1 grant · $47,500
Girls On the Run of St Louis2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$946,331

2022

$163,625

2023

$409,693

2024

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$271,733
St Louis Blues Alumni · 2022
General support
$180,527
United Way of Greater St Louis · 2022
General support
$142,193
United Way of Greater St Louis · 2024
General support
$50,000
Best Buddies Missouri · 2024
General support
$50,000
Friends of Kids With Cancer · 2024
General support
$50,000
Navigate Stl Schools · 2024
General support
$50,000
Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation · 2024
General support
$50,000
Friends of Kids With Cancer · 2022
General support
$50,000
Ronald McDonald House · 2022
General support
$47,500
Chads Coalition for Mental Health · 2024
General support
$43,762
Siteman Cancer Center · 2022
General support
$33,670
Duo Dogs · 2022
General support
$30,000
Lift for Life Academy · 2022
General support
$29,789
Rick Rush Art Alliance · 2022
General support
$25,000
St Louis Public Schools Foundation · 2023
General support
$24,735
Duo Dogs · 2023
General support
$20,000
Girls On the Run of St Louis · 2024
General support
$20,000
Girls On the Run of St Louis · 2022
General support
$18,925
Blues Warrior Hockey · 2022
General support
$18,925
Folds of Honor · 2022
General support
$18,925
Heroes Care · 2022
General support
$15,000
Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation · 2022
General support
$14,917
The Little Bit Foundation · 2023
General support
$14,900
Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation · 2022
General support
$14,809
Lydia'S House · 2022
General support
$13,980
Levy at Enterprise Center · 2022
General support
$13,165
Maryville University (Kids Rock Cancer Program) · 2023
General support
$12,640
Als Association · 2022
General support
$12,500
Gateway Arch Park Foundation · 2023
General support
$12,500
Operation Shower · 2023
General support
$12,500
Gateway Arch Park Foundation · 2022
General support
$11,020
Pride St Louis · 2022
General support
$11,020
You Can Play · 2022
General support
$10,900
Missouri Hockey Youth Division · 2022
General support
$10,480
Missouri Amateur Ice Hockey Association · 2023
General support
$10,000
Cardinal Ritter College Prep · 2023
General support
$9,974
St Louis Guns N Hoses Boxing Association · 2022
General support
$9,309
Little Bit Foundation · 2022
General support
$9,000
Earthdance Organic Farm School · 2022
General support
$8,523
Care and Counseling · 2022
General support
$8,000
Provident · 2023
General support
$7,500
St Louis Police Foundation · 2023
General support
$7,500
St Louis Police Foundation · 2022
General support
$7,500
St Louis Public Schools Foundation · 2022
General support
$6,627
Siteman Cancer Center · 2023
General support
$6,500
Lifebridge Partnership · 2023
General support
$6,201
Stray Rescue of St Louis · 2023
General support
$6,000
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri · 2022
General support
$5,500
Havenhouse St Louis · 2023
General support
$5,500
Havenhouse St Louis · 2022
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.