Funding search · EIN 311584621 · Saint Louis, MO
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 87
- grants reported
- $20.6M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $143,392
- 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
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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.
- Leland Stanford Junior University3 grants · $2.7M
- University of California3 grants · $2.6M
- Arizona Board of Regents3 grants · $1.7M
- University of Kansas2 grants · $1.4M
- University of Rhode Island3 grants · $1.1M
- University of Illinois2 grants · $1.0M
- University of Minnesota3 grants · $969,076
- Washington State University3 grants · $898,548
- University of Ilinois1 grant · $649,854
- Chicago Horticultural Society3 grants · $646,579
Giving over time
Grant history
All 87 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.3M
University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Research
- $1.2M
Arizona Board of Regents · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Research
- $1.1M
Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Research
- $1.0M
University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Research
- $881,742
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Research
- $796,710
Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Research
- $771,475
Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Research
- $649,854
University of Ilinois · Champaign, IL · 2023
Research
- $527,628
University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2022
Research
- $521,581
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Research
- $511,743
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2023
Research
- $501,051
University of Kansas Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2022
Research
- $477,329
University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2024
Research
- $468,409
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Research
- $453,515
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
- $388,146
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Research
- $377,846
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2023
Research
- $363,364
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2024
Research
- $353,564
University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Research
- $339,011
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Research
- $325,589
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
- $312,137
Arizona Board of Regents · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Research
- $300,800
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Research
- $294,848
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
- $266,297
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2023
Research
- $265,431
Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Research
- $262,815
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
- $259,491
University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2022
Research
- $254,985
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2024
Research
- $241,670
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2023
Research
- $236,495
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $228,834
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2022
Research
- $225,526
The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2023
Research
- $223,299
The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2024
Research
- $213,642
Arizona Board of Regents · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Research
- $208,470
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Research
- $187,037
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2022
Research
- $178,661
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $176,550
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research
- $157,338
Washington State University · Pullman, WA · 2022
Research
- $150,845
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Research
- $149,924
Chicago Horticultural Society · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Research
- $147,480
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Research
- $143,392
The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2022
Research
- $141,141
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Research
- $132,931
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
Research
- $122,856
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $120,380
Biostl · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $119,304
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Research
- $99,861
Biostl · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
- $96,033
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $93,886
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Research
- $92,360
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Research
- $90,351
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2024
Research
- $88,243
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024
Research
- $86,681
Technology Entrepreneur Center Inc (Tec)T-Rex · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $79,518
Biostl · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $66,618
Technology Entrepreneur Center Inc (Tec)T-Rex · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $65,142
University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2023
Research
- $58,713
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2023
Research
- $52,811
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
Research
- $51,236
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation · East St Louis, IL · 2022
Research
- $51,208
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2024
Research
- $48,630
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
Research
- $46,936
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation · East St Louis, IL · 2023
Research
- $43,769
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Research
- $42,461
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
Research
- $39,319
Impossible Sensing · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $37,734
Technology Entrepreneur Center Inc (Tec)T-Rex · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
- $31,045
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Research
- $29,016
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation · East St Louis, IL · 2024
Research
- $28,270
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Research
- $27,588
University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
Research
- $27,500
Deep Grain Llc · St Louis, MO · 2024
Research
- $21,725
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2023
Research
- $21,537
Trustees of the Hamline University of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2023
Research
- $17,454
Widecast · Godfrey, IL · 2022
Research
- $16,168
Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2023
Research
- $14,826
Harris-Stowe State University · St Paul, MN · 2024
Research
- $14,130
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
Research
- $13,794
Harris-Stowe State University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $13,399
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022
Research
- $11,388
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Research
- $8,256
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Research
- $8,000
Deep Grain Llc · St Louis, MO · 2023
Research
- $7,959
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Research
- $6,951
Harris-Stowe State University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Research
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Same state
- Washington University1,357 grants · $384.9M
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation2,405 grants · $350.3M
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
- The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
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- Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B
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