Funding search · EIN 431944616 · St Louis, MO

The John and Alison Ferring

Name: The John and Alison Ferring grants, 2022–2024
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.

88
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,085
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.

Urban Sprouts1 grant · $425,380
Arch City Defenders2 grants · $300,000
St Louis Shakespeare Festival2 grants · $146,333
We Power2 grants · $105,000
Flance Early Learning Center3 grants · $86,911
Fine Arts Work Center3 grants · $78,850
Cape Cod Modern House Trust1 grant · $50,000
Via Fund2 grants · $50,000
Launch Code3 grants · $47,000
Kids Win Mo1 grant · $45,000

Giving over time

$561,328

2022

$826,366

2023

$479,123

2024

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$425,380
Urban Sprouts · University City, MO · 2023
General fund
$150,000
Arch City Defenders · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$150,000
Arch City Defenders · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$100,000
We Power · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$88,333
St Louis Shakespeare Festival · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$58,000
St Louis Shakespeare Festival · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Flance Early Learning Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Cape Cod Modern House Trust · South Wellfleet, MA · 2023
General fund
$45,000
Kids Win Mo · Merriam, KS · 2022
General fund
$40,500
Shakespear Festival · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$38,850
Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2022
General fund
$27,500
Med & Food for Kids · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Jazz Stl · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Via Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Dream Builders · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Launch Code · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$25,000
St Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Via Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Via Art Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Lift for Life Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Casa St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Contemporary Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$19,760
St Louis Public Library · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$18,548
Flance Early Learning Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$18,363
Flance Early Learning Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$16,400
Launch Code · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Fine Arts Work Center · Provincetown, MA · 2023
General fund
$15,000
Jazz St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$12,500
St Louis Public Library · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$12,500
Kids Win Missouri · Ballwin, MO · 2023
General fund
$11,000
Castle Hill · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Contemporary Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Feed My People · Lemay Township, MO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Rosati Kain Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Kipp Stl · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Medfood Kids · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$10,000
St Louis Dance Theater · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$8,500
Laumeier Sculpture Park · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Coca · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,600
Launch Code · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,170
Gateway Arch Park Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Casa St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Grand Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Saint Louis Art Museum · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Saint Louis Dance Theatre · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
St Louis Symphony Orchestra · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
We Power · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Building Futures · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Mass Audubon · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Pianos for People · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
St Louis Symphony Orchestra · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
The Collective Thread · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Visionary Awards · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Building Futures · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Kipp St Louis Public Schools · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Prnr Production · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$5,000
San Diego Epilepsy · San Diego, CA · 2022
General fund
$3,500
Project Make It · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$3,500
School of American Ballet · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$3,000
American Jewish Committee · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,850
Opera Theater of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$2,500
First Tee of the Coachella Valley · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Pedal the Cause · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Visionary Awards · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$2,500
1st Tee Palm Springs · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters Eastern Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Cancer Support Center · Des Peres, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Fathers and Families Support Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,500
First Tee of the Coachella Valley · Palm Desert, CA · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Pedal the Cause · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Cancer Support Center · Des Peres, MO · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Marfan Fan · Port Washington, NY · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Project Make It · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$1,500
Prison Performing Arts · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$1,223
Shakespeare Festival St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$1,200
Saint Louis Community Foundation · Clayton, MO · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Med & Food for Kids · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2022
General fund
$600
Mildred Thimes Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$600
Opera Theatre · St Louis, MO · 2024
General fund
$500
University City Children'S Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
General fund
$250
Cdp · New York, NY · 2022
General fund
$190
Pcs for People · St Paul, MN · 2023
General fund

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