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Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Central Methodist University: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2023Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → American Cancer Society Hope Lodge: $62K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Bethesda Health Group Foundation: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Desmet Scholarship Fund: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → Saint Louis Public Library: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Stray Rescue: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → Every Child's Hope: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Kirkwood Rotary: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Humane Society of Missouri: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → Alzheimer's Association: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Fontbonne University: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → Freidrich's Ataxia Research Alliance: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Humane Society of Missouri: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → St Louis Zoo: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → Champ Assistance Dogs: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Kirkwood Performing Arts Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Humane Society of Missouri: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Stages St Louis: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Repertory Theatre of St Louis: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → American Legion Post 156: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Stray Dog Theatre: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard A Baker Foundation → The Salvation Army: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Humane Society of Highlands County: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Central Institute for the Deaf: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Sunshine Ministries: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → St Louis Metropolitan Orchestra: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Rotary Foundation: $7K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Five Acres Animal Shelter: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Paraquad: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard A Baker Foundation → Elijah Moore Dreamers Fund Inc: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Eden's Army: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Down Syndrome Association: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → A Aging Advantage: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → Urban League of St Louis: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Mehlville Lion's Club: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Dogs for Our Brave: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Richard A Baker Foundation → American Legion Post 156: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Kirkwood Theatre Guild: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation → Coast Guard Foundation: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Richard A Baker Foundation → Rotary Club of Kirkwood: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024Richard A Baker Foundation → Cardinals Care: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Clowder House: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Kirkwood Police Officers Association: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2023Richard A Baker Foundation → Kirk Care Food Pantry: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Kirk Care Food Pantry: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Open Door Animal Sanctuary: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Claire's House: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Lindbergh Schools Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022Charlotte Boswell Health Foundation → Cardinals Care: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Equine Assisted Therapy: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Coast Guard Foundation: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation → Pedal the Cause: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022James and Janice Kreutz Foundation → Five Acres Animal Shelter: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2024Robert and Lyn Nicolay Foundation: $596K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert and Lyn Nicolay Founda…$596KCharlotte Boswell Health Foundation: $143K on this topic. Open the funder.Charlotte Boswell Health Foun…$143KThe Samuel and Justina Halley Charitable Foundation: $139K on this topic. Open the funder.The Samuel and Justina Halley…$139KRichard A Baker Foundation: $118K on this topic. Open the funder.Richard A Baker Foundation$118KJames and Janice Kreutz Foundation: $11K on this topic. Open the funder.James and Janice Kreutz Found…$11KCentral Methodist University: received $200K on this topicCentral Methodist University$200KStray Rescue: received $120K on this topicStray Rescue$120KHumane Society of Missouri: received $90K on this topicHumane Society of Missouri$90KFontbonne University: received $90K on this topicFontbonne University$90KAmerican Cancer Society Hope Lodge: received $62K on this topicAmerican Cancer Society Hope Lo…$62KKirkwood Performing Arts Center: received $50K on this topicKirkwood Performing Arts Center$50KEvery Child's Hope: received $45K on this topicEvery Child's Hope$45KBethesda Health Group Foundation: received $40K on this topicBethesda Health Group Foundation$40KStages St Louis: received $40K on this topicStages St Louis$40KFreidrich's Ataxia Research Alliance: received $25K on this topicFreidrich's Ataxia Research All…$25KKirkwood Rotary: received $22K on this topicKirkwood Rotary$22KDesmet Scholarship Fund: received $20K on this topicDesmet Scholarship Fund$20KRepertory Theatre of St Louis: received $18K on this topicRepertory Theatre of St Louis$18KAmerican Legion Post 156: received $16K on this topicAmerican Legion Post 156$16KSt Louis Zoo: received $15K on this topicSt Louis Zoo$15KStray Dog Theatre: received $10K on this topicStray Dog Theatre$10KThe Salvation Army: received $10K on this topicThe Salvation Army$10KHumane Society of Highlands County: received $10K on this topicHumane Society of Highlands Cou…$10KCentral Institute for the Deaf: received $10K on this topicCentral Institute for the Deaf$10KSunshine Ministries: received $10K on this topicSunshine Ministries$10KSt Louis Metropolitan Orchestra: received $10K on this topicSt Louis Metropolitan Orchestra$10KRotary Foundation: received $7K on this topicRotary Foundation$7KFive Acres Animal Shelter: received $7K on this topicFive Acres Animal Shelter$7KParaquad: received $6K on this topicParaquad$6KElijah Moore Dreamers Fund Inc: received $6K on this topicElijah Moore Dreamers Fund Inc$6KEden's Army: received $5K on this topicEden's Army$5KDown Syndrome Association: received $5K on this topicDown Syndrome Association$5KA Aging Advantage: received $5K on this topicA Aging Advantage$5KUrban League of St Louis: received $5K on this topicUrban League of St Louis$5KMehlville Lion's Club: received $5K on this topicMehlville Lion's Club$5KCoast Guard Foundation: received $5K on this topicCoast Guard Foundation$5KDogs for Our Brave: received $5K on this topicDogs for Our Brave$5KCardinals Care: received $4K on this topicCardinals Care$4KKirkwood Theatre Guild: received $4K on this topicKirkwood Theatre Guild$4KSaint Louis Public Library: received $3K on this topicSaint Louis Public Library$3KRotary Club of Kirkwood: received $3K on this topicRotary Club of Kirkwood$3KKirk Care Food Pantry: received $3K on this topicKirk Care Food Pantry$3KAlzheimer's Association: received $2K on this topicAlzheimer's Association$2KChamp Assistance Dogs: received $2K on this topicChamp Assistance Dogs$2KClowder House: received $2K on this topicClowder House$2KKirkwood Police Officers Association: received $2K on this topicKirkwood Police Officers Associ…$2KCardinal Glennon Children's Hospital: received $2K on this topicCardinal Glennon Children's Hos…$2KOpen Door Animal Sanctuary: received $1K on this topicOpen Door Animal Sanctuary$1KClaire's House: received $1K on this topicClaire's House$1KLindbergh Schools Foundation: received $1K on this topicLindbergh Schools Foundation$1KThe Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation: received $1K on this topicThe Cholangiocarcinoma Foundati…$1KEquine Assisted Therapy: received $1K on this topicEquine Assisted Therapy$1KPedal the Cause: received $1K on this topicPedal the Cause$1K
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