Foundations that fund organizations in St Louis, Missouri
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for St Louis nonprofits
2,050 private foundations gave $609M to St Louis organizations in their latest filings; 26 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
8,837 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to St Louis around $150K. 56 of these funders are based in Missouri; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 2,050
- Accept applications
- 26
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to St Louis
- $609M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 8,837
- Typical median grant
- $150K
- Based in MO
- 56%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to St Louis organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crawford Taylor Foundation | St Louis, MO | 34 | $31M | $50K | Preselected only | Annual fund - support |
| Alvin Goldfarb Foundation | St Louis, MO | 10 | $26M | $34K | Preselected only | Manage Network of 80 nonprofitsto provide services and fund…; Early ChildhoodEducators; Youth EducationCenter |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 11 | $23M | $1.2M | Yes | Pathways for tomorrow initiative; Nurturing children-worship & prayer; Capacity buildg-disaster relief orgs |
| James S McDonnell Foundation | St Louis, MO | 53 | $22M | $155K | Yes | In support of staffing, technology, initiative operations,…; Regional response team capacity building grant; St. louis anchor action network capacity building grant |
| Mac Five Foundation Inc | Lincoln, MA | 4 | $18M | $4.2M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Jsm Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 11 | $15M | $390K | Preselected only | General support |
| Taylor Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 15 | $13M | $10K | Preselected only | Annual fund - support |
| Berges Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 40 | $13M | $100K | Yes | General support |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 20 | $12M | $370K | Yes | Gates agricultural innovations, llc: agricultural developme…; Agricultural development; Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health |
| Bayer Fund | St Louis, MO | 1 | $12M | $12M | Yes | Various |
| Boniface Foundation | St Louis, MO | 80 | $11M | $25K | Preselected only | Secondary education support for the underserved; Community well-being; Cultural competency 2023-2024 |
| Julius & Katheryn Hommer Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $11M | $11M | Preselected only | General operating |
| Edward Jones Foundation | St Louis, MO | 277 | $11M | $500 | Preselected only | Human services - multipurpose and other; Educational institutions and related activities; Arts, culture and humanities |
| Steward Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $9.6M | $9.6M | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the recipient organization… |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 19 | $9.3M | $50K | Preselected only | Holistic Legal Advocacy; Beyond Housing Affordable Rental Housing; Concordance Reentry Program National Expansion Jul 2025 - J… |
| World Wide Technology Foundation | St Louis, MO | 111 | $8.1M | $10K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the recipient organization |
| Community Impact Network | St Louis, MO | 29 | $7.4M | $35K | Preselected only | General operations; Screening and special ed programs at paq centers; Signs of suicide, family support, and social emotional well… |
| The Jane Goldberg Foundation | St Louis, MO | 2 | $7.2M | $3.6M | Preselected only | Endowment andtransfer of historicallysignificant home for p…; Household goodsnot needed inthe home |
| Michael & Quirsis Riney Family Fndn C/O Anders | St Louis, MO | 2 | $7.1M | $3.6M | Preselected only | Athletic facility; Primate canopy trail |
| The Bellwether Foundation | St Louis, MO | 30 | $6.5M | $5,500 | Preselected only | To serve as the confluence of historical perspectives to in…; To deliver exceptional health care to all children in need…; To enrich lives and build community through the arts. |
| William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee | Kansas City, MO | 37 | $6.3M | $43K | Yes | Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustee…; Alexis de tocqueville society; Fund contribution |
| The Bolick Foundation | Conover, NC | 3 | $5.7M | $200K | Preselected only | Discipleship; Seminary; Evangelism and discipleship |
| Michael and Noemi Neidorff Family Founda | Birmingham, AL | 7 | $5.4M | $600K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Everett D and Geneva V Sugarbaker | St Louis, MO | 1 | $5.3M | $5.3M | Preselected only | Establish new foundation |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | Support health intiatives |
| Laygend Foundation | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | General |
| Tua Gordon P Macsmith | Dallas, TX | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Pershing Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 78 | $5.0M | $30K | Yes | General purpose funds |
| Robert L McCarthy Charitable Trust | Lake St Louis, MO | 5 | $5.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Academic scholorship programs; Academic scholarship programs |
| Eric P & Evelyn E Newman Charitable Foundation Dtd 8/1/2013 | St Louis, MO | 11 | $4.9M | $250K | Preselected only | Annual contribution; Evelyn's house; Leap program |
| The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura Rand Orthwein Foundation Inc | St Louis, MO | 34 | $4.9M | $75K | Yes | General operating |
| The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation | St Louis, MO | 115 | $4.2M | $1,500 | Yes | General support |
| Ross Family Foundation | Clayton, MO | 49 | $4.1M | $15K | Yes | General purpose; St. louis golf classic; Annual catholic appeal |
| Rio Vista Foundation | St Louis, MO | 8 | $4.1M | $250K | Preselected only | Fund general operations to further the charitable purpose o…; St. louis kaplan feldman holocaust museum capital campaign; $50,000 to support the "intersessions" conference in the fa… |
| The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 11 | $3.9M | $250K | Preselected only | General support of organization programs; Playground safety improvements; Support of their Wellness Program |
| Lay Family Foundation a Corporation C/O Tod Moses Cpa | Warson Woods, MO | 16 | $3.8M | $150K | Preselected only | General support; Scholarship fund; Lay center for edu/arts endowment |
| Hill Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Na | St Louis, MO | 1 | $3.7M | $3.7M | Yes | See attachment 3 |
| Brown Dana Charitable Trust | Eagan, MN | 81 | $3.6M | $25K | Yes | General operating |
| Our Heart Foundation | Grand Blanc, MI | 1 | $3.5M | $3.5M | Preselected only | Charitable contribution to donoradvised fund at a public ch… |
| Carol a Stuhr Family Foundation | Harrison, MI | 1 | $3.4M | $3.4M | Preselected only | General Purpose |
| Centene Foundation | St Louis, MO | 26 | $3.3M | $10K | Preselected only | Host 41st anniversary dayla gala; Providing access to education and opportunities to at-risk…; Providie builidng infrastructure |
| Loyce & Annette Turner Foundation Inc | Valdosta, GA | 2 | $3.2M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Philanthropic |
| Hab Charitable Corporation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $3.2M | $3.2M | Preselected only | General purpose |
| Maccarthy Foundation | St Louis, MO | 8 | $3.2M | $15K | Preselected only | Annual fund - support |
| Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $3.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | To provide basic needs to individuals and families during t…; Supporting local startup companies in medicine and healthca…; Please see part xiv 3a for the purpose of the contributiont… |
| John D and Sally S Levy Charitable Foundation | Clayton, MO | 2 | $3.1M | $1.5M | Preselected only | General funding for the charitable organization |
| Sage Charitable Foundation C/O Jennifer Davis | St Louis, MO | 18 | $3.1M | $25K | Preselected only | Education; Arts; Environment |
| The Pindaros Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | To further donee's exempt purpose |
| Evergreen Hills Homes Charitable Foundation | Dittmer, MO | 2 | $2.8M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Care for the sick, needy and infirmed; Sustaining local churches and parishes for generations |
| Jefferson Foundation | Festus, MO | 70 | $2.8M | $25K | Preselected only | Program grant/treatment assistance; Program support in jefferson county; Alz cares: community alliances for resources, education and… |
| Interco Charitable Trust | St Louis, MO | 38 | $2.7M | $45K | Yes | Exempt purpose |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 4 | $2.7M | $548K | Preselected only | Identify and validate potential therapeutic targets to prev…; Restoration of normal glucagon secretory dynamics by direct…; Preclinical development to advance a t1d antigen-specific i… |
| The Shaughnessy Family Foundation C/O Joseph F Shaughnessy | St Louis, MO | 8 | $2.5M | $58K | Preselected only | General charitable purpose |
| Hermann Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 23 | $2.4M | $5,000 | Yes | General support; Event support: mac hermann trophy; Support of trophies for mls stadiums |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 13 | $2.2M | $133K | Yes | Matching gifts; 82187 implementing a community institutional review board t…; 82326 sustaining collaborative attention, strategy alignmen… |
| Spire Foundation | St Louis, MO | 5 | $2.2M | $150K | Yes | Public assistance program; Public assistance programs |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | 4 | $2.0M | $551K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Julian I & Hope R Edison Foundation Inc | St Louis, MO | 29 | $1.9M | $15K | Preselected only | General operating support; Support needy families; General operating support and print fund |
| Dennis M Jones Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 22 | $1.9M | $55K | Preselected only | General support |
| Souers Charitable Trust | Dallas, TX | 8 | $1.8M | $98K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Bursky Family Foundation | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $1.7M | $1.7M | Preselected only | General unrestricted support |
| Trott Family Philanthropies Inc | Chicago, IL | 3 | $1.6M | $300K | Preselected only | RootEd Scholarship; Stars College Network Program; Stars Pilot Virtual Counselor Program |
| Trio Foundation of St Louis | St Louis, MO | 73 | $1.6M | $25K | Yes | General operating support; Capital campaign; General operating fund |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 11 | $1.6M | $12K | Preselected only | 2024-2025 shenoy undergraduate research fellowship in neuro…; Lefschetz theorems for vector bundles and algebraic cycles; Thompson center clinical site for simons national autism co… |
| The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc | Cedar Rapids, IA | 15 | $1.6M | $85K | Preselected only | Bridging the gaps in educational opportunities; Workforce development and career readiness: preparing disad…; General operating grant |
| Chapman Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $1.5M | $20K | Preselected only | Support of animal management, research, conservation and ed…; Helps charities in the St. Louis region, especially those f…; Offer foundational classes and community impact programs th… |
| Tenacre Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 4 | $1.5M | $209K | Preselected only | Christian science philanthropic organizations; Christian science nursing facilities; Christian science programs |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Kansas City, MO | 8 | $1.5M | $100K | Yes | Support for organizational infrastructure investment and im…; Support for the implementation of business assessment crite…; Support for the hssu anheuser-busch school of business entr… |
| The Meinders Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | Operational support |
| Neil S Hirsch Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Henry a Jubel Foundation | St Louis, MO | 6 | $1.5M | $50K | Yes | In support of story time magic early literacy experience: o…; In support of plantlab student scientists; In support of primate care center |
| Robert J Trulaske Jr Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 16 | $1.5M | $50K | Preselected only | Collective Annual Grants; Collective annual grant; Discretionary grant |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 4 | $1.5M | $368K | Preselected only | to support Activate STL in ensuring the voices of parents,…; To support adoption of on-farm conservation practices that…; To support general operations. |
| Je and Le Mabee Foundation Inc | Midland, TX | 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Community outreach |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Capacity building support for veterans program |
| O'Loughlin Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $1.4M | $15K | Preselected only | College athletics; Fighting homelessness around the st. louis community; To support the transformative experiences of the st. louis… |
| Edward H Luehrmann Tr UW | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 5 | $1.3M | $125K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Aging Biology Foundation Inc | Waltham, MA | 1 | $1.3M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Grant to sponsor reseach project on aging of human blood ce… |
| Gateway Foundation | St Louis, MO | 6 | $1.2M | $73K | Preselected only | Maintenance of citygarden; Citygarden expansion; Funding of 3 artist awards, exhibition and administrative e… |
| Mr and Mrs Lyndon C Whitaker Charitable Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Yes | Charitable operations |
| The Brunner Foundation Co Larry Legrand | St Louis, MO | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Preselected only | To continue charitable donations |
| Jay Henges Charitable Trust | Earth City, MO | 13 | $1.2M | $25K | Preselected only | Religious, charitable, scientific, e |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 5 | $1.2M | $150K | Preselected only | To support a randomized controlled trial ("rct") to assess…; To assess the early impacts of recent legislative initiativ…; To explore the feasibility of studying causal effects of ac… |
| Wayne C Kaufmann Charitable Foundation | Bonita Springs, FL | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Please see part xiv 3a for the purpose of the contributiont… |
| Towle Family Foundation | Greenwood Village, CO | 4 | $1.1M | $55K | Preselected only | Highest operating priorities; Strategy study & operations; Endowment fund |
| Pott Foundation | Eagan, MN | 65 | $1.1M | $10K | Yes | General operating; Scholarship |
| Deer Creek Foundation | St Louis, MO | 3 | $1.1M | $100K | Yes | Support litigation against abuses in the american justice s…; To help pilot two literacy programs - letrs and beable - in…; To advance research, collaboration, and training on nonprof… |
| Milfeld Family Charitable Trust | Desoto, MO | 3 | $1.1M | $50K | Preselected only | Support for public television; Pediatric specialty care; Childrens medical needs |
| The Ballmann Family Private Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 16 | $1.1M | $75K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc | Moberly, MO | 12 | $1.1M | $3,750 | Yes | Donation; Annual donation; Stem goes red for girls |
| Jerry and Judy Kent Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 17 | $1.1M | $25K | Preselected only | For general charitable purposes of the organization |
| Hargrove Hudson Charitable Trust Xxxxx8005 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | General |
| The Sheppard Foundation | Darien, CT | 2 | $1.1M | $529K | Yes | Charitable |
| Jmg Foundation | St Louis, MO | 15 | $1.0M | $20K | Preselected only | Assist several charitable organizations in the saint louis…; Support of shelter; To help fund the restoration of forest park |
| Shaich Family Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Tom W Bennett Estate | Dallas, TX | 20 | $991K | $58K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| August a Busch III Charitable Trust | Chesterfield, MO | 20 | $988K | $20K | Yes | General; General; cardiac or hybrid suite; Shipley leadership fund, general projects |
| Richard Riney Family Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $979K | $979K | Preselected only | General support |
| Howard D Hebebrand Charitable Trust | Dallas, TX | 1 | $943K | $943K | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in St Louis, Missouri?
The Crawford Taylor Foundation, Alvin Goldfarb Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, James S McDonnell Foundation, Mac Five Foundation Inc and 95 others reported grants to St Louis organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in St Louis. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.