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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Missouri

Imperigo has identified 341 funders that made 3,700 grants totaling $390.8M to 446 arts & culture organizations in Missouri, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Missouri

Total granted $390.8M
Funders 341
Grants 3,700
Organizations funded 446

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Connect2Culture
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.9M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$17.3M
2. Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission
347 grants to 104 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 66.6% of their giving
$14.6M
3. The William Rockhill Nelson Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.0M
4. Elizabeth Bonner Charitable Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.5M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.9M
5. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
149 grants to 47 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$19.6M
6. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $796K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.4M
7. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
118 grants to 74 organizations · largest $6.3M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$29.8M
8. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
80 grants to 29 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$4.8M
9. Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City Missouri
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 21.6% of their giving
$1.5M
10. United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
61 grants to 25 organizations · largest $992K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$9.8M
11. The Kansas City Symphony Foundation 10026905
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $684K · through 2021 · 22.8% of their giving
$1.3M
12. Friends of Jazz St Louis
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $597K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
13. Theater League Inc
79 grants to 26 organizations · largest $124K · through 2025 · 9.1% of their giving
$2.2M
14. Kansas City Downtown Minority Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 19.0% of their giving
$1.0M
15. St Louis Community Foundation
100 grants to 40 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$2.4M
16. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
45 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2025
$23.2M
17. Coca Leverage Lender Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$636K
18. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
90 grants to 42 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$3.6M
19. The Irvin Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2025 · 33.3% of their giving
$383K
20. National Blues Museum Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $172K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$368K
21. National Society of Colonial Dames
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $218K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$288K
22. The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouriinc
24 grants to 10 organizations · largest $486K · through 2025 · 4.2% of their giving
$1.2M
23. The Kansas City Royals Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $242K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$598K
24. Center for Educational Media
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $210K · through 2020 · 87.5% of their giving
$210K
25. Missouri Humanities Council
22 grants to 20 organizations · largest $25K · through 2021 · 15.6% of their giving
$252K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Missouri, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Missouri. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Missouri, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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