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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Missouri

Imperigo has identified 291 funders that made 1,512 grants totaling $182.0M to 219 community improvement organizations in Missouri, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Missouri

Total granted $182.0M
Funders 291
Grants 1,512
Organizations funded 219

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Hawthorn Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$23.0M
2. Area Resources for Community & Human Services
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$13.4M
3. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
73 grants to 27 organizations · largest $10.4M · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$19.4M
4. Missouri Technology Corporation
18 grants to 10 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$3.8M
5. Indiana Soybean Alliance Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $973K · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$3.6M
6. St Louis Public Development Corporation I
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
7. South Central Workforce Investment Board
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $508K · through 2021 · 32.4% of their giving
$1.3M
8. Kansas City Downtown Minority Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 19.0% of their giving
$1.0M
9. Missouri Community Action Network
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $234K · through 2023 · 13.9% of their giving
$1.3M
10. Friend of Youth the Foundation C/O Karl Tyminski Treasurer
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $207K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$580K
11. Association of Health Care Journalists Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $389K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$421K
12. Missouri Family Health Council Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $410K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$1.7M
13. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
47 grants to 17 organizations · largest $411K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$2.8M
14. Young at Heart Resources
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $224K · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$1.2M
15. Forest Park Southeast Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $317K · through 2024 · 81.3% of their giving
$317K
16. Masonry Institute of Missouri
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$276K
17. Missouri Children's Trust Fund
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $422K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$1.4M
18. United Way of the Ozarks Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$555K
19. Cancer Gala Board
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 47.1% of their giving
$204K
20. Downtown Now
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $183K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$183K
21. Seiu Missourikansas State Council
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 33.2% of their giving
$145K
22. United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
56 grants to 20 organizations · largest $152K · through 2024
$3.0M
23. Bjc Health System DBA Bjc Healthcare
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$735K
24. Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$862K
25. United Way of Southeast Missouri Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$201K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 10 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Missouri, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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