Missouri · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Missouri

Imperigo has identified 720 funders that made 8,675 grants totaling $723.9M to 877 human services organizations in Missouri, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Missouri

Total granted $723.9M
Funders 720
Grants 8,675
Organizations funded 877

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
269 grants to 63 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 20.6% of their giving
$66.5M
2. Area Resources for Community & Human Services
69 grants to 17 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 24.3% of their giving
$26.8M
3. Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund
120 grants to 24 organizations · largest $771K · through 2024 · 22.8% of their giving
$20.4M
4. Kansas City Hospice Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20.3M
5. The Baptist Home Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16.2M · through 2021 · 99.8% of their giving
$18.0M
6. St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources
50 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 48.1% of their giving
$17.2M
7. Veterans United Foundation
260 grants to 70 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2025 · 19.6% of their giving
$16.6M
8. Lutheran Senior Services Endowment Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.8M · through 2024 · 88.0% of their giving
$14.1M
9. Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging Inc
54 grants to 9 organizations · largest $513K · through 2024 · 30.7% of their giving
$10.9M
10. Missouri Children's Trust Fund
68 grants to 27 organizations · largest $928K · through 2024 · 28.7% of their giving
$10.6M
11. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
317 grants to 120 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 13.0% of their giving
$13.7M
12. Northeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging
52 grants to 9 organizations · largest $483K · through 2024 · 39.6% of their giving
$8.6M
13. Young at Heart Resources
54 grants to 9 organizations · largest $617K · through 2024 · 40.8% of their giving
$7.2M
14. St Andrews Charitable Foundation
23 grants to 5 organizations · largest $828K · through 2024 · 99.6% of their giving
$5.1M
15. United Way of Greater St Joseph
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $388K · through 2024 · 44.8% of their giving
$5.0M
16. Catholic Charities Foundation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 50.9% of their giving
$4.6M
17. Interserv Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.2M
18. Alliance for Life - Missouri Inc
67 grants to 18 organizations · largest $346K · through 2024 · 39.3% of their giving
$3.7M
19. Gabriel Project Kansas City C/O Kevin Cummings
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 99.1% of their giving
$3.5M
20. Jewish Federation of St Louis
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2020 · 10.4% of their giving
$6.0M
21. Cornerstones of Care Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $582K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.1M
22. Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.1M · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$9.2M
23. Youthbridge Community Foundation
87 grants to 33 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$5.1M
24. Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Legacy Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $912K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.6M
25. United Way of Central Missouri Inc
49 grants to 17 organizations · largest $194K · through 2023 · 18.8% of their giving
$2.5M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 15 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 human services 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 human services funding in Missouri, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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