Missouri · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Missouri

Imperigo has identified 176 funders that made 870 grants totaling $199.9M to 181 recreation & sports organizations in Missouri, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Missouri

Total granted $199.9M
Funders 176
Grants 870
Organizations funded 181

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Lift for Life Academy Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.9M
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association
19 grants to 5 organizations · largest $11.0M · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$51.7M
3. Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St Louis
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 24.9% of their giving
$2.9M
4. Kansas Farm Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2023 · 20.6% of their giving
$600K
5. United Way of Greater St Louis Inc
28 grants to 9 organizations · largest $863K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$3.9M
6. The American Royal Association Charitable Foundation Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$150K
7. Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $680K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$1.6M
8. Blues for Kids
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $167K · through 2020 · 8.2% of their giving
$274K
9. Missouri Children's Trust Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $747K · through 2022 · 2.3% of their giving
$849K
10. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
36 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.6M
11. Pi Beta Phi House Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$77K
12. The Signatry Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$3.0M
13. The Watson Youth Golf Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $57K · through 2023 · 10.5% of their giving
$112K
14. The American Legion Post 150
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$58K
15. Sportsman Association of Perry Co
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$31K
16. Catch-22 Foundation C/O Michael S Matheny Trustee
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021 · 10.5% of their giving
$50K
17. Midway USA Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $64K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$392K
18. Weatherby Foundation International Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$94K
19. Midwest Section Pga of America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$18K
20. Care Camps Foundation
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$182K
21. Little Guys Baseball Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 47.7% of their giving
$16K
22. St Francois County Board for the Developmentally Disabled
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 6.5% of their giving
$50K
23. Veterans United Foundation
12 grants to 9 organizations · largest $249K · through 2025
$511K
24. Women and Girls in Soccer
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$15K
25. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $191K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$212K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 12 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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Missouri, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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