Grants made by St Louis Community Foundation Incorporated
St Louis Community Foundation Incorporated (EIN 43-1758789) reported 839 grants totaling $63.9M in FY2024 on Schedule I of its IRS Form 990 — the 100 largest are listed below. See the full financial profile for revenue, ratings and leadership.
Grant recipients (FY2024) · $63.9M total
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Davis & Elkins College | Final payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated august 23, 2022, for the building the experience capital campaign | $4,000,000 |
| Washington University | For accelerating discovery at the elizabeth h. and james s. mcdonnell iii genome institute., to support the research of dr. christopher a. maher, eliot society support | $3,903,804 |
| Hollins University Corporation | Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated april 21, 2017 | $2,461,000 |
| The Kings Foundation America Inc | Support for the development of the great hall, an addition to the dumfries house, general support of the king's foundation | $2,300,000 |
| Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis | Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated november 16, 2017, for the munys second century campaign, in support of the john legend concert held recently, general support. this grant represents the second payment toward a three year commitment. the fund advisors would like your organization to use this commitment as a match to leverage additional funding if that would be helpful to you | $2,151,500 |
| Biostl | General purposes, biostl-facilitated projects aimed at improving the diagnosis accuracy and treatment of parkinson's disease, catalyzing equitable career pathways and enhancing the workforce system to improve economic mobility | $2,025,000 |
| Armenian General Benevolent Union | General purposes, general support | $2,000,000 |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Foundation | Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated june 6, 2023, for the zoos better wild, better world campaign, general support, 2024 contribution to the st louis zoo north park capital campaign | $1,529,654 |
| The Foundation For Barnes-jewish Hospital | Capital campaign for the new head & neck tumor center. - the koenig family head & neck cancer fund, to the direct campaign and as a donation to the illumination gala in support of the head & neck cancer fund, 2024 illumination gala; all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable. | $1,436,500 |
| Missouri Historical Society Jefferson Memorial Building | Payment against the jsm charitable trust commitment dated may 27, 2020, payment 1 for educational endowment, general support | $1,078,250 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of St Louis | Final installment for construction of new ronald mcdonald house under the let's make room campaign, general support, fourth of five distributions for capital campaign for new home | $1,054,750 |
| Cor Jesu Academy | General support, fund in need | $1,027,500 |
| St Louis University High School | Go forth campaign w/ specific designation for chapel renovation, alan carruthers scholarship, fund in need | $916,620 |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | Designated support for organizations as detailed on the attached spreadsheet., for the 100 neediest cases 2024 fund drive. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable., 2024 alexis de tocqueville circle giving. all membership benefits of tangible value are declined, such that the grant may be entirely charitable | $770,970 |
| Cardinal Ritter College Prep | Endowment, general support showing as from alice and jess yawitz only. no fund name, general support | $722,000 |
| Neighborhood Solidarity Fund | General support, cultivating a neighborhood storytelling practice, balance of grant to dutchtown south community corporation transfered to invest stl to handle directly | $669,153 |
| American Endowment Foundation | Fbo the samuels family fund at the american endowment foundation, samuels family fund at american endowment foundation | $652,260 |
| American Friends of Covent Garden the Royal Opera the Royal Ballet | General support of the royal ballet | $635,000 |
| Boston College Trustees | The stokes family endowed scholarship fund, pops on the heights: the barbara and jim cleary scholarship gala. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable. | $600,000 |
| Hope Ignites | Bhgh - capital campaign () and annual giving ()., capital campaign, general support | $582,500 |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital Foundation | Establishment and endowment of the gary a. silverman md, phd chair in pediatrics, general support, general support. we had intended this grant be sent in december 2023 but noticed it did not go through. so, we are making it along with our 2024 grant now. | $559,750 |
| Westminster College | Donation for college endowment fund, general support, westminster fund | $545,000 |
| Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment Corporation | Drive, jps auto refinance program, drive, jp's auto refinance program | $500,000 |
| The Opportunity Trust | General support | $500,000 |
| Site Santa Fe | Exhibition support. this grant represents an additional five year commitment to a grant already in place whose final payment will be 9/1/2025. the first payment of this grant will occur on or about 9/1/2026, education initiatives of the department of creativity and learning, support of the international exhibition 2025 | $455,000 |
| Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation | 2024 anchor grant, nexus contribution - no attendance or taxable benefits received, fund a need | $409,500 |
| City Academy Inc | General support, general support., general support from grimco | $351,643 |
| New City Fellowship | Rwanda school, -rwanda, -congo, -tfs, each for inside out, firm f., workday,health conn. and for umetilisha, togo school property purchase | $340,000 |
| The Sheldon Arts Foundation | Capital campaign - patron bar & hospitality, support for capital improvements/capital campaign, general support | $337,200 |
| First Congregational Church of St Louis | Capital campaign, general support. check to be picked up, general support | $324,965 |
| Kingdom House | Youth literacy and economic wellness, general support, lifewise stl operating support | $313,000 |
| Loyola Academy of St Louis | Endowment fund, general support, general support | $310,750 |
| Greater St Louis Inc Foundation | General support, executive committee investor donation | $300,000 |
| Magic House | Campaign gift. the grant will be distributed as follows: in january of 2025, and annually in january of 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029, book smart with st. louis public schools, magic house gala | $289,800 |
| De Smet Jesuit High School | De smet jesuit high school "vision campaign", annual gift, general support | $289,500 |
| North Naples United Methodist Church | Audio/video project, support of audio/video project, video fund | $279,000 |
| Thinker Analytix Inc | General support | $265,000 |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | East end steinberg renovation, general support, general support in memory of jack c. taylor | $253,300 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | General support of with 5 annual payments of | $250,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | The "wwf market-based solutions for invasive carp in st. louis " project, annual gift, where most needed | $245,486 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | In honor of peter wyse jackson to support initial lecture and residual available lectures. to support endowment of the lecture series, commencing 12/2025, general support, direct funds towards my pledge for the jack c taylor visitor center-member #35477 | $239,400 |
| Psc Partners Seeking A Cure | Biorepository grant, walk 83.1 | $226,000 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | The o'connell family uva health children's quality & safety fund. the grant will be paid in three distributions. 1) in september of 2024 2) in september 2025 and 3) 0 in september 2026 | $225,000 |
| Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis Inc | General support, educational advocacy for children impacted by foster care, to be applied toward the berges family foundation triple match | $222,500 |
| Operation Food Search Inc | Food security among south st. louis city seniors, general support, give stl day - challenge grant | $221,100 |
| Visitation Academy of St Louis County | Pledge, annecy campaign, general support | $218,512 |
| St Louis Community Credit Union | General support, support of stlccus individual development account program | $216,800 |
| Waynflete School | General support for 200,000 total - 50,000/year over 4 years, waynflete fund | $215,000 |
| Jewish Federation of St Louis | General support, annual support for 2024, 2024 annual campaign. please attribute to account #10000857 | $212,500 |
| Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-walter Winchell Foundation | Support the medical research projects of nathon singh at washinton university | $200,000 |
| Concordance Academy of Leadership | General support | $200,000 |
| National World War II Museum Inc | Education endowment | $200,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of the City and County of Philadelphia | Support of the building to serve in love campaign | $200,000 |
| The Papal Foundation | General support | $200,000 |
| Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis | General support in memory of marilyn fox, general support in honor of lauren fleming, general support | $193,000 |
| St Louis University | Slus multidimensional rehabilitation approaches to enhance physical and social wellbeing in parkinsons disease, slu entrepreneurship accelerator program, for the exclusive use of casa de salud for general operating support, in honor of bob fox | $176,850 |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | General support, annual distribution for unrestricted support, annual support in memory of thomas o. sobbe | $175,180 |
| Cardinal Glennon Childrens Foundation | General support, the devoted campaign fund, general support for glennon sunday, attributed to our lady of lourdes parish | $168,500 |
| The Crossing | Residency program for 4 new residents starting sept.1 through aug. 31, 2024, general support | $165,550 |
| The Clark-fox Family Foundation | Blueprint4summer, scholarship support for blueprint4, blueprint4summer support | $165,000 |
| Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation-soar | General support, general corporate purposes to be designated from john mcdonnell | $162,500 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc | General support, presenting sponsorship at. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable., endowment fund in honor of flint fowler | $159,000 |
| Mercy Health Foundation St Louis | Capital campaign for the new mercy kids therapy and development center with the naming recognition of avery e. griggs for four speech roooms, general support from grimco, keith pittillo and michael sparks, tanner tavern principal sponsor in the amount of for mercy regency masquerade march 9th. | $153,500 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc | School construction in kenya carried out by the religious order of sacred heart. this gift is in honor of sister nancy koke and all the religious of the sacred heart: past, present and future., school construction in kenya carried out by the religious order of sacred heart, general support | $151,000 |
| Delmar Divine Charitable Foundation | General support | $150,000 |
| St Louis Police Foundation | General support, each - sponsorships to fall luncheon, breakfast with the chief. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable. these benefits may include, but are not limited to, attendance at the event or purchase of an auction item, st. louis county police department therapy dog, st. louis metropolitan police department dual-purpose canine | $145,000 |
| Archdiocese of St Louis | General support, annual catholic appeal, 2024 annual catholic appeal | $141,050 |
| Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | Support of opera theatre gala and general support, general support, phyllis' seats- ticket program | $138,500 |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | Sankofa unity center, 106th annual dinner fundraiser, general support including support for grace hill settlement house | $138,500 |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | Baseball stadium renovations campaign. any benefits of tangible value are declined, such that the grant may be entirely charitable, the stephen and mary kay corbeil graduate assistant scholarship, acct# 30-470-045, baseball development fund | $126,000 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Platinum level sponsor for 2024 beacon of hope gala. all benefits are declined such that the grant may be entirely charitable, alzheimer's association st. louis walk 2024. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable., annual distribution for general support | $125,773 |
| American Parkinson Disease Assoc | Living life to the fullest: expanding apda missouris exercise classes, support groups, and community outreach efforts to better serve our local pd population, annual distribution for unrestricted support, general support | $125,540 |
| Unleashing Potential | General support, 2024 summer enrichment | $125,000 |
| St Louis Teacher Residency | General support | $125,000 |
| St Olaf College | For every ole faculty addition campaign in honor of previous president anderson, board gift | $125,000 |
| Center For Civic Research and Innovation | General support, transfer of funds | $120,000 |
| Wepower | General support, early childhood education market rate survey effort | $120,000 |
| Paraquad Inc | Group exercise classes for individuals with parkinsons disease, promoting aging in place for south st. louis seniors with disabilities, stephen orthwein center | $118,250 |
| Global Learning Exchange Initiative | General support, glxi annual gala. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable., give stl day 2024 - platform | $117,925 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | To bongiovanni's / stellakis family scholarship commitment unrestricted cavanaugh council donation, fitzgerald institute for real estate, rclc bike ride for the kids | $117,000 |
| Fathers Support Center St Louis | Employment mentoring-reentry, toast to fathers - annual dinner support in appreciation of ann vazquez and her support of fathers & families support center. no attendance or taxable benefits., supporting fathers & families support centers family formation program | $116,500 |
| Kirkwood Baptist Church | Restoring sacred spaces campaign final installment, 2024 pledge drive, general support in memory of james david layman | $116,500 |
| Library Foundation For the Benefit of St Louis Public Library | Born to read early childhood literacy initiative, annual support of the library foundation's endowment fund, general support | $115,020 |
| Rung Foundation Inc | Rung for women: learning & development for upward economic mobility, general support, general support - list as anonymous in public materials | $115,000 |
| Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | General support, annual gift, annual fund contribution | $110,531 |
| Animal Protective Association of Missouri | Annual distribution "to be used for dogs only, for their food, shelter, veterinary and adoption services", general support, give stl day 2024 | $110,310 |
| Eye Thrive | 2024 capital campaign, 2024 eye need you crowdfunding campaign, fund our kids campaign - paddle raise match | $110,000 |
| Crudem Foundation | The women's and children's hospital building, general support | $108,500 |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation | Please designate this gift to the aclu of missouri foundation, for work within our state only., annual distribution for general support, general support | $107,205 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | General support, annual distribution for general support, general support in memory of james a. koenig | $106,700 |
| Convent of Sacred Heart and School | Pledge request for the library, 2024 quiz night sponsorship. all benefits are declined to ensure this grant is entirely charitable. these benefits may include, but are not limited to, attendance at the event or purchase of an auction item | $105,000 |
| Ready Readers | Storytime early literacy program read at home board books (ages 0 to 2), 24 hour fund raising challenge, general support | $104,150 |
| Veiled Prophet Foundation | General support, vp community impact foundation, community impact foundation paddle raise general support | $103,500 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | General support, annual distribution for general support, red kettle campaign | $103,450 |
| Humane Society of Missouri | General support, annual distribution "to provide food and shelter, together with medical, veterinary and adoption services for animals with the greatest need, with preference...for dogs", general support, intended to be matched through your giving tuesday match offer | $103,350 |
| National Christian Charitable Foundation | Wholehealth partners, daf #4962092 | $103,000 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Annual gift, general support, assist in the international effort to improve agricultural productivity in africa | $102,400 |
| Suburban Journals Old Newsboys Fund For Children | Old newsboys' general campaign, polo match donation | $100,250 |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | Contribution to the alpha gal allergy research fund- 346049 | $100,000 |
| Purdue Research Foundation | The robert a. hoffer scholarship in technology (014073) | $100,000 |
Grant data comes from Schedule I of St Louis Community Foundation Incorporated's e-filed Form 990, via CharityIndex. Recipients link to their own profiles where the EIN matches our directory.