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Grant Funders in Saint Louis, MO

Bespoke Grants indexes 61 grant-making foundations headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri — together $682.6M in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, higher education, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Saint Louis nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

61
Foundations in Saint Louis
$682.6M
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
MO
State

Foundations headquartered in Saint Louis

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Washington University$443.3M2023
2United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$70.0M2024
3Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation$23.5M2025
4The Saint Louis Zoo Association$18.6M2023
5W W Smith Charitable Trust$12.1M2025
6Saint Louis Symphony Endowment Trust$10.0M2024
7Alvin Goldfarb Foundation$8.9M2024
8Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$8.1M2024
9University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis$7.6M2024
10St Louis Office for Developmental$5.7M2025
11The William R Orthwein Jr and Laura$5.1M2024
12Eric P & Evelyn E Newman Charitable$4.6M2024
13Collective Impact Network$4.4M2024
14Frank S and Julia M Ladner Family Foundation$4.0M2024
15Hauck Charitable Foundation$4.0M2024
16The Backstoppers Inc Fka$3.3M2024
17Youthbridge Community Foundation$3.2M2024
18Indenture of Trust Establishing the Dierberg Foundation$3.1M2024
19Parsons Blewett Memorial Fund$2.9M2024
20Richardson Fam Ed Tr Ed Main$2.3M2025
21The Lesley Waldheim Charitable Foundation$2.1M2023
22Staenberg Family Foundation$1.9M2024
23St Louis Public Development$1.8M2024
24Margaret and Richard Riney$1.7M2024
25Regional Business Council$1.5M2023
26Morgan Joshua R Charitable Tr Main$1.4M2024
27Houckjohns Hopkins$1.3M2024
28Egtvedt Charitable Trust Special 3$1.3M2024
29Bloss Christine T Tuw-main$1.3M2025
30Clayton Education Foundation$1.2M2020
31Tw Marian W Ottley-watertown$1.1M2025
32Dula-kobusch Charitable Trust$1.1M2023
33The Tower Grove Park Foundation$1.0M2023
34The Library Foundation for the Benefit$988K2024
35Abortion Action Missouri Foundation$975K2024
36San Gabriel Valley Trainin Ctr Tua$956K2025
37Morita Donna Foundation$920K2024
38Hain J L Fbo Johns Hopkins Un Tuw$900K2024
39Kilo Diabetes & Vascular$900K2018
40The Launchcode Foundation$886K2023

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Saint Louis, MO address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Saint Louis nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.