Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Missouri

715
foundations
$392.4M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 715 private foundations based in Missouri whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $392.4 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Saint Louis (508), Kansas City (45) and Columbia (17).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 3,623 foundations in Missouri, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 715 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 690 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Missouri
Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO4,751$3,000$100.6M$3–$101.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Joe W Ingram TrustSalisbury, MO279$500$996,095$35–$102,101FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Orscheln Industries Foundation IncMoberly, MO278$1,000$4.6M$72–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stern Sidney Memorial TrustSaint Louis, MO244$3,400$1.1M$500–$63,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bluescope Foundation North AmericaKansas City, MO211$3,000$1M$25–$75,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc FoundationSt Louis, MO174$2,000$1.5M$100–$300,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Moneta Group Charitable FoundationSt Louis, MO161$1,000$486,040$200–$54,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mfa Oil FoundationColumbia, MO153$2,000$341,450$350–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
William T Kemper FoundationKansas City, MO142$38,162$15.5M$500–$1.5MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Fischer-Bauer-Knirps FoundationSt Louis, MO130$1,000$125,000$500–$4,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Sosland FoundationKansas City, MO126$3,100$4.1M$100–$1.1MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Frank C and Georgia M BentleySpringfield, MO120$1,400$208,731$125–$18,052FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Oppenstein Brothers FoundationKansas City, MO118$15,000$1.9M$3,000–$100,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
R A Long FoundationKansas City, MO104$4,000$466,500$1,500–$35,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Trio Foundation of St LouisSt Louis, MO100$22,500$1.9M$2,500–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Shingleton TrustSaint Louis, MO82$811$161,607$119–$65,863FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Lilly Christy Busch HermannSt Louis, MO81$1,000$247,893$100–$30,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Pershing Charitable TrustSt Louis, MO80$28,278$5.2M$3,000–$600,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Graybar FoundationClayton, MO77$6,500$1.2M$500–$275,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hunt Family FoundationKansas City, MO75$6,783$2M$50–$738,406FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stanley M Herzog Charitable FoundationSmithville, MO71$6,250$68.3M$1,000–$59.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
A J Schwartze Community FoundationJefferson City, MO71$15,000$2.5M$1,000–$355,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Shelton H Short Jr TrustSaint Louis, MO68$15,000$1.2M$7,500–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kuhn FoundationSt Louis, MO68$5,000$1.2M$2,500–$115,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Bunge FoundationChesterfield, MO65$1,000$1.1M$50–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.