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Grants and funding in Missouri

7,299 foundations reported granting into Missouri on their most recent IRS filings: 29,753 itemized grants worth $2.8B between them. On top of that, 15 live grant programs and 94 contract opportunities are specific to Missouri, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state
7,299
of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file
in itemized grants into the state
$2.8B
across 29,753 grants on IRS filings
live grants specific to Missouri
15
of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide
community lenders serving the state
46
of 483 CDFIs on file

What a typical foundation grant runs here

The 7,299 foundations granting into Missouri, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check is thousands, not millions.

257
1,355
2,593
1,781
1,036
182
Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Grantmaking foundations that reported granting into this state, bucketed by their average grant size. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022, as of August 29, 2026.

Who gives the most into Missouri

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Missouri on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 7,299 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$93M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$75M
The Crawford Taylor Foundation$51M
Itemized grants into Missouri from each foundation's most recent IRS filing, as of August 29, 2026. A linked name accepts applications and has a profile here.

What the live Missouri grants offer

Award ceilings on the Missouri-specific programs that publish one, in the same size bands as the foundation chart above.

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2
2
0
1
0
0
Under $10K$10K–50K$50K–100K$100K–250K$250K–1M$1M–5MOver $5M
8 of 15 live Missouri-specific grants publish a ceiling; the rest say the amount varies. As of September 1, 2026.

Who the Missouri-specific grants are for

Of the 15 live grant programs specific to Missouri, here is who the announcements name. 11 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Nonprofits12
Cities and towns5
Tribal organizations4
Researchers3
Small businesses0

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

46 community development lenders serve Missouri: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: PBM Lending (Manzeska Ota Tsi), Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.

Missouri foundation grants by focus

The foundations above, cut by what they fund and filtered to the ones that accept applications.

Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of September 1, 2026 and refresh twice monthly. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022 and move as new filings arrive. Segment counts are programs that explicitly name the segment; programs open to any organization type are reported separately, never double-counted.

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