Environment grants for nonprofits in Missouri
239 private foundations reported 425 environment grants to organizations in Missouri on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $39.3M in all. 135 of them are based in Missouri.
Foundations that fund environment in Missouri
20 of the 239: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of environment grants to Missouri organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Missouri Prairie Foundation, Columbia - General support$550
- Ozark Trail Association Inc, Potosi - General support$533
- Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, Jefferson City - General support$460
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Edward Jones Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever Inc, Saint Louis - Environmental beautification$100,000
- Missouri State Parks Foundation Inc, Columbia - Natural resources conservation & protection$50,000
- Seed Saint Louis, St Louis - Garden clubs$50,000
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The Pfizer Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, Jefferson Cty - Matching gifts$500
- Forest Park Forever Inc, Saint Louis - Matching gifts$250
- Missouri Prairie Foundation, Columbia - Volunteer program$150
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Gave $16.2M in 2024
William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank of Kansas City N a T
Kansas City, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever Inc, St Louis - Campaign for the glade over 3 years$1,000,000
- St Louis Art Museum Foundation, St Louis - Anselm kiefer: becoming the ocean exhibit$250,000
- Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees, St Louis - President's residence renovation$150,000
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Walton Family Foundation Inc
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia - To support the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.$922,982
- American Soybean Association, St Louis - To support adoption of on-farm conservation practices that improve water quality by ASA members in the…$275,000
- Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative, St Louis - To support general operations.$125,000
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Gave $95M in 2024
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kansas City, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Kc Can Compost, Kansas City - Support to build capacity for staffing and operating systems related to workforce and career development.…$250,000
- Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City - Support for a local funding match to leverage $4.7 million in federal US department of energy funding to…$150,000
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City - Support for education and training for economically disadvantaged small business owners in overcoming…$50,000
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The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis - Community-Based conservation program, madagascar (year 3 of 3)$100,738
- Planet Indonesia, St Louis - Indigenous rights & nature conservation in west kalimantan, indonesia$100,000
- Planet Indonesia, St Louis - Capacity and organizational strengthening (cos) program$7,500
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Gave $2M in 2024
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
Kansas City, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever Inc, St Louis - Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization$2,500
- Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees, St Louis - Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization$2,500
- Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co, St Louis - Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization$2,500
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The Crawford Taylor Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2025- Forest Park Forever Inc, St Louis - Annual fund - support$500,000
- Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees, Saint Louis - Annual fund - support$75,000
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Gave $24.1M in 2024
Clif Bar Family Foundation
Saint Helena, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Missouri Coalition for the Environment, St Louis - Revitalize the Environment$30,000
- Seed St Louis, Saint Louis - Enhance Community Health$20,000
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Gave $5.5M in 2025
American Water Charitable Foundation Inc
Camden, NJ · latest return: tax year 2025- Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation, St Louis - General purpose$20,000
- River Relief Inc, Columbia - General purpose$13,000
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Patagoniaorg
Ventura, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid-Missouri Inc, Columbia - To support environmental projects.$15,000
- Missouri Coalition for the Environment, St Louis - To support environmental projects.$15,000
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Taylor Family Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2025- Forest Park Forever, St Louis - Annual fund - support$13,020,000
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Gave $30.1M in 2024
James S Mcdonnell Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever Inc, St Louis - In support of "forever: the campaign for forest park's future"$5,120,000
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The Jsm Charitable Trust
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2025- Forest Park Forever, St Louis - General support$2,180,000
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Gave $16.2M in 2024
Berges Family Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever, St Louis - General support$500,000
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Centene Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Forest Park Forever Inc, Saint Louis - Offer community health programming, recreational activities and social gatherings$333,334
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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Washington University, St Louis - To develop a long-lived quantum memory based on spin-states of single electrons trapped in vacuum above solid…$277,376
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Novo Foundation
Hurley, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Open Source Ecology, Maysville - General support$250,000
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Mulago Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Planet Indonesia, St Louis - Relief to the poor$250,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Missouri organizations that received environment grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Forest Park Forever Inc St Louis | 11 | $22,874,845 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees St Louis | 5 | $228,477 |
| Planet Indonesia Saint Louis | 3 | $357,618 |
| Seed St Louis Saint Louis | 3 | $70,073 |
| Missouri Prairie Foundation Columbia | 3 | $1,080 |
| Forest Releaf of Missouri St Louis | 3 | $326 |
| Kc Can Compost Kansas City | 2 | $250,017 |
| Greenbelt Land Trust of Mid Missouri Inc Columbia | 2 | $15,034 |
| River Relief Inc Columbia | 2 | $13,083 |
| Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co Saint Louis | 2 | $2,555 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Missouri that we classify as environment, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 239 foundations, 72 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.