Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 82-3591958Community development

Who funds Wepower?

16 private foundations gave Wepower in Saint Louis, MO $4.1 million across 40 grants, in tax years 2019 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2019 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

40 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Joseph & Florence Roblee FoundationDallas, TX 2025

    Program/project

    $30,000
  2. Pecha Family FoundationSt Louis, MO 2025

    To further organization exempt purpose

    $1,000
  3. James S McDonnell FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    Developing a data-driven, community-centric strategy to coordinate & transform the ST. Louis early childhood system

    $637,539
  4. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    Activate community power to re-design education,health,justice systems-equitable for all

    $250,000
  5. Grand Victoria FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Project Support

    $150,000
  6. Pritzker Family FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    Research and education on family economic stability

    $128,000
  7. Flourish - A Family FoundationBallwin, MO 2024

    To empower communities to re-design education, economic, health, and justice systems

    $50,000
  8. Wells Fargo FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    General operating support

    $50,000
  9. James S McDonnell FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    ST. Louis market rate survey rapid response coordination

    $25,000
  10. Trio Foundation of St LouisSt Louis, MO 2024

    General operating support

    $15,000
  11. Pecha Family FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    To further organization exempt purpose

    $1,000
  12. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2023

    Activate community power to re-design education,health,justice systems-equitable for all

    $650,000
  13. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    Support for the elevate/elevar accelerator, a ST. Louis-based six-month entrepreneurship development program that targets black & latinx entrepreneurs. 202104-10296

    $100,000
  14. Flourish - A Family FoundationBallwin, MO 2023

    To empower communities to re-design education, economic, health, and justice systems

    $50,000
  15. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    Support for the launch and ongoing programmatic administration of a kiva hub for underserved entrepreneurs in ST. Louis, missouri. 202101-9859

    $45,000
  16. Truist Foundation IncOrlando, FL 2023

    General operating

    $10,000
  17. Trio Foundation of St LouisSt Louis, MO 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  18. Pecha Family FoundationSt Louis, MO 2023

    To further organization exempt purpose

    $1,000
  19. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2022

    Activate community power to re-design education,health,justice systems-equitable for all

    $250,000
  20. Grand Victoria FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    Project Support

    $175,000
  21. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Support for the elevate/elevar accelerator, a ST. Louis-based six-month entrepreneurship development program that targets black & latinx entrepreneurs. 202104-10296

    $100,000
  22. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Support for the launch and ongoing programmatic administration of a kiva hub for underserved entrepreneurs in ST. Louis, missouri. 202101-9859

    $45,000
  23. Trio Foundation of St LouisSt Louis, MO 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  24. Builders Vision FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    To provide support for 2022 operations.

    $5,000
  25. Moneta Group Charitable FoundationSt Louis, MO 2022

    Activate community power to redesign education, economic, health, & justice systems

    $1,500
  26. Pecha Family FoundationSt Louis, MO 2022

    To further organization exempt purpose

    $1,000
  27. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2021

    To further the charitable purpose of the tax exempt recipient organization

    $200,000
  28. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Support for the elevate/elevar accelerator, a ST. Louis-based six-month entrepreneurship development program for black & latinx entrepreneurs committed to sparking jobs and economic growth in neighborhoods plagued by systemic disinvestment. 202104-10296

    $160,000
  29. Grand Victoria FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Project Support

    $125,000
  30. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Support for the 2021 heartland spark program, a capacity building program for entrepreneur support organizations. 202108-11131

    $50,000
  31. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Support for the launch and ongoing programmatic administration of a kiva hub for underserved entrepreneurs in ST. Louis, missouri. 202101-9859

    $45,000
  32. Trio Foundation of St LouisSt Louis, MO 2021

    Wepower general operating request

    $15,000
  33. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2020

    To further the charitable purpose of the tax exempt recipient organization

    $200,000
  34. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    In support of underserved small business expansion

    $100,000
  35. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2020

    To further the charitable purpose of the tax exempt recipient organization

    $100,000
  36. Shepard McCaskill FoundationSt Louis, MO 2020

    General

    $10,000
  37. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    Support for the virtual STL Elevate/Elevar Community Demo Day, August 29, 2020. 202007-8868

    $5,000
  38. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    Honorarium for participation in a design session around the development of an ESO capacity building program. 202009-9110

    $5,000
  39. Rio Vista FoundationSt Louis, MO 2019

    To further the charitable purpose of the tax exempt recipient organization

    $250,000
  40. William T Kemper FoundationKansas City, MO 2019

    Reimagining early childhood education playbook release

    $25,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in St Louis, MO and are not among Wepower’s funders above.

  1. Commerce Bancshares FoundationKansas City, MO 46 grants Accepts applications $182,850 to similar organizations
  2. Pershing Charitable TrustSt Louis, MO 18 grants Accepts applications $2,440,500 to similar organizations
  3. Centene FoundationSt Louis, MO 12 grants Preselected only $1,033,100 to similar organizations
  4. World Wide Technology FoundationSt Louis, MO 17 grants Preselected only $649,250 to similar organizations
  5. Enterprise Bank & Trust FoundationSaint Louis, MO 10 grants Accepts applications $18,415 to similar organizations
  6. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 26 grants Preselected only $1,808 to similar organizations
  7. Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO 30 grants Accepts applications $266,575 to similar organizations
  8. Midland States Bank FoundationRockford, IL 5 grants Accepts applications $47,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 82-3591958 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.