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Sgk Foundation

St Louis, MO · EIN 43-6820987. Reported 50 grants totalling $91,250 to 27 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$91,250granted, 2021-2025
27recipients, as named on its returns
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$82,799assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sgk Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Loyola AcademySt Louis, MO$30,000552025
Dunwoody Diamond ClubAtlanta, GA$12,000222022
Presbyterian ChurchAtlanta, GA$12,000332025
Center for Humane TechnologySan Francisco, CA$4,000442025
Community Concern for CatsWalnut Creek, CA$3,500552025
600 Million Stray DogsPompano Beach, FL$3,000222022
Wikimedia Foundation IncWashington, DC$3,000222025
Jellys PlaceSan Pablo, CA$2,250332023
Dunwoody High School Community AssociationDunwoody, GA$2,000112025
Monument Crisis CenterConcord, CA$2,000222022
Orlando Family FoundationSt Louis, MO$2,000112021
Razom for UkraineNew York, NY$1,500222023
Sweet Life Rescue Center IncSplendora, TX$1,500112024
600 MillionPompano Beach, FL$1,000112024
Bay Area Ridge TrailSan Francisco, CA$1,000222022
John Muir Land TrustMartinez, CA$1,000222024
Max Fund Animal AdoptionDenver, CO$1,000112025
Mothers Against Media Addiction IncNew York, NY$1,000112024
RazomNew York, NY$1,000112024
Sweet Life ReserveMorris, NY$1,000112023
Town Hall Theater CompanyLafayette, CA$1,000222022
WikipediaSan Francisco, CA$1,000112023
Wounded Warriors ProjectJacksonville, FL$1,000112025
Adams State UniversityAlamosa, CO$950112024
Telly's PlaceSan Pablo, CA$750112024
Jelly's PlaceSan Pablo, CA$500112025
Acalanes Parents ClubLafayette, CA$300112021

13 of 27 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 34 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Animal Welfare
12 grants
Education
8 grants
Science & Technology
4 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Environment
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$19,300$1,000
202210$17,000$1,000
20238$15,000$1,000
202412$24,950$1,000
20259$15,000$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

35% of its giving went to organizations in Missouri. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Missouri
$32K
Georgia
$26K
California
$17K
Florida
$5K
New York
$4K
District of Columbia
$3K
Colorado
$2K
Texas
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust5 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Sgk Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 7 Windrush Creek Est, St Louis, MO, 63141. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 43-6820987 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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