Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc
EIN 33-1007188 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 14 grants · $1.0m
Who it funds most
10 of its 14 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 14 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202542329349300119
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $2.6m | — | $1.7m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $2.2m | — | $2.2m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202542329349300119 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202432279349302828 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202332139349301313 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202241899349300904 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202132459349300443 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Build-A-Bear Foundation Inc made 47 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $5.1m as filed.
- Grants
- 47
- Total, as filed
- $5.1m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| First Book | 3 | $2.7m |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | 5 | $429.0k |
| Marine Toys for Tots | 4 | $360.0k |
| Make A Wish Foundation of America | 3 | $275.0k |
| Baby2Baby | 1 | $150.0k |
| United Way | 2 | $150.0k |
| St Louis Black Authors of Children's Literature | 2 | $140.0k |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | 1 | $100.0k |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | 2 | $100.0k |
| St Louis Community Foundation | 1 | $100.0k |
| United Way of Greater St Louis | 2 | $100.0k |
| Make A Wish Missouri | 4 | $90.0k |
| The Toy Foundation | 1 | $52.5k |
| The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | 1 | $50.0k |
| The Columbus Foundation - Cash | 1 | $50.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | $700.0k |
| 2021 | 8 | $466.0k |
| 2022 | 13 | $1.4m |
| 2023 | 10 | $1.4m |
| 2024 | 8 | $1.2m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-331007188. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified