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Commerce Foundation

EIN 44-6012453 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$8.2m2020–2024 · 3,435 grants
2020: $1.9m · 798 grants2020$1.9m2021: $1.5m · 698 grants20212022: $1.5m · 683 grants20222023: $1.5m · 636 grants20232024: $1.7m · 620 grants2024$1.7m
Grantees822funded more than once, matching gifts aside
503 of 822503of 822
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers7on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Philanthropy and grantmaking$1.0m
Human services$753.2k
Education$742.5k
Arts and culture$367.2k
Health care$350.6k
Community improvement$251.8k
Food and agriculture$190.7k
Housing and shelter$173.2k
Crime and legal$128.0k
Cause not on file$3.6m

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: 1,101 grants · $2.2m

Who it funds most

503 of its 822 grantees were funded in more than one year; 12 matching gifts set aside.

Commerce Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 40 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.

John W KemperPresident/Dir
Kevin BarthDirector
Robert S HolmesDirector
Charles G KimVP/Treas/Dir
Charlotte L Kemper BlackVP/COO/Dir
Daniel J AdamsAssistant Secretary
Margaret M RoweSecretary

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349102642

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $1.9m · 798 grants2020$1.9m2021: $1.5m · 698 grants20212022: $1.5m · 683 grants20222023: $1.5m · 636 grants20232024: $1.7m · 620 grants2024$1.7m
Its returns5 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2024IRS 990-PF202523219349102642IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202433139349100308IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202313009349100306IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202223199349103307IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202143159349102034IRS 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

Commerce Foundation made 3,435 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $8.2m as filed.

Grants
3,435
Total, as filed
$8.2m
Years
2020–2024
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC7$307.5k
UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC5$213.1k
UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS6$180.0k
HEART OF ILLINOIS UNITED WAY INC5$121.0k
HEARTLAND FOUNDATION DBA MOSAIC LIFE CARE FOUNDATION6$95.0k
TULSA AREA UNITED WAY5$89.0k
HEART OF MISSOURI UNITED WAY INC6$70.4k
POLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY2$70.0k
MISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC5$67.0k
UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS6$66.0k
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS4$65.0k
ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED5$59.5k
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL MISSOURI5$50.0k
THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC2$50.0k
FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION15$48.9k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
2020798$1.9m
2021698$1.5m
2022683$1.5m
2023636$1.5m
2024620$1.7m

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-446012453. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

What this page does not know

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
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  • Balance sheet and financials
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  • No website on file
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