The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation concentrates its giving locally in southwest Missouri, with a strong emphasis on child welfare and court‑appointed advocacy. Most support flows to a small number of regional nonprofits, suggesting a focused, place‑based philanthropy that prioritizes direct service organizations serving children and families. Its grants are substantial in size relative to the small number of recipients, indicating depth over breadth in funding relationships.
Concentrated, local giving: a small portfolio of large grants with repeat funding to select regional organizations rather than many small awards.
The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by a large unrestricted grant to Jasper County Casa, a signal of how heavily the foundation supports court-appointed advocacy for children. Across its recent grants, the foundation gives flexible support to a small set of regional nonprofits, with repeated awards to organizations in Joplin and the surrounding southwest Missouri area. That pattern points to a place-based funder that favors direct service groups working with children, families, and community institutions. Unrestricted grants recur throughout the recent record, including support for Freeman Foundation, Lafayette House, and Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance. The foundation also backs faith and civic organizations such as St Peters Catholic Church, St Luke's Parish, and Joplin Library Foundation, showing that its portfolio is not limited to one service category. While child advocacy is the clearest thread, the grants also reach into housing, education, health, and community support. The overall shape is concentrated rather than broad: a regional funder making repeat, general operating-style awards to organizations it already knows.
Child advocacy is the clearest cause area in the recent record. In 2025, the foundation gave $176,000 to Jasper County Casa, and it previously gave $26,000 to the same organization in 2024, both unrestricted. Family support shows up in multiple forms. The foundation gave $15,000 in 2023, $10,000 in 2024, and $10,000 in 2025 to Lafayette House, all unrestricted, indicating repeated support across years. Community and education-related giving appears as well. It awarded $10,000 to Joplin Library Foundation in 2023, $11,000 to Missouri Southern Foundation in 2024, and $10,000 to Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance in both 2024 and 2025. These grants place the foundation alongside local institutions that serve students, trainees, and residents in southwest Missouri.
Typical grants are modest to mid-sized, with a p25 of $1,500, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $8,500. The recent record also shows several much larger awards, which suggests the foundation reserves deeper support for selected organizations. Its giving is repeat-oriented rather than one-off: several grantees appear across multiple years, often at similar or rising levels. The foundation appears to operate as a family or private foundation rather than a public grantmaker, and the recent grants are consistently unrestricted, indicating flexible support rather than project-only funding. No application process is shown in the provided data.
$275K
$1.9M
$151K
$301K
Most grants fall between $2K and $9K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$9K
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Notable grantees: Jasper County CASA, Freeman Foundation, Local child welfare and CASA‑related organizations in southwest Missouri
Grant recipients are overwhelmingly in the United States, and 54% of grants go to recipients in Missouri, the foundation’s headquarters state. Most awards land in Joplin, including organizations in child advocacy, health, faith, and community services. Outside Missouri, the recent record includes Denver and Aurora, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Shoreline, Washington; Breckenridge, Colorado; Lawrence, Kansas; and Fredricktown, Missouri. Colorado is the top state by grant count, even though the foundation is headquartered in Joplin, Missouri.
Its recent grants center on child advocacy and family support, especially Court Appointed Special Advocates work in Jasper County and support for groups such as Lafayette House. The record also includes community institutions, faith organizations, and education-related groups in Joplin and nearby communities.
The typical grant size is relatively small to mid-sized: p25 is $1,500, median grant size is $5,000, and p75 is $8,500. The recent record also includes larger, selective awards such as $176,000 and $50,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Jasper County Casa, Freeman Foundation, Lafayette House, St Peters Catholic Church, Dwell With Dignity, Americana Music Academy, and Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance. Many of those awards are unrestricted and recur over consecutive years.
Most grants go to recipients in Missouri, with 54% of grants given to organizations in the headquarters state. Joplin appears frequently, and the overall recipient list is entirely U.S.-based.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASPER COUNTY CASA | JOPLIN, MO | $40,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN COMMUNITY CLINIC | JOPLIN, MO | $26,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION | JOPLIN, MO | $24,104 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH | JOPLIN, MO | $20,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PETERS OUTREACH | JOPLIN, MO | $15,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| LAFAYETTE HOUSE | JOPLIN, MO | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MADISON CO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | FREDRICKTOWN, MO | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | ST LOUIS, MO | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY | LAWRENCE, KS | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| DWELL WITH DIGNITY | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE | NEOSHA, MO | $10,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CENTER | PULLMAN, WA | $7,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY | JOPLIN, MO | $6,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| 5 STONES CHURCH | FRANKLIN, TN | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CREATIVE LEARNING EXPLORICON | JOPLIN, MO | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MOUNTAIN TOP EXPLORIUM | BRECKENRIDGE, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | LAWRENCE, KS | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CENTRAL OH YOUTH FOR CHRIST | COLUMBUS, OH | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRIENDS OF DILLON RANGER DISTRICT | SILVERTHORNE, CO | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PAUL'S OUTREACH | KANSAS CITY, MO | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PETOLONIA | COLUMBUS, OH | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ASCEND NW | TULALIP, WA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| EQUUS RESCUE & THERAPY | COLUMBIA, IL | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BEVERLY'S PGH | NORTH HUNTINGTON, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WWASHINGTON | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN TRAILS COALITION | JOPLIN, TN | $3,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL | JOPLIN, MO | $2,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BEYOND ABILITY MATTERS | DUBLIN, OH | $2,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| SPIVA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | JOPLIN, MO | $2,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PRO MUSICA | JOPLIN, MO | $2,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| LONDON HIGH SCHOOL | LONDON, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| BE LOVE REVOLUTION | ANN ARBOR, MI | $1,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY | JOPLIN, MO | $1,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JASPER COUNTY CASA | JOPLIN, MO | $176,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FREEMAN FOUNDATION | JOPLIN, MO | $50,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| DWELL WITH DIGNITY | DALLAS, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH | JOPLIN, MO | $11,400 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| LAFAYETTE HOUSE | JOPLIN, MO | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE | NEOSHA, MO | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY | LAWRENCE, KS | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| MADISON CO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | FREDRICKTOWN, MO | $10,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| COMMUNITY CLINIC | JOPLIN, MO | $8,500 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST PETERS OUTREACH | JOPLIN, MO | $8,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CENTER | PULLMAN, WA | $6,500 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| JOPLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY | JOPLIN, MO | $6,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| PETOLONIA | COLUMBUS, OH | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| FRIENDS OF DILLON RANGER DISTRICT | SILVERTHORNE, CO | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CENTRAL OH YOUTH FOR CHRIST | COLUMBUS, OH | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| EQUUS RESCUE THERAPY | COLUMBIA, IL | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WWASHINGTON | SEATTLE, WA | $5,000 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
JOPLIN COMMUNITY CLINIC
$26,000UNRESTRICTED
ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
$20,000UNRESTRICTED
ST PETERS OUTREACH
$15,000UNRESTRICTED
UNRESTRICTED
MADISON CO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
ST LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CENTER
$7,500UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY
$6,000UNRESTRICTED
5 STONES CHURCH
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
CREATIVE LEARNING EXPLORICON
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
MOUNTAIN TOP EXPLORIUM
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
CENTRAL OH YOUTH FOR CHRIST
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
ST PAUL'S OUTREACH
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
PETOLONIA
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
ASCEND NW
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
EQUUS RESCUE & THERAPY
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WWASHINGTON
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN TRAILS COALITION
$3,000UNRESTRICTED
ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
$2,500UNRESTRICTED
BEYOND ABILITY MATTERS
$2,500UNRESTRICTED
SPIVA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
$2,000UNRESTRICTED
PRO MUSICA
$2,000UNRESTRICTED
LONDON HIGH SCHOOL
$1,500UNRESTRICTED
BE LOVE REVOLUTION
$1,500UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$1,000UNRESTRICTED
FREEMAN FOUNDATION
$50,000UNRESTRICTED
ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
$11,400UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
AMERICANA MUSIC ACADEMY
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
MADISON CO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$10,000UNRESTRICTED
COMMUNITY CLINIC
$8,500UNRESTRICTED
ST PETERS OUTREACH
$8,000UNRESTRICTED
ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CENTER
$6,500UNRESTRICTED
JOPLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY
$6,000UNRESTRICTED
PETOLONIA
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
CENTRAL OH YOUTH FOR CHRIST
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
EQUUS RESCUE THERAPY
$5,000UNRESTRICTED
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF WWASHINGTON
$5,000UNRESTRICTED