About Crawford Taylor Foundation
The Crawford Taylor Foundation makes a small number of very large, place-based gifts focused primarily in the St. Louis area. Their giving emphasizes children's health and welfare (major gifts to pediatric hospitals and youth-development programs), stewardship of local public green space, and civic/memorial projects. Most grants are unrestricted annual fund support, indicating a preference to fund operating capacity for established institutions.
Focus Areas
Pediatric healthcare and children's hospitals in St. LouisUrban park preservation and improvement (Forest Park stewardship)Youth development programs serving St. Louis (after-school and mentoring)National civic/memorial projects (World War II memorial support)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations/charities
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar gifts to a handful of established organizations—few grants overall, typically large one-time or annual fund commitments that bolster operating budgets of flagship local institutions.
Funding Style
general operating support
About Crawford Taylor Foundation
The Crawford Taylor Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a string of large annual-fund gifts to institutions that anchor St. Louis civic life. In 2025, the foundation gave $15,000,000 to St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation and $10,015,000 to Forest Park Forever Inc, underscoring a pattern of major support for children’s health and local public space. That same year, it also backed Friends of the National Wwii Memorial with $6,000,000, showing that its reach includes select civic and memorial projects beyond the region. Across recent years, the foundation has supported children’s hospitals, youth-serving nonprofits, park stewardship groups, public media, scholarship providers, and food access organizations. Many of the grants are annual fund gifts, which points to a preference for operating support rather than one-time project financing. The recipient list also includes institutions such as Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation, Boys & Girls Club of Greater St Louis, The Magic House, and St Louis Area Food Bank Inc, reflecting a portfolio centered on established nonprofits with recurring institutional needs. The overall picture is a funder focused on long-term capacity for organizations serving St. Louis and a small number of national legacy projects.
What Crawford Taylor Foundation Funds
Children’s health is a clear priority. The foundation gave $10,000,000 in 2024 to Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation for annual fund support, following a $15,000,000 gift in 2025 to St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation. Its place-based civic funding also extends to parks and environmental stewardship. In 2025, it awarded $2,500,000 to The Tower Grove Park Foundation for annual fund support, and it gave $2,522,601 in 2024 to Great Rivers Greenway Foundation. Youth development and educational opportunity appear in another cluster of grants. The foundation gave $4,000,000 in 2023 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater St Louis and $2,500,000 in 2024 to Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School, both as annual fund support. It also supported Scholarship Foundation of St Louis with multiple gifts across 2023 to 2025.
How Crawford Taylor Foundation Gives
The Crawford Taylor Foundation’s typical grant size centers on larger awards, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $25,000, and a p75 of $100,000. The recent grants list shows a different pattern at the top end: several multimillion-dollar annual-fund gifts to a relatively small set of organizations. Repeated recipients appear across multiple years, including Friends of the National Wwii Memorial, Great Rivers Greenway Foundation, Scholarship Foundation of St Louis, and The Everglades Foundation Inc. The foundation is a regular funder, not a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The grant descriptions are frequently annual fund support, which suggests recurring operating support rather than isolated project grants.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$41.4M
Total Assets
$758.8M
Total Revenue
$72.6M
Total Expenses
$43M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $100K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local7 states funded
About 84% of grants go to recipients in MO.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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