This small private foundation concentrates its giving on supporting acute care hospitals and medical centers, providing unrestricted/general operating support rather than project-restricted funding. Grants are few and sizable relative to the foundation’s total giving, with repeated identical gifts to the same hospital recipients—suggesting personal or regional ties to those institutions rather than broad geographic diversification.
Concentrated and targeted: only four grants split evenly between two hospital recipients, with repeat equal-sized unrestricted gifts rather than many small or varied awards.
Tuw G W Kimbel Fbo Charities’ recent giving is built around two Southeast Missouri health institutions that receive repeated unrestricted support: St Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The pattern is consistent across multiple years, with the foundation making the same kind of general operating gifts rather than project-specific awards. Those grants are sizable relative to the foundation’s annual giving, which points to a focused relationship with a small set of hospital recipients. The foundation’s grant record shows a narrow institutional emphasis on acute care and medical center support. It has directed funding to nonprofit hospital systems through unrestricted general grants, suggesting an interest in strengthening day-to-day organizational capacity rather than underwriting a single program or campaign. Cape Girardeau is the clearest center of that activity, with both hospitals appearing in the recent grants list. Because the same two recipients recur in the top grants, the foundation reads as concentrated and selective rather than broadly distributed. Its grantmaking is also regionally focused, with all recent grants landing in Missouri recipients.
The clearest topic area is unrestricted support for acute-care hospitals. In 2025, Tuw G W Kimbel Fbo Charities gave $29,919 to St Francis Medical Center Foundation in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for unrestricted general support, and the same amount to Southeast Missouri Hospital for the same purpose. A second area is sustaining hospital operations over time. In 2024, the foundation made $19,424 unrestricted general grants to both Southeast Missouri Hospital and St Francis Medical Center, again in Cape Girardeau. The repeated structure of those awards shows a preference for flexible institutional funding. Its 2023 grants followed the same pattern. St Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital each received $29,780 for unrestricted general support, reinforcing the foundation’s focus on nonprofit hospital systems rather than broader human services or community grantmaking.
Typical grants cluster tightly around a narrow band: p25 is $19,424, median is $24,602, and p75 is $29,780. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same two hospital recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests an ongoing, relationship-based pattern rather than one-off gifts. The foundation operates as a private foundation and does not fund individuals. Its recent grants are all unrestricted general support, indicating flexible operating support rather than project-restricted funding.
$158K
$1.1M
$136K
$64K
Most grants fall between $19K and $30K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$19K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$30K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MO.
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Notable grantees: ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL
Recent grants are concentrated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where both St Francis Medical Center Foundation and Southeast Missouri Hospital appear multiple times. Missouri is the top state by grant count, and 100% of recent grants went to U.S. recipients. No recent grants went to Texas recipients, despite the foundation’s Dallas headquarters.
Its recent grants go to nonprofit acute-care hospitals and medical centers, specifically St Francis Medical Center Foundation and Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The awards are made as unrestricted general support rather than for a named project.
The typical grant size is fairly narrow: p25 is $19,424, the median is $24,602, and p75 is $29,780. Recent awards sit close to that range, with repeated grants around $19,424 and $29,780.
The recent grants are all listed as unrestricted general support. That includes awards to St Francis Medical Center Foundation, Southeast Missouri Hospital, and the same two organizations in prior years.
Yes. St Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital each appear in 2023, 2024, and 2025, showing repeated support across multiple years rather than one-time grants.
Missouri is the top state by grant count. The recent grants are centered in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and all recent recipients are U.S.-based.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $29,919 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL | CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $29,919 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL | CPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $19,424 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER | CPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $19,424 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER | CPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $29,780 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
| SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL | CPE GIRARDEAU, MO | $29,780 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL |
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$29,919UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL
$29,919UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL
$19,424UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
$19,424UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER
$29,780UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HOSPITAL
$29,780UNRESTRICTED GENERAL