Does Vatterott Foundation provide general operating support or project funding?

The recent grant descriptions consistently say “assistance for its charitable function,” which points to unrestricted or general operating support rather than project-specific funding. That pattern appears across awards in 2024 and 2025.

How large are Vatterott Foundation’s typical grants?

The typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile. The recent record includes larger awards too, such as a $55,500 grant and multiple $30,000 and $15,000 grants.

Can organizations apply for funding?

Yes. The General Grant Program and General Grantmaking programs both accept unsolicited requests, and both are aimed at nonprofit organizations in the greater St. Louis area.

What geographic area does the foundation serve?

Giving is local and heavily concentrated in Missouri, with 90% of grants to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Recent recipients are in St. Louis, Bridgeton, St. Charles, Troy, and East St. Louis, Illinois.

Vatterott Foundation

Name: Vatterott Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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ActiveMutual & Membership Benefit

ST LOUIS, MOWebsite3144274000

About Vatterott Foundation

The Vatterott Foundation concentrates its philanthropic support exclusively on a single education-focused nonprofit, providing unrestricted assistance to sustain its charitable operations. All recorded grants fund ACCESS ACADEMIES in St. Louis, indicating a targeted, place-based interest in supporting alternative/charter-style educational services for underserved students. The foundation appears to prioritize operational stability over program-specific funding.

Focus Areas

Alternative/charter-style K–12 education for underserved students in St. LouisGeneral operating support for education nonprofitsSchool access and retention programs for at-risk youth

Who They Fund

charitable organization (beneficiary not further specified)

Giving Approach

Highly concentrated giving: all funds directed to one organization (ACCESS ACADEMIES) across multiple grants, indicating repeat, focused support rather than distributed or diversified funding.

Funding Style

unrestricted supportgeneral operating support

About Vatterott Foundation

A single nonprofit accounts for the clearest pattern in Vatterott Foundation’s recent grantmaking: multiple unrestricted awards to Access Academies in St. Louis, including a $55,500 grant in 2024 and additional grants of $30,000 that same year. That concentration points to a funder that supports the charitable operations of organizations working with students and families in the St. Louis area, rather than spreading support broadly across many institutions. The foundation’s recorded grants also extend into adjacent education and social-service settings, with awards to Vincent Gray Academy in East St. Louis, Illinois, and to organizations serving housing, legal, food, and care needs in the region. Its stated focus areas include Catholic elementary and secondary education for disadvantaged youth, health care for underserved populations, public welfare and services for the poor, support for mothers who choose life for unborn children, and religious advancement. The grant descriptions in the recent awards are consistently framed as assistance for charitable function, reinforcing the foundation’s preference for operational support. Across the record on file, giving remains local and tightly tied to Greater St. Louis.

What Vatterott Foundation Funds

Education is the most visible theme in the recent grants record. Vatterott Foundation gave $15,000 to Vincent Gray Academy in East St. Louis for assistance with its charitable function, and it also awarded $7,500 to Our Lady of Guadalupe School in St. Louis for the same purpose. Catholic school support appears in the foundation’s stated focus areas, which emphasize Catholic elementary and secondary education for disadvantaged youth. Beyond schools, the foundation supports health and care services. It granted $10,000 to Rural Parish Clinic in St. Louis and $10,000 to St. Joachim and Ann Care Center in St. Charles, both described as assistance for charitable function. Social-service organizations also appear in the recent record, including Room at the Inn in Bridgeton and Lydia’s House in St. Louis. Together, these grants show a mix of education, health, and community support within a local St. Louis footprint.

How Vatterott Foundation Gives

The typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are all $5,000. Recent awards show a small number of larger grants, but most recorded grants sit at the $5,000 level. The foundation’s pattern is also repetitive rather than one-off, with the same organizations appearing more than once in the recent grants list across 2024 and 2025. Its active programs accept unsolicited requests, including the General Grant Program and Vatterott Foundation Youth Board grants. The grant descriptions consistently use general operating language such as assistance for charitable function, indicating a preference for unrestricted support over project-specific awards.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$131K

Total Assets

$1.1M

Total Revenue

$313K

Total Expenses

$243K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $5K and $5K, with a median of $5K.

25th Percentile

$5K

Median

$5K

75th Percentile

$5K

Geographic Reach

Local3 states funded

Funding intensity

Low

High

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
CATHOLIC LEGAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRY	ST LOUIS, MO	$7,500	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
RITENOUR CO CARE FOOD PANTRY	OVERLAND, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
IMMIGRANT HOME ENGLISH LEARNING PROGRAM	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
DEPAUL USA	CHICAGO, IL	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
LYDIA'S HOUSE	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
VINCENT GRAY ACADEMY	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
CASA DE SALUD	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST MARYS SOUTH SIDE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST JOACHIM AND ANN CARE CENTER	ST CHARLES, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
MIDTOWN COMMUNITY SERVICES	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST PETER AND PAUL PARISH	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
BLESSED TERESA OF CALCUTTA SCHOOL	FERGUSON, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST ANTHONY FOOD PANTRY	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
RURAL PARISH CLINIC	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
SISTER THEA BOWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST JOSEPHINE BAKHITA	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ROOM AT THE INN	BRIDGETON, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST FRANCES CABRINI ACADEMY	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES INC	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
COVENANT HOUSE	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
CARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREP	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF CARONDELET	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ALMOST HOME	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
NAMI ST LOUIS	ST LOUIS, MO	$2,500	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE	ATCHISON, KS	$500	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
MINDS EYE	BELLEVILLE, IL	$500	2025	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ACCESS ACADEMIES	ST LOUIS, MO	$55,500	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ACCESS ACADEMIES	ST LOUIS, MO	$30,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ACCESS ACADEMIES	ST LOUIS, MO	$30,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
VINCENT GRAY ACADEMY	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$15,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ROOM AT THE INN	BRIDGETON, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
VINCENTIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH	ST LOUIS, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
RURAL PARISH CLINIC	ST LOUIS, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ST JOACHIM AND ANN CARE CENTER	ST CHARLES, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
ROOM AT THE INN	BRIDGETON, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
VINCENT GRAY ACADEMY	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
VINCENT GRAY ACADEMY	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
RURAL PARISH CLINIC	ST LOUIS, MO	$10,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SCHOOL	ST LOUIS, MO	$7,500	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
BRIDGE OF HOPE LINCOLN COUNTY	TROY, MO	$7,500	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
LYDIA'S HOUSE	ST LOUIS, MO	$7,500	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
LYDIA'S HOUSE	ST LOUIS, MO	$7,500	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
CASA DE SALUD	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
SISTER THEA BOWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
SOUTHSIDE EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
IMMIGRANT SERVICE PROVIDERS NETWORK	ST LOUIS, MO	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION
SISTER THEA BOWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL	EAST ST LOUIS, IL	$5,000	2024	ASSISTANCE FOR ITS CHARITABLE FUNCTION

Recipient

Location

Amount

Year

Purpose

CATHOLIC LEGAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRY

ST LOUIS, MO

$7,500

2025