Michael and Noemi Neidorff Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, and it gives no steps for organisations to seek selection, so a small nonprofit should not send it a cold request.
- Where a grant is made, its typical grants fall between $50,000 and $1,500,000 (about 8 in 10 grants), with a median of $700,000 and a largest grant of $2,000,000, so any eventual request should be sized with that median in mind.
- Most recorded grants were for general operating support, across a zoo, children's health and welfare charities, a disability-support organisation and others, and no geographic focus is stated, though grants have mainly gone to Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
- None of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier one, so a past grant should not be assumed to lead to another, and its giving has risen sharply, from $0 to $1,001 to $9,200,000.
Overview
Michael and Noemi Neidorff Family Foundation is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Regions Bank, in Birmingham, AL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the filings, grants went to a zoo, children’s health and welfare charities, a law-enforcement foundation, a family-support house, a disability-support organisation, a community and social-service organisation, a school and learning centre, a counselling centre, and a Jewish federation. Most of the recorded grants were for general operating support, with one described as general fund. The recipient list therefore spans a range of charitable organisations, and the recorded purpose is predominantly general operating support rather than a stated project-specific field. The filings do not articulate a single thematic programme.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
How to apply
The filing indicates that contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations and that unsolicited requests are not accepted; it gives no steps for organisations to seek selection.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, none of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 11 grants to organisations were $700,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 0% of grant dollars went to organisations Michael and Noemi Neidorff Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $850k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Louis Zoo · General operating$2,000,0002024 tax year
- National Law Enforcement Foundation · General operating$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Cardinal Glennon Childrens Foundation · General operating$1,500,0002024 tax year
- Variety The Childrens Charity · General operating$1,300,0002024 tax year
- Ronald McDonald House · General operating$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Saint Louis Arc · General operating$700,0002024 tax year
- Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis · General operating$600,0002024 tax year
- Miriam School and Learning Center · General operating$300,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Steven Harpole — Trustee
- Marcela Manjarrez — Trustee
- Daniel Godar — Trustee
- Lacey Searfoss — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $0 | $0 | $1,423,685 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $836,439 | $1,001 | $201,701,246 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $11,157,567 | $9,200,000 | $215,540,068 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Birmingham, AL (office of its trustee, Regions Bank)
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Birmingham, AL (office of its trustee, Regions Bank)