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1440 Ventures Foundation Inc at a glance

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1440 Ventures Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$532k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$1.6MArts & Culture$600kPhilanthropy$32kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$7kEnvironment$6kFood & Nutrition$5kAnimals$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KU ENDOWMENT$250,000
ORPHEUM THEATRE$250,000
UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC$10,000
MIDWEST HISTORIC AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC$6,600
KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC$2,000
HUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC$1,000
WICHITA ART MUSEUM$1,000
SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA$1,000
STEPSTONE$1,000
BOTANICA INC$1,000
MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC$1,000
USD 290 DERBY PARENTS AS TEACHERS$1,000
CENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC$1,000
KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC$1,000
WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 19 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$2.2M
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+46%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MS
    MCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $326k · revenue +47%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +17%
  • SI
    STEPSTONE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • MT
    MUSIC THEATRE WICHITAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +35%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS SEDGWICK CO KS
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • H
    HUMANKIND
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
2
Wichita County Heritage Society Dba Kell House Heritage Center

Inspire and educate the community to engage in preservation through the kell house heritage center.

Arts & Culture
3
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
4
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc

Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.

Education
5
Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc

To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.

Religion
6
Wichita County Economic Development

To improve the quality of life for residents of wichita county, ks through community and economic development activities.

Community Improvement
7
Wichita Children's Theatre Inc

To provide educational programs to children in the community with regard to performing arts.

Arts & Culture
8
Wichita County Community Foundation Inc

The wichita county community foundation is a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to preserving local wealth so the communities in and around leoti and wichita county will forever remain attractive places to live, work and raise…

Community Improvement
9
Opportunity Wichita Inc

Engage community partners (including local governments, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions) to develop a community vision to address education, quality of life, infrastructure, workforce, and economic development and…

Community Improvement
10
Humane Society of Wichita County

The organization is dedicated to promoting the humane treatment of animals and addressing the issues and problems related to overpopulation of domestic animals.

Animals
11
Wichita Family Crisis Center

Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.

Human Services
12
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita; the most unlike its peers is Harvester Arts. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FUNDAMENTAL LITERACY FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · EducationFUNDAMENTAL LITERACY FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,000 · EducationKU ENDOWMENT: $350,000 · OtherKU ENDOWMENTORPHEUM THEATRE: $252,000 · OtherORPHEUM THEATRE+12 more: $36,600 · Other+12 moreMCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC: $326,000 · Arts & CultureMCCORMICK SCHOOL…+4 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropySTEPSTONE INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterWICHITA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterBOTANICA INC: $6,000 · EnvironmentTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $3,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $2,000 · Human Services
Education$1,201,000Other$638,600Arts & Culture$331,500Philanthropy$30,000Housing & Shelter$7,500Environment$6,000Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFUNDAMENTAL LITERACY FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetMCCORMICK SCHOOL MUSEUM INC: $326,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPSTONE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBOTANICA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWichita Art Museum Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORYTIME VILLAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARVESTER ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWichita Downtown Development Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Berry Foundation IncTextron Charitable Tr…Wichita FoundationK T Wiedemann Foundat…Annie FoundationUnited Way of the Pla…Daniel J Taylor Famil…The Fidelity Bank Fou…Dwane L and Velma Lun…DeVore Foundation IncMosby Lincoln Foundat…Goebel Family-Star Lu…
Berry Foundation IncKS30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berry Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Wichita Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Annie Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · DeVore Foundation Inc · Mosby Lincoln Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 1440 Ventures Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 1440 Ventures Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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