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Anderson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$116kReligion$84kPhilanthropy$45kHuman Services$31kArts & Culture$29kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$862k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT$12,000
CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH$10,000
PRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA$10,000
KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT$7,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM (MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM): $1k → 9%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 13%FRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA ZOO: $1k → 14%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $14k → 15%PRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA: $10k → 16%A WAY OUT: $1k → 6%LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM (MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM): $1k → 9%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $12k → 15%PRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA: $5k → 16%A WAY OUT: $1k → 6%LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM (MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM): $1k → 9%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $11k → 15%A WAY OUT: $1k → 6%LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM (MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM): $1k → 9%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $10k → 15%A WAY OUT: $1k → 6%LEGACY OF THE LAKES MUSEUM (MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME MUSEUM): $1k → 9%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $10k → 15%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $9k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $9k → 15%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $9k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $9k → 15%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $8k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $8k → 15%CHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $8k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $7k → 15%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $2k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $6k → 15%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $2k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $5k → 15%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $2k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $5k → 15%THE SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $1k → 15%THE SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 13%ASHBY HOUSE LTD: $2k → 13%STIEFEL THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY: $1k → 13%KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 13%STIEFEL THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 13%STIEFEL THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 13%STIEFEL THEATER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY: $1k → 13%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$287k · 24 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
4

Total granted

$287k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+667%

Still filing today

75%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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

  • PM
    PRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • SA
    SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +398%
  • SS
    SALINA SYMPHONY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA ZOO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +667%
  • RH
    ROLLING HILLS WILDLIFE MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • SC
    SALINE COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Salina Health Education Foundation

To serve our community at the crossroads of compassionate healthcare and professional education.

Education
2
Salina Community Economic Development Organization Inc

Promote and support economic development

Community Improvement
3
Salina Regional Health Center Inc

To provide quality health care services in a healing and spiritual environment

Health
4
Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation

To support and further the development, public awareness, and interest in the fine and performing arts and humanities in salina, kansas. to be a supporting organization to the city of salina, kansas, the arts and humanities commission and…

Arts & Culture
5
Saline County Medical Foundation

Support services for saline memorial hospital.

Unclassified
6
South Central Community Foundation

To enhance the life, culture, and community of South Central Kansas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
7
Salina Area Chamber of Commerceinc

To advance the general welfare and prosperity of the salina area so its citizens and all areas of its business community shall prosper.

Community Improvement
8
Foundation for Saline Area Schools

Enrichment programs and other projects aimed at enhancing the quality of education and educational opportunities for all students.

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9
Saline County Humane Society

To provide care and refuge for animals in need.

—
10
Salina Child Care Association Inc

Provide child care and sponsor the child and adult care food program.

Human Services
11
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
12
Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas servces the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salina Regional Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is A Way Out Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $105,500 · OtherKANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTCHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $84,000 · OtherCHRIST CATHEDRAL EPISCOPAL CHURCHPRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA INC: $15,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA INC+10 more: $36,000 · Other+10 moreGreater Salina Community Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyGreater Salin…SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropySALINA AREA U…UNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS & POPE COUNTIES: $2,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSMOKY HILL MUSEUM FRIENDS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSALINA ART CENTER INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureRUNESTONE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureA Way Out Inc: $4,000 · HealthSALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthSUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $2,500 · HealthASHBY HOUSE LTD: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA ZOO INC: $1,000 · AnimalsHospice of Salina Inc: $500 · Human Services
Other$240,500Philanthropy$37,500Arts & Culture$18,500Health$9,000Housing & Shelter$7,000Education$5,500Animals$1,000Human Services$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Salina Community Foundation: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASHBY HOUSE LTD: $7,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSALINA SYMPHONY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME SOCIETY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSALINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSMOKY HILL MUSEUM FRIENDS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetA Way Out Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSALINA ART CENTER INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSALINA HELP FOR HOUSING: $2,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRUNESTONE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS & POPE COUNTIES: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY AND PARENTING SERVICE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA ZOO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Salina Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Greater Salina Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN MANORS OF MID-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHBY HOUSE LTD ↗
  • Who funds SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA LAKES MARITIME SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SALINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMOKY HILL MUSEUM FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds A Way Out Inc ↗
  • Who funds SALINA ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SALINA HELP FOR HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds RUNESTONE MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS & POPE COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY AND PARENTING SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE TOPEKA ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Salina Inc ↗

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.

Smoot Charitable Foun…Mike Berkley Family F…Verla Nesbitt Joscely…Morrison Foundation T…Earl Bane FoundationGreater Salina Commun…Mildred and Rolland M…McCune & Middlekauff …Marshall Family Found…Milton I and Frances …Jack a Wilson Charita…Zimmerman Family Foun…
Smoot Charitable FoundationKS37× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Smoot Charitable Foundation · Mike Berkley Family Foundation Inc · Verla Nesbitt Joscelyn Foundation · Morrison Foundation Trust · Earl Bane Foundation · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Mildred and Rolland Middlekauff Foundation · McCune & Middlekauff Foundation · Marshall Family Foundation Inc · Milton I and Frances L Stiefel Foundation · Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust · Zimmerman Family Foundation

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 Anderson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anderson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Anderson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Anderson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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