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Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One at a glance

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Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$327k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One’s FY2025 grant dollars went to World Giving Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $327k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’19
10
’20
8
’21
7
’22
7
’23
5
’24
10
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$758kHuman Services$725kPhilanthropy$654kCrime & Legal$300kHealth$254kYouth Development$50kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDS TLC$110,000
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$100,000
WORLD GIVING FOUNDATION$50,000
LEAWOOD FOUNDATION$25,000
MADAM PRESIDENT CAMP INC$16,667
JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$15,000
YOUTH CHORUS OF KC$5,000
KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHILDRENS CAMPUS OF KANSAS CITY KS: $100k → 16%Foster Adopt Connect Inc: $20k → 15%Childrens Campus of Kansas City KS: $10k → 16%CENTER OF GRACE: $50k → 5%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part Onelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 17 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
22

Total granted

$2.0M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • KC
    KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $583k · revenue +13%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S CAMPUS OF KANSAS CITY INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $110k · revenue +1%
  • KC
    Kansas City Kansas School Foundation of Excellence
    2× · 2020–2023 · $110k · revenue +313% · 63% of their budget

Funded once

  • KC
    KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +120% · 34% of their budget
  • TD
    THREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES THE EDEN VILLAGE
    one grant, 2023 · $195k
  • TV
    THE VILLAGE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -18%
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
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation

To secure and provide funds and resources to enhance student learning in the kansas city public schools.

Education
2
Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc

The mission of the kauffman school is to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college and apply their unique talents in the world to create economically independent and personally fulfilling lives.

Education
3
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
4
Kansas State University Foundation

The mission of the kansas state university foundation is to secure and prudently manage private gifts in support of kansas state university and foster a culture that unites philanthropic desires with university priorities.

Education
5
Kc People's Fund
Philanthropy
6
North Kansas City Schools Education Foundation

Engaging our communities to support and fund extraordinary educational experiences.

Education
7
The Law Foundation of the University of Missouri - Kansas City

Support of university of missouri - kansas city law school

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8
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City Foundation

The chamber of commerce of greater kansas city foundation's mission is to invest in solutions that empower current and future generations in the kansas city community. the foundation is organized and operated exclusively for exempt…

Philanthropy
9
Metropolitan Community College Foundation

The foundation supports the mission of the junior college district of metropolitan kansas city, missouri dba the metropolitan community college (mcc) of preparing students, serving communities, and creating opportunities by carrying out…

Education
10
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc

The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…

Arts & Culture
11
Umkc Foundation

Umkc foundation's sole purpose is to benefit the university of missouri - kansas city (umkc) by supporting (through funds raised, held and administered by the foundation) academic programs and educational opportunities that will enhance…

Education
12
Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation

Strengthening agriculture and the lives of kansans through leadership, education and service.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Johnson County Community College Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 55 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
18/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDSTLC INC: $250,000 · OtherKIDSTLC INCTHREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES THE EDEN VILLAGE: $195,000 · OtherTHREE DOG NIGHT CHARITIES THE EDEN VILLAGEUniversity of Kansas Cancer Center: $170,000 · OtherUniversity of Kansas Cancer CenterBETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $160,085 · OtherBETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERNELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $155,000 · OtherNELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ARTKansas City Kansas School Foundation of Excellence: $110,000 · OtherKansas City Kansas School Foundation of Exce…KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $100,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGEGROWING FUTURES ATTN LARRY LEWIS JR CHARITABLE: $62,000 · Other+24 more: $437,701 · Other+24 moreKANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY KANSAS COMM…BLUE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $137,500 · EducationBLUE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL…OLATHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $88,860 · EducationOLATHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS F…GROWING FUTURES EARLY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $50,000 · EducationGROWING FUTURES EARLY E…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Education+4 more: $64,339 · Education+4 moreKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $583,111 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMP…+3 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD GIVING FOUNDATION: $549,496 · PhilanthropyWORLD GIVING FO…+2 more: $25,000 · PhilanthropyThe Johnson County Bar Foundation: $120,000 · Crime & LegalTHE VILLAGE INITIATIVE: $100,000 · Crime & LegalSUNFLOWER HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CHILDREN'S CAMPUS OF KANSAS CITY INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesCENTER OF GRACE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLEAWOOD FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Environment
Other$1,639,786Education$880,699Arts & Culture$603,111Philanthropy$574,496Crime & Legal$240,000Human Services$180,000Environment$75,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $583,111 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWORLD GIVING FOUNDATION: $549,496 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetKIDSTLC INC: $250,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $137,500 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetThe Johnson County Bar Foundation: $120,000 over 4y, 75% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CAMPUS OF KANSAS CITY INC: $110,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetKansas City Kansas School Foundation of Excellence: $110,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetTHE VILLAGE INITIATIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetOLATHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $88,860 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetMADAM PRESIDENT CAMP INC: $50,001 over 3y, 17% of budgetCENTER OF GRACE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGROWING FUTURES EARLY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHORIZON ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOLATHE HEALTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetKANSAS LEGAL SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAdventHealth Kansas City Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF KC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH CHORUS OF KANSAS CITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC: $4,339 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.

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.

Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…Health Forward Founda…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Clay Blair FoundationThe Francis Family Fo…John W and Effie E Sp…The Kansas City Royal…V & H Charitable Foun…R a Long Foundation 6…Jewish Community Foun…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO43.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Clay Blair Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · V & H Charitable Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City

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 Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One?

    Find your warmest path to Barton P Cohen & Mary Davidson Cohen Charitable Fund Part One 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 55 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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