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Baughman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$278k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.8MHealth$1.6MRecreation & Sports$1.5MYouth Development$938kArts & Culture$876kHuman Services$496kHousing & Shelter$378kEmployment$339kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $387k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $402k
  • $250k+1 grant · $278k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCCC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$277,500
USD 480$209,204
Individual grant recipient$127,500
PANHANDLE STATE FOUNDATION$65,000
KS INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND$45,000
KANZA SOCIETY INC$40,000
SMOKEY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION$35,000
BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION$30,000
KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT$30,000
BABE RUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF L$25,000
USD 483$20,250
BEEJAYS INC$20,000
MOSAIC$20,000
HEARTSPRING$20,000
KSDS INC$20,000
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 (FY17–24, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EMBERHOPE YOUTHVILLE: $25k → 9%PRIDE OF LIFE: $18k → 10%PRIDE OF LIFE: $7k → 10%KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR HAN: $10k → 16%KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $40k → 12%KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $34k → 12%KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $34k → 12%KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $34k → 12%KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $34k → 12%RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $21k → 12%RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 12%RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 12%RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 12%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 46 repeat orgs$457k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
32

Total granted

$10M
$416k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+6%

Still filing today

50%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • KS
    KANZA Society Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $280k · revenue +51%
  • KI
    Kansas Independent College Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $260k · revenue ×16
  • SH
    SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP
    8× · 2017–2024 · $255k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • MF
    MAAM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +6% · 39% of their budget
  • LS
    LIBERAL SEWARD CO COMMUNICATION CEN
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • SC
    SEWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
2
Kansas Insurance & Financial Services Education Foundation
Education
3
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
4
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center

To provide and advocate for the highest quality whole-person care to improve the health and quality of life in our communities.

Health
5
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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6
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
7
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Inc

Promote and provide quality healthcare for the general commuinty of Jefferson County

Health
8
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
9
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
10
Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka Inc

Family service and guidance center provides quality behavioral healthcare to children and families. vision: family service and guidance center shall be the premier, outcomes-focused children and family behavioral healthcare center that…

Health
11
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
12
Community Health Center of Se Kansas Inc

To provide quality, affordable, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health care to anyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas Childrens Service League; the most unlike its peers is Bee Jay's 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

30 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. 30 of the 83 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCCC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,346,500 · OtherSCCC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONUSD 480: $1,932,240 · OtherUSD 480Individual grant recipient: $1,927,551 · OtherIndividual grant recipientKANZA Society Inc: $280,000 · Other+53 more: $1,598,096 · Other+53 moreKansas Independent College Association: $260,000 · EducationPANHANDLE STATE FOUNDATION: $240,000 · EducationYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $45,000 · EducationFriends University: $40,000 · EducationHEARTSPRING INC: $160,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $120,000 · HealthBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $105,000 · HealthCity on a Hill Inc: $90,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $26,000 · HealthSouthwest Medical Center: $25,000 · HealthSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $255,000 · Arts & CultureBAKER ARTS CENTER INC: $173,000 · Arts & CultureMAAM FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSEWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,350 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $176,000 · Human ServicesTHE RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $51,375 · Human ServicesSEWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesPRIDE OF LIFE INC: $25,336 · Human ServicesEMBERHOPE INC: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONE SHELTER INC: $295,000 · Housing & ShelterMOSAIC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterLIBERAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $13,300 · Recreation & Sports
Other$8,084,387Education$585,000Health$526,000Arts & Culture$511,350Human Services$337,711Housing & Shelter$315,000Recreation & Sports$163,300

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 budgetSTEPPING STONE SHELTER INC: $295,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetKANZA Society Inc: $280,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetKansas Independent College Association: $260,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $255,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPANHANDLE STATE FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $176,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBAKER ARTS CENTER INC: $173,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBEE JAY'S INC: $153,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetLIBERAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCity on a Hill Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $51,375 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMAAM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetSEWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $50,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends University: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetUNITED METHODIST WESTERN KANSAS MEXICAN- AMERICAN MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPRIDE OF LIFE INC: $25,336 over 2y, 15% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Medical Center: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOSAIC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $13,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH PLAINS MUSIC FEST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% 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 STEPPING STONE SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KANZA Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kansas Independent College Association ↗
  • Who funds SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP ↗
  • Who funds PANHANDLE STATE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds BAKER ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds BEE JAY'S INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds City on a Hill Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RUSSELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEWARD COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds Youth Entrepreneurs Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends University ↗
  • Who funds SEWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST WESTERN KANSAS MEXICAN- AMERICAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST GUIDANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PRIDE OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds EMBERHOPE 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.

Cooper Clark Foundati…Western Kansas Commun…Kansas Health Foundat…Rundell Charitable Fo…SEWARD COUNTY UNITED …Community Foundation …Berry Foundation IncWichita FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…Lattner Family Founda…Ima FoundationFinnup Foundation
Cooper Clark FoundationKS41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Clark Foundation · Western Kansas Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Rundell Charitable Foundation Trust · SEWARD COUNTY UNITED FUND dba SEWARD COUNTY UNITED WAY · Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas · Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · Finnup 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 Baughman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baughman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%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
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Baughman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Baughman 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 83 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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