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Burgess Family Foundation at a glance

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Burgess Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$117k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$53kArts & Culture$42kEducation$40kHuman Services$38kCrime & Legal$11kEmployment$10kHealth$9kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART$18,000
THE PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL$15,000
FIX EM KC$15,000
Individual grant recipient$11,750
KC COMMON GOOD$7,500
COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND$7,500
HOPE HOUSE$7,500
KITTY CAT CONNECTION$7,500
ROSE BROOKS CENTER$5,200
MOCSA$5,000
M'SHOOGY'S EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
MICHAEL KUEHL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP$5,000
NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART$3,931
CHILDREN'S MERCY$2,000
ERICS CAMP FUND$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ERICS CAMP FUND: $1k → 5%HOPE HOUSE: $8k → 15%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 12 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$197k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+54%

Still filing today

58%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalEmploymentHousing & ShelterOther
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
    KITTY CAT CONNECTION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $21k · revenue +16%
  • FK
    Fix'em KC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $17k · revenue +261%
  • MO
    METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • LC
    LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • KM
    KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
2
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
3
Kansas City Hospice Inc

To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.

Human Services
4
Kansas Recovery Network
Health
5
Kc People's Fund
Philanthropy
6
Kitty City Kansas Rescue Incorporated

Find homes for homeless cats through adoptions

Animals
7
The Wichita Children's Home

To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy…

Human Services
8
Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas

The kansas humane society is a community resource for pets and people, dedicated to enhancing the welfare of all companion animals.

Animals
9
Kansas City Anti Violence Project

To provide advocacy services to LGBTQ victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes.

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10
Safehome Inc

To break the cycle of domestic violence and partner abuse for victims and their children by providing shelter, advocacy, counseling and prevention education in our community.

Human Services
11
Colorado Kitty Coalition

Colorado Kitty Coalition's (CKC) current purpose/mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home cats in need. Through a network of dedicated foster homes, we provide them with love, safety and a chance for a loving home. We commit to…

Animals
12
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Inc

It is the mission of kvc to enrich and enhance the lives of children and their families by providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services and education.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fix'em Kc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $36,931 · OtherNELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ARTIndividual grant recipient: $21,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherLOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONM'SHOOGY'S EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE: $15,000 · OtherM'SHOOGY'S EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUEROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $10,200 · OtherROSE BROOKS CENTER INCMICHAEL KUEHL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $10,000 · OtherMICHAEL KUEHL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPCHILDREN'S MERCY: $7,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S MERCYKEMPER MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $3,250 · OtherKITTY CAT CONNECTION INC: $20,500 · AnimalsKITTY CAT CONNECT…Fix'em KC: $17,000 · AnimalsFix'em KCPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationPEMBROKE HILL …METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $11,000 · Crime & LegalKC COMMON GOOD INC: $10,000 · EmploymentHOPE HOUSE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesERICS CAMP FUNDErics Camp Fund: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHEFFIELD PLACE: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$129,631Animals$37,500Education$30,000Crime & Legal$11,000Employment$10,000Human Services$8,500Housing & Shelter$7,500Arts & Culture$7,500

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 budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKITTY CAT CONNECTION INC: $20,500 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetFix'em KC: $17,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $10,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKC COMMON GOOD INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHEFFIELD PLACE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetERICS CAMP FUNDErics Camp Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS 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 PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KITTY CAT CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Fix'em KC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT ↗
  • Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KC COMMON GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEFFIELD PLACE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds ERICS CAMP FUNDErics Camp Fund ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS 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.

Greater Kansas City C…William T Kemper Foun…Hall Family FoundationMarion and Henry Bloc…The H & R Block Found…Jewish Community Foun…Jagoda Family Foundat…Merriman FoundationR a Long Foundation 6…Oppenstein Brothers F…Menorah Heritage Foun…The Shumaker Family F…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Hall Family Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Jagoda Family Foundation · Merriman Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · The Shumaker 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 Burgess Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burgess Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 20 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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