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Castetter Johnson 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.

$465k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$204kHuman Services$174kHealth$131kAnimals$105kYouth Development$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kArts & Culture$25kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S MERCY$50,000
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
WAYSIDE WAIFS$50,000
KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY$50,000
CRISTO REY$25,000
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
KC METROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION$20,000
LEVEL UP KIDS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
C3KC CONFERENCE JUNIOR LEAGUE$10,000
BO HUHMAN HEART FOUNDATION$10,000
SMALL CHANGES BIG SHIFTS$10,000
KANBE'S MARKETS$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHILDREN'S GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $10k → 7%BO HUHMAN HEART FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%BO HUHMAN HEART FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%FOSTER KIDS KC: $1k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 15%THE SOUL OF SANTA DO GOOD FOUNDATION: $3k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$480k · 10 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$480k
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
-4%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureFood & 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

  • KS
    KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $101k · revenue +26%
  • WW
    WAYSIDE WAIFS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $95k · revenue +15%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LW
    LEADING WITH LOVE GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NI
    NEWHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -4%
  • ST
    STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -17%
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
Bionexus Kc

We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring…

Science & Tech
2
The Children's Mercy Hospital

Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers. Together, we transform the health,…

Health
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 Foodbank Warehouse Inc

To feed the hungry by soliciting and receiving food and other goods from local, regional and national food companies and other enterprises

Food & Nutrition
5
Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation

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

Unclassified
6
Columbus Children's Foundation

Accelerating the most effective gene therapy treatments for children with ultra-rare diseases.

Health
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Kansas Children's Foundation

The kansas children's foundation is dedicated to providing resources including financial and emotional support to children and families across the state of kansas.

Health
9
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Kansas Inc

The make-a-wish foundation of kansas creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

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11
Kansas Children's Service League Foundation

To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.

Philanthropy
12
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy; the most unlike its peers is Small Changes Big Shifts Co. 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

28 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. 28 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
11/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MERCY: $105,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MERCYLEADING WITH LOVE GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherLEADING WITH LOVE GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMYCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWOR…NORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherNORTH KANSAS CITY HOSPITALNEWHOUSE INC: $25,000 · OtherNEWHOUSE INCC3KC CONFERENCE JUNIOR LEAGUE: $20,000 · OtherUNION STATION: $20,000 · OtherKC METROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION: $20,000 · Other+17 more: $86,100 · Other+17 moreKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $101,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSI…KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $50,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY GIRLS PRE…+2 more: $2,000 · EducationWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $95,000 · AnimalsWAYSIDE WAIFS …FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI C/O LINDA FALK: $10,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …THE BO HUHMAN HEART FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE BO HU…CHILDRENS GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS…SOUL OF SANTA DO GOOD FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $2,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesLEVELUP KIDS INC: $17,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 · HealthAdventHealth Kansas City Foundation: $10,000 · HealthSmall Changes Big Shifts Co: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$401,100Education$153,000Animals$105,000Human Services$65,500Health$48,500Arts & Culture$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEWHOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEVELUP KIDS INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BO HUHMAN HEART FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCHILDRENS GLOBAL ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdventHealth Kansas City Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKANBE'S MARKETS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSmall Changes Big Shifts Co: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI C/O LINDA FALK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGUATEMALA HUMANITARIAN FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE GOLDEN SCOOP LLC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUL OF SANTA DO GOOD FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOPES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFOSTER KIDS KC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

Greater Kansas City C…William T Kemper Foun…The Sunderland Founda…The Kansas City Royal…The H & R Block Found…United Way of Greater…The Curry Family Foun…Marion and Henry Bloc…Turner Construction C…The Don & Jean Wagner…Nichols Company Chari…Victor E Speas Founda…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO25.3× affinity11 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 · The Sunderland Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Curry Family Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Turner Construction Company Foundation · The Don & Jean Wagner Charitable Foundation · Nichols Company Charitable Trust · Victor E Speas 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 Castetter Johnson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Castetter Johnson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Castetter Johnson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Castetter Johnson 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 45 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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