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Chase Koch Foundation Inc

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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.9MEducation$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.0MRecreation & Sports$745kScience & Tech$400kHuman Services$350kArts & Culture$338kCommunity Improvement$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $400k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
$200,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Just Trust for Education$1,000,000
Exploration Place Inc$400,000
League 42 Foundation$250,000
Wichita Collegiate School$250,000
BPS Foundation$200,000
VELA Education Fund$200,000
League 42 Foundation$40,000
Botanica Inc$28,000
Mark Arts$25,000
Wichita Public Schools Foundation$10,000
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 (FY22–23, $375k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $25k → 16%Empower Evergreen Inc: $250k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $100k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MA
NV
CA
CO
KS
NC
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 5 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +110% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
12

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+110%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & 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

  • BI
    BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +120%
  • PM
    PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $900k · revenue +110%
  • MA
    MARK ARTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $313k · revenue +195%

Funded once

  • PF
    PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue +42%
  • CC
    CREATE CAMPAIGN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -28% · 37% of their budget
  • TA
    TRINITY ACADEMY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +24%
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 Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
2
Wichita Eye Foundation

To engage in grant making to medical educational organizations and related charitable activities in the area of eye disease and vision disorder, and the care and treatment thereof.

Health
3
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc

Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.

Education
4
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

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5
Kansas National Education Association

To advocate for education professionals and to unite our members, kansans, and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

—
6
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
7
Vista Charter Public Schools Inc

At vista, students master core subjects through the power of applying knowledge in a real-world context. in addition to rigorous academics, our schools focus on increased proficiency in crucial areas such as critical thinking, problem…

Education
8
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
9
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
10
Wallin Education Partners

To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…

Education
11
Classical School of Wichita

Provide a classical and biblically-based education to young people in elementary and secondary grade levels.

Education
12
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wichita Public Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Adopt the Arts Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC: $2,000,000 · HealthBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INCPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $900,000 · HealthPHOENIX MULTISPORT INCPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $375,000 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMEN…TRINITY ACADEMY INCORPORATED: $250,000 · EducationTRINITY ACADEMY I…WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $250,000 · EducationWICHITA COLLEGIAT…WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationWICHITA STATE UNI…Youth Entrepreneurs Inc: $75,000 · EducationYouth Entrepreneu…THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION: $1,000,000 · Crime & LegalTHE JUST TRUST …EXPLORATION PLACE INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORATION…MARK ARTS INC: $312,500 · Arts & CultureMARK ARTS I…Adopt the Arts Foundation: $25,000 · Arts & CultureLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION: $540,000 · Recreation & SportsEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $25,000 · Human ServicesCREATE CAMPAIGN INC: $250,000 · Community ImprovementBPS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherVELA EDUCATION FUND: $200,000 · OtherBOTANICA INC: $68,000 · OtherTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Other+3 more: $25,000 · Other
Health$2,900,000Education$1,150,000Crime & Legal$1,000,000Arts & Culture$737,500Recreation & Sports$540,000Human Services$375,000Community Improvement$250,000Other$518,000

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 budgetBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH INC: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $900,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION: $540,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetEXPLORATION PLACE INC: $400,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $375,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMARK ARTS INC: $312,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetCREATE CAMPAIGN INC: $250,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetTRINITY ACADEMY INCORPORATED: $250,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $250,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetBPS FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVELA EDUCATION FUND: $200,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBOTANICA INC: $68,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAdopt the Arts Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $10,000 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.

Textron Charitable Tr…Lair FoundationGoebel Family-Star Lu…Berry Foundation IncLattner Family Founda…Ima FoundationCommerce Bancshares F…Servant FoundationRuss & Helen Meyer Ch…DeVore Foundation IncIntrust Bank Charitab…Laham Family Foundati…
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI24.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lair Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Berry Foundation Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Servant Foundation · Russ & Helen Meyer Charitable Trust · DeVore Foundation Inc · Intrust Bank Charitable Tr · Laham 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 Chase Koch Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chase Koch Foundation Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Chase Koch Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Chase Koch Foundation Inc 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 23 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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