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Constance M Cooper Charitable 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.

$820k
Granted FY2024still arriving
92
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$64k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 65% of CONSTANCE M COOPER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $154k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $603k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $64k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL$64,000
NOTRE DAME DE SION$34,000
CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL$27,500
BISHOP MIEGE HIGH SCHOOL$27,000
KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING$25,000
BISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER$20,000
ST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$20,000
AVILA UNIVERSITY$20,000
ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION FBO CRITTENTO$20,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC - HEART OF AMERIC$20,000
NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND MEM$15,000
BLUE RIVER ELEMENTARY PTO$15,000
LUCKY 13 RESCUE$14,000
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE$12,500
ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC$11,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $253k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A LEG FOREVER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $15k → 14%A LEG FOREVER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $15k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $15k → 14%LAKEMARY CENTER: $11k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $10k → 14%LAKEMARY CENTER: $5k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $10k → 14%LAKEMARY CENTER: $3k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $10k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $1k → 14%AMERICAN STROKE FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $8k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $4k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $3k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $3k → 15%RED TAIL ACADEMY: $2k → 5%MOTHER TERESA CHARITABLE TRUST: $500 → 5%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 5%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $3k → 5%OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP: $30k → 15%OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP: $10k → 15%OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP: $5k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER KC: $5k → 15%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $3k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER KC: $1k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $10k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $9k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $5k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $3k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $3k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $3k → 15%HAPPY BOTTOMS: $2k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KC-ST JOSEPH: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KC-ST JOSEPH: $10k → 15%HAPPY BOTTOMS: $1k → 15%HAPPY BOTTOMS: $1k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $5k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.7M · 148 repeat orgs$489k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

148 repeat relationships — 80 still active in FY2024, 68 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

148
93

Total granted

$6.7M
$428k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+24%

Still filing today

49%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RU
    ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $214k · revenue +31%
  • AU
    AVILA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $198k · revenue +72%
  • TC
    The Children's Mercy Hospital
    8× · 2017–2024 · $173k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY - LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • AS
    ARARAT SHRINE-HOSPITAL TRANSPORT
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    one grant, 2021 · $15k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kansas City Care Clinic

The mission of kc care health center is to promote health and wellness by providing quality care, access, research and education to the underserved and all people in our community.

2
Ability Kc

Our mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing comprehensive medical, therapeutic, educational, and vocational services.

3
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
4
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.

5
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

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

Health
6
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians

The mission of the kansas academy of family physicians is to empower and cultivate kansas family physicians to: serve as trusted and innovative leaders champion a diverse, sustainable and inclusive workforce advocate and collaborate for…

7
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of kansas city is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
8
Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans

To assist the state of kansas in helping to improve the health of all kansans, particularly those unserved or underserved.

Health
9
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
10
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
11
Vna Corporation

The vna corporation is a charitable, community-oriented organization dedicated to providing high quality home care and related medical and social services to individuals in the metropolitan kansas city area and the 17 surrounding counties.…

Health
12
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc and the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%4%<5yr12%6%5–10yr16%16%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr24%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%2%<5yr12%7%5–10yr16%9%10–20yr15%11%20–35yr16%23%35–55yr24%49%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.7% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%1/149
the rest of the field
12%
4,544/39,342

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

121 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 121 of the 255 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/121
Grantees still filing
91/121
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NOTRE DAME DE SION — $380,502 · OtherNOTRE DAME DE SIONROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL — $340,000 · OtherROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient — $234,600 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE — $214,500 · OtherST PETER'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL — $174,900 · OtherBISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER — $160,000 · Other+132 more — $3,232,700 · Other+132 moreROCKHURST UNIVERSITY — $214,000 · EducationROCKHURST UNI…AVILA UNIVERSITY — $197,500 · EducationAVILA UNIVERS…OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC — $110,000 · EducationOPERATION BRE…Donnelly College — $70,000 · EducationDonnelly Coll…Blue River Elementary PTO — $59,000 · EducationBlue River El…BRIGHT FUTURES FUND — $55,000 · EducationBRIGHT FUTURE…WONDERSCOPE INC — $45,000 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS — $30,000 · Education+6 more — $81,850 · Education+6 moreThe Children's Mercy Hospital — $172,500 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $64,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $40,000 · HealthAngel Flight Central Inc — $39,000 · HealthTHE ALS ASSOCIATION MID-AMERICA CHAPTER — $30,000 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $23,000 · HealthWALTER REED SOCIETY INC — $20,000 · Health+10 more — $63,500 · HealthKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $175,550 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL — $150,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RABBIT HOLE KC — $40,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $48,000 · Arts & CultureWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $76,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $46,000 · Human ServicesOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesKansas City Hospice Inc — $31,200 · Human ServicesLittle Sisters of The Poor — $26,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesLAKEMARY CENTER INC — $18,500 · Human Services+7 more — $37,000 · Human ServicesHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK — $108,500 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $15,000 · InternationalHOMES FROM THE HEART INC — $10,000 · International
Other$4,737,202Education$862,350Health$547,000Arts & Culture$513,550Human Services$299,700Food & Nutrition$108,500International$65,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY — $214,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAVILA UNIVERSITY — $197,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $175,550 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital — $172,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL — $150,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLITERACY KANSAS CITY — $130,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL — $117,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC — $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK — $108,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST CALL ALCOHOLDRUG PREVENTION RECOVERY — $86,250 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $76,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI — $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDonnelly College — $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $64,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBlue River Elementary PTO — $59,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURES FUND — $55,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $46,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWONDERSCOPE INC — $45,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP INC — $45,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC — $42,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RABBIT HOLE KC — $40,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAngel Flight Central Inc — $39,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCity Union Mission — $36,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLUCKY 13 RESCUE INC — $33,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT — $32,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKansas City Hospice Inc — $31,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALS ASSOCIATION MID-AMERICA CHAPTER — $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBenedictine College — $26,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor — $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJourney to New Life INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDE LA SALLE EDUCATION CENTER — $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCREEN SANITY INC — $25,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWALTER REED SOCIETY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAKEMARY CENTER INC — $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC — $18,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHALO FOUNDATION — $17,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSTEPHANIE WATERMAN TENNIS FOUNDATION — $16,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWelcome House Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds AVILA UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
  • Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital
  • Who funds NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL
  • Who funds LITERACY KANSAS CITY
  • Who funds CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL
  • Who funds OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
  • Who funds THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FIRST CALL ALCOHOLDRUG PREVENTION RECOVERY
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Donnelly College
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds Blue River Elementary PTO
  • Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FUND

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-TrusteesKS112× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · McCullough Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
29report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 255 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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