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Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.6MHealth$1.2MReligion$706kArts & Culture$673kPhilanthropy$597kHuman Services$334kHousing & Shelter$301kInternational$167kOther$0
02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
AVILA UNIVERSITY$20,000
BISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER$20,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC - HEART OF AMERIC$20,000
ST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$20,000
ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION FBO CRITTENTO$20,000
BLUE RIVER ELEMENTARY PTO$15,000
NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND MEM$15,000
LUCKY 13 RESCUE$14,000
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE$12,500
ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC$11,500
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, $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 its 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
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

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +24% for those 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
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

  • 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

  • AS
    ARARAT SHRINE-HOSPITAL TRANSPORT
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY - LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -40%
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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

121 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. 121 of the 255 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)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/121
Grantees still filing
91/121
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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 budgetDonnelly College: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% 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 budgetOUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP INC: $45,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetWONDERSCOPE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.0% 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 budgetTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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 budgetSCREEN SANITY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 8.1% 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 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 budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWelcome House Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 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 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 Donnelly College ↗
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Blue River Elementary PTO ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FUND ↗

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.

John J Sullivan Jr Fo…Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…Oppenstein Brothers F…McCullough Family Fou…The H & R Block Found…The Sherman Family Fo…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Health Forward Founda…The Sunderland Founda…The Kansas City Royal…Jackson County Commun…
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

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 Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% 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, 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 255 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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