Missouri · Public charity
Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures
To improve the greater downtown and urban core of kansas city through educational and service programs, including providing coordinated social and community services to persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and lessen the burdens of government and combat community deterioration, including, but not limited to making kansas…
- $539k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 93% of the organizations Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $538k | 87% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $395k | 93% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $615k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $245k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $600k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $615k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Kansas City Community Improvement District | $140,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Storytailor Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eb Systems | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hilltop Technologies LLC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dvm Solutions LLC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dhakai Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cybership Technologies Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton Innovations | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthworx Boulder Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seeinme Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Kansas City Community Improvement District | $140,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Storytailor Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eb Systems | $62,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hilltop Technologies LLC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dvm Solutions LLC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dhakai Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cybership Technologies Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton Innovations | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthworx Boulder Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seeinme Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lotus Tms | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inventxyz Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raven Space Systems Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foresight Reporting Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Data Appraisal | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nourishkc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Codealgo LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sra Health Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matchrite Care LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heft Iq | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bryght Labs | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Prospect Kc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Hip Hop LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diversity Telehealth Community Network Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kc Can Compost | $35,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kanbe's Markets | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pawsperity Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Raise Health Innovations | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive Homes LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sensegrass | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asksamie | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Made Fitness | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raia Ventures Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neuru LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tribal Tech Innovations Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Besty Bnb LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Send Backs DBA Sendback | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salubata Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Integrity Capital Management | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connectivities | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Oak LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Base Academy of Music | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cobuild LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Civic Saint LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: The Curry Family Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures with peer funders
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About Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures
- How much does Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures give?
- Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures reported 15 grants totaling $538,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (74%), Science & Tech (8%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Downtown Kansas City Community Improvement District ($140k), Storytailor Inc ($65k), Eb Systems ($63k).
- Does Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Curry Family Foundation, Menorah Heritage Foundation, The Francis Family Foundation.
- Where is Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures based?
- Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures is based in MO.
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