Kansas · Private foundation
Elsberry 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,085
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $430k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Elsberry Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $68k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $81k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $52k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $95k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Ballet Association | $76,717 | 5 | 0% |
| Kansas City Symphony | $40,665 | 5 | 0% |
| Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc | $35,020 | 5 | 0% |
| Spastic Paraplegia Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Truman State University Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pembroke Hill School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Future Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayside Waifs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of America Shakespeare Festival | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Ballet Association | $76,717 | 5 | 0% |
| Kansas City Symphony | $40,665 | 5 | 0% |
| Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc | $35,020 | 5 | 0% |
| Spastic Paraplegia Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Truman State University Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pembroke Hill School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Future Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wayside Waifs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of America Shakespeare Festival | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Moberly Area Community College Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($177k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elsberry Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Elsberry Family Foundation
- How much does Elsberry Family Foundation give?
- Elsberry Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $67,815 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Elsberry Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (35%), Health (9%).
- Who are Elsberry Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kansas City Ballet Association ($77k), Kansas City Symphony ($41k), Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc ($35k).
- Does Elsberry Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elsberry Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Elsberry Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee, William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
- Where is Elsberry Family Foundation based?
- Elsberry Family Foundation is based in KS.
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