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Feist Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Feist Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$419k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$398kHuman Services$397kEducation$225kHealth$125kYouth Development$81kHousing & Shelter$76kCommunity Improvement$47kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $276k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$8,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUMAN HERITAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$60,000
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$35,000
DON BOSCO CENTERS$30,500
MARION HOPE CENTER$25,000
KINGDOM ACADEMY LEARNING CENTER$20,000
PINNACLE WINDS CONCERT BAND$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
THE ARTS ASYLUM$15,000
KANSAS CITY ACADEMY$15,000
AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM$15,000
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES$10,000
MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY$10,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF NE & NW MO$10,000
THE FOLLEY THEATER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $202k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $3k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $3k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $3k → 15%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $1k → 15%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $3k → 15%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION: $10k → 15%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION: $10k → 15%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION: $10k → 15%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION: $10k → 15%MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION: $5k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $31k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $31k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $28k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $8k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $8k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $8k → 15%HEALING HOUSE: $8k → 15%HEALING HOUSE: $8k → 15%HEALING HOUSE: $8k → 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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 32 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
5

Total granted

$1.4M
$35k

Still filing today

59%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthReligionHousing & 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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $137k · revenue +45%
  • AJ
    AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +47%
  • MT
    MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +232%

Funded once

  • PW
    PINNACLE WINDS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IF
    In From the Cold
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • KS
    KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRI
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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 Artists Coalition Inc

The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness

Arts & Culture
2
Kansas City Christian School Association

To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.

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3
Kansas City Community Land Trust

Acquire and develop real estate to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing to low-income homeowners while working to ensure a culturally, ethnically, and economically diverse and stable community where generations can thrive in place.

Housing & Shelter
4
Kansas Affordable Housing Corporation

Provide support for mennonite housing rehabilitation services, inc., which provides low-income housing for the elderly and disabled through hud housing programs that provide low-income families with ownership opportunities and the…

Housing & Shelter
5
Cornerstone of Topeka Inc

All of Cornerstone efforts are directed toward interrupting the cycle of homelessness, providing decent, safe, accessible and affordable housing of choice to moderate and low-income households, and revitalizing Topeka neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
6
Housing Services of Kansas City Inc

The Housing Services of Kansas City, Inc is focused on creating and preserving affordable housing for low income kansas city residents.

Housing & Shelter
7
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
8
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

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

Health
9
Community Health Center of Se Kansas Inc

To provide quality, affordable, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health care to anyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
10
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
11
Kansas City Autism Training Center Inc

The kansas city autism training center is committed to helping people on the autism spectrum fulfill their potential through ethical, evidence-based treatment, education, and training.

Education
12
Great Jobs Kc Inc

The mission of great jobs kc is to provide access to college scholarships and tuition-free job training along with job placement assistance to secure family-sustaining jobs for low- to modest-income individuals in the kansas city area.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our Spot Kc; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstones of Care. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 51 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INC: $137,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INCIndividual grant recipient: $115,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMARION HOPE CENTER: $92,000 · OtherMARION HOPE CENTERGIRL SCOUTS OF NE & NW MO: $81,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF NE & NW MOTHE FOLLEY THEATER: $61,500 · OtherTHE FOLLEY THEATERTRUMAN HERITAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $60,000 · OtherTRUMAN HERITAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SCHOOLHOUSE INC: $44,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY: $43,500 · OtherFIRST CALL ALCOHOL DRUG: $41,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $39,500 · Other+20 more: $182,500 · Other+20 moreAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $125,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JAZZ MUSE…St Peter & Paul Heritage Association: $82,000 · Arts & CultureSt Peter & Paul He…MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL THEATER HE…THE ARTS ASYLUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS ASYLUMTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $111,000 · Human ServicesTHE DON BOSCO…MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesMARLBOROUGH C…HEALING HOUSE INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesHEALING HOUSE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $7,000 · Human Services+2 more: $6,500 · Human ServicesTHE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY: $86,000 · EducationTHE LEARNING…WONDERSCOPE INC: $49,000 · EducationWONDERSCOPE …KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE…HICKMAN MILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $19,000 · EducationHICKMAN MILL…Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: $25,000 · PhilanthropyRESTART INC: $10,500 · Housing & ShelterCASS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthNORTHLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 · HealthHILLCREST MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Religion
Other$957,500Arts & Culture$267,000Human Services$203,500Education$189,000Philanthropy$25,000Housing & Shelter$10,500Health$10,000Religion$5,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INC: $137,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $125,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $111,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY: $86,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSt Peter & Paul Heritage Association: $82,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetTRUMAN HERITAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWONDERSCOPE INC: $49,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION INC: $45,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetTHE SCHOOLHOUSE INC: $44,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHICKMAN MILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetRESTART INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLCREST MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Encourage: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKANSAS CITY CENTER FOR INCLUSION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 2.2% 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 COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE DON BOSCO CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds St Peter & Paul Heritage Association ↗
  • Who funds TRUMAN HERITAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds WONDERSCOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH COMMUNITY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOOLHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEALING HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HICKMAN MILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS ASYLUM ↗
  • Who funds RESTART INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONES OF CARE ↗
  • Who funds HILLCREST MINISTRIES INC ↗

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.

Greater Kansas City C…Ewing Marion Kauffman…United Way of Greater…Health Forward Founda…Jackson County Commun…The Kansas City Royal…R a Long Foundation 6…The Shumaker Family F…Greater HorizonsThe Sunderland Founda…Commerce Bancshares F…Giving the Basics Inc
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO34.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Health Forward Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · The Shumaker Family Foundation · Greater Horizons · The Sunderland Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Giving the Basics Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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