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Forster-Powers Charitable Trust at a glance

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Forster-Powers Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$566k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
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$2.7MReligion$340kHealth$300kHuman Services$180kInternational$132kEmployment$130kYouth Development$55kHousing & Shelter$15k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $376k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
$20,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AVILA UNIVERSITY$75,000
ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY$50,000
ST TERESA'S ACADEMY$50,000
BISHOP WARD HIGH SCHOOL$45,000
BISHOP MIEGE HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
VITAE SOCIETY$25,000
DONNELLY COLLEGE$25,000
HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
CRISTO RAY SCHOOL$25,000
HOLY NAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL$25,000
SOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY$20,500
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE$20,000
CONCEPTION SEMINARY COLLEGE CORE$20,000
JOBONE$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%HEARTSTRINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $15k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $15k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH: $25k → 15%DON BOSCO CENTERS: $25k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 26 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
7

Total granted

$3.7M
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+16%

Still filing today

54%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalReligionHealthOther
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 · $320k · revenue +31%
  • AU
    AVILA UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $235k · revenue +117%
  • HC
    Heartstrings Community Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • WP
    WYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +127%
  • TD
    THE DON BOSCO CENTERS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +49%
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
Villa St Francis Catholic Care Center Inc

Villa st francis, a catholic, non-profit skilled nursing facility sponsored by the archdiocese of kansas city in olathe, provides dementia care, skilled nursing, respite, and hospice.

Housing & Shelter
2
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
3
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
4
Catholic Care Center Inc

Catholic care center strives to enhance the dignity and respect of all residents by offering competent, professional, and spiritually nourishing healthcare and supportive services. we strive to know the needs of our residents and provide…

Health
5
St Joseph Care Center

To help residents live to their fullest potential, recognizing the changing needs of each person.

Health
6
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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7
Little Sisters of the Poor Palatine St Josephs Home for the Elderly

The little sisters of the poor operate st. joseph's home, which provides nursing and residential care for the needy elderly. the home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france…

Human Services
8
Living Community of St Joseph

We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…

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9
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

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

Health
12
St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc

As a catholic healthcare ministry, we provide comprehensive and compassionate care that improves the health of the people we serve.

Health
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 Benedictine College. 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

19 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. 19 of the 35 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Teresa's Academy: $415,000 · OtherSt Teresa's AcademyROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL: $310,000 · OtherROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOLBISHOP WARD HIGH SCHOOL: $275,000 · OtherBISHOP WARD HIGH SCHOOLBISHOP MIEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $255,000 · OtherBISHOP MIEGE HIGH SCHOOLVITAE SOCIETY: $200,000 · OtherVITAE SOCIETYHOLY NAME CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $160,000 · OtherHOLY NAME CATHOLIC SCHOOLCONCEPTION SEMINARY COLLEGE CORE: $150,000 · OtherCONCEPTION SEMINARY COLLEGE COREJOBONE: $130,000 · OtherJOBONESOCIETY OF OUR LADY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY: $100,500 · OtherNOTRE DAME DE SION: $80,000 · Other+12 more: $317,200 · Other+12 moreROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $320,000 · EducationROCKHURST UNIVERSITYAVILA UNIVERSITY: $235,000 · EducationAVILA UNIVERSITYDonnelly College: $200,000 · EducationDonnelly CollegeBenedictine College: $160,000 · EducationBenedictine CollegeHeartstrings Community Foundation: $200,000 · Human ServicesHeartstri…Little Sisters of The Poor: $90,000 · Human ServicesLittle Si…THE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE DON B…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC …LOS OLIVOS CIS: $110,000 · InternationalLALMBA ASSOCIATION: $22,000 · InternationalHOMES FROM THE HEART INC: $15,000 · InternationalFOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC: $50,000 · ReligionWYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC: $25,000 · Health
Other$2,392,700Education$915,000Human Services$340,000International$147,000Religion$50,000Health$25,000

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 budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $320,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAVILA UNIVERSITY: $235,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHeartstrings Community Foundation: $200,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetDonnelly College: $200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBenedictine College: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJOBONE: $130,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLOS OLIVOS CIS: $110,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $90,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC: $50,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSeton Center Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI: $35,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetKANSAS CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetWYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLALMBA ASSOCIATION: $22,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHOMES FROM THE HEART INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetFERTILITYCARE CENTER OF KANSAS CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% 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 Heartstrings Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Donnelly College ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine College ↗
  • Who funds JOBONE ↗
  • Who funds LOS OLIVOS CIS ↗
  • Who funds Little Sisters of The Poor ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Seton Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DON BOSCO CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC ↗
  • Who funds LALMBA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FROM THE HEART INC ↗
  • Who funds FERTILITYCARE CENTER OF KANSAS CITY 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…John J Sullivan Jr Fo…Constance M Cooper Ch…The McGee FoundationMcCullough Family Fou…Joseph M Fahey and Ma…The Dehaemers Family …The Sherman Family Fo…United Way of Greater…The Sunderland Founda…Greater HorizonsR a Long Foundation 6…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO38.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation · The McGee Foundation · McCullough Family Foundation · Joseph M Fahey and Mary Elizabeth Rogers Fahey Foundation Inc · The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust · The Sherman Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Greater Horizons · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg

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 Forster-Powers Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forster-Powers Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    2report 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 35 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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