Missouri · Public charity
Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk
The kansas city zoo & aquarium connects all people to each other and the natural world to promote understanding, appreciation, and conservation.
- $506k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $112k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $37M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 7 | $112k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $89k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $66k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $54k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $102k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $221k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 35% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $92,073 | 7 | 0% |
| International Elephant Foundation | $81,116 | 5 | 2% |
| Polar Bears International | $65,122 | 6 | 0% |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Association | $60,678 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis Zoological Park | $56,327 | 3 | n/a |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $46,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Megafauna Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rewild | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 35% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $92,073 | 7 | 0% |
| International Elephant Foundation | $81,116 | 5 | 2% |
| Polar Bears International | $65,122 | 6 | 0% |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Association | $60,678 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis Zoological Park | $56,327 | 3 | n/a |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $46,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Megafauna Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rewild | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Conservation Network | $10,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rare Species Conservatory Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $8,780 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of San Diego | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Save Giraffes Now | $7,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Jack Primate Sanctuary | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Houston Zoo Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Columbus Zoological Park Association · Zoological Society of San Diego · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk with peer funders
About Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk
- How much does Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk give?
- Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk reported 7 itemized grants totaling $112,200, out of $506,223 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (91%), Environment (9%).
- Who are Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City Foundation ($150k), The Marine Mammal Center ($92k), International Elephant Foundation ($81k).
- Does Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc, Dallas Zoo Management Inc, Houston Zoo Inc.
- Where is Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk based?
- Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk is based in MO.
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