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Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation
As a supporting organization of the greater kansas city community foundation, the mission of the ann and GARY DICKINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is to provide enhanced access and opportunities to participate in education, recreation, arts, historical preservation, and community development primarily through funding the construction…
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100% of Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- $10k–50k6 grants · $75k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $275k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL | $505,000 |
| KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION | $500,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL | $500,000 |
| NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER | $75,000 |
| CITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER SCHOOLS - KC | $50,000 |
| OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC | $50,000 |
| KANSAS CITY RESCUE MISSION | $25,000 |
| KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY | $10,000 |
| KANSAS CITY HOUSE OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| HEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | $10,000 |
| KANSAS CITY REPERTORY | $10,000 |
| LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance
The mission of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is to educate and inspire our community by presenting and promoting appreciation for African-American culture through our stories.
The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness
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.
The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.
To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
To make lyric opera of kansas city indispensable to the public through transformational opera experiences and broad service that capture the hearts and minds of our communities.
To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
The kansas city country club is a traditional, private, family-oriented country club dedicated to providing outstanding year-round dining, social and athletic activities to its members and their guests through superior services, staff and…
The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…
Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DON BOSCO CENTERS ↗
- Who funds OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER SCHOOL-KANSAS CITY ↗
- Who funds SHELTER KC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds THE LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Sunderland Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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