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George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund

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.

$19k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
92%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
10 to 14
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$451k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 92% of the organizations George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$19k75%
FY202412$18k92%
FY202313$19k62%
FY202214$22k71%
FY202110$19k90%
FY201914$23kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$52kHuman Services$31kHealth$12kEducation$9kCrime & Legal$5kHousing & Shelter$5kEmployment$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Support Kansas City Inc$16,00060%
Northeast Community Center$5,50011%
Kansas City Ballet Association$4,01430%
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation$4,00020%
Music-Arts Institute$3,25020%
Kc Mothers in Charge$3,00021%
Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders$3,00023%
Uzazi Village$2,50020%
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City$2,50021%
Base Academy of Music$1,7001n/a
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All grantees of George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Support Kansas City Inc$16,00060%
Northeast Community Center$5,50011%
Kansas City Ballet Association$4,01430%
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation$4,00020%
Music-Arts Institute$3,25020%
Kc Mothers in Charge$3,00021%
Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders$3,00023%
Uzazi Village$2,50020%
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City$2,50021%
Base Academy of Music$1,7001n/a
Friendship Inn Kc Inc$1,5001n/a
Cross-Lines Community Outreach Inc$1,5001n/a
Down Syndrome Innovations$1,50010%
Odessa Community Service Center$1,50012%
Heartland Chamber Music LTD$1,50011%
Art as Mentorship Inc$1,50010%
Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc$1,50010%
Charlotte House Series Inc$1,5001n/a
Kansas City Young Audiences Inc$1,50010%
The Rabbit Hole Kc$1,50010%
Bishop Sullivan Center Inc$1,50010%
Artists Helping the Homeless Inc$1,50010%
Liberty Parks and Recreation Foundation$1,50011%
Band of Angels Corp$1,50011%
Sleepyhead Beds$1,50010%
City Theatre$1,5001n/a
River of Refuge$1,50010%
Midwest Innocence Project Inc$1,50010%
The Art in the Loop Foundation$1,50012%
Greater Kansas City Friends of Fish$1,50019%
Center for Developmentally Disabled$1,50010%
Birthday Connections$1,5001n/a
Presser Arts Center$1,50010%
Center for Recorded Music$1,5001n/a
Secret Order Of The Key Incorporated$1,5001n/a
Kansas City Hospice Inc$1,50010%
Amethyst Place Inc$1,50010%
Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare Inc$1,50010%
Youth Arts Alliance of Greater Kansas City Inc$1,5001n/a
Uncover KC$1,50011%
Lazarus Ministries Kc$1,5001n/a
Blue Springs City Theatre$1,5001n/a
Della Lamb Community Services$1,50010%
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre$1,50010%
Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services$1,5001n/a
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival$1,50010%
Explore Educational Funding Foundation$1,5001n/a
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy$1,15610%
Youth Chorus of Kansas City Inc$1,00014%
Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
The Coterie Inc$1,00010%
KC Clay Guild$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSupport Kansas City Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNortheast Community Center: $5,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKansas City Ballet Association: $4,014 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Public Schools Education Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMusic-Arts Institute: $3,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKc Mothers in Charge: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRainbow Center for Communicative Disorders: $3,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetUzazi Village: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Repertory Theatre of Kansas City: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDown Syndrome Innovations: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOdessa Community Service Center: $1,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHeartland Chamber Music LTD: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArt as Mentorship Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKansas City Artists Coalition Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKansas City Young Audiences Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rabbit Hole Kc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBishop Sullivan Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtists Helping the Homeless Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiberty Parks and Recreation Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBand of Angels Corp: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSleepyhead Beds: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRiver of Refuge: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMidwest Innocence Project Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Art in the Loop Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGreater Kansas City Friends of Fish: $1,500 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCenter for Developmentally Disabled: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresser Arts Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKansas City Hospice Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Network for Behavioral Healthcare Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUncover KC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDella Lamb Community Services: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Ensemble Theatre: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeart of America Shakespeare Festival: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKansas City Girls Preparatory Academy: $1,156 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Chorus of Kansas City Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Coterie Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKC Clay Guild: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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…The Francis Family Fo…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Health Forward Founda…The H & R Block Found…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…Richard J Stern Found…Oppenstein Brothers F…Metropolitan Arts Cou…R a Long Foundation 6…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO63.1× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City · 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.

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About George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund

How much does George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund give?
George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund reported 12 grants totaling $19,214 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Human Services (22%), Health (8%).
Who are George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Support Kansas City Inc ($16k), Northeast Community Center ($6k), Kansas City Ballet Association ($4k).
Does George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund 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 George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The Francis Family Foundation, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation.
Where is George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund based?
George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund is based in MO.

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 61 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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