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George K Baum Foundation at a glance

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George K Baum Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$70k
Granted FY2020
5
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$69kArts & Culture$48kHealth$26kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$15kInternational$10kScience & Tech$10kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2020 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum$20,000
Vibrant Health$20,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre$15,000
MRIGlobal$10,000
Jewish Family Services$4,916
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34k · 6 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +513% since the first grant, against +68% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
21

Total granted

$34k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+513%
+68%

Still filing today

33%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UU
    UNICEF U S Funds
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k
  • JF
    Jewish Foundation of Greater Kansas City
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k
  • UW
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue -16%

Funded once

  • TP
    The Pembroke Hill School Development Depart
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • PI
    PAWSPERITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +123%
  • UI
    UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -16%
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.

03Its 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
Bionexus Kc

We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring…

Science & Tech
2
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
3
The Kansas University Alumni Association

We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Education
4
University Health Physicians

University health physicians provides quality and compassionate healthcare in an environment of academic excellence.

Health
5
Bioscience & Technology Business Center Inc

The organization's mission is to create, recruit, grow and retain technology and bioscience businesses in northeast kansas with the ultimate vision to build a more modern, resilient and diverse regional economy.

Community Improvement
6
Ability Kc

Our mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing comprehensive medical, therapeutic, educational, and vocational services.

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7
Kansas Insurance & Financial Services Education Foundation
Education
8
A T Still University of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences serves as a learning-centered university dedicated to preparing highly competent professionals through innovative academic programs. The University is committed to continuing its osteopathic…

Education
9
Kansas City Care Clinic

The mission of kc care health center is to promote health and wellness by providing quality care, access, research and education to the underserved and all people in our community.

—
10
Benedictine College

Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.

Education
11
Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City

To create global passion for kansas city. we do this through sales and marketing efforts to attract visitors and conventions to kansas city.

—
12
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians

The mission of the kansas academy of family physicians is to empower and cultivate kansas family physicians to: serve as trusted and innovative leaders champion a diverse, sustainable and inclusive workforce advocate and collaborate for…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turner House Clinic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Philadelphia Museum of Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Pembroke Hill School Development Depart: $50,000 · OtherThe Pembroke Hill School Development DepartHarry S. Truman Library & Museum: $20,000 · OtherHarry S. Truman Library & MuseumUNICEF U S Funds: $10,000 · OtherUNICEF U S FundsJewish Foundation of Greater Kansas City: $10,000 · OtherJewish Foundation of Greater Kansas CityUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $5,005 · OtherStarlight Theater: $5,000 · OtherKC Art Institute ArtPop: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $8,250 · Other+9 moreTURNER HOUSE CLINIC INC: $20,000 · HealthTURNER HOUSE C…American Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart…+1 more: $250 · HealthPAWSPERITY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPAWSPERITY I…UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $7,068 · Human ServicesUNITED INNER…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $4,916 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CIT…KANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $1,800 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CIT…+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreMRIGlobal: $10,000 · Science & TechALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationUMKC TRUSTEES: $3,150 · EducationPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,000 · Crime & LegalROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY: $1,000 · AnimalsNoco Humane: $250 · Animals
Other$113,255Health$25,250Human Services$21,984Arts & Culture$17,800Science & Tech$10,000Education$8,150Crime & Legal$2,000Animals$1,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTURNER HOUSE CLINIC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMRIGlobal: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWSPERITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $7,068 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $5,005 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $4,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUMKC TRUSTEES: $3,150 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCEND FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 100% of budgetMISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNoco Humane: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Marion and Henry Bloc…Oppenstein Brothers F…The Francis Family Fo…William T Kemper Foun…Greater Kansas City C…The Debruce FoundationThe Baum Family Found…Enid and Crosby Kempe…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…The Curry Family Foun…Hunt Family FoundationR a Long Foundation 6…
Marion and Henry Bloch Family FoundationMO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Debruce Foundation · The Baum Family Foundation · Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904 · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · The Curry Family Foundation · Hunt Family Foundation · 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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How do I get to George K Baum Foundation?

Find your warmest path to George K Baum Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 32 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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