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Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500 at a glance

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Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500

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.

$234k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$121k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$350kPhilanthropy$230kArts & Culture$208kEducation$133kHuman Services$80kReligion$50kPublic Benefit$43kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $171k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL$121,303
JEWISH FEDERATION$50,000
VILLAGE SHALOM$20,000
LINDA HALL LIBRARY FOUNDATION$15,000
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION$10,000
KANSAS CITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE$7,500
POLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY$5,000
BIRTHDAY CONNECTIONS$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%VILLAGE SHALOM: $20k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $10k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 70% of the giving stays in MO; by stated purpose, 66%.

Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500lessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$920k · 16 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$920k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+11%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TC
    The Children's Mercy Hospital
    7× · 2019–2025 · $312k · revenue +47%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $100k · revenue +13%
  • KM
    KEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $55k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • AK
    ABILITY KC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +14%
  • US
    UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -26%
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
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
2
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation

The memorial unions function as a concessionaire to the university of kansas for the purpose of operating various enterprises within the kansas union building, the burge union, the debruce center, residential dining halls, and other…

Education
3
Kansas City Art Institute

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.

Education
4
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
5
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
6
Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc

The mission of the kauffman school is to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college and apply their unique talents in the world to create economically independent and personally fulfilling lives.

Education
7
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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8
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
9
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
10
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

—
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Children's Mercy Hospital: $312,494 · HealthThe Children's Mercy HospitalJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER: $75,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATERCONGREGATION BETH SHALOM: $50,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH SHALOMJEWISH FEDERATION: $50,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $35,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESKANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $27,500 · OtherKANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIAT…SALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherABILITY KC: $10,000 · OtherPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $20,000 · OtherPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS C…MIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $12,500 · OtherKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMPHON…KEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureKEMPER MUSEUM OPERA…KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $17,500 · Arts & CultureKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR…NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM…UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $55,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY G…UNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY AC…HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $20,000 · EducationHYMAN BRAND H…THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $7,500 · EducationTHE HARRY S T…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $105,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 · Human ServicesLinda Hall Library Foundation: $42,500 · Public Benefit
Health$312,494Other$300,000Arts & Culture$197,500Education$132,500Philanthropy$105,000Human Services$45,000Public Benefit$42,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $312,494 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $105,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLinda Hall Library Foundation: $42,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABILITY KC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Greater Kansas City C…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…Marion and Henry Bloc…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…Vivian & Hymie J Sosl…Jewish Community Foun…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Kathleen L and Michae…The Atterbury Family …The Sosland FoundationEnid and Crosby Kempe…Stanley J Bushman Sup…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO28.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · Vivian & Hymie J Sosland Charitable Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Kathleen L and Michael J Rainen Family Foundation C/O Friend & Associates LLC · The Atterbury Family Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904 · Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation

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 Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500?

    Find your warmest path to Harry Portman Charitable Trust 10015500 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 25 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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