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Harry Wilson Loose Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Harry Wilson Loose Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$933kEducation$361kCommunity Improvement$280kHealth$250kHuman Services$210kYouth Development$200kInternational$75kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $280k
$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$200,000
UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC$80,000
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SUPPORT OF$20,000
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER KANSAS: $75k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $35k → 8%KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $100k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $35k → 8%NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $65k → 15%WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE: $100k → 8%KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $53k → 15%NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SUPPORT OF: $20k → 15%UMKC FOUNDATION: $53k → 15%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $200k → 15%SHERWOOD CENTER FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL: $250k → 15%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER KANSAS: $55k → 15%HARRY S TRUMAN CHILDREN'S: $65k → 15%STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF: $250k → 15%UMKC FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%UNION STATION KANSAS: $200k → 15%NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $150k → 15%UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $80k → 15%NONPROFIT CONNECT NETWORK LEARN GROW: $80k → 15%PREP-KC: $58k → 15%PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL: $55k → 15%KCPT-PUBLIC TELEVISION 19: $53k → 15%UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $53k → 15%THE ARTS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN: $50k → 15%TRUST NEIGHBORHOODS: $50k → 15%BIKE WALK KC: $10k → 15%UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $40k → 15%MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $140k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$488k · 4 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
17

Total granted

$488k
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
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

  • US
    UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $173k · revenue +81%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
    2× · 2019–2021 · $153k · revenue +22%
  • UF
    UMKC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $93k · revenue +278%

Funded once

  • ST
    STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • SC
    SHERWOOD CENTER FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue -5%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
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
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.

—
3
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
4
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
5
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.

—
6
The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

To accelerate growth in the region's prosperity and quality of life for all by strategically deploying the personal and corporate resources, influence and expertise of the region's business and civic leaders.

—
7
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
8
Kansas Farm Bureau

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

—
9
Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc

The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness

Arts & Culture
10
Central Christian College of Kansas

Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.

Education
11
Full Employment Council Inc

The full employment council is a business-led, private, nonprofit corporation whose mission is to obtain public and private sector employment for the unemployed and underemployed residents of the greater kansas city area.

Crime & Legal
12
Bike Share Kc

Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Umkc Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Partnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 23 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF: $250,000 · OtherSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OFIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $200,000 · OtherHEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICANONPROFIT CONNECT NETWORK LEARN GROW: $80,000 · OtherNONPROFIT CONNECT NETWORK LEARN GROWASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $70,000 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITYIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER KANSAS: $55,000 · OtherPARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL: $55,000 · OtherTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN: $50,000 · Other+1 more: $20,000 · OtherSHERWOOD CENTER FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD: $250,000 · EducationSHERWOOD CENTER FOR THE EXCEPT…KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $152,750 · EducationKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTEWilliam Jewell College: $100,000 · EducationWilliam Jewell CollegeUMKC FOUNDATION: $92,750 · EducationUMKC FOUNDATIONPARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION - KANSAS CITY INC: $58,000 · EducationPARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EDUCA…UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $172,750 · Arts & CultureUNION STATION KANSAS C…NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL…THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON GALLERY FOU…PUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $52,750 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC TELEVISION 19 I…MATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $140,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE AMERICA INC: $75,000 · InternationalTRUST NEIGHBORHOODS: $50,000 · Community ImprovementBIKE WALK KC: $10,000 · Religion
Other$1,045,000Education$653,500Arts & Culture$480,500Health$140,000International$75,000Community Improvement$50,000Religion$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSHERWOOD CENTER FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD: $250,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $172,750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $152,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $140,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $92,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNONPROFIT CONNECT NETWORK LEARN GROW: $80,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $70,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION - KANSAS CITY INC: $58,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $52,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRUST NEIGHBORHOODS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBIKE WALK KC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Oppenstein Brothers F…United Way of Greater…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Greater Kansas City C…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…The Kansas City Royal…The H & R Block Found…Truman Heartland Comm…Nichols Company Chari…School Smart Kc IncThe Sosland FoundationMarion and Henry Bloc…
Oppenstein Brothers FoundationMO22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Truman Heartland Community Foundation · Nichols Company Charitable Trust · School Smart Kc Inc · The Sosland Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family 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 Wilson Loose Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry Wilson Loose Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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.

    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 23 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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