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Health Forward Foundation

HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION's mission is to achieve health equity and secure a fair and just region through leadership, advocacy, and resources.

$28M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
169
Itemized grants FY2024
179
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$26M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$800,000
Organizations funded a year
140 to 234
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$945M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Health Forward Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving137$26M19%
FY2023179$30M29%
FY2022234$28M25%
FY2021172$16M19%
FY2020170$22M22%
FY2019149$21M19%
FY2018140$21M31%
FY2017150$20Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$88MHuman Services$24MHousing & Shelter$12MCommunity Improvement$12MFood & Nutrition$10MPublic Benefit$7.7MEducation$7.2MCrime & Legal$6.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Health Forward Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas City CARE Clinic$5,597,00087%
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation$5,349,868846%
Turner House Clinic Inc$4,255,181818%
El Centro Inc$3,778,099820%
Swope Health Services$3,579,83481%
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County Inc$3,274,486845%
Truman Medical Center Charitable Foundation$3,207,528823%
Thrive Allen County Inc$3,122,293833%
Kansas City Medical Society Foundation$2,710,000786%
Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center$2,675,890828%
Health Partnership Clinic Inc$2,480,40077%
Rose Brooks Center Inc$2,390,14186%
Samuel U Rodgers Health Center Inc$2,270,15072%
Reconciliation Services$2,075,455813%
Restart Inc$2,029,30488%
Synergy Services Inc$1,946,11383%
Curators of the University of Missouri$1,927,2796n/a
HCC Network$1,915,19084%
Jewish Vocational Service Bureau of Kansas City$1,868,50086%
Seton Center Inc$1,866,640813%
Community Health Center of Se Kansas Inc$1,820,00071%
KC Healthy Kids$1,806,152646%
Family Health Care Inc$1,740,76058%
Hope House Inc$1,672,23385%
Safehome Inc$1,670,783810%
Missourians for Healthcare$1,625,0003100%
Cass Community Health Foundation$1,563,625718%
Legal Aid of Western Missouri$1,503,52682%
Belton School District #124$1,467,6248n/a
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc$1,450,00052%
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime$1,363,936840%
Nurture Kc$1,325,000726%
Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault$1,300,46489%
Saint Lukes Foundation$1,279,87861%
Guadalupe Centers Inc$1,223,51483%
Levelup Kids Inc$1,182,418712%
Mt Carmel Redevelopment Corporation Inc$1,175,179535%
The Family Conservancy$1,158,07682%
Kansas City Community Gardens Inc$1,156,922619%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$1,148,03660%
Child Protection Center Inc$1,088,702625%
Blaqout$1,087,460563%
Metrocare of Greater Kansas City$1,076,100290%
Sheffield Place$1,071,425810%
Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc$1,051,838735%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$1,034,95270%
Cornerstones of Care$1,032,38371%
Caritas Clinics Inc$1,027,761611%
After the Harvest$998,09168%
Cultivate Kansas City Inc$992,556621%
Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund$973,972636%
Unified Government of Wyandotte Countykansas City Kansas Public Health D$972,7127n/a
Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral Healthcare Inc$964,42653%
Save Inc$938,80072%
Footprints Inc$926,987618%
Uzazi Village$902,500649%
Rosedale Development Association$888,376828%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$875,00050%
Oral Health Kansas Inc$867,394850%
Mercy & Truth Healthcare Ministry Inc$859,25089%
Newhouse Inc$845,86085%
The Children's Place Inc$844,37245%
Community Care Network of Kansas Inc$844,02874%
Kc Common Good Inc$815,375424%
Chwc Inc$806,596511%
Poetry for Personal Power Inc$805,146728%
Altruism Media Inc$805,000341%
Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services$800,000218%
Benilde Hall$786,20276%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$781,60260%
Jewish Family Services$778,56064%
Community Capital Fund$770,000429%
Genesis School Inc$756,95664%
Food Equality Initiative Inc$752,500653%
City of Kansas City Missouri$751,5522n/a
United Community Services of Johnson County Inc$724,500531%
Missouri Coalition for Oral Health Inc$723,522824%
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council$697,200713%
Rediscover$692,15441%
Amethyst Place Inc$691,16066%
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom Inc$689,450531%
Tri-County Mental Health Services Inc$665,76171%
Community Builders of Kansas City$655,00026%
Bike Walk Kc$646,500519%
Kc Health Collaborative$642,792288%
Nourishkc$594,916611%
Heartland Conservation Alliance$582,787530%
Sunflower House Inc$564,40768%
Kansas Action for Children Inc$560,000620%
Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care$560,00061%
Be Great Together$550,000468%
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City$545,00025%
Missouri Budget Project$542,500714%
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Action$525,000432%
Northland Health Care Access$520,829612%
Missouri Family Health Council Inc$510,00062%
The Village Initiative$510,000614%
Compass Health Inc$509,04040%
Missouri Jobs With Justice$505,000625%
Artists Helping the Homeless Inc$502,500415%
Sisters in Christ$500,000510%
AcruxKC$500,00039%
Great Jobs Kc Inc$500,00012%
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom$500,00018%
Missouri Health Care for All$493,605639%
Donnelly College$472,71271%
United Inner City Services Inc$470,00053%
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center$463,00041%
Kanbe's Markets$457,816410%
Lafayette County Health Department$455,0006n/a
Metro Organization for Racial Economic Equity Inc$455,000618%
Humanity House Foundation$449,100757%
Start at Zero Inc$447,591619%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$446,27151%
Hope Family Care Center LLC$437,50077%
Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action$435,000146%
Gateway of Hope Ministries$435,000538%
Child Abuse Prevention Association$434,712411%
Westside Housing Organization Inc$430,000412%
Missouri Center for Public Health Excellence$426,000346%
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute$425,93140%
Community Services League of Jackson County$425,00032%
Groundwork Northeast Revitalization$423,000525%
Riverview Health Services Inc$412,754330%
Children's Rights Inc$405,00052%
Prospects for Missouri$400,0001100%
Trust Neighborhoods$400,000118%
Mothers Refuge$382,57358%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City$377,88831%
House of Hope Inc$375,856717%
Mission Vision Project$375,000369%
Black Health Care Coalition$371,905697%
Neighborhood Legal Support of Kansas City$364,900420%
Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute$364,000331%
Generating Income for Tomorrow$360,000312%
Calvary Community Outreach Network$358,000336%
Young Women on the Move$357,000421%
Artstech$355,000410%
Truman Medical Center Incorporated$350,00010%
Care Beyond the Boulevard Inc$345,00057%
Developmental Disability Services of Jackson County -- EITAS (EITAS)$341,0034n/a
Marlborough Community Coalition Inc$337,412589%
Cancer Action Inc$330,00069%
Kidstlc Inc$329,69931%
Unified School District 258-Humboldt$329,3365n/a
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc$325,800512%
Children's Center for the Visually Impai$325,00052%
Alive and Well Communities$320,00046%
The Don Bosco Centers$316,45645%
De la Salle Education Center$313,25334%
Youth Ambassadors Inc$310,000614%
Urban League of Kansas City Mo$310,000218%
Urban Summit Incorporated$310,000287%
Developing Potential Inc$303,03261%
Missouri Workers Center$300,000321%
Blaque$300,000116%
Loud Light$295,000231%
Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl$294,90066%
Comprehensive Mental Health Services Inc$291,65341%
Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation$291,00066%
Counselors Obediently Preventing Substance Abuse$286,360550%
Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development$276,4032n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$275,00020%
The Voter Network Foundation$265,000223%
Lee's Summit Cares$260,581329%
Kc Farm School Inc$258,997424%
Missouri Alliance of Ymcas$255,564328%
Asset Funders Network$250,00016%
Healing Heroic Healers Inc$250,0002n/a
Center for Conflict Resolution$245,30059%
Kansas City Public Library$245,0003n/a
Heart of America Indian Center$240,000217%
Planned Parenthood Great Plains$235,00041%
Heartland Outreach Providers$232,000513%
Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center & Emergency Shelter for Childr$229,01642%
First Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery$228,99252%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$228,61530%
City of la Harpe$226,5345n/a
Maintsream Civic Engagement Foundation$225,000318%
Johnson County Mental Health$225,0002n/a
The Whole Person Inc$223,54940%
Gordon Parks Elementary School$220,80034%
Advocates for Immigration Rights & Reconciliation Inc$220,00025%
The Transition Academy$219,770223%
True Light Family Resource Center$219,574420%
Welcome House Inc$212,71934%
Harris Park Midtown Sports & Activities Center$211,250392%
Partnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc$210,22127%
Central Avenue Betterment Association$208,656549%
Community Linc$202,74143%
Wyandot Behavioral Health Network Inc$201,24642%
Center for Developmentally Disabled$200,90941%
Kansas City University$200,00020%
Leadmo Action$200,000264%
Upper Room Kc$200,00032%
Alliance for a Healthy Kansas Inc$200,000213%
Our Spot Kc$200,00019%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Ks$200,00028%
Revolucion Educativa$200,000212%
Healing House Inc$195,63525%
Lyriks Institution$195,000439%
American Lung Association Of The Upper Midwest$190,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$185,52020%
Communities Creating Opportunity$185,0003n/a
Sparkwheel Inc$185,00031%
Support Kansas City Inc$184,71635%
Kids Community Growing Prosperity$180,000357%
FUSE Corps$180,00013%
Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School$180,00041%
Healthteamworks$175,000116%
Black Excellence$175,000254%
Marlenes Kaleidoscope$175,0002n/a
Beacon Media Inc$175,00027%
The Gem Theater Cultural and Performing Arts Center$175,000255%
Missouri Public Health Association$174,6891n/a
Kc Digital Drive Inc$174,59335%
Kids Win Missouri$172,40436%
Gilda's Club Kansas City$171,07359%
Mid-America Regional Council$170,0001n/a
Allen County$169,0105n/a
Kim Wilson Housing Inc$166,66034%
Hope Unlimited Inc$165,000212%
Heart to Heart International Inc$165,00020%
Jackson County Casa$157,86943%
Made Men Inc$155,3712n/a
Turn the Page Kc Inc$155,250211%
Veterans Community Project$155,00031%
Institute for Nonprofit News$150,00012%
Friends of Yates Inc$150,00024%
The Greenline Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Abortion Action Missouri$150,000139%
Crittenton Children's Center$150,0001n/a
School Smart Kc Inc$150,00011%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation$150,00014%
Cross-Lines Community Outreach Inc$150,00025%
Goodwill of Western Missouri & Eastern Kansas$141,72330%
Veronica's Voice Inc$136,900420%
Camp Fire$136,76032%
Casa of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties Inc$134,34038%
Umkc Foundation$129,47531%
Bionexus Kc$128,69234%
Elevate Metro Kc$125,000220%
Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority$125,0001n/a
Soce Neighborhood Action Foundation$125,000127%
Pharmacy of Grace Inc$125,000231%
Kansas City Kansas School Foundation of Excellence$125,000220%
Kansas Black Leadership Council Inc$120,0002n/a
Latinx Education Collaborative$120,000114%
The Greater Kansas City Affiliate of Susan G Komen$118,5873n/a
Covenant Presbyterian Church$115,6922n/a
United We$112,50014%
Heart of the City Neighborhood Association Inc$111,2502n/a
Kansas City Free Eye Clinic$110,000321%
Family Resource Center of Cass County Inc$110,000263%
Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$110,00027%
Consolidated Social Work Services Inc$109,0252n/a
Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes$106,346244%
Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare Inc$105,00022%
Nile Valley Aquaponics$105,000245%
Blue Springs School District$104,9602n/a
Pawsperity Inc$103,13621%
Welcome Wellness Health Ed Resource Ctr$100,000124%
Latino Community Network Inc$100,0001n/a
Action St Louis$100,00015%
Digital Equity Program Office of Greater Kansas City Depo-Kc$100,0001n/a
Kansas Health Institute$100,00021%
Kc Tenants$100,00015%
Kansas City Public Schools$100,0002n/a
Kansas City Black Mental Health Initiative$100,000198%
Jackson County Cares$100,0001n/a
Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Inc$100,00026%
Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc$100,00020%
Code 1 Wellness$100,0001n/a
Cornerstone Enterprise Ltd$100,000184%
NAACP Stl County$100,0001n/a
Equatoria Community Association$100,0002n/a
Together Kc$100,0001n/a
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$100,00011%
Policylink$100,00010%
Guadalupe Educational System Inc$99,70911%
The Foundation for Delta Educational & Economic Development$97,284116%
Argentine Neighborhood Development Assoc$95,000114%
Frontier Schools Inc$95,00020%
Livable Neighborhoods Taskforce$92,0002n/a
Housing Services of Kansas City Inc$91,7102n/a
Minddrive Incorporated$90,00027%
Boys Grow Corp$90,00028%
City of Independence - Finance Dept$87,7882n/a
Stw Charities Inc$85,163215%
Lafayette County C-1 School District$85,0002n/a
Voter Rights Network of Wyandotte County$85,0002n/a
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey$84,33842%
Journey to New Life INC$80,00024%
Redemptorist Social Services Center Inc$80,00028%
City of Iola Kansas$76,1121n/a
Keystone Community Corporation$75,000133%
Exceeds Expectations Inc$75,000174%
Raytown C-2 Public School District$75,0001n/a
City of Humboldt$75,0001n/a
Care Center of Kansas City$75,00011%
Dream Seeding Inc$75,000129%
Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund$75,00010%
Uriel E Owens Sickle Cell Disease$75,0001n/a
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City$75,00020%
Bishop Sullivan Center Inc$75,00013%
Aligned$75,00015%
Youth Guidance$75,00010%
Urban Technology Empowered Communities$75,000156%
Linwood Property Inc$75,000212%
Lotus Care House$75,000134%
Empire Dreams$75,0001n/a
Center for Practical Bioethics Inc$73,48215%
Kc Mothers in Charge$70,000118%
Harry S Truman Children's Neurological Center$70,00021%
Kansas City Dream Center Co$70,00015%
The Urban Farming Guys co Jason Fields$66,295126%
Hillcrest Ministries of Midamerica$66,00021%
Essential Families Midwest Inc$65,000131%
Teachers Like Me$65,000119%
West Central Missouri Community Action Agency$63,98410%
Hope Leadership Academy$60,50013%
Shepherd's Center of Kansas City Kansas$60,435226%
Northeast Community Center$60,11522%
Midwest Innocence Project Inc$60,00022%
Parent Power Lab Inc$60,000113%
Bike Share Kc$60,000117%
Suburban Balance$60,000250%
Great Circle$58,40910%
Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry$55,00021%
Bright Futures Fund$55,00023%
University of Missouri Extension Council of Jackson County$55,0002n/a
Street Medicine Kc (Smkc)$54,8002n/a
Mission of Hope Clinic$51,72926%
Eye of an Immigrant Inc$50,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50,00010%
Johnson County Kansas$50,0001n/a
Bethel Neighborhood Center$50,0001n/a
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative$50,00013%
City In Motion Dance Theater City In Motion Dance Theater$50,000146%
Missouri State University Foundation$50,00010%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$50,00010%
1 Goal Consultants$50,0001n/a
Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Inc$50,0001n/a
Center School District #58 and #59$50,0001n/a
100 Black Men of Greater Kansascity$50,0001n/a
Grandview Assistance Program$50,00022%
Hispanic Economic Development Corporation$50,0001n/a
Bowie State University Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Hope Faith Ministries Inc$50,00012%
Brothers Liberating Our Communities Inc$50,00019%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$50,00011%
Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness$50,00019%
Inclusion Missouri dba Recreation Council of Greater Kansas City$50,0001n/a
Townfork-Creek Neighborhood Assoc$50,0001n/a
Kansas State University$50,0001n/a
Asksamie$50,0001n/a
Missouri Center for Nursing$47,000137%
Crossroads Charter Schools$46,23520%
Budget and Financial Management Assistance$43,17026%
Coversa$42,50027%
Usd 256 Marmaton Valley$41,7871n/a
Walker Foundation$40,0001n/a
Hickman Mills C-1school District$40,0001n/a
Kansas City Hospice Inc$40,00010%
Kc United Youth Family Sports & Education Association$40,000113%
Hold Em Up 4 Care$40,0001n/a
Pcs for People Kansas City LLC$40,0001n/a
Good Samaritan Project Inc$40,00013%
Corporation for Supportive Housing$38,82010%
The Phoenix Family Housing Corporation$38,70011%
The Coterie Inc$35,00022%
Della Lamb Community Services$35,00011%
Avenue of Life Inc$35,00022%
Morningstar's Development Companyinc$35,000111%
Happybottoms$34,20021%
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Kansas$33,7671n/a
Drumm Center for Children Inc$33,00012%
Open Options Inc$31,40411%
Urban Scholastic Center$30,00013%
Sarita Lynne Ministries$30,0001n/a
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City$30,00011%
New Community Ecc Kansas City Mo$30,0001n/a
Heartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center Inc$30,00010%
DistrKCt IS Foundation$30,0001n/a
Holmes Garden Neighborhood Association$30,0001n/a
Cleanairnow$30,0001n/a
Madam President Camp Inc$30,000130%
Climate Energy Project$25,0001n/a
Heartland Center for Behavioral Change$25,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$25,00010%
Global One Urban Farming$25,000119%
Justus System Inc$25,0001n/a
Connections to Success$25,00011%
Nami Greater Kansas City$25,0001n/a
Nami Kansas Inc$25,00013%
People of All Colors Succeed Organization$25,00015%
Unified School District 257$25,0001n/a
Kansas City Consensus$23,764167%
Emerging Builders Inc$22,0721n/a
Grantmakers in Health$20,00010%
Empowerment Organization for Change$20,0001n/a
Alphapointe$20,00010%
Lazarus Ministries Kc$20,00019%
Union Sharewaves Foundation$20,00019%
One Good Meal Inc$17,44318%
City of Savonburg$17,2241n/a
Northwest Communities Development Corporation$15,75013%
Foundation for Louisiana$15,00010%
Belton Educational Foundation$15,00015%
The Lions Beauty Queens Inc$15,0001n/a
Allen County Community College Endowment Association$15,00011%
aSTEAM VILLAGE INC$15,00013%
Flourish Furnishings Inc$15,00013%
Argentine Betterment Corporation$15,000111%
Johnson County Community College$15,0001n/a
Full Employment Council Inc$15,00010%
Fosteradopt Connect Inc$12,09010%
Wings of Warriors Cancer Foundation of Allen County$11,5001n/a
Kansas City Anti Violence Project$11,03713%
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metropolitan St Louis Chapte$10,0001n/a
League of Women Voters of Kansas$10,000127%
League of Women Voters of Kansas City Jackson Clay and Platt Counti$10,0001n/a
Archcity Defenders$10,00010%
Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City$10,00010%
Center of Grace Inc$9,60011%
Grandparents for Gun Safety$6,3751n/a
Chandler Turner Scholarship Fund Incorporated$6,0001n/a
Ruritan National Corp$5,7001n/a
Toolbox Inc$5,30012%
Lexington Food Pantry$5,000119%

Where it is load-bearing

Health Forward Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 76 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKansas City CARE Clinic: $5,597,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetMid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation: $5,349,868 over 8y, 46% of budgetTurner House Clinic Inc: $4,255,181 over 8y, 18% of budgetEl Centro Inc: $3,778,099 over 8y, 20% of budgetSwope Health Services: $3,579,834 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Health Council of Wyandotte County Inc: $3,274,486 over 8y, 45% of budgetTruman Medical Center Charitable Foundation: $3,207,528 over 8y, 23% of budgetThrive Allen County Inc: $3,122,293 over 8y, 33% of budgetKansas City Medical Society Foundation: $2,710,000 over 7y, 86% of budgetMattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center: $2,675,890 over 8y, 28% of budgetHealth Partnership Clinic Inc: $2,480,400 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetRose Brooks Center Inc: $2,390,141 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetSamuel U Rodgers Health Center Inc: $2,270,150 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetReconciliation Services: $2,075,455 over 8y, 13% of budgetRestart Inc: $2,029,304 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetSynergy Services Inc: $1,946,113 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetHCC Network: $1,915,190 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetJewish Vocational Service Bureau of Kansas City: $1,868,500 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetSeton Center Inc: $1,866,640 over 8y, 13% of budgetCommunity Health Center of Se Kansas Inc: $1,820,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetKC Healthy Kids: $1,806,152 over 6y, 46% of budgetFamily Health Care Inc: $1,740,760 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetHope House Inc: $1,672,233 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetSafehome Inc: $1,670,783 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetMissourians for Healthcare: $1,625,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetCass Community Health Foundation: $1,563,625 over 7y, 18% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Missouri: $1,503,526 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $1,450,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAd Hoc Group Against Crime: $1,363,936 over 8y, 40% of budgetNurture Kc: $1,325,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetMetropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault: $1,300,464 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetSaint Lukes Foundation: $1,279,878 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGuadalupe Centers Inc: $1,223,514 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetLevelup Kids Inc: $1,182,418 over 7y, 12% of budgetMt Carmel Redevelopment Corporation Inc: $1,175,179 over 5y, 35% of budgetThe Family Conservancy: $1,158,076 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetKansas City Community Gardens Inc: $1,156,922 over 6y, 19% of budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $1,148,036 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChild Protection Center Inc: $1,088,702 over 6y, 25% of budgetBlaqout: $1,087,460 over 5y, 63% of budgetMetrocare of Greater Kansas City: $1,076,100 over 2y, 90% of budgetSheffield Place: $1,071,425 over 8y, 10% of budgetUrban Neighborhood Initiative Inc: $1,051,838 over 7y, 35% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $1,034,952 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstones of Care: $1,032,383 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCaritas Clinics Inc: $1,027,761 over 6y, 11% of budgetAfter the Harvest: $998,091 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetCultivate Kansas City Inc: $992,556 over 6y, 21% 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 200.

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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.

United Way of Greater Kansas City IncMO244.4× affinity166 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Reach Healthcare Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The Shumaker Family Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · The Francis 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.

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About Health Forward Foundation

How much does Health Forward Foundation give?
Health Forward Foundation reported 169 itemized grants totaling $26,403,576, out of $27,846,208 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 140 and 234 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Health Forward Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (48%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
Who are Health Forward Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kansas City CARE Clinic ($5.6M), Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation ($5.3M), Turner House Clinic Inc ($4.3M).
Does Health Forward Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Health Forward Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Menorah Heritage Foundation.
Where is Health Forward Foundation based?
Health Forward Foundation 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 434 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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