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John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$495k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
94
Grants FY2024
109
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$78,500
Organizations funded a year
109 to 125
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$9.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalOther
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 arriving94$495k11%
FY2023109$529k17%
FY2022112$535k13%
FY2021117$494k18%
FY2020109$461k27%
FY2019121$424k28%
FY2018111$406k26%
FY2017125$383kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MReligion$907kPhilanthropy$414kHealth$313kHuman Services$236kYouth Development$65kCivil Rights$59kArts & Culture$52kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
IN
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
HI
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rockhurst High School$409,8008n/a
Donnelly College$107,00080%
Kansans For Life Inc$51,00082%
St Martin's Academy$50,00051%
Catholic Charities Inc$48,00040%
Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education Inc$44,20081%
St Peters Catholic Church$42,5002n/a
St Benedicts Abbey$37,0007n/a
Holy Family School of Faith$37,0008n/a
Rockhurst University$34,50080%
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All grantees of John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rockhurst High School$409,8008n/a
Donnelly College$107,00080%
Kansans For Life Inc$51,00082%
St Martin's Academy$50,00051%
Catholic Charities Inc$48,00040%
Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education Inc$44,20081%
St Peters Catholic Church$42,5002n/a
St Benedicts Abbey$37,0007n/a
Holy Family School of Faith$37,0008n/a
Rockhurst University$34,50080%
St Lawrence Catholic Campus Center$34,0008n/a
Avila University$33,40050%
Welcome House Inc$32,00081%
Little Sisters of The Poor$30,00080%
Benedictine College$29,45080%
Turning Point$28,0008n/a
Wonderscope Inc$25,00050%
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Inc$25,00054%
St Pauls Outreach Inc$22,0007n/a
Bright Futures Fund$21,00031%
American Heart Association Inc$21,00070%
Kansas Policy Institute$20,00040%
Men of Nehemiah Inc$20,00020%
Brian M Anselmo Memorial Foundation$19,50071%
St Teresa's Academy$19,4006n/a
St Peter's Parish$17,5001n/a
First Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery$16,50040%
Bsds Inc Brookside Charter School$16,50060%
Catholic Education Foundation$16,0005n/a
KC Healthy Kids$16,00041%
Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic Inc$16,00060%
Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph$15,0004n/a
Dallas Cooperative Preschool$15,00035%
Irish Museum and Cultural Center$14,00032%
Horizon Academy$13,80040%
The Children's Place Inc$13,50060%
St James Academy$13,1007n/a
Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School$12,50050%
Christ the King Catholic Church$12,0005n/a
St Thomas Aquinas$12,0007n/a
Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet$11,5008n/a
Lucky 13 Rescue Inc$11,00022%
Seton Center Inc$10,50080%
St Marys Seminary & University$10,0002n/a
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10,00060%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$10,00010%
Los Olivos Cis$10,00011%
Bill Waris Bluejays Basketball Club$9,5007n/a
The Children's Mercy Hospital$9,19530%
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc$9,00040%
Falling Forward Foundation$9,00052%
Talk 2 Me$9,00065%
Thomas Fahey Family Foundation$9,00077%
The Giving Grove$8,00040%
Vitae Foundation$8,00030%
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$8,00080%
Lakemary Center Inc$8,00080%
Rose Brooks Center Inc$7,50050%
Abnormal Society Inc$7,00023%
Little Sisters of the Lamb$6,0002n/a
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts$6,00040%
Padre Pio Academy Inc$6,00024%
Equity Period Inc$5,5002n/a
Hayden High School$5,2003n/a
Jobone$5,00010%
Blue River Elementary PTO$5,0001n/a
Keep The Spark Alive Inc$5,00023%
De la Salle Education Center$5,00010%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$5,0003n/a
The Golden Scoop LLC$5,00011%
Giving the Basics Inc$5,00010%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$5,00050%
Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations Inc$5,00011%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$5,00050%
St Ann Catholic Church$4,8003n/a
Christmas in October$4,04712%
Lutheran Outdoor Ministries$4,00021%
St Anne's Center$4,00020%
Soar Special Needs$4,00011%
Sunflower House Inc$4,00080%
Consider the Lily Inc$4,00020%
Lead to Read Inc$4,00030%
Benilde Hall$4,00080%
John Paul II Catholic School Inc$3,5003n/a
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church$3,5002n/a
Healing House Inc$3,50030%
Kidstlc Inc$3,30020%
Stephanie Waterman Tennis Foundation$3,00032%
Operation Kindness$3,00010%
Kansas City Pet Project$3,00020%
Happybottoms$3,00030%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City$3,00020%
Ladies of Charity Caregiving Inc$3,00011%
Literacy Kansas City$3,00010%
ERICS CAMP FUNDErics Camp Fund$3,0003n/a
Mount St Scholastica$2,9002n/a
The Rabbit Hole Kc$2,50010%
Camp Encourage$2,50011%
Kansas City Autism Training Center Inc$2,50010%
St Joseph's Peruvian Mission$2,5001n/a
Journey to New Life INC$2,50010%
Jerusalem Farm$2,50012%
Heart to Heart International Inc$2,50010%
Halo Foundation$2,50030%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$2,40010%
Umkc Foundation$2,24030%
Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow$2,10010%
Parkinsons Exercise and Wellness Center$2,00020%
Head for the Cure Foundation$2,00010%
The Aidan Project$2,0002n/a
Community Linc$2,00020%
Inclusion Connections Inc$2,00010%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,0002n/a
Faith and Reason$2,00010%
The Educator Academy Inc$2,00010%
National Wwi Museum and Memorial$2,00010%
St Michael's Veterans Center Inc$2,00020%
Camp Quality USA Inc$2,00020%
Cornerstones of Care$1,5001n/a
Club Management Association of America$1,5001n/a
Wayside Waifs Inc$1,50010%
Safehome Inc$1,40010%
Midwest Innocence Project Inc$1,30010%
Tiny Tim Center Inc Dba Tlc Learning Center$1,20010%
Shawnee Mission Medical Center Inc$1,20010%
March of Dimes Inc$1,20010%
Bradens Hope for Childhood Cancer Inc$1,20010%
Genesis School Inc$1,00010%
Feed Northland Kids Inc$1,0002n/a
Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers - USA$1,00010%
Gift of Life Inc$1,00010%
Trinity Lutheran Church$1,0001n/a
Boys Grow Corp$1,00010%
Catholic Radio Network Inc$1,0001n/a
Bacchus Foundation$1,0001n/a
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,00010%
Slc6a1 Connect$1,00010%
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra$1,00010%
Humane Society of Greater Kc$1,00010%
The Dominic and Leonardo Passantino Memorial Foundation$1,00020%
Gordon Parks Elementary School$1,00010%
Saint Lukes Foundation$1,00010%
Newhouse Inc$1,00010%
Junior Achievement of Greater St Louis Inc$1,00010%
Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission$1,00010%
American Stroke Foundation$1,00010%
Unstoppable Foundation$1,00010%
Ability Kc$1,00010%
Spencer C Duncan Make It Count Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
The Philanthropy Roundtable$55010%
Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America$50010%
The Gabby Krause Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 128 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDonnelly College: $107,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetKansans For Life Inc: $51,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetSt Martin's Academy: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc: $48,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Inclusive Religious Education Inc: $44,200 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRockhurst University: $34,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAvila University: $33,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWelcome House Inc: $32,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBenedictine College: $29,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWonderscope Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOur Lady of Perpetual Help Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBright Futures Fund: $21,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Policy Institute: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMen of Nehemiah Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBrian M Anselmo Memorial Foundation: $19,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFirst Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery: $16,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBsds Inc Brookside Charter School: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKC Healthy Kids: $16,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWyandotte Pregnancy Clinic Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDallas Cooperative Preschool: $15,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetIrish Museum and Cultural Center: $14,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetHorizon Academy: $13,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Place Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLucky 13 Rescue Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSeton Center Inc: $10,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Olivos Cis: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $9,195 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFalling Forward Foundation: $9,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTalk 2 Me: $9,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetThomas Fahey Family Foundation: $9,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetThe Giving Grove: $8,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVitae Foundation: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLakemary Center Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRose Brooks Center Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAbnormal Society Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetKauffman Center for the Performing Arts: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPadre Pio Academy Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJobone: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKeep The Spark Alive Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDe la Salle Education Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Golden Scoop LLC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 115.

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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.

Constance M Cooper Charitable FoundationKS112× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · McCullough Family Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust · The H & R Block Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Health Forward 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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About John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees

How much does John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees give?
John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees reported 94 grants totaling $495,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 109 and 125 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Religion (24%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rockhurst High School ($410k), Donnelly College ($107k), Kansans For Life Inc ($51k).
Does John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees 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 John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc.
Where is John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees based?
John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees is based in KS.

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 283 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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