· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k77 grants · $211k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $206k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $79k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL | $78,500 |
| NOTRE DAME DE SION | $34,000 |
| ST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH | $22,500 |
| KANSANS FOR LIFE | $13,000 |
| ST VINCENT DEPAUL CHURCH | $12,000 |
| ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC | $11,500 |
| CURE OF ARS | $11,500 |
| ST TERESA'S ACADEMY | $11,500 |
| THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH | $10,000 |
| SOC OF OUR LADY MOST HOLY TRINITY | $10,000 |
| KCKCC FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| OUR LADY'S MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ST ROSE PHILIPPINE CATHOLIC CHURCH | $10,000 |
| SAINT MARTIN'S ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPT | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
177 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 93 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DCDonnelly College8× · 2017–2024 · $107k · revenue +166%
- KFKansans For Life Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +646%
- SMST MARTIN'S ACADEMY5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +100%
Funded once
- SPSt Peter's Parishone grant, 2020 · $18k
- TKThe Kansas University Endowment Associationgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +64%
- KCKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP ACADEMYone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
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.
To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.
Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.
To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.
The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
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…
Our mission is to create an environment where all citizens can live safely and have access to real opportunities.
Villa st francis, a catholic, non-profit skilled nursing facility sponsored by the archdiocese of kansas city in olathe, provides dementia care, skilled nursing, respite, and hospice.
Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and…
Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.
How this is measured
127 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. 127 of the 283 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Donnelly College ↗
- Who funds Kansans For Life Inc ↗
- Who funds ST MARTIN'S ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AVILA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Welcome House Inc ↗
- Who funds Little Sisters of The Poor ↗
- Who funds Benedictine College ↗
- Who funds WONDERSCOPE INC ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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