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Junior League of Kansas City Missouri

The junior league of kansas city, missouri (jlkcmo) is a 501(c)(3) organziation of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

$79k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$89kHealth$69kHousing & Shelter$41kArts & Culture$36kFood & Nutrition$29kEducation$28kYouth Development$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $28,170, the rows itemized in this filing. The $78,855 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,685 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROSE BROOK'S$7,500
BALLET NORTH$7,500
LORRAINE'S HOUSE$7,500
WORNALL MAJORS HOUSE MUSEUMS INC$5,670
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 5%PLATTE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $6k → 8%SAFEHOME: $5k → 5%avenues of life: $9k → 16%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $9k → 5%SHADOWN BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE - SOLACE HOUSE: $12k → 5%CORNERSTONES OF CARE: $5k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE - SOLACE HOUSE: $5k → 5%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE - SOLACE HOUSE: $5k → 5%LORRAINE'S HOUSE: $8k → 5%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $7k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $6k → 15%HARRY S TRUMAN CHILDRENS NEUROLOGICAL CENTER - TNC COMMUNITY: $5k → 15%TNC COMMUNITY: $5k → 15%UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES FOR ST MARK'S CHILD & FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 15%UNITED INNER CITY SERVICE FOR ST MARK'S CHILD & FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 15%LAZARUS MINISTRIES: $13k → 15%LAZARUS MINISTRIES: $10k → 15%LAZARUS MINISTRIES: $8k → 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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$161k · 10 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
24

Total granted

$161k
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+36%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HAPPYBOTTOMS
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +129%
  • KC
    Kansas City Hospice Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $29k · revenue +23%
  • AP
    Amethyst Place Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $20k · revenue +154%

Funded once

  • LM
    LAZARUS MINISTRIES KCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +86%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +21%
  • AO
    AVENUE OF LIFE INCgraduated
    2× · 2017–2022 · $9k · revenue +138%
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
Freedom House Ministries

House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships. We serve families in crisis with our program for residents to experience the…

Education
2
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
3
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
4
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
5
Restoration House of Greater Kansas City

ReHope empowers and elevates survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation through its faith-based, trauma-informed residence and recovery programs.

Housing & Shelter
6
Kc Tenants

KC Tenants organizes to ensure that everyone in Kansas City has a safe, accessible, and truly affordable home.

Civil Rights
7
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
8
Refuge Kc Inc

We exist to welcome our new-American neighbors with Gospel-focused ministries of mercy so they might know, love, and follow Jesus into His Kingdom

Religion
9
Rebuilding Together Kansas City Inc

Rebuilding Together Kansas City Inc assists veterans, low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities in eliminating unsafe and deplorable living conditions.

Housing & Shelter
10
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc

Front Porch Alliance works together with residents of Kansas City, Missouris eastside and urban core to meet their changing needs at home and in school.

Community Improvement
11
Kids Win Missouri

Kids Win Missouri furthers child well-being by advancing the health, education, safety and development of Missouri children and their families, especially those who are at-risk because of poverty, abuse, neglect, racial inequities or other…

Human Services
12
Nurture Kc

Nurture kc is a community collaboration dedicated to reducting infant mortality and improving family health. we work together to change policy for broad impact, transform systems to improve health outcomes at a local level, and provide…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safehome Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stonelion Puppet Theatre. 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

43 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.

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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
32/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAPPYBOTTOMS: $29,500 · Human ServicesHAPPYBOTTOMSKansas City Hospice Inc: $28,916 · Human ServicesKansas City Hospice IncUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INCHARRY S TRUMAN CHILDREN'S NEUROLOGICAL CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesHARRY S TRUMAN CHILDREN'S NEUROLOGICAL CENTERLAZARUS MINISTRIES KC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLAZARUS MINISTRIES KCJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $8,800 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESAVENUE OF LIFE INC: $8,519 · Human ServicesAVENUE OF LIFE INCLORRAINE'S HOUSE: $7,500 · Human ServicesHILLCREST MINISTRIES OF MIDAMERICA: $7,190 · Human ServicesMothers Refuge: $6,000 · Human ServicesPLATTE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHADOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHOME INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $12,500 · OtherROSE BROOKS CENTER …CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $7,500 · OtherCRISTO REY KANSAS C…YOUTH MOVEMENT INC: $7,500 · OtherYOUTH MOVEMENT INCCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI: $7,200 · OtherCHILDREN'S CENTER F…NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 · OtherNORTHEAST COMMUNITY…The Whole Person Inc: $5,000 · OtherThe Whole Person In…Wildwood Outdoor Education Center: $5,000 · OtherWildwood Outdoor Ed…Journey to New Life INC: $5,000 · OtherJourney to New Life…Amethyst Place Inc: $19,823 · HealthAmethyst Place …SAMUEL U RODGERS HEALTH CENTER INC: $6,519 · HealthSAMUEL U RODGER…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc: $6,000 · HealthRonald McDonald…HOPEKIDS INC: $6,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS INCLEVELUP KIDS INC: $5,000 · HealthLEVELUP KIDS IN…KANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CI…WORNALL-MAJORS HOUSE MUSEUMS INC: $5,670 · Arts & CultureWORNALL-M…STONELION PUPPET THEATRE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSTONELION…KANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CI…GORDON PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $12,500 · EducationThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $5,000 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KANSAS CITY: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterRESTART INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterYOUNG WOMEN ON THE MOVE: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $5,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$147,425Other$54,700Health$43,342Arts & Culture$28,170Education$17,500Housing & Shelter$17,500Youth Development$17,500

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 budgetHAPPYBOTTOMS: $29,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetKansas City Hospice Inc: $28,916 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $19,823 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGORDON PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KANSAS CITY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN ON THE MOVE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY S TRUMAN CHILDREN'S NEUROLOGICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAZARUS MINISTRIES KC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $8,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVENUE OF LIFE INC: $8,519 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH MOVEMENT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI: $7,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLCREST MINISTRIES OF MIDAMERICA: $7,190 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMUEL U RODGERS HEALTH CENTER INC: $6,519 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMothers Refuge: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPLATTE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTONELION PUPPET THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Whole Person Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHADOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLEVELUP KIDS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRESTART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFEHOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWildwood Outdoor Education Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJourney to New Life INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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…United Way of Greater…Health Forward Founda…The H & R Block Found…Oppenstein Brothers F…Jackson County Commun…R a Long Foundation 6…The Kansas City Royal…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Servant FoundationJohn W and Effie E Sp…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO58× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Health Forward Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Servant Foundation · John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust

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 Junior League of Kansas City Missouri funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Junior League of Kansas City Missouri. 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
    19report 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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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