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Kansas City Children's Assistance Network
Kc can! Is dedicated to making grants and undertaking projects that improve the quality of life of kansas city's children, with an emphasis on projects related to meeting basic needs, education, and wellness.
- $94k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $82k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,980
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $201k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations Kansas City Children's Assistance Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $82k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $161k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $176k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $118k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers Refuge | $90,750 | 1 | 5% |
| Newhouse Inc | $66,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Screen Sanity Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Sleepyhead Beds | $39,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Avenue of Life Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Gem Theater Cultural and Performing Arts Center | $22,500 | 1 | 55% |
| Community Services League of Jackson County | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunflower House Inc | $18,989 | 1 | 1% |
| Kansas City Autism Training Center Inc | $18,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Wonderscope Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers Refuge | $90,750 | 1 | 5% |
| Newhouse Inc | $66,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Screen Sanity Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Sleepyhead Beds | $39,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Avenue of Life Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Gem Theater Cultural and Performing Arts Center | $22,500 | 1 | 55% |
| Community Services League of Jackson County | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunflower House Inc | $18,989 | 1 | 1% |
| Kansas City Autism Training Center Inc | $18,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Wonderscope Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Transition Zone Inc | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Protection Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Hair Academy and Skill Development Program | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inclusion Connections Inc | $14,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Samuel U Rodgers Health Care Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Police Athletic League of Kcks | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Exceeds Expectations Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Rosedale Development Association | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Love Fund for Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Gabby Krause Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Birthday Connections | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wecode Kc | $7,475 | 1 | 1% |
| Freedom House Ministries | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Kansas City Children's Assistance Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Greater Horizons · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg
How this is measured
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About Kansas City Children's Assistance Network
- How much does Kansas City Children's Assistance Network give?
- Kansas City Children's Assistance Network reported 6 itemized grants totaling $81,980, out of $94,470 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Kansas City Children's Assistance Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Health (19%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Kansas City Children's Assistance Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Mothers Refuge ($91k), Newhouse Inc ($67k), Screen Sanity Inc ($50k).
- Does Kansas City Children's Assistance Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kansas City Children's Assistance Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- Where is Kansas City Children's Assistance Network based?
- Kansas City Children's Assistance Network is based in KS.
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