· Private foundation
Kenneth L & Eva S Smith Foundation Thomas K Jones Trustee
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 $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $215k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $285k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC | $160,000 |
| KU ENDOWMENT - KU CANCER CENTER | $75,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT OF PHILANTHROPY | $50,000 |
| LAKEMARY CENTER ENDOWMENT | $35,000 |
| THE JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY - FIRST TEE | $25,000 |
| KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC | $25,000 |
| KC PET PROJECT | $25,000 |
| ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SASONE DAF JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY | $20,000 |
| GORDON PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION SERVING KS & WEST MO | $20,000 |
| CHILD ADVOCACY SERVICES CENTER INC - THE CHILDRENS PLACE | $10,000 |
| CORNERSTONES OF CARE DEVELOPMENT DEPT | $10,000 |
| ERIN ANDRA WILSON FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| HEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC | $2,500 |
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, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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
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 +35% since the first grant, against -44% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OBOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +23%
- TCThe Children's Mercy Hospital8× · 2017–2024 · $400k · revenue +67%
- JGJUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $215k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- WIWONDERSCOPE INCone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -44%
- NKNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF KS & WEST MO INCone grant, 2017 · $20k
- SLST LUKE'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $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.
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 mission of the kauffman school is to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college and apply their unique talents in the world to create economically independent and personally fulfilling lives.
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.
Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.
Biokansas is the unified voice representing the biosciences in kansas. across the human, plant, animal and industrial biosciences, biokansas is focused on enhancing the business and research climate and working with leaders across the…
The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.
The corporation is organized for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, and to provide pediatric home health care, alternate site and other pediatric services to pediatric patients. in addition, kids home care conducts health…
Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
It is the mission of kvc hospitals to enrich children's lives by providing comprehensive and compassionate trauma-informed psychiatric care, behavioral healthcare, education and medical services.
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…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 24 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
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 OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY PET PROJECT ↗
- Who funds KVC HEALTH SYSTEMS INC ↗
- Who funds GORDON PARKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Saint Lukes Foundation ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONES OF CARE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
- Who funds Erin Andra Wilson Foundation ↗
- Who funds HEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
- 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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kenneth L & Eva S Smith Foundation Thomas K Jones Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenneth L & Eva S Smith Foundation Thomas K Jones Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.
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