· Private foundation
Lester R Birbeck Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY | $31,950 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA | $13,975 |
| NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COLLEGE | $13,625 |
| MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY | $11,800 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY | $6,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI | $4,825 |
| ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY | $3,100 |
| TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $2,260 |
| MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,950 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | $1,500 |
| Iowa State University | $1,500 |
| Central Methodist University | $1,500 |
| Summit Salon Academy Kansas City | $750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its 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.
28 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 10 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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AMAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +68%
- SBSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +20%
- DUDrury University2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- STSTATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF MISSOURIone grant, 2022 · $7k
- HLHannibal LaGrange Universityone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -18%
- MAMOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.
Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
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 34 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 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Drury University ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Hannibal LaGrange University ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
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: Tulsa Community Foundation · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Hardin Memorial Scholarship Foundation · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Bour Memorial Scholarship Fund American National Bank of Texas · Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · Jack J Isgur Foundation · William M & Ann K Grace Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lester R Birbeck Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lester R Birbeck Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
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