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Lida L Moffett Foundation 15544000 at a glance

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Lida L Moffett Foundation 15544000

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$1.8MHuman Services$522kScience & Tech$214kEducation$179kEnvironment$149kFood & Nutrition$63kRecreation & Sports$35kArts & Culture$28k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $697k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$54,580
Median grant
2
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUTISM RESOURCE CENTER OF KANSAS CITY$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM$200,000
YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$150,000
VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION$130,411
KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT$100,000
KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS$62,500
WILDWOOD OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER$54,580
KU ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION$39,590
HEARTLAND PRESBYTERIAN CENTER OF PARKV$35,000
WATKINS MILL ASSOCIATION$27,750
CAMP ENCOURAGE$25,000
BEACON MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH COMMUNI$15,000
SUMMIT FUTURE FOUNDATION$11,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $522k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOAR SPECIAL NEEDS: $10k → 5%YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $150k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $150k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $127k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $25k → 15%YMCA OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $25k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $21k → 15%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $15k → 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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 8 repeat orgs$669k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$2.3M
$518k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+6%

Still filing today

63%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • AR
    AUTISM RESOURCE CENTER OF Kansas City
    2× · 2024–2025 · $500k · 99% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM
    2× · 2024–2025 · $471k
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $452k · revenue -12%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • VC
    VNA CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $156k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Camps for Kids

Camps For Kids' mission is to ensure that no Kansas City-area child is turned away from summer camp because of low income or physical, medical or developmental disability.

Recreation & Sports
2
Kansas City Autism Training Center Inc

The kansas city autism training center is committed to helping people on the autism spectrum fulfill their potential through ethical, evidence-based treatment, education, and training.

Education
3
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc

The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.

Arts & Culture
4
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
5
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

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.

Health
6
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
7
Autism Opportunities Foundation

We improve the lives of the people in our care affected by autism.

Health
8
Kansas Manufacturing Solutions Inc

To grow Kansas manufacturing by delivering solutions to small and medium sized manufacturers with value driven results.

Community Improvement
9
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
10
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
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
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center

To provide and advocate for the highest quality whole-person care to improve the health and quality of life in our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City; the most unlike its peers is Watkins Mill Association Inc. 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

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 20 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM: $471,212 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEMVISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION: $293,849 · OtherVISITING NURSES ASSOCIATIONKANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT: $213,650 · OtherKANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SYSTEMVNA CORPORATION: $155,655 · OtherVNA CORPORATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $100,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY+4 more: $88,750 · Other+4 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $451,705 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI…Camp Encourage: $60,500 · Human ServicesCamp Encourage+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesAUTISM RESOURCE CENTER OF Kansas City: $500,000 · Arts & CultureAUTISM RESOURCE CEN…Wildwood Outdoor Education Center: $149,160 · EnvironmentKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC: $62,500 · EnvironmentThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $163,508 · EducationWONDERSCOPE INC: $15,000 · EducationThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $25,000 · HealthTRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $12,100 · Health
Other$1,523,116Human Services$522,205Arts & Culture$500,000Environment$211,660Education$178,508Health$37,100

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 budgetAUTISM RESOURCE CENTER OF Kansas City: $500,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $451,705 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $163,508 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildwood Outdoor Education Center: $149,160 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS INC: $62,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCamp Encourage: $60,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWONDERSCOPE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $12,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Future Foundation: $11,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOAR SPECIAL NEEDS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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…R a Long Foundation 6…Oppenstein Brothers F…John J Sullivan Jr Fo…The Kansas City Royal…William T Kemper Foun…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO18.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Lida L Moffett Foundation 15544000 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lida L Moffett Foundation 15544000. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 20 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-PF 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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