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Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable at a glance

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Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$169k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$586kFood & Nutrition$65kEducation$58kHealth$58kHuman Services$44kHousing & Shelter$30kInternational$28kYouth Development$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $80k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MESNER PUPPET THEATER$15,000
MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE$15,000
SHERWOOD AUTISM CENTER$10,000
COMMUNITY HOUSING OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY$10,000
KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION$10,000
THE COTERIE THEATRE INC$10,000
SHEPHERDS CENTER OF KANSAS CITY$10,000
THEATRE YOUNG AMERICA INC$7,500
KANSAS CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$7,500
YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSN OF KANSAS CITY$7,500
JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$7,500
KANSAS CITY FREE EYE CLINIC$7,500
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COUNCIL$7,500
MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC$7,500
FRIENDS OF YATES BRANCH INC$7,500
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 (FY23–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 8%PCS FOR PEOPLE: $8k → 14%PCS FOR PEOPLE: $6k → 14%HEALING HOUSE INC: $10k → 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$683k · 23 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
21

Total granted

$683k
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+22%

Still filing today

83%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • KC
    KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +91%
  • MP
    MESNER PUPPET THEATER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +47%
  • MT
    MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $43k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • KM
    KANBE'S MARKETSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +99%
  • BN
    BETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • RS
    REDEMPTORIST SOCIAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
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
Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc

The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness

Arts & Culture
2
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra

The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is dedicated to promoting the rich culture of Kansas City through performance and education. We strive to be a leading voice, ensuring that Kansas City's influential jazz tradition continues to thrive and…

Arts & Culture
3
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

The mission of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is to educate and inspire our community by presenting and promoting appreciation for African-American culture through our stories.

Arts & Culture
4
Kansas City Public Theatre

Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public This mission is carried out in two activities first by producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works…

Arts & Culture
5
Kc Fringe Festival Inc

Our mission is to attract diverse people, nuture artists, and strengthen kansas city economically by producing cultural, education, accessible, and affordable events that connect audiences, artists, businesses, and civic organizations. the…

Arts & Culture
6
Harriman-Jewell Series

To bring the best of the performing arts to the Kansas City community.

Arts & Culture
7
Kansas City Symphony

Its mission is to perform great performances for greater audiences. the kansas city symphony will achieve this mission by: - developing an uncompromising performance standard. - advancing the profile and value of the orchestra locally,…

Arts & Culture
8
Connect2Culture

Connect2Culture strives to enrich the region by "igniting a passion for the arts, culture, and entertainment" as Joplin's community arts agency and a presenter of exceptional performances. See Schedule O for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
Spire Chamber Ensemble

Spire Chamber Ensemble inspires educates and enriches the Kansas City metropolitan community through the transformational power of choral music performed at the highest artistic level.

Arts & Culture
10
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc

To inspire, entertain and open minds by creating transformative theatre experiences for all.

Arts & Culture
11
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City

The mission of the arts council of metropolitan kansas city (dba artskc - regional arts council) is to advance lives through the arts. it does this through key initiatives that support our work: we bring together people, resources and…

Arts & Culture
12
Kansas City Art Institute

The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas City Young Audiences Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

37 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. 37 of the 53 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATIONMESNER PUPPET THEATER: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMESNER PUPPET THEATERMUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $42,500 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INCARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $35,000 · Arts & CultureARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTYTHE COTERIE INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COTERIE INCMid-America Arts Alliance: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMid-America Arts AllianceArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $25,000 · Arts & CultureArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas CityCity In Motion Dance Theater City In Motion Dance Theater: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $52,500 · Arts & Culture+7 moreARTS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN KANSAS: $50,000 · OtherARTS COUNCIL OF METROPOLITAN KANSASKANSAS CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INCYOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF: $27,500 · OtherYOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OFCOMMUNITY HOUSING OF WYANDOTTE: $25,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HOUSING OF WYANDOTTEHEARTLAND MENS CHORUS: $22,500 · OtherHEARTLAND MENS CHORUSBETHEL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $15,000 · OtherREDEMPTORIST SOCIAL SERVICES: $15,000 · OtherTHEATRE YOUNG AMERICA INC: $12,000 · OtherHeartland Chamber Music LTD: $15,000 · Other+15 more: $120,500 · Other+15 moreSTW CHARITIES INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionKANBE'S MARKETS: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGlobal One Urban Farming: $10,000 · Food & NutritionJOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $42,500 · EducationWilliam Jewell College: $15,000 · EducationNURTURE KC: $15,000 · HealthCenter for Conflict Resolution: $10,000 · HealthKANSAS CITY FREE EYE CLINIC: $7,500 · HealthPETS FOR LIFE INC: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $5,000 · HealthInternational Relations Council: $27,500 · InternationalPCS FOR PEOPLE: $13,500 · Human ServicesHEALING HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$385,000Other$342,500Food & Nutrition$65,000Education$57,500Health$42,500International$27,500Human Services$23,500

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 budgetKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMESNER PUPPET THEATER: $70,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $42,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetKANSAS CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $40,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $35,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSTW CHARITIES INC: $35,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE COTERIE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetInternational Relations Council: $27,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetMid-America Arts Alliance: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $25,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHEARTLAND MENS CHORUS: $22,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetKANBE'S MARKETS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCity In Motion Dance Theater City In Motion Dance Theater: $15,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNURTURE KC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHeartland Chamber Music LTD: $15,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPCS FOR PEOPLE: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHWC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALING HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRIGHTFULLY SEWN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGlobal One Urban Farming: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Conflict Resolution: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGATEWAY OF HOPE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY JAZZ ALIVE: $10,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetROTARY CLUB YOUTH CAMP ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBACH ARIA SOLOISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERURBAN ARTHOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPETS FOR LIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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…The Francis Family Fo…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…Richard J Stern Found…The H & R Block Found…Health Forward Founda…Jewish Community Foun…Hall Family FoundationMetropolitan Arts Cou…R a Long Foundation 6…Marion and Henry Bloc…Oppenstein Brothers F…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO50× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · The H & R Block Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Hall Family Foundation · Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers 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 Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 53 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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