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Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916 at a glance

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Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$871k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$1.5MHuman Services$731kArts & Culture$666kInternational$290kReligion$500
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $145k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.8M
$435,739
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$871,448
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$726,231
ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY$435,739
THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION$435,739
CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC$290,492
NORTE DAME DE SION SCHOOLS OF KANSAS CITY$145,246
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 (FY21–21, $726k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $726k → 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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$261k · 14 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$261k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+3%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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 SYMPHONY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +18%
  • LO
    LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +16%
  • DC
    Donnelly College
    2× · 2017–2018 · $34k · revenue +166%

Funded once

  • DL
    DE LA SALLE EDUCATION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • MP
    MESNER PUPPET THEATER
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • UT
    UNICORN THEATRE
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -12%
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 Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
2
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
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
Fortissimo

The mission of cornish college of the arts is to provide students aspiring to become practicing artists with aneducational program of the highest possible quality, in an environment, that nurtures creativity and intellectualcuriosity,…

—
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
12
Central Christian College of Kansas

Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas City Ballet Association; the most unlike its peers is Mesner Puppet Theater. 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

20 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. 20 of the 27 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wellesley College: $871,448 · EducationWellesley CollegeROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $435,739 · EducationROCKHURST UNIVERSITY+4 more: $61,500 · EducationLittle Sisters of The Poor: $726,231 · Human ServicesLittle Sisters of The Poo…THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $435,739 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON GALLERY FO…KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $35,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMPHONYLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS…KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $22,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $290,492 · InternationalCATHOLIC M…NORTE DAME DE SION SCHOOLS OF KANSAS CITY: $145,246 · OtherNELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $22,000 · OtherUMKC CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC & DANCE: $11,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE EDUCATION CENTER: $10,000 · OtherPERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KC DBA FOLLY THEATER: $9,000 · Other+4 more: $18,500 · Other
Education$1,368,687Human Services$726,231Arts & Culture$611,239International$290,492Other$215,746

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 budgetWellesley College: $871,448 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $726,231 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetROCKHURST UNIVERSITY: $435,739 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $435,739 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $290,492 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDonnelly College: $33,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $22,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC: $18,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDE LA SALLE EDUCATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMESNER PUPPET THEATER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGENESIS SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNICORN THEATRE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARK UNIVERSITY: $6,000 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…Richard J Stern Found…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…Jewish Community Foun…The Francis Family Fo…The H & R Block Found…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Copaken Family Founda…Oppenstein Brothers F…Hallmark Corporate Fo…Henry E Wurst Family …Hall Family Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Francis Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Copaken Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Hallmark Corporate Foundation · Henry E Wurst Family Foundation · Hall Family 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 Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916?

Find your warmest path to Master Craftsmen Foundation 103916 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 27 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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