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Mos Family Foundation

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.

$137k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$195kEducation$169kHuman Services$130kHousing & Shelter$88kYouth Development$79kCrime & Legal$73kAnimals$35kFood & Nutrition$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Stephen Stiller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$20,000
The Salvation Army$15,000
City Union Mission$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City$10,000
Alphapointe$10,000
The Kansas University Endowment Association$10,000
Jackson County CASA$5,000
Turning Point$5,000
MOSCA$5,000
Life Unlimited$5,000
Pawsperity$5,000
Literacy KC$5,000
Child Protection Center$5,000
World Central Kitchen$5,000
Fix'em KC$3,000
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 (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Life Unlimited: $5k → 8%Life Unlimited: $5k → 8%Life Unlimited: $5k → 8%Life Unlimited: $5k → 8%Life Unlimited: $5k → 8%Pawsperity: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
CA
MO
KS
DC
GA
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$780k · 38 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
7

Total granted

$780k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+28%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEmploymentCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • CU
    City Union Mission
    8× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +61%
  • A
    ALPHAPOINTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $71k · revenue +34%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +392%

Funded once

  • ST
    St Teresa's Academy
    one grant, 2019 · $23k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AA
    ALLIANCE AGAINST ASSAULT AND ABUSE
    one grant, 2019 · $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.

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
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
2
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
3
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
4
Kansas Association of Community Action Programs Inc

Kacap supports community action agencies and other human services organizations in thier local, state and national efforts to end poverty.

Public Benefit
5
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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6
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
7
Opportunities Inc of Jefferson County

Opportunities, inc. of jefferson county provides services for individuals for the purpose of maximizing their success and enhancing their abilities to be independent, contributing members of the community.

—
8
Southeast Kansas Community Action P

Addressing the causes and effects of poverty by uniting staff, individuals, families, and community partners to provide quality, comprehensive services through compassionate, respectful relationships.

Community Improvement
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Kidspeace National Centers for Kids in Crisis

Kidspeace, founded in 1882, is a healthcare nonprofit that is dedicated to providing hope, help, and healing to children, adults, and those who love them.continued on schedule o.with 40 offices and facilities across seven states, this…

Health
11
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

—
12
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys Club of Greater Kansas City; the most unlike its peers is Fix'em Kc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $89,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KC: $52,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER KCTURNING POINT: $30,000 · OtherTURNING POINTSt Teresa's Academy: $22,590 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM: $20,000 · OtherDr Fabian Professorship Grant: $20,000 · OtherROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $19,000 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $20,000 · OtherFix'em KC: $20,500 · Other+25 more: $164,625 · Other+25 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER T…KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $35,500 · EducationKAPPA KAPPA GAMM…The Kansas University Endowment Association: $20,000 · EducationThe Kansas Unive…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCity Union Mission: $77,500 · Housing & ShelterCity Union …THE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE FARMER'…ALPHAPOINTE: $70,500 · EmploymentALPHAPOIN…THE PROSPECT KC: $2,500 · EmploymentCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalMETROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $17,500 · Crime & LegalLIFE UNLIMITED INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesBABY BASICS OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,450 · Human ServicesPAWSPERITY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON COUNTY CASA: $25,000 · Civil Rights
Other$458,215Education$121,500Housing & Shelter$83,000Employment$73,000Crime & Legal$47,500Human Services$35,450Civil Rights$25,000

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 budgetCity Union Mission: $77,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALPHAPOINTE: $70,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $35,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $30,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY CASA: $25,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLIFE UNLIMITED INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFix'em KC: $20,500 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN OPTIONS INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNOURISHKC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY KANSAS CITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE AGAINST ASSAULT AND ABUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBABY BASICS OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,450 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPAWSPERITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PROSPECT KC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAR HORSES FOR VETERANS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOLDEN KEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBAND OF ANGELS CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds City Union Mission ↗
  • Who funds ALPHAPOINTE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON COUNTY CASA ↗
  • Who funds LIFE UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Fix'em KC ↗
  • Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
  • Who funds BOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT ↗
  • Who funds OPEN OPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHKC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE AGAINST ASSAULT AND ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE FARMER'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BABY BASICS OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWSPERITY INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗

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…United Way of Greater…The Curry Family Foun…Menorah Heritage Foun…Oppenstein Brothers F…Health Forward Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…R a Long Foundation 6…Marion and Henry Bloc…The Sherman Family Fo…Bluescope Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO33× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Curry Family Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · Bluescope Foundation North America · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City

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 Mos Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mos Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home