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Mosby Lincoln Foundation at a glance

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Mosby Lincoln Foundation

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.

$260k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$30k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$680kHuman Services$632kArts & Culture$515kFood & Nutrition$221kRecreation & Sports$203kPhilanthropy$136kEducation$118kYouth Development$116kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $193k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANKIND MINISTRIES$30,000
WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER$30,000
KANSAS FOOD BANK$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME$25,000
BIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$13,500
AUDUBON OF KANSAS$12,500
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH$12,000
FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER$5,000
DENVER ART MUSEUM$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $523k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 14%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%EMBERHOPE INC: $3k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $12k → 14%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%EMBERHOPE INC: $3k → 9%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%EMBERHOPE INC: $3k → 9%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $4k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $2k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $1k → 11%CAMP WOODS YMCA: $1k → 11%HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $1k → 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $33k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $30k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $30k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $15k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $12k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $3k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $3k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $3k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $2k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $24k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $18k → 16%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

ID
MN
IL
WY
IA
IN
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
KS
AR
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 66 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

66 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
43

Total granted

$2.5M
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+26%

Still filing today

64%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WA
    Wichita Art Museum Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $256k · revenue +69%
  • WF
    WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $197k · revenue +175%
  • KF
    KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $197k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • KU
    KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • MA
    MARK ARTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -16%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC - WICHITA
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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 Bioscience Organization Inc

Biokansas is the unified voice representing the biosciences in kansas. across the human, plant, animal and industrial biosciences, biokansas is focused on enhancing the business and research climate and working with leaders across the…

Education
2
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation

The mission of Downtown Wichita is to cultivate opportunities that revitalize and enhance Wichita's urban core.

Community Improvement
3
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

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4
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
5
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
6
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc

The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…

Arts & Culture
7
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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8
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc

Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.

Education
9
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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10
Wichita Eye Foundation

To engage in grant making to medical educational organizations and related charitable activities in the area of eye disease and vision disorder, and the care and treatment thereof.

Health
11
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
12
Kansas City Country Club

The kansas city country club is a traditional, private, family-oriented country club dedicated to providing outstanding year-round dining, social and athletic activities to its members and their guests through superior services, staff and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wichita State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Maureen Connolly Brinker Tennis Foundation 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

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 116 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/73
Grantees still filing
51/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $465,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $186,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCOUTTS MUSEUM OF ART: $64,105 · OtherSAINT THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $62,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $58,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN KANSAS: $55,000 · OtherPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $53,000 · Other+71 more: $555,758 · Other+71 moreWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $197,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA FAMILY CRIS…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $191,500 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDRE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $77,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National R…CAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $22,650 · Human Services+6 more: $34,850 · Human Services+6 moreWichita Art Museum Inc: $256,420 · Arts & CultureWichita Art Mu…BIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $49,150 · Arts & CultureBIRGER SANDZEN…WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $28,825 · Arts & CultureWICHITA-SEDGWI…DENVER ART MUSEUM: $14,220 · Arts & CultureBONE CREEK ART MUSEUM: $13,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $19,966 · Arts & CultureKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $196,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $19,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionWICHITA SWIM CLUB: $161,500 · Recreation & SportsPrairie Travelers Inc: $22,500 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $7,057 · Recreation & SportsAUDUBON OF KANSAS INC: $129,000 · EnvironmentWICHITA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $9,250 · Environment+4 more: $13,000 · EnvironmentGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $115,350 · Youth Development+1 more: $200 · Youth Development
Other$1,500,063Human Services$523,000Arts & Culture$381,581Food & Nutrition$221,000Recreation & Sports$191,057Environment$151,250Youth Development$115,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $465,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWichita Art Museum Inc: $256,420 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $197,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $196,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $191,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWICHITA SWIM CLUB: $161,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetAUDUBON OF KANSAS INC: $129,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $115,350 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $77,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $53,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $49,150 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $48,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSymphony in the Flint Hills Inc: $47,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $40,250 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $34,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC: $29,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $28,825 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $22,650 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPrairie Travelers Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPSTONE INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $14,220 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBONE CREEK ART MUSEUM: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $11,843 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetQUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $9,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITA AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $9,250 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICT FOOD RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHERRY HILLS LAND PRESERVE INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAUREEN CONNOLLY BRINKER TENNIS FOUNDATION INC: $4,350 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL DENTAL RELIEF: $3,557 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS LAND TRUST INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEL DORADO MAIN STREET INC: $3,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBOTANICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARREN RIVER ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESTES VALLEY LAND TRUST: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $1,666 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.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Wichita Art Museum Inc ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA SWIM CLUB ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON OF KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC ↗
  • Who funds Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP WOOD YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds Prairie Travelers Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds STEPSTONE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BONE CREEK ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS ↗
  • Who funds QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗

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.

Berry Foundation IncTextron Charitable Tr…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Lattner Family Founda…Wichita FoundationGoebel Family-Star Lu…Bruce G Cochener Foun…United Way of the Pla…Ima FoundationThe Fidelity Bank Fou…K T Wiedemann Foundat…Beach Family Foundati…
Berry Foundation IncKS42.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berry Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Ima Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Beach Family Foundation Inc

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 Mosby Lincoln Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mosby Lincoln Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 116 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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