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Nerman 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.

$231k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$707kArts & Culture$129kHuman Services$102kReligion$53kPhilanthropy$50kHousing & Shelter$31kHealth$16kEmployment$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
$7,900
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE$110,000
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE$20,000
PARK UNIVERSITY ICM$10,000
JEROME NERMAN UTA SCHOLARSHIP FUND$10,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KC$10,000
AMERICAN PUBLIC SQUARE AT JEWELL$8,000
KEHILATH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE$7,900
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE$1,200
HNC LIVING FOUNDATION$1,000
THE ARTS ENGAGEMENT FOUNDATION OF KC$1,000
ARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY$1,000
HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT$500
MT CARMEL CEMETERY FUND$500
THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$100
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 (FY17–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%LEAD TO READ: $500 → 8%VILLAGE SHALOM: $1k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $880 → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM: $100 → 5%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $4k → 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
IN
NJ
CO
MO
KY
KS
LA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 28 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
48

Total granted

$1.0M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+40%

Still filing today

50%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TH
    THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $519k · revenue +9%
  • JC
    JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $135k · revenue +15%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
    3× · 2018–2023 · $96k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $29k
  • EA
    ENGLEWOOD ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue -65%
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
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
3
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
4
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
5
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
6
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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7
Heckscher Museum

Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.

Arts & Culture
8
Kentucky College of Art Design

The kentucky college of art and design opens the door to a creative and productive life through an undergraduate education in the contemporary arts.

Education
9
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
10
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City; the most unlike its peers is The Avi Chai Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 83 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
31/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $519,075 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $135,150 · EducationJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $45,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE+5 more: $6,368 · EducationKEHILATH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $52,816 · OtherKEHILATH ISRAEL SYNA…JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $28,827 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FOU…JEROME NERMAN UTA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $26,000 · OtherJEROME NERMAN UTA SC…UTA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $14,200 · OtherUTA SCHOLARSHIP FUNDPARK UNIVERSITY ICM: $11,250 · OtherPARK UNIVERSITY ICMJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KC: $10,000 · OtherARTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN PUBLIC SQUARE AT JEWELL: $8,000 · Other+42 more: $35,110 · Other+42 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $95,900 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMM…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $11,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDE…+2 more: $2,600 · PhilanthropyARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $26,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Arts & CultureENGLEWOOD ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $3,000 · Arts & CultureArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $2,250 · Arts & CultureKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $3,950 · Arts & CultureTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $31,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $150 · Housing & ShelterURBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO: $4,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $1,980 · Human ServicesLEAD TO READ INC: $500 · Human ServicesCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $1,000 · HealthHNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthKansas City Hospice Foundation: $500 · Health
Education$705,593Other$196,203Philanthropy$109,500Arts & Culture$48,950Housing & Shelter$31,150Human Services$6,480Health$2,500

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 budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $519,075 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $135,150 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $95,900 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $31,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $26,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetENGLEWOOD ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $3,518 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $2,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRIGHTFULLY SEWN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $1,980 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZETA BETA TAU FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU OF KANSAS CITY: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPSTEN GALLERY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTARLIGHT THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS CITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AVI CHAI FOUNDATION: $543 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Hospice Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAD TO READ INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLATHE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY COMMUNITY OUTREACH NETWORK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Union Mission: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $100 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…Jewish Community Foun…The Francis Family Fo…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Copaken Family Founda…Marion and Henry Bloc…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…Richard J Stern Found…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…The H & R Block Found…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…The Seidler Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO42.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Francis Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Copaken Family Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · The H & R Block Foundation · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · The Seidler 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 Nerman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nerman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Nerman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Nerman Family Foundation 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 83 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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