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Oncon Charitable 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$3k
Largest
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.

Civil Rights$12kArts & Culture$8kEducation$2kHealth$890Youth Development$500Housing & Shelter$300International$200Religion$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KCUR$2,600
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$500
ALS ASSOCIATION$100
CAUFIELD SCHOOL ST PETERS$50
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PARKINSON FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%ANACOSTIA GRACIOUS ARTS PROGRAM: $200 → 14%ST THOMAS CHURCH OF THE APOSTLE: $100 → 5%KTWU: $200 → 14%KU ENDOWMENT: $100 → 15%KU ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION: $960 → 16%PARK UNIVERSITY: $100 → 8%KCUR: $4k → 15%ST JUDE'S: $100 → 17%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $100 → 10%ACLU OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%CAUFIELD SCHOOL ST PETERS: $50 → 14%ALS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 7%ANACOSTIA GRACIOUS ARTS PROGRAM: $200 → 14%VILLAGE CHURCH: $200 → 5%BAKER UNIVERSITY: $100 → 15%CHARLIE'S HOUSE: $75 → 8%NELSON-ATKIN MUSEUM OF ART: $100 → 15%ACLU OF COLORADO: $1k → 12%DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MEDICAL PARTNERS: $200 → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KS - WILLIAMS FUND: $100 → 15%KCUR: $3k → 15%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $909 → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KS - WILLIAMS FUND: $100 → 15%ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION: $45 → 15%KUCR: $1k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CA: $300 → 15%ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER: $45 → 15%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $300 → 15%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $500 → 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
NJ
CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 4 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
20

Total granted

$18k
$5k

Still filing today

0%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650 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
HealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AO
    ACLU OF COLORADO
    2× · 2022–2023 · $11k
  • K
    KCUR
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7k
  • AG
    ANACOSTIA GRACIOUS ARTS PROGRAM
    2× · 2018–2019 · $400

Funded once

  • K
    KUCR
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • TK
    The Kansas University Endowment Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $960 · revenue +93%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
    one grant, 2017 · $909
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
3
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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4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

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

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6
Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc

To maximize private gift support for pittsburg state university, exercise proper management of foundation assets, lay the groundwork for future fundraising success in support of the university's teaching, research and service/civic…

Education
7
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
8
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
9
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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10
Columbia College

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

Education
11
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Park University; the most unlike its peers is Charlies House 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

9 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. 9 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACLU OF COLORADO: $11,050 · OtherACLU OF COLORADOKCUR: $6,600 · OtherKCURKUCR: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $909 · Other+15 more: $2,895 · Other+15 moreThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $960 · EducationBAKER UNIVERSITY: $100 · EducationPARK UNIVERSITY: $100 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $100 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 · HealthSaint Lukes Foundation: $45 · HealthCHARLIES HOUSE INC: $75 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$22,454Education$1,160Health$345Public Safety & Disaster$75

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 Kansas University Endowment Association: $960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLIES HOUSE INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Lukes Foundation: $45 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 Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
  • Who funds BAKER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHARLIES HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Saint Lukes Foundation ↗

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.

Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationMO13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Oncon Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oncon Charitable 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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