Missouri · Public charity
Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City
Provide various activities and programs for the youth of the area and community betterment.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $22k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $498k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam Veterans of America #317 | $44,800 | 3 | 9% |
| Veterans Community Project | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
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About Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City
- How much does Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City give?
- Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City reported 3 itemized grants totaling $22,000, out of $38,140 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (66%), Public Benefit (12%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Vietnam Veterans of America #317 ($45k), Veterans Community Project ($14k).
- Does Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City based?
- Optimist Club of Southside Kansas City is based in MO.
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