· Private foundation
Peculiar 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k39 grants · $152k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $249k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAYMORE PECULIAR SCHOOL DISTRICT | $41,500 |
| ARCHIE CASS SCHOOL DISTRICT | $31,500 |
| LIONS CLUB OF PECULIAR | $30,000 |
| CASS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| CARING HEARTS OF PECULIAR | $27,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| HEART N HAND | $17,500 |
| HARVESTERSCOMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK | $15,000 |
| BELTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $11,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| HOPE HAVEN OF CASS COUNTY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,454 |
| PLEASANT HILL LAY CLERGY | $9,000 |
| WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY | $8,000 |
| CASS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
96 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HTHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +10%
- CCCASS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION5× · 2018–2025 · $103k · revenue +142%
- RPRAYMORE-PECULIAR PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2025 · $41k · revenue +89%
Funded once
- KSKS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $20k
- GJGREATER JOBS OF KANSAS CITYone grant, 2024 · $20k
- CMCASS MIDWAY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT PTOone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
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.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
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…
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…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.
Bradley university empowers students for immediate and sustained success in their personal and professional endeavors by combining professional preparation, liberal arts and sciences, and co-curricular experiences. alongside our dedication…
Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
How this is measured
42 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. 42 of the 190 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
- Who funds CASS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE HAVEN OF CASS COUNTY ↗
- Who funds RAYMORE-PECULIAR PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF CASS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HEART-N-HAND MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds HARRISONVILLE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds BELTON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Truman Heartland Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Terry & Susie Reardon Family Foundation · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Virginia Thomas Charitable Trust · T Michal Flottman Scholarship Trust · Jack J Isgur Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Peculiar Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peculiar Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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