Missouri · Public charity
Perception Funding Inc
The mission of Perception Funding is to serve our ministry partners in order to grow the Kingdom of God. We do this by teaching them how to engage donors effectively and assisting them in their fundraising efforts.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2023
- 38
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $27,857
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $404,647
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $600k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Perception Funding Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $624k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 38 | $2.0M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $1.3M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.3M | 16% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $990k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $666k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $349k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $318k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servant Leaders International Inc | $1,088,781 | 6 | 64% |
| The Sending Project | $657,356 | 7 | 24% |
| Kansas City Underground Church | $404,647 | 1 | n/a |
| Beggars Table | $393,475 | 5 | n/a |
| Shalom Ministries Inc | $301,672 | 7 | 47% |
| My Fathers Reputation | $292,258 | 6 | 32% |
| Mercy & Truth Healthcare Ministry Inc | $285,082 | 6 | 7% |
| New Life With Education | $249,841 | 4 | 29% |
| En Gedi Grove Inc | $236,352 | 7 | n/a |
| Hope City Homes Inc | $214,866 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servant Leaders International Inc | $1,088,781 | 6 | 64% |
| The Sending Project | $657,356 | 7 | 24% |
| Kansas City Underground Church | $404,647 | 1 | n/a |
| Beggars Table | $393,475 | 5 | n/a |
| Shalom Ministries Inc | $301,672 | 7 | 47% |
| My Fathers Reputation | $292,258 | 6 | 32% |
| Mercy & Truth Healthcare Ministry Inc | $285,082 | 6 | 7% |
| New Life With Education | $249,841 | 4 | 29% |
| En Gedi Grove Inc | $236,352 | 7 | n/a |
| Hope City Homes Inc | $214,866 | 7 | n/a |
| Turning Hearts | $199,321 | 4 | n/a |
| Heart-N-Hand Ministries | $190,405 | 6 | 8% |
| Plumbline Ministries Inc | $167,941 | 7 | n/a |
| Refuge KC Inc | $165,569 | 7 | 31% |
| Reconnect Resources | $148,312 | 7 | 23% |
| Grace Missions Inc | $125,916 | 5 | 26% |
| Carry the Cross Ministries | $122,685 | 5 | 26% |
| I 58 Kc Ministries | $120,019 | 4 | 27% |
| Bridging Nations International | $118,184 | 5 | n/a |
| Kansas City Kansas Baptist Association | $112,109 | 3 | n/a |
| Faith Missions Inc | $109,328 | 6 | 28% |
| Innovative Faith Ministries | $98,617 | 6 | 40% |
| Appleseed Network | $93,428 | 4 | 41% |
| Hope Rising Uganda | $88,268 | 3 | 70% |
| Way Church Kc | $81,948 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Spur Ministries Inc | $75,822 | 6 | 16% |
| Pro Deo Youth Center | $74,326 | 5 | 10% |
| The Single Mom Kc | $73,973 | 3 | 28% |
| Bloom International | $70,339 | 4 | 24% |
| Give 100 Inc Give 100 Inc | $57,035 | 3 | 38% |
| Young Life | $54,956 | 2 | 0% |
| Legacy Group Cares | $54,045 | 5 | 61% |
| Impact One | $51,903 | 2 | 23% |
| Messenger Church | $44,728 | 1 | n/a |
| Multiply Kc Church | $37,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Bible Study with Friends | $35,958 | 3 | 52% |
| A Bright Future for Kids Inc | $30,778 | 1 | 30% |
| Kw Local Cares | $30,471 | 3 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Church | $23,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonrise Ministries Inc | $22,682 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Save Kansas City | $20,852 | 2 | 27% |
| Colonial Presbyterian Church | $20,835 | 1 | n/a |
| Maxwell Ministries | $16,944 | 2 | n/a |
| Anchor Her | $13,202 | 2 | n/a |
| What If the Church | $11,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Abigail Ministries Inc | $8,114 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Spur | $8,074 | 1 | n/a |
| Discipleship Plus Inc | $7,798 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthur R Johnson Community Outreach Inc | $7,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Rended Heart | $7,153 | 1 | 7% |
| Hope Speaks International | $6,316 | 1 | n/a |
| Imago Performing Arts | $5,677 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas City Dream Center Co | $5,099 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Perception Funding Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 18 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Servant Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Perception Funding Inc
- How much does Perception Funding Inc give?
- Perception Funding Inc reported 38 itemized grants totaling $1,991,346, out of $2,186,285 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Perception Funding Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (60%), International (13%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Perception Funding Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Servant Leaders International Inc ($1.1M), The Sending Project ($657k), Kansas City Underground Church ($405k).
- Does Perception Funding Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Perception Funding Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
- Where is Perception Funding Inc based?
- Perception Funding Inc is based in MO.
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