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Rensenhouse Charitable Foundation Inc of Missouri at a glance

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Rensenhouse Charitable Foundation Inc of Missouri

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.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$77kHuman Services$14kHousing & Shelter$14kInternational$14kEducation$10kHealth$8kRecreation & Sports$7kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$580k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kansas City Actors Theatre$3,600
City Union Mission$3,000
Operation Breakthrough$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
Ouray International Film Festival$2,000
Save the Children$2,000
Wright Opera House$2,000
KKFI$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Frank Theatre$1,000
Riley Gaines Center$1,000
Haven House$1,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital$1,000
Avila University Dr Charlene Gould Endowed Chair$1,000
WildHERness$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Crosslines Community Outreach: $3k → 16%Welcome Home Alliance for Veterans: $1k → 12%Cornerstones of Care: $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

MN
WI
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
DE
AZ
KS
DC
MS
TX
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 24 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
31

Total granted

$91k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterInternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • KC
    KANSAS CITY ACTORS THEATRE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $24k · revenue +12%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +65%
  • CU
    City Union Mission
    3× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • HO
    HEALTH OUTREACH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -53%
  • OT
    OURAY TEACHER FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • WO
    Wright Opera Endowment Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
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
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
2
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
3
Kansas City Public Theatre

Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public This mission is carried out in two activities first by producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works…

Arts & Culture
4
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc

To inspire, entertain and open minds by creating transformative theatre experiences for all.

Arts & Culture
5
Creede Repertory Theatre

From its rocky mountain roots, creede repertory theatre serves as an artistic home to our rural community and beyond, through the creation of repertory seasons, dynamic educational programs, and compelling new works.

Arts & Culture
6
Arkansas Repertory Theatre

To produce a diverse body of theatrical work of the highest artistic standards. with a focus on dramatic storytelling that illuminates the human journey, the theatre entertains, engages and challenges local and regional audiences of all…

Arts & Culture
7
Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc

Connecting our community through live arts experiences that entertain, inspire, and engage

Arts & Culture
8
Kc Fringe Festival Inc

Our mission is to attract diverse people, nuture artists, and strengthen kansas city economically by producing cultural, education, accessible, and affordable events that connect audiences, artists, businesses, and civic organizations. the…

Arts & Culture
9
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
10
Omaha Community Playhouse

The omaha community playhouse is a performing arts organization that enhances quality of life through live theatre, community involvement, and arts education. we are dedicated to enriching the lives of audiences and participants through…

Community Improvement
11
4 Community Theatre

Building bridges between communities and generations while providing an outlet for artistic expression and quality entertainment in western Hennepin and eastern Wright counties of Minnesota since 1998.

Arts & Culture
12
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelter Kc; the most unlike its peers is Ouray County Historical Society. 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

36 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. 36 of the 65 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
21/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS CITY ACTORS THEATRE INC: $24,375 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY ACTORS THEATRE INCFRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INC: $15,668 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INCHEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $4,000 · Arts & CultureHEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVALTHE BARN PLAYERS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRANK THEATRE: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE GIGANTE INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $5,250 · Arts & Culture+6 moreOURAY TEACHER FUND: $5,000 · OtherOURAY TEACHER FUNDWright Opera Endowment Fund: $3,500 · OtherWright Opera Endowment FundROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $3,375 · OtherROSE BROOKS CENTER INCKKFI: $3,000 · OtherKCUR: $2,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherOuray International Film Festival: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherRiley Gaines Center: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood: $2,000 · OtherTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherVARIETY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY TENT 8: $2,000 · Other+24 more: $20,750 · Other+24 moreCity Union Mission: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterCity Union…Haven House of Montrose Inc: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterHaven Hous…SHELTER KC: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER KCNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBOR T…HEALTH OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 · InternationalSTRAW TO BREAD: $1,500 · InternationalGOLF FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $3,000 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $3,000 · EducationUMKC FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationCROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesWelcome Home Montrose Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $500 · Human ServicesAdventHealth Kansas City Foundation: $3,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$55,793Other$59,025Housing & Shelter$14,000International$8,500Education$7,500Human Services$4,500Health$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKANSAS CITY ACTORS THEATRE INC: $24,375 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WRIGHT OPERA HOUSE INC: $15,668 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCity Union Mission: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHaven House of Montrose Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF AMERICA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $3,375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOLF FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAdventHealth Kansas City Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTER KC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARN PLAYERS INC: $2,500 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFRANK THEATRE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVARIETY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY TENT 8: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE GIGANTE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orme School: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOuray County Historical Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAW TO BREAD: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBorrego Art Institute: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAFTER THE HARVEST: $1,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARROW ROCK LYCEUM THEATRE INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWelcome Home Montrose Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON MEDIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRAIL GROUP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONES OF CARE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUALITY HILL PRODUCTIONS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Oppenstein Brothers F…The Sunderland Founda…Breidenthal-Snyder Fo…William T Kemper Foun…Ewing Marion Kauffman…The Ingram Family Fou…Miller Nichols Charit…Richard J Stern Found…J B Reynolds Foundati…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO26.4× affinity12 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 · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation Inc · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The Ingram Family Foundation · Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · J B Reynolds 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 Rensenhouse Charitable Foundation Inc of Missouri funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rensenhouse Charitable Foundation Inc of Missouri. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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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 65 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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