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Saint Lukes Health System Inc

Saint luke's health system is a faith-based, not-for-profit aligned health system committed to the highest levels of excellence in providing health care and health related services in a caring environment.

$3.6M
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$3.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Health$51MYouth Development$410kHuman Services$120kFood & Nutrition$95kPhilanthropy$74kCommunity Improvement$72kArts & Culture$48kRecreation & Sports$27kOther$0
02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $180k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.3M
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$376M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY$3,292,316
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$50,000
GILDAS CLUB OF KANSAS CITY$25,000
SAVE INC$25,000
NORTHLAND HEALTH ALLIANCE$15,000
METRO LUTHERAN MINISTRY$15,000
AIDS SERVICE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$15,000
COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE$15,000
KANBES MARKETS$15,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$15,000
CENTER OF GRACE$10,000
HARVESTERS COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$10,000
BISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER$10,000
KC CARE HEALTH CENTER$10,000
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL$6,451
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Missouri Coalition of Children's Agencies: $10k → 10%MISSOURI COALITION OF CHILDREN'S AGENCIES: $10k → 10%CENTER OF GRACE: $10k → 5%BISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER: $10k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE: $15k → 15%COMMUNITY SERVICES LEAGUE: $8k → 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.
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.

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 19 repeat orgs$51M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
21

Total granted

$1.3M
$47M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+12%

Still filing today

84%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BK
    BIONEXUS KC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $101k · revenue +34%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2018–2023 · $85k · revenue +26%
  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    2× · 2022–2023 · $60k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • SL
    Saint Lukes North Hospital
    one grant, 2020 · $20M · revenue +15%
  • SL
    Saint Lukes East Hospital
    one grant, 2020 · $17M · revenue +7%
  • SL
    Saint Lukes Hospital of Garnett Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $5.1M · revenue -1%
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
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
2
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
3
Kansas City Country Club

The kansas city country club is a traditional, private, family-oriented country club dedicated to providing outstanding year-round dining, social and athletic activities to its members and their guests through superior services, staff and…

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4
Bike Share Kc

Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.

Human Services
5
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
6
Heart Surgeons of Kansas City Inc

Heart Surgeons of Kansas City, Inc. was formed for the purpose of providing heart and vascular surgery to patients and related medical services through its employed surgeons.

Health
7
Jefferson Community Health Center Inc

Inspiring healthy living by providing exceptional health and life services for every person, every time.

Health
8
Kansas Bioscience Organization Inc

Biokansas is the unified voice representing the biosciences in kansas. across the human, plant, animal and industrial biosciences, biokansas is focused on enhancing the business and research climate and working with leaders across the…

Education
9
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
10
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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11
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation

Marc csc administers collaborative programs that benefit kansas city area communities. this includes programs supporting early learning initiatives, poverty studies, workforce development, healthcare and other regional initiatives.

Community Improvement
12
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Truman Heartland Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

44 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. 44 of the 50 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
26/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Saint Lukes North Hospital: $20,219,587 · HealthSaint Lukes North HospitalSaint Lukes East Hospital: $16,675,250 · HealthSaint Lukes East HospitalSaint Lukes Hospital of Garnett Inc: $5,114,950 · HealthSaint Lukes Hospital of Garnett IncSaint Lukes South Hospital Inc: $3,349,046 · HealthSaint Lukes South Hospital IncSt Lukes Hospital of Kansas City: $3,292,316 · HealthSt Lukes Hospital of Kansas City+9 more: $1,908,712 · HealthCENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC: $104,000 · OtherNorthland Health Alliance: $59,000 · OtherKansas City CARE Clinic: $57,240 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $35,000 · OtherCHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $30,000 · OtherCITY OF LEE'S SUMMIT - ADMINISTRATI: $27,000 · OtherSAVE INC: $25,000 · OtherNOURISHKC: $20,000 · Other+15 more: $161,312 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $400,000 · Youth DevelopmentAIDS SERVICE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $91,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $46,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $35,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTRUMAN HEARTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · PhilanthropyBIONEXUS KC: $101,274 · Science & TechHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $60,000 · Food & NutritionKANBE'S MARKETS: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity Services League of Jackson County: $22,964 · Human ServicesMissouri Childcare Association: $20,000 · Human ServicesBishop Sullivan Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER OF GRACE INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Health$50,559,861Other$518,552Youth Development$400,000Philanthropy$191,500Science & Tech$101,274Food & Nutrition$75,000Human Services$62,964

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 budgetSaint Lukes North Hospital: $20,219,587 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetSaint Lukes East Hospital: $16,675,250 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSaint Lukes Hospital of Garnett Inc: $5,114,950 over 1y, 16% of budgetSaint Lukes South Hospital Inc: $3,349,046 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSt Lukes Hospital of Kansas City: $3,292,316 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSaint Lukes Physician Group Inc: $1,193,782 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSaint Lukes Health System Home Care and Hospice: $400,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $400,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBIONEXUS KC: $101,274 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetAIDS SERVICE FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $91,500 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $84,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City CARE Clinic: $57,240 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $46,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNorthland Health Care Access: $45,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB KANSAS CITY: $39,600 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMid-America Coalition on Health Care: $24,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCommunity Services League of Jackson County: $22,964 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSN OF KS & GREATER KC: $20,450 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetMissouri Childcare Association: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNOURISHKC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $16,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN LEES SUMMIT MAIN STREET INC: $16,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $15,661 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANBE'S MARKETS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTLAND MENS CHORUS: $12,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBishop Sullivan Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY AREA DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER OF GRACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUMAN HEARTLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $8,200 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLEE'S SUMMIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE COUNCIL INC: $6,451 over 1y, 0.3% 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…United Way of Greater…Health Forward Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…The Sunderland Founda…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…Oppenstein Brothers F…Saint Lukes FoundationBjc Health System Gro…Marion and Henry Bloc…Menorah Heritage Foun…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO43.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Health Forward Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation · Bjc Health System Group Return · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family 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 Saint Lukes Health System Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saint Lukes Health System Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 50 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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