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Sally Ann Firestone Foundation at a glance

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Sally Ann Firestone 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$832k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.1MEducation$1.5MReligion$1.2MHuman Services$953kArts & Culture$723kHealth$609kHousing & Shelter$578kFood & Nutrition$472kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k22 grants · $517k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$52,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$831,715
CROSSLINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH$262,500
KANSAS CITY ACADEMY$262,500
HARVESTERS$201,250
RESTART$183,750
UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES$118,125
INSPIRATION MINISTRIES - WALWORTH$105,000
KANSAS CITY PBS$105,000
CRAIG HOSPITAL$105,000
GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$78,750
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$78,750
SAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY$78,750
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$75,000
FOLLY THEATRE$72,500
LEGAL AID OF WESTERN MISSOURI$70,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $906k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CROSSLINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $506k → 16%SHEPHERD'S CENTERS OF AMERICA: $51k → 8%EMPOWER MISSOURI: $20k → 10%WELCOME HOUSE: $10k → 17%CROSSLINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $263k → 16%SHEPHERD'S CENTERS OF AMERICA: $26k → 8%WELCOME HOUSE: $10k → 17%FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT: $20k → 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

IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CO
MO
NM
KS
DC
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 36 repeat orgs$857k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
6

Total granted

$7.1M
$542k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+120%

Still filing today

44%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationEmploymentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    5× · 2017–2025 · $472k · revenue +40%
  • CH
    Craig Hospital
    2× · 2024–2025 · $308k · revenue +13%
  • IW
    ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $231k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • KF
    KINGSWOOD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $506k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • SN
    Special Needs Assured Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
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
2
Resource Center for Independent Living Inc

The organization is committed to working with individuals, families, and communities to promote independent living and individual choice to persons with disabilities.

Human Services
3
Opportunities Inc of Jefferson County

Opportunities, inc. of jefferson county provides services for individuals for the purpose of maximizing their success and enhancing their abilities to be independent, contributing members of the community.

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4
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
5
Colorado Springs Independence Center

We work with people with disabilities, their families and the community to create independence so that all may thrive.

Human Services
6
Connections for Life

Empowering people with disabilities by providing services that promote independence, equality and intergration, enhancing their quality of life.

Health
7
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
8
Disability Rights Center of Kansas Inc

Zealously advocating for the disability rights of kansans to protect their full participation as citizens.

Civil Rights
9
Job Options Inc

To actively seek employment for individuals with psychological or physical disabilities.

Employment
10
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

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11
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc

Front Porch Alliance works together with residents of Kansas City, Missouris eastside and urban core to meet their changing needs at home and in school.

Community Improvement
12
Linkability Inc

Provide Case Management for people with developmental disabilities such as autism services, respite care, crisis intervention, self directed services, and Medicaid Home and Cummunity Based Waiver programs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Welcome House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Special Needs Assured 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

31 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. 31 of the 58 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
14/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KINGSWOOD FOUNDATION: $506,250 · OtherKINGSWOOD FOUNDATIONUNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $345,938 · OtherUNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF OF GLOBAL …INSPIRATION MINISTRIES - WALWORTH: $307,500 · OtherINSPIRATION MINISTRIES - WALWORTHSAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY: $281,250 · OtherSAINT PAUL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGYGARRETT EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $230,625 · OtherMCCURDY MINISTRIES: $190,313 · OtherFOLLY THEATRE: $188,750 · OtherPOWELL GARDENS INC: $181,250 · OtherUMKC FOUNDATIONJAZZ LEGACY: $153,750 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: $153,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $153,750 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $153,750 · OtherKC SHEPHERD'S CENTER: $153,750 · OtherPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $206,250 · OtherAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $153,750 · Other+27 more: $1,118,001 · Other+27 moreGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $2,642,914 · PhilanthropyGreater Kansas City Communi…THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY: $1,033,750 · EducationTHE LEARNING …ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $230,625 · EducationILLINOIS WESL…CROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $768,750 · Human ServicesCROSS-LIN…AGING FORWARD: $76,875 · Human ServicesAGING FOR…+4 more: $80,000 · Human Services+4 moreRESTART INC: $538,125 · Housing & ShelterKINGSWOOD SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,700 · Housing & ShelterHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $472,375 · Food & NutritionCraig Hospital: $307,500 · HealthINCLUSION CONNECTIONS INC: $50,000 · HealthMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · Health
Other$4,478,627Philanthropy$2,642,914Education$1,264,375Human Services$925,625Housing & Shelter$560,825Food & Nutrition$472,375Health$402,500

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 budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $2,642,914 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY: $1,033,750 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetCROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $768,750 over 2y, 24% of budgetRESTART INC: $538,125 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $472,375 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCraig Hospital: $307,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $230,625 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $206,250 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPOWELL GARDENS INC: $181,250 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: $153,750 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $153,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissourians to Abolish the Death Penalty: $85,313 over 2y, 29% of budgetAGING FORWARD: $76,875 over 2y, 12% of budgetABILITY KC: $76,875 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINCLUSION CONNECTIONS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDeveloping Potential Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKINGSWOOD SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,700 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetALPHAPOINTE: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Future Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRediscover: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWER MISSOURI: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Whole Person Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CROSS-LINES COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds RESTART INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Craig Hospital ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC ↗
  • Who funds POWELL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty ↗
  • Who funds AGING FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY KC ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Missouri ↗
  • Who funds INCLUSION CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Developing Potential Inc ↗
  • Who funds KINGSWOOD SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALPHAPOINTE ↗

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…Oppenstein Brothers F…Health Forward Founda…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Greater HorizonsJ B Reynolds Foundati…Commerce Bancshares F…The Research Foundati…Victor E Speas Founda…Hall Family Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO40.8× affinity20 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 · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Greater Horizons · J B Reynolds Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Research Foundation · Victor E Speas Foundation · Hall 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 Sally Ann Firestone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sally Ann Firestone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sally Ann Firestone Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sally Ann Firestone Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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