Missouri · Private foundation
Short Family Foundation
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.
- $147k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Short Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $147k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $192k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $163k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $141k | 59% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $189k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $60k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $99k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Summit Church of Lees Summit | $144,002 | 4 | n/a |
| Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts | $140,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Summit Church | $108,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Saint Lukes Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $41,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Gift of Life Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Englewood Arts | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| United Methodist Church | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Short Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Truman Heartland Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Greater Horizons · Victor E & Caroline E Schutte Foundation · The Atterbury Family Foundation · Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904 · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · The Sherman Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Short Family Foundation
- How much does Short Family Foundation give?
- Short Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $146,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Short Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Health (20%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Short Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Summit Church of Lees Summit ($144k), Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts ($140k), Summit Church ($108k).
- Does Short Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Short Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Short Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The Sunderland Foundation, Truman Heartland Community Foundation.
- Where is Short Family Foundation based?
- Short Family Foundation is based in MO.
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