Kansas · Private foundation
Spectrum Health Foundation Inc
THE MISSION OF SPECTRUM HEALTH FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE, SUPPORT LOCAL AND REGIONAL 501C3 FOUNDATIONS, AND GIFT TO CAUSES THAT REFLECT THE FOUNDERS' IDEALS THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's…
- $187k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Spectrum Health Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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 | 25 | $187k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $184k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $84k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $128k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $75k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $71k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother Teresa Charitable Trust Inc | $145,390 | 7 | 30% |
| Camp Encourage | $79,750 | 8 | 4% |
| St Anthonys Catholic Church | $47,805 | 7 | n/a |
| Kansas Honor Flight Inc | $40,048 | 6 | 2% |
| Central Avenue Center of Hope Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Wellness for Africa | $26,305 | 4 | 21% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Happy Hearts Working Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Kansas City Pet Project | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother Teresa Charitable Trust Inc | $145,390 | 7 | 30% |
| Camp Encourage | $79,750 | 8 | 4% |
| St Anthonys Catholic Church | $47,805 | 7 | n/a |
| Kansas Honor Flight Inc | $40,048 | 6 | 2% |
| Central Avenue Center of Hope Inc | $32,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Wellness for Africa | $26,305 | 4 | 21% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Happy Hearts Working Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Kansas City Pet Project | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joy Meadows Inc | $18,740 | 4 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Clinic Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wellington Christian Academy Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Inclusion Connections Inc | $14,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Urban Scholastic Center | $8,240 | 3 | 0% |
| Valley Ridge Elder Care Inc | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $7,240 | 2 | 0% |
| Duo Dogs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($327k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Spectrum Health Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Spectrum Health Foundation Inc
- How much does Spectrum Health Foundation Inc give?
- Spectrum Health Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $186,528 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spectrum Health Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (38%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (12%).
- Who are Spectrum Health Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mother Teresa Charitable Trust Inc ($145k), Camp Encourage ($80k), St Anthonys Catholic Church ($48k).
- Does Spectrum Health Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spectrum Health Foundation Inc 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 Spectrum Health Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Spectrum Health Foundation Inc based?
- Spectrum Health Foundation Inc is based in KS.
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