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Spirit Charity Classic Inc

Conduct an annual charitable golf tournament that raises funds for, and distributes them to children's charities and hunger relief charitable organizations.

$11k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Human Services$390kFood & Nutrition$290kYouth Development$254kEducation$172kHealth$110kRecreation & Sports$65kInternational$55kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,489
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WSU TECH FOUNDATION$11,489
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 (FY17–20, $345k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARY'S SOUP KITCHEN: $10k → 8%MARY'S SOUP KITCHEN: $10k → 8%SENIOR SERVICES OF WICHITA: $50k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $75k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $15k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $15k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER WICHITA: $58k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER WICHITA: $30k → 16%PANDO INITIATIVE: $13k → 16%PANDO INITIATIVE: $10k → 16%PANDO INITIATIVE: $10k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA INC: $5k → 16%WICHITA CHILDRENS HOME: $30k → 16%WICHITA CHILDRENS HOME: $15k → 16%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 26 repeat orgs$269k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$1.1M
$269k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+61%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • KF
    KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $220k · revenue +42%
  • RU
    RAINBOWS UNITED INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +27%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311)
    2× · 2018–2019 · $88k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • HI
    HEARTSPRING INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +19%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +132%
  • SS
    SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -51%
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
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
2
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

—
3
Wichitas Littlest Heroes

Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and…

Human Services
4
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
5
Wichita Eye Foundation

To engage in grant making to medical educational organizations and related charitable activities in the area of eye disease and vision disorder, and the care and treatment thereof.

Health
6
Wichita Collegiate School

We exist to inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.

Education
7
The Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy Incorporated

To educate, mentor & support youth with disabilities to be contributingmembers of their community.

Youth Development
8
Opportunity Wichita Inc

Engage community partners (including local governments, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions) to develop a community vision to address education, quality of life, infrastructure, workforce, and economic development and…

Community Improvement
9
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

—
10
Kansas Food Bank Foundation Inc

To serve as a fundraising and support organization for the kansas foodbank warehouse, inc.

Food & Nutrition
11
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation

The mission of Downtown Wichita is to cultivate opportunities that revitalize and enhance Wichita's urban core.

Community Improvement
12
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City

The organization promotes the personal development of boys and girls ages 5-18, with special concern for the disadvantaged by providing services that build self-esteem, values and skills during critical periods of growth.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita; the most unlike its peers is Mary's Kitchen. 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

35 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. 35 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOWS UNITED INCTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $87,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A…SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $50,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICH…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOMETHE PANDO INITIATIVE INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INCSTMARY'SCARINGINC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSTMARY'SCARINGINC+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesENVISION INDUSTRIES INC: $50,000 · OtherENVISION INDUSTRIES INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $50,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KAN…TULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $50,000 · OtherTULSA AREA UNITED WAYKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $50,000 · OtherKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INCSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: $32,500 · OtherSOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERSEAST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $30,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INCLENOIR COUNTY UNITED WAY: $25,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $37,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INCHEROES ACADEMY INC: $40,000 · OtherHEROES ACADEMY INC+10 more: $69,500 · Other+10 moreKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $220,000 · Food & NutritionKANSAS FOODBANK WAREH…COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK O…MARY'S KITCHEN: $10,000 · Food & NutritionWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $55,500 · EducationWICHITA PUB…KANSAS HISPANIC EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationKANSAS HISP…WSU Tech Foundation: $36,489 · EducationWSU Tech Fo…LEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsHEARTSPRING INC: $50,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WICHITA INC: $10,000 · HealthOUTREACH INC: $55,000 · International
Human Services$345,000Other$474,500Food & Nutrition$260,000Education$141,989Recreation & Sports$65,000Health$60,000International$55,000

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 budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $220,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311): $87,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $55,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetENVISION INDUSTRIES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS HISPANIC EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEROES ACADEMY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWSU Tech Foundation: $36,489 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLENOIR COUNTY UNITED WAY: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSTMARY'SCARINGINC: $20,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRISE UP FOR YOUTH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHAPTER OF LINKS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetKANSAS SCHOOL FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WICHITA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WICHITA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

Wichita FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…United Way of the Pla…Kansas Health Foundat…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Ima FoundationBerry Foundation IncThe Walser FoundationServant FoundationGood Neighbor Fund IncBelin FoundationThe Fidelity Bank Fou…
Wichita FoundationKS46.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · United Way of the Plains Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Ima Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · The Walser Foundation · Servant Foundation · Good Neighbor Fund Inc · Belin Foundation · The Fidelity Bank 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 Spirit Charity Classic Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spirit Charity Classic Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 63%
  • Stmary'scaringinc: 63% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Spirit Charity Classic Inc?

Find your warmest path to Spirit Charity Classic Inc 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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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