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Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation at a glance

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Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation

The organization is designed to provide support for other charitable organizations as described in section 501(c)(3) and sections 509(a) of the internal revenue code.

$518k
Granted FY2018
10
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

96% of Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Greater Kansas City, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $518k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’17
8
’18
11
’19
0
’20
0
’22
3
’23
0
’24
1
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Philanthropy$7.3MHealth$548kHuman Services$395kArts & Culture$188kReligion$100kYouth Development$73kEducation$60kInternational$45kOther$0
02FY2018 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $173k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Village Shalom Inc$250,000
Kansas City Ballet$100,000
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art$72,500
Mayo Clinic$25,000
Operation Breakthrough$25,000
Harry S Truman Library Institute$15,000
Jewish Community Center$10,000
Village Shalom Inc$10,000
Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains$5,000
Unicorn Theatre$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $295k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Jewish Family Services: $15k → 5%Jewish Family Services: $10k → 5%Village Shalom Inc: $250k → 5%Village Shalom Inc: $10k → 5%Village Shalom Inc: $10k → 5%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 49% of Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 88%.

Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$790k · 8 repeat orgs$733k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
5

Total granted

$790k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+8%

Still filing today

88%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’23’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • VS
    VILLAGE SHALOM INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $270k · revenue +49%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
    3× · 2018–2023 · $133k · revenue +116%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $110k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +105%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE UMKC CONSERVATORY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +8%
  • SI
    SEVENDAYS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +4%
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
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the university and communities that have touched the lives of ku alumni and friends, the mission of the ku endowment charitable gift fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
2
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
3
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation

The memorial unions function as a concessionaire to the university of kansas for the purpose of operating various enterprises within the kansas union building, the burge union, the debruce center, residential dining halls, and other…

Education
4
The Kansas University Alumni Association

We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Education
5
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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6
Kansas City Art Institute

The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.

Education
7
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
8
Kansas State University Foundation

The mission of the kansas state university foundation is to secure and prudently manage private gifts in support of kansas state university and foster a culture that unites philanthropic desires with university priorities.

Education
9
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

The mission of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is to educate and inspire our community by presenting and promoting appreciation for African-American culture through our stories.

Arts & Culture
10
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians

The mission of the kansas academy of family physicians is to empower and cultivate kansas family physicians to: serve as trusted and innovative leaders champion a diverse, sustainable and inclusive workforce advocate and collaborate for…

—
11
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation

To secure and provide funds and resources to enhance student learning in the kansas city public schools.

Education
12
Kansas Association of School Boards Inc

To assist local boards of education and related educational entities in their responsibilities to assure a quality public education for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City; the most unlike its peers is The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $9,220,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITYJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $653,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY+1 more: $132,500 · PhilanthropySaint Lukes Foundation: $500,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $25,000 · Health+2 more: $22,500 · HealthVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 · Human ServicesKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $110,000 · Arts & CultureKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $72,500 · Arts & CultureUNICORN THEATRE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE UMKC CONSERVATORY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCongregation Beth Shalom: $200,000 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU OF KANSAS CITY: $20,000 · OtherThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $25,000 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $25,000 · EducationHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationSEVENDAYS INC: $10,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$10,005,500Health$547,500Human Services$295,000Arts & Culture$257,500Other$220,000Education$85,000Religion$10,000

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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $9,220,000 over 6y, 37% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $653,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSaint Lukes Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $270,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $132,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetKANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION: $110,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION: $72,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU OF KANSAS CITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNICORN THEATRE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEVENDAYS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $5,000 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.

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.

G Kenneth and Ann Bau…Greater Kansas City C…Marion and Henry Bloc…Jewish Community Foun…Nerman Family Foundat…Copaken Family Founda…Oppenstein Brothers F…Lowenstein Family Sup…Abe & Anna Bograd Mem…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…Richard J Stern Found…Enid and Crosby Kempe…
G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic FundKS28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Nerman Family Foundation · Copaken Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation · Abe & Anna Bograd Memorial Trust 10030800 · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904

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 Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Stanley J Bushman Supporting 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 24 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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