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· Public charity

Textron Aviation Employees Uplift Fund Inc

To support human service agencies within the community.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$12MHousing & Shelter$475kHealth$179kAnimals$85kHuman Services$53kRecreation & Sports$38kYouth Development$30kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,105,397
Median grant
1
States reached
$642k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS$1,105,397
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 (FY17–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $8k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 14%EMBERHOPE: $15k → 16%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI & KANSAS: $8k → 11%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $8k → 14%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $30k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 10 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$14M
$160k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+23%

Still filing today

80%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $13M · revenue +13%
  • SW
    SHEPHERDS WAY INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +622%
  • HI
    HEARTSPRING INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $51k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOMEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +99%
  • KF
    KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +42%
  • WA
    WICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +19%
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
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Inc

It is the mission of kvc to enrich and enhance the lives of children and their families by providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services and education.

Human Services
2
Kansas City Hospice Inc

To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.

Human Services
3
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
4
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Nebraska Inc

It is the mission of kvc to enrich and enhance the lives of children and their families by providing medical and behavioral healthcare, social services and education.

Health
5
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
6
Freedom House Ministries

House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships. We serve families in crisis with our program for residents to experience the…

Education
7
Kvc Hospitals Inc

It is the mission of kvc hospitals to enrich children's lives by providing comprehensive and compassionate trauma-informed psychiatric care, behavioral healthcare, education and medical services.

Health
8
Safehome Inc

To break the cycle of domestic violence and partner abuse for victims and their children by providing shelter, advocacy, counseling and prevention education in our community.

Human Services
9
Catholic Charities Inc

Catholic charities alleviates poverty & builds strong families through numerous programs: homeless shelter, domestic violence shelter, adult day services program, food pantry, counseling.

Human Services
10
Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas

To provide dynamic, culturally-sensitive, high quality behavioral healthcare to residents of chase, coffey, greenwood, lyon, morris, osage and wabaunsee counties in the most effective, caring and efficient manner.

Health
11
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
12
Ability Kc

Our mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing comprehensive medical, therapeutic, educational, and vocational services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascension Via Christi Health Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shepherds Way 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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $13,334,290 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INCCenter of Hope Inc: $425,000 · OtherVET TO VET SUPPORT COMMAND: $60,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS: $25,500 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $25,500 · Other+4 more: $45,211 · OtherSHEPHERDS WAY INC: $60,000 · HealthHEARTSPRING INC: $50,500 · HealthWICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC: $15,000 · HealthKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HEALTH INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $30,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $15,000 · Human ServicesEMBERHOPE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,500 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS: $7,500 · Human ServicesHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $50,000 · ReligionPASS IT ON - OUTDOOR MENTORS INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$13,334,290Other$581,211Health$145,500Human Services$75,000Religion$50,000Youth Development$30,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $13,334,290 over 9y, 12% of budgetCenter of Hope Inc: $425,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetVET TO VET SUPPORT COMMAND: $60,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetSHEPHERDS WAY INC: $60,000 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $50,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPASS IT ON - OUTDOOR MENTORS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,500 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.

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.

Textron Charitable Tr…Berry Foundation IncGoebel Family-Star Lu…Ima FoundationBelin FoundationUnited Way of the Pla…Wichita FoundationThe Fidelity Bank Fou…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Global ImpactGood Neighbor Fund IncBruce G Cochener Foun…
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI28.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Berry Foundation Inc · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Ima Foundation · Belin Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Wichita Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Global Impact · Good Neighbor Fund Inc · Bruce G Cochener 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 Textron Aviation Employees Uplift Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Textron Aviation Employees Uplift Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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