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The Andrews Family Foundation at a glance

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The Andrews Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$70k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Andrews Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

24
’20
25
’21
5
’22
0
’23

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, FY2020 to 2023.

Philanthropy$3.1MRecreation & Sports$403kHuman Services$63kEducation$31kReligion$23kArts & Culture$16kHealth$11kHousing & Shelter$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$69,653
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$69,653
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 (FY20–21, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $2k → 5%THE SPEAK FOUNDATION: $250 → 18%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $1k → 5%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS: $250 → 15%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS: $250 → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $150 → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $150 → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $55k → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $5k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
CO
MO
KY
MD
KS
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$119k · 24 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
31

Total granted

$119k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+30%

Still filing today

58%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalReligionHealthOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +138%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +65%
  • HN
    HOPE NETWORK OF RAYTOWN
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • CO
    CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS UNITED STATES PROVINCE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +30%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
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
Park University

Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.

Education
2
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
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
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
5
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…

—
6
Avila University

Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…

Education
7
Kansas Farm Bureau

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

—
8
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
9
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
10
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

—
11
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.

—
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Kansas City Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

31 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. 31 of the 59 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: $3,103,614 · PhilanthropyGreater Kansas City Community FoundationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $400,000 · EducationUniversity o…+5 more: $17,600 · EducationCONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS UNITED STATES PROVINCE INC: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSTIY OF NOTRE DAME COLLEGE OF ARTS & LETTERS: $15,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $10,000 · OtherALS GOLF AMEILIA CO MARK O'DAY: $5,500 · OtherKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE: $4,000 · Other+34 more: $23,900 · OtherRECONCILIATION SERVICES: $60,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $2,600 · Human Services+3 more: $1,050 · Human ServicesHARRIS PARK MIDTOWN SPORTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMETROSQUASH NFP: $500 · Recreation & SportsCAMPS FOR KIDS: $500 · Recreation & SportsPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,500 · Crime & LegalMETROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $1,500 · Crime & LegalFOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC: $2,500 · ReligionTHE SINGLE MOM KC: $500 · Religion
Philanthropy$3,103,614Education$417,600Other$78,400Human Services$63,650Recreation & Sports$6,000Crime & Legal$4,000Religion$3,000

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 budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $3,103,614 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $400,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRECONCILIATION SERVICES: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIS PARK MIDTOWN SPORTS & ACTIVITIES CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPOLICE FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY CASA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE NETWORK OF RAYTOWN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION COUNTERING SEXUAL ASSAULT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROSQUASH NFP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Bridges Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SINGLE MOM KC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Volunteer Corps: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPS FOR KIDS: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Health Care Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN RANGER CORPS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Speak Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LINC: $100 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.

Greater Kansas City C…The H & R Block Found…United Way of Greater…Oppenstein Brothers F…The Kansas City Royal…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Merriman FoundationThe Sosland FoundationR a Long Foundation 6…Marion and Henry Bloc…Health Forward Founda…Copaken Family Founda…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO35.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Merriman Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Copaken Family 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 The Andrews Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andrews Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Andrews Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Andrews Family 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 59 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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