· Public charity
The Bicknell Family Foundation
Organized to provide funding for charitable organizations
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Bicknell Family Foundation’s FY2024 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. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Bicknell Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $930k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $239k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $350k
- $250k+1 grant · $333k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL | $333,333 |
| THE GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES | $100,000 |
| HALO FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SHATTERPROOF | $40,000 |
| VICTORY LIFE CHURCH | $30,000 |
| FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER | $25,000 |
| KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $25,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTER OF GREATER KANSAS CITY | $25,000 |
| CITY YEAR KANSAS CITY | $25,000 |
| ST MARTINS ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDAITON OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS | $14,000 |
| NORTH POINT CHURCH | $10,000 |
| BRADEN'S HOPE FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER | $10,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.
To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.
The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…
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…
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Kane community hospital foundation supports the people of upmc kane and their communities by providing access to financial resources to be used towards education and services aimed to enhance health and wellness within our region
To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance
Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds Servant Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds Kansas City University ↗
- Who funds HALO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ST MARTIN'S ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC ↗
- Who funds PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds BRADENS HOPE FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN CRIME COMMISSION ↗
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: Servant Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Hunt Family Foundation · The Patterson Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · United Way of Bergen County
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bicknell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bicknell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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