Missouri · Public charity
The Children's Mercy Hospital
Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers. Together, we transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.
- $157M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 75
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 57
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $19M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $26,079
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,117,565
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 69
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 25
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The Children's Mercy Hospital funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $414k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 72 | $19M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 57 | $3.1M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 69 | $3.3M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $6.1M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $3.6M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $3.3M | 30% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $2.0M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $1.2M | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oph LLC | $15,117,565 | 1 | n/a |
| CYFT Incorporated | $3,404,918 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $2,335,727 | 8 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $1,665,890 | 8 | n/a |
| Duke University | $1,200,112 | 8 | 0% |
| Midwest Veterans' Biomedical Research Foundation | $1,003,372 | 6 | 10% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $950,647 | 6 | 0% |
| Turner House Clinic Inc | $923,116 | 4 | 5% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $832,988 | 5 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc | $794,054 | 9 | 2% |
Show all 144 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Children's Mercy Hospital supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation
How this is measured
About The Children's Mercy Hospital
- How much does The Children's Mercy Hospital give?
- The Children's Mercy Hospital reported 75 itemized grants totaling $19,446,076, out of $156,774,759 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 69 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Children's Mercy Hospital fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (65%), Science & Tech (25%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Children's Mercy Hospital's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oph LLC ($15M), CYFT Incorporated ($3.4M), University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute ($2.3M).
- Does The Children's Mercy Hospital fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Children's Mercy Hospital?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Health Forward Foundation.
- Where is The Children's Mercy Hospital based?
- The Children's Mercy Hospital is based in MO.
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