Kansas · Private foundation
The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,993,405
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $2.9M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.6M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Influencer Institute Inc | $4,143,405 | 2 | 67% |
| The Network Dba Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice | $522,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Global Cities Group | $350,000 | 2 | 81% |
| Kim Wilson Housing Inc | $234,649 | 1 | 7% |
| JoyCorps Project | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Reconciliation Services | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Defining Moments Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Global Birthing Home Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Concerts in Motion Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust
- How much does The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust give?
- The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust reported 6 grants totaling $2,905,054 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Civil Rights (8%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Core Influencer Institute Inc ($4.1M), The Network Dba Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice ($522k), Global Cities Group ($350k).
- Does The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust based?
- The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust is based in KS.
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