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The Hulston Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
46
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$416,667
Organizations funded a year
17 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$23M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations The Hulston Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $253k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$1.3M19%
FY202446$1.1M37%
FY202341$1.0M32%
FY202239$1.1M31%
FY202130$790k40%
FY202017$730k47%
FY201918$701k39%
FY201823$607k52%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.9MHuman Services$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MHealth$1.1MFood & Nutrition$774kEducation$443kYouth Development$430kHousing & Shelter$410kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of The Hulston Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Coxhealth Foundation$893,16793%
Salvation Army$640,0009n/a
The State Historical Society of Missouri$580,000312%
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc$240,00050%
Amethyst Place Inc$190,00071%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$177,50050%
Veterans Community Project$175,00041%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri$150,000415%
Orphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation$150,00040%
The Kitchen Inc$125,00041%
Kanbe's Markets$125,00031%
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch$110,00031%
National Mall and Memorial Parks$101,0002n/a
Seniorage Area Agency on Aging$100,00040%
Petes Garden$100,00053%
Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks Inc$100,00034%
Least of These Inc$95,00044%
Springfield Victory Mission Inc$90,00031%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$90,00082%
The James River Basin Partnership$57,50036%
Fosteradopt Connect Inc$55,00010%
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture$53,00031%
Food Equality Initiative Inc$50,00027%
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival$50,00023%
River of Refuge$50,00033%
Dogwood Ranch Corporation$49,0002n/a
Polk County House of Hope$46,00025%
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation$40,00040%
Lost & Found$37,00031%
Sparkwheel Inc$35,00020%
Kansas City Community Gardens Inc$35,00022%
Literacy Kansas City$35,00021%
Community Clinic of Southwest Missouri$35,00031%
Ash Grove Food Pantry$35,0002n/a
Hopecam Inc$34,00052%
Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks$30,00021%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,00020%
Better Life in Recovery Incorporated$30,00027%
Children's Haven of Southwest Misso$30,00031%
Wonderscope Inc$27,50040%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$25,00010%
Generations Village$25,000118%
Ipourlife Inc$25,00012%
Diaper Bank of the Ozarks$25,00023%
Boys Grow Corp$25,00015%
Drew Lewis Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Union Station Kansas City Inc$25,00010%
Council of Churches of the Ozarks Inc$25,0001n/a
Youth Volunteer Corps$25,00021%
Restart Inc$20,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks$20,00021%
Kansas City Free Eye Clinic$20,00026%
Life360 Community Services$20,00010%
Family Violence Center$15,00010%
The Child Advocacy Center Inc$15,00011%
Synergy Services Inc$15,00010%
Ozarks Literacy Council$13,00029%
Earth Day Springfield Festival$10,0001n/a
Variety of Greater Kansas City Tent 8$10,00011%
Guadalupe Centers Inc$10,00010%
Youth Ambassadors Inc$10,00012%
Missouri River Bird Observatory$10,00012%
Discovery Center of Springfield Inc$10,0001n/a
Mothers Refuge$10,00010%
Lead to Read Inc$10,00011%
Raytown Christian Church$7,5002n/a
Camp Encourage$6,0001n/a
Roanoke Park Conservancy$5,0001n/a
Missouri Environmental Education Association$2,50013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hulston Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCoxhealth Foundation: $893,167 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetThe State Historical Society of Missouri: $580,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetOzarks Food Harvest Inc: $240,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $190,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $177,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $175,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri: $150,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetOrphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation: $150,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Kitchen Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetKanbe's Markets: $125,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGood Samaritan Boys Ranch: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSeniorage Area Agency on Aging: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPetes Garden: $100,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCrisis Nursery of the Ozarks Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetLeast of These Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetSpringfield Victory Mission Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $90,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetThe James River Basin Partnership: $57,500 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetFosteradopt Connect Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture: $53,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFood Equality Initiative Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetHeart of America Shakespeare Festival: $50,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetRiver of Refuge: $50,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPolk County House of Hope: $46,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetOzarks Area Community Action Corporation: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLost & Found: $37,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSparkwheel Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKansas City Community Gardens Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLiteracy Kansas City: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Clinic of Southwest Missouri: $35,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHopecam Inc: $34,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Ozarks: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBetter Life in Recovery Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetChildren's Haven of Southwest Misso: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWonderscope Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGenerations Village: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetIpourlife Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDiaper Bank of the Ozarks: $25,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBoys Grow Corp: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDrew Lewis Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUnion Station Kansas City Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Volunteer Corps: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetRestart Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKansas City Free Eye Clinic: $20,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetLife360 Community Services: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks IncMO57.3× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Musgrave Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Arvest Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Ozarks Food Harvest Inc · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers 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.

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About The Hulston Family Foundation

How much does The Hulston Family Foundation give?
The Hulston Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $1,849,227 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Hulston Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Hulston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Coxhealth Foundation ($893k), Salvation Army ($640k), The State Historical Society of Missouri ($580k).
Does The Hulston Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Hulston Family Foundation 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 Hulston Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation, The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation.
Where is The Hulston Family Foundation based?
The Hulston Family Foundation is based in MO.

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 105 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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