Kansas · Public charity
The Johnson County Bar Foundation
The mission of The Johnson County Bar Foundation is to promote, on behalf of the legal profession, good works which advance the local system of justice as well as support children and family related charities and organizations.
- $46k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $890k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Johnson County Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $34k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Legal Services Inc | $16,300 | 2 | 0% |
| NCircle Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Youthrive Corporation | $13,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving the Basics Inc | $13,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Wonderscope Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission | $10,860 | 1 | 1% |
| Kansas Childrens Service League | $10,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopekids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Fund for Children Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Johnson County Bar Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Johnson County Bar Foundation
- How much does The Johnson County Bar Foundation give?
- The Johnson County Bar Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $33,500, out of $46,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Johnson County Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (26%), Youth Development (21%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are The Johnson County Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kansas Legal Services Inc ($16k), NCircle Inc ($15k), Youthrive Corporation ($14k).
- Does The Johnson County Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Johnson County Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Johnson County Bar Foundation based?
- The Johnson County Bar Foundation is based in KS.
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