Missouri · Public charity
The Kansas City Royals Foundation
THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS FOUNDATION uses the power of sport to improve the lives of kansas citians by supporting literacy and education efforts, promoting healthy and active communities, uplifting our military and veterans, and more.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 83
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 79
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $242,225
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 79
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $780k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Kansas City Royals Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $604k 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 | 77 | $2.3M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 79 | $2.0M | 47% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $925k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $1.2M | 45% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $1.0M | 46% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $1.0M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $594k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 68 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc | $589,704 | 4 | 6% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $520,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $390,798 | 7 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $375,119 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah's Bandage Project | $340,743 | 3 | 31% |
| Association of Missouri Charter Schools | $330,000 | 3 | 15% |
| City Year Inc | $310,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation | $290,050 | 4 | 16% |
| Boys Club of Greater Kansas City | $261,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Downtown Kansas City Civic Ventures | $200,000 | 2 | 10% |
Show all 193 grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kansas City Royals Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 164 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 · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · The Sherman Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
How this is measured
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About The Kansas City Royals Foundation
- How much does The Kansas City Royals Foundation give?
- The Kansas City Royals Foundation reported 83 itemized grants totaling $2,374,355, out of $3,134,226 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 79 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Kansas City Royals Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Health (16%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Kansas City Royals Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc ($590k), The Kansas University Endowment Association ($520k), Harvesters - the Community Food Network ($391k).
- Does The Kansas City Royals Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kansas City Royals Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- Where is The Kansas City Royals Foundation based?
- The Kansas City Royals Foundation is based in MO.
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