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The Lordi Marker Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lordi Marker Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$984k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$3.0MArts & Culture$382kFood & Nutrition$253kHealth$216kReligion$208kEducation$172kAnimals$169kHuman Services$112kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $309k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $550k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATION$550,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$50,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$35,000
KANSAS CITY PUBLIC TELEVISION$25,000
KANSAS CITY BALLET$25,000
HARVESTERS COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$25,000
CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE$15,000
MISSOURI RIVER BIRD OBSERVATORY$15,000
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$15,000
FOOD FOR MORGAN COUNTY$12,500
WAYSIDE WAIFS$12,500
SALVATION ARMY$12,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$11,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $11k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
NM
KS
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 48 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
12

Total granted

$6.1M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+49%

Still filing today

52%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MP
    Missouri Prairie Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +177% · 28% of their budget
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $275k · revenue +62%
  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $228k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • EA
    ENGLEWOOD ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • VU
    VERSAILLES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
  • TA
    THE ANIMATION PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -63%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc

The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness

Arts & Culture
2
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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3
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees

To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.

Environment
4
Omaha Botanical Center Inc

We believe in thoughtful, ecologically-minded practices and the curation of accessible, educational, and inspirational experiences that enhance lives.

Environment
5
Kansas Land Trust Inc

To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.

Environment
6
Kansas Bioscience Organization Inc

Biokansas is the unified voice representing the biosciences in kansas. across the human, plant, animal and industrial biosciences, biokansas is focused on enhancing the business and research climate and working with leaders across the…

Education
7
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
8
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
9
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
10
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

The mission of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is to educate and inspire our community by presenting and promoting appreciation for African-American culture through our stories.

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
12
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Powell Gardens Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grassland Heritage Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,256,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $190,000 · OtherSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPOWELL GARDENS INC: $169,250 · OtherPOWELL GARDENS INCIndividual grant recipient: $140,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $129,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · Other+38 more: $914,500 · Other+38 moreMissouri Prairie Foundation: $1,850,000 · EnvironmentMissouri Prairie FoundationWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC+1 more: $31,000 · EnvironmentThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $212,500 · HealthGLOBAL BIRTHING HOME FOUNDATION: $71,000 · HealthHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $227,500 · Food & NutritionFood for Morgan County: $22,500 · Food & NutritionTHE CULTURE HOUSE INC: $85,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureENGLEWOOD ARTS: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL EQUITY INC: $21,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $89,500 · AnimalsGREAT PLAINS SPCA: $57,500 · AnimalsNORTH AMERICAN BLUEBIRD SOCIETY INC: $31,500 · AnimalsMISSOURI RIVER BIRD OBSERVATORY: $15,000 · AnimalsWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $92,500 · EducationKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $54,500 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · Education
Other$2,899,750Environment$2,156,000Health$283,500Food & Nutrition$250,000Arts & Culture$224,000Animals$193,500Education$152,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $1,850,000 over 9y, 28% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $275,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $227,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $212,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPOWELL GARDENS INC: $169,250 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $92,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $89,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CULTURE HOUSE INC: $85,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetGRASSLAND HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $78,500 over 9y, 22% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL BIRTHING HOME FOUNDATION: $71,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $60,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT PLAINS SPCA: $57,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $54,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF ECONOMICS INC: $53,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetCity Union Mission: $52,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetENGLEWOOD ARTS: $35,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSAVE INC: $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION: $32,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN BLUEBIRD SOCIETY INC: $31,500 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetDEEP ROOTS KC INC: $31,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFood for Morgan County: $22,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL EQUITY INC: $21,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetMISSOURI RIVER BIRD OBSERVATORY: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLITERACY KANSAS CITY: $11,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetTHE ANIMATION PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOWEN COX DANCE GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Missouri Prairie Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
  • Who funds POWELL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WAYSIDE WAIFS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CULTURE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRASSLAND HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL BIRTHING HOME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS SPCA ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS INC ↗
  • Who funds City Union Mission ↗
  • Who funds ENGLEWOOD ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH AMERICAN BLUEBIRD SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEEP ROOTS KC INC ↗
  • Who funds Food for Morgan County ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL EQUITY INC ↗

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.

Greater Kansas City C…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…The Francis Family Fo…The H & R Block Found…United Way of Greater…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Commerce Bancshares F…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…J B Reynolds Foundati…Edward & Kathryn Made…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO27.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · J B Reynolds Foundation · Edward & Kathryn Mader Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lordi Marker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lordi Marker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 64 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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