Kansas · Private foundation
The Sherman Family Foundation
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.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 116
- Grants FY2024
- 115
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $508,143
- Organizations funded a year
- 65 to 122
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $40M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations The Sherman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k 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 | 115 | $5.5M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 115 | $5.3M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 122 | $5.5M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 93 | $5.6M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 87 | $4.8M | 25% |
| FY2019 | 79 | $4.2M | 16% |
| FY2018 | 76 | $4.0M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 65 | $3.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School | $3,514,249 | 8 | 15% |
| Umkc Foundation | $2,426,263 | 5 | 4% |
| Teach for America Inc | $1,675,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Operation Breakthrough Inc | $1,627,041 | 8 | 2% |
| Rockhurst High School | $1,330,369 | 7 | n/a |
| The Educator Academy Inc | $1,272,572 | 8 | 16% |
| Crossroads Charter Schools | $1,067,200 | 5 | 3% |
| School Smart Kc Inc | $840,543 | 6 | 5% |
| Cornerstones of Care | $835,830 | 8 | 0% |
| United Inner City Services Inc | $622,500 | 6 | 4% |
Show all 140 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sherman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 126 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The H & R Block Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · The Sunderland Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
How this is measured
About The Sherman Family Foundation
- How much does The Sherman Family Foundation give?
- The Sherman Family Foundation reported 116 grants totaling $5,494,474 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 65 and 122 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sherman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Human Services (8%), International (4%).
- Who are The Sherman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School ($3.5M), Umkc Foundation ($2.4M), Teach for America Inc ($1.7M).
- Does The Sherman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sherman 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 Sherman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc.
- Where is The Sherman Family Foundation based?
- The Sherman Family Foundation is based in KS.
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