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The Shores Family Foundation at a glance

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The Shores 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.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$140kHuman Services$133kCommunity Improvement$45kHealth$40kReligion$30kEducation$30kHousing & Shelter$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$40,000
MISSIONS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN: $20k → 8%HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN: $5k → 8%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 16%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

MT
NY
CA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
AL
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of The Shores Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 25% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 21%.

The Shores Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 5 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$248k
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+42%

Still filing today

60%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionHousing & ShelterHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $90k · revenue +40%
  • MO
    MISSIONS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • HR
    HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $48k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR SURVIVOR CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +255%
  • ST
    SAVE THE STORKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • TW
    THE WELLHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -4%
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
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
2
We Are Free - Fostering Respect Eradicating Exploitation

In response to the call of micah 6:8, we are free strives to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with our god by advocating and speaking on behalf of the victims of human trafficking. the mission of we are free is to free all persons…

Human Services
3
His Helping Hands Ministries

Provide safe housing and training to women who were victims of addiction,sex trafficking, abuse, homelesness or previously incarcerated.

Religion
4
House of Hope International

See schedule oour mission is the integration of women and children into society, transformed through the power of healing and complete discipleship and vocational training within a safe, loving, and serving community. our vision is to see…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
6
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
7
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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8
Heaven's Family

Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…

Religion
9
Worthwhile Wear Inc

Worthwhile wear exists to reach and restore women that have been affected by human trafficking, both labor and sex trafficking, by providing them with comprehensive care, which includes housing, employment, counseling, and various other…

International
10
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
11
Samaritan House Inc

Samaritan House is committed to fostering personal safety, growth, and self-sufficiency in adults and their children through freedom from domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and removing their risks of homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
12
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Storks; the most unlike its peers is African Christian University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $90,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEMISSIONS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · ReligionMISSIONS OF HOPE INTERNATIONALWYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES INC: $45,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES INCSAVE THE STORKS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSAVE THE STORKS FOUNDATIONEXODUS CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherEXODUS CHURCHEMBRACE: $15,000 · OtherEMBRACEFAITH COMES BY HEARING: $10,000 · OtherFAITH COMES BY HEARINGUNION RESCUE MISSION OF WICHITA INC: $10,000 · OtherUNION RESCUE MISSION OF WICHITA IN…HIS HELPING HANDS INC: $5,000 · OtherThe Her Campaign: $10,000 · OtherThe Her CampaignKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $5,000 · OtherHOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $47,500 · Human ServicesHOPE RANCH FOR WOM…INSTITUTE FOR SURVIVOR CARE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR SURV…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDR…Save the Storks: $20,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 · HealthAfrican Christian University: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterPASSAGEWAYS LTD: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Religion$140,000Other$140,000Human Services$77,500Health$30,000Education$30,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Philanthropy$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSIONS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $47,500 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SURVIVOR CARE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave the Storks: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican Christian University: $20,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetThe Her Campaign: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIS HELPING HANDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Textron Charitable Tr…United Way of the Pla…Wichita FoundationServant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Edward Jones Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · United Way of the Plains Inc · Wichita Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Shores Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shores Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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