· Private foundation
The Smoliar Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LEGAL AID OF WESTERN MISSOURI | $7,000 |
| LINDA HALL LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $3,000 |
| JOHNSON CNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| UC BERKELEY GIFT SERVICES | $2,000 |
| KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY | $2,000 |
| MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| KCUR | $1,000 |
| ASSN OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE | $1,000 |
| DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY | $1,000 |
| KANSAS PUBLIC RADIO | $1,000 |
| KCPT PUBLIC TELEVISION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LHLinda Hall Library Foundation5× · 2021–2025 · $43k · revenue +169%
- LALegal Aid of Western Missouri5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +18%
- KCKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY5× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- MVMTN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCH FOUNDone grant, 2021 · $2k
- TNTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $125 · revenue +116%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY INCone grant, 2023 · $100 · revenue +110%
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.
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.
The colorado symphony association (csa) is a not-for-profit organization established to fund and operate the colorado symphony orchestra for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens of metropolitan denver and (cont'd on schedule…
The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…
To bring the best of the performing arts to the Kansas City community.
The minnesota orchestra mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
To enrich the lives of everyone in our community through extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences. these experiences are provided through programs, customer service, and education.(continued on schedule o)programs: showcase a…
The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
KU Endowment partners with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater University of Kansas.
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is dedicated to promoting the rich culture of Kansas City through performance and education. We strive to be a leading voice, ensuring that Kansas City's influential jazz tradition continues to thrive and…
To continually redefine the way our community experiences and engages with classical music
To secure and provide funds and resources to enhance student learning in the kansas city public schools.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Linda Hall Library Foundation ↗
- Who funds Legal Aid of Western Missouri ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UMKC CONSERVATORY ↗
- Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC ↗
- Who funds THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Smoliar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smoliar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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