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The Stolzer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Stolzer 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.

$441k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$139k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$836kReligion$479kEducation$365kArts & Culture$240kHealth$70kRecreation & Sports$53kScience & Tech$35kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $182k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $210k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in Commerce Bancshares.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KU ENDOWMENT FUND$139,084
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$70,524
CATHOLIC CHURCHES$34,700
VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION$30,361
VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES$28,400
BRAVO VAIL$15,000
NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART$13,000
RABBIT HOLE$10,121
Individual grant recipient$10,121
FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER$10,121
MANHATTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION$10,000
OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION$10,000
GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$9,100
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS$8,000
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS: $8k → 12%FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $196k → 15%COSMOSPHERE: $10k → 15%VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $85k → 20%RABBIT HOLE: $10k → 8%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $13k → 15%VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $252k → 7%OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $10k → 18%ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY - GOLDEN EAGLE CLUB: $10k → 15%KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $139k → 15%COSMOSPHERE: $8k → 15%VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $81k → 20%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $8k → 15%VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $32k → 7%OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $10k → 18%KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $108k → 15%COSMOSPHERE: $8k → 15%VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $45k → 20%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $8k → 15%VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $30k → 7%OLE MISS ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $10k → 18%KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $79k → 15%VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $35k → 20%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $8k → 15%BRAVO VAIL: $15k → 7%KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $6k → 15%VARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $28k → 20%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $5k → 15%BRAVO VAIL: $15k → 7%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $73k → 20%BRAVO VAIL: $10k → 7%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $71k → 20%BRAVO VAIL: $10k → 7%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $68k → 20%BRAVO VAIL: $10k → 7%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $67k → 20%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26k → 20%MANHATTAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $12k → 20%SUNSET ZOOLOGICAL PARK: $11k → 20%FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER: $11k → 20%FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER: $10k → 20%SUNSET ZOOLOGICAL PARK: $10k → 20%MANHATTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10k → 20%MANHATTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10k → 20%GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9k → 20%GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8k → 20%MANHATTAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $7k → 20%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 16 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
2

Total granted

$1.9M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+385%

Still filing today

44%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • KS
    KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $304k · revenue +77%
  • VH
    VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue +97%
  • CI
    COSMOSPHERE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • WH
    WAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $107k · revenue +207%
  • WN
    WILDCAT NIL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +385%
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
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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2
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
3
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
4
Umkc Foundation

Umkc foundation's sole purpose is to benefit the university of missouri - kansas city (umkc) by supporting (through funds raised, held and administered by the foundation) academic programs and educational opportunities that will enhance…

Education
5
Midwestern University Properties Corp

Title holding company for an exempt organization.

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6
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
7
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation

The memorial unions function as a concessionaire to the university of kansas for the purpose of operating various enterprises within the kansas union building, the burge union, the debruce center, residential dining halls, and other…

Education
8
Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc

To maximize private gift support for pittsburg state university, exercise proper management of foundation assets, lay the groundwork for future fundraising success in support of the university's teaching, research and service/civic…

Education
9
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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10
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
11
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
12
The Kansas University Endowment Association

KU Endowment partners with donors in providing philanthropic support to build a greater University of Kansas.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vail Health Services Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KU ENDOWMENT FUND: $527,894 · OtherKU ENDOWMENT FUNDVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $314,718 · OtherVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONVARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIES: $273,644 · OtherVARIOUS ORGANIZED CHARITIESCATHOLIC CHURCHES KSCA ETC: $129,250 · OtherCATHOLIC CHURCHES KSCA ETCBRAVO VAIL: $60,000 · Other+10 more: $186,037 · Other+10 moreKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $304,338 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVE…OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationOLE MISS ATHLETIC …+3 more: $18,500 · EducationWAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND: $107,055 · PhilanthropyGREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,950 · PhilanthropyMANHATTAN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOSMOSPHERE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,913 · Arts & CultureTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $10,121 · Arts & CultureVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $60,248 · HealthPAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health
Other$1,491,543Education$352,838Philanthropy$129,005Arts & Culture$66,034Health$65,248

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 budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $314,718 over 3y, 10% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $304,338 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND: $107,055 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $60,248 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOSMOSPHERE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,913 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCAT NIL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE RABBIT HOLE KC: $10,121 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWELL GARDENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKONZA UNITED WAY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% 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 VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COSMOSPHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDCAT NIL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RABBIT HOLE KC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POWELL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds KONZA UNITED WAY 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…Greater Manhattan Com…Greater Salina Commun…Manhattan Fund - Caro…The Sunderland Founda…Commerce Bancshares F…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Manhattan Fund - Caroline F Peine Charitable · The Sunderland Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–60%
    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 28 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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