Kansas · Private foundation
The Stowers 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.
- $6.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $133,103
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,027,770
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $204M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Stowers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $6.8M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $6.2M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $5.4M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $4.7M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $4.6M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $4.9M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $4.3M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $4.2M | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research | $10,386,405 | 9 | 3% |
| Operation Breakthrough Inc | $4,976,048 | 9 | 4% |
| Gordon Parks Elementary School | $3,450,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Rose Brooks Center Inc | $2,938,359 | 8 | 8% |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | $2,900,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery | $1,075,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Warren Village Inc | $1,036,532 | 8 | 3% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $675,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Synergy Services Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowers Institute for Medical Research | $10,386,405 | 9 | 3% |
| Operation Breakthrough Inc | $4,976,048 | 9 | 4% |
| Gordon Parks Elementary School | $3,450,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Rose Brooks Center Inc | $2,938,359 | 8 | 8% |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | $2,900,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Call Alcoholdrug Prevention Recovery | $1,075,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Warren Village Inc | $1,036,532 | 8 | 3% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $675,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Synergy Services Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Research Foundation | $249,965 | 2 | 2% |
| Center for Practical Bioethics Inc | $155,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prairie Sky Counseling Center Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 26% |
| United We | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Forging Youth Resilience | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Wonderscope Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pawsperity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PTA Colorado Congress dba South High School PTSA | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Stowers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The Sosland Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Atterbury Family Foundation · The Baum Family Foundation · The Curry Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Stowers Foundation
- How much does The Stowers Foundation give?
- The Stowers Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $6,832,873 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Stowers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (16%), International (11%).
- Who are The Stowers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stowers Institute for Medical Research ($10M), Operation Breakthrough Inc ($5.0M), Gordon Parks Elementary School ($3.5M).
- Does The Stowers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stowers 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 Stowers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee.
- Where is The Stowers Foundation based?
- The Stowers Foundation is based in KS.
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