Kansas · Private foundation
The Sunflower Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $42k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $522k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The Sunflower Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 24 | $42k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $42k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $44k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $38k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $38k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $36k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $29k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $25k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Academy | $42,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rose Brooks Center Inc | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Haverford School | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camps for Kids | $12,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Benchmark School | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Ranger Corps | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Place Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $7,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Academy | $42,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rose Brooks Center Inc | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Haverford School | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camps for Kids | $12,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Benchmark School | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Ranger Corps | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Children's Place Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $7,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Developing Potential Inc | $6,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Safehome Inc | $6,500 | 7 | 0% |
| La Casa Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Matthew Renk Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Double Harvest Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| KC Healthy Kids | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mighty Writers | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Relief Agency | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Will Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dr James Dobson Family Institute | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Kansas City | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms Pantry | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sunflower Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · The H & R Block Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The Francis Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The Sunflower Foundation
- How much does The Sunflower Foundation give?
- The Sunflower Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $41,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sunflower Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are The Sunflower Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University Academy ($42k), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($20k), Rose Brooks Center Inc ($15k).
- Does The Sunflower Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sunflower Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sunflower Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The H & R Block Foundation, Oppenstein Brothers Foundation.
- Where is The Sunflower Foundation based?
- The Sunflower Foundation is based in KS.
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