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The Wally Foundation Inc

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.

$529k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
94%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 47
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$81M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 94% of the organizations The Wally Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $353k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23
InternationalHealthEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesCrime & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving52$499k27%
FY202347$379k94%
FY20211$62k100%
FY202022$20kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$276kInternational$151kHuman Services$113kFood & Nutrition$98kEmployment$60kEducation$58kYouth Development$33kCivil Rights$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NY
CT
CA
MO
KS
TN
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$80,00020%
Global Goods Partners Inc$70,000211%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$65,00020%
Planned Parenthood Great Plains$50,00020%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$45,25020%
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy$45,00020%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$30,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00020%
Care Beyond the Boulevard Inc$25,00021%
Giving the Basics Inc$25,00020%
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All grantees of The Wally Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$80,00020%
Global Goods Partners Inc$70,000211%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$65,00020%
Planned Parenthood Great Plains$50,00020%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$45,25020%
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy$45,00020%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$30,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00020%
Care Beyond the Boulevard Inc$25,00021%
Giving the Basics Inc$25,00020%
Operation Bbq Relief$20,00020%
Veterans Community Project$20,00020%
Waterorg$20,00020%
Center for Practical Bioethics Inc$10,00011%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Great Jobs Kc Inc$10,00010%
Kanbe's Markets$10,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$7,50020%
The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc$7,50021%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$7,50020%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$7,50020%
The Prospect Kc$5,00011%
Sheffield Place$5,00020%
Uzazi Village$5,00010%
Daystar Counseling Ministries Inc$5,00020%
Kansas City Public Library Foundation$3,500210%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$3,50020%
High Aspirations Incorporated$3,50020%
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc$2,50020%
Green Works In Kansas City$2,50011%
Kansas City Community Gardens Inc$2,50010%
Public Television 19 Inc$2,50010%
Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc$2,50010%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$2,50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,00020%
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education$2,00020%
Israel Emergency Alliance$2,00020%
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation$2,00020%
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc$1,50020%
Kc Mothers in Charge$1,50020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,00010%
Sleepyhead Beds$1,00010%
The Voter Network Foundation$1,00010%
Renew Kc Neighborhoods$1,00012%
Halo Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($303k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wally Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Goods Partners Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Plains: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Breakthrough Inc: $45,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKansas City Girls Preparatory Academy: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCare Beyond the Boulevard Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGiving the Basics Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Bbq Relief: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWaterorg: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Practical Bioethics Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Jobs Kc Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKanbe's Markets: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Prospect Kc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSheffield Place: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUzazi Village: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDaystar Counseling Ministries Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKansas City Public Library Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Aspirations Incorporated: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNegro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Works In Kansas City: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKansas City Community Gardens Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Television 19 Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Neighborhood Initiative Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Center for Holocaust Education: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetValentino Achak Deng Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFront Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKc Mothers in Charge: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSleepyhead Beds: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Voter Network Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRenew Kc Neighborhoods: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHalo Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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…Bresky FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The H & R Block Found…Menorah Heritage Foun…The Kansas City Royal…Seaboard FoundationHealth Forward Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Jewish Community Foun…Servant FoundationThe Curry Family Foun…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO37.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Bresky Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The H & R Block Foundation · Menorah Heritage Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Seaboard Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Servant Foundation · The Curry Family Foundation

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Wally Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Wally Foundation Inc

How much does The Wally Foundation Inc give?
The Wally Foundation Inc reported 53 grants totaling $529,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Wally Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), International (15%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Wally Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Harvesters - the Community Food Network ($80k), Global Goods Partners Inc ($70k), The Children's Mercy Hospital ($65k).
Does The Wally Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 94% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Wally Foundation Inc 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 Wally Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Bresky Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc.
Where is The Wally Foundation Inc based?
The Wally Foundation Inc is based in KS.

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 82 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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