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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 FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $465k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$81M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL GOODS PARTNERS$45,000
HARVESTERS$40,000
CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITAL$40,000
KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE$30,000
KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY$30,000
MAYO CLINIC$30,000
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES$25,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD- GREAT PLAINS$25,000
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH$25,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$20,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$20,000
CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD$15,000
GIVING THE BASICS$15,000
CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $3k → 9%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $10k → 8%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $10k → 8%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $10k → 17%SLEEPYHEAD BEDS: $1k → 15%HIGH ASPIRATIONS: $3k → 15%HIGH ASPIRATIONS: $1k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$775k · 38 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
29

Total granted

$775k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+48%

Still filing today

76%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24
InternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $80k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    The Children's Mercy Hospital
    2× · 2023–2024 · $65k · revenue +15%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • V
    VARIOUS
    one grant, 2021 · $62k
  • HS
    Humane Society of Greater Kansas City
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TB
    THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +46%
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
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
2
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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3
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
4
Kc Common Good Inc

Our mission is to create an environment where all citizens can live safely and have access to real opportunities.

Employment
5
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
6
Kansas City Care Clinic

The mission of kc care health center is to promote health and wellness by providing quality care, access, research and education to the underserved and all people in our community.

—
7
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
8
Kansas Association of Community Action Programs Inc

Kacap supports community action agencies and other human services organizations in thier local, state and national efforts to end poverty.

Public Benefit
9
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
10
Kc Tenants

KC Tenants organizes to ensure that everyone in Kansas City has a safe, accessible, and truly affordable home.

Civil Rights
11
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

—
12
Southeast Kansas Community Action P

Addressing the causes and effects of poverty by uniting staff, individuals, families, and community partners to provide quality, comprehensive services through compassionate, respectful relationships.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Great Plains; the most unlike its peers is Renew Kc Neighborhoods. 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

46 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. 46 of the 82 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
30/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS: $61,600 · OtherVARIOUSKANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $50,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CAREJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $45,250 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES: $45,000 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICESGIVING THE BASICS INC: $25,000 · OtherGIVING THE BASICS INCJR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER KC: $25,000 · OtherJR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER KCVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $20,000 · Other+45 more: $124,750 · Other+45 moreThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $65,000 · HealthThe Children's Mercy H…MAYO CLINIC: $55,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $50,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GRE…CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $25,000 · HealthCARE BEYOND THE BOULEV…+2 more: $6,000 · HealthGLOBAL GOODS PARTNERS INC: $70,000 · InternationalGLOBAL GOODS PA…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…WATERORG: $20,000 · InternationalWATERORGTHE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · InternationalTHE ELIE WIESEL…+3 more: $7,500 · International+3 moreOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $45,250 · EducationOPERATION BR…KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $45,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY …GREAT JOBS KC INC: $10,000 · EducationGREAT JOBS K…CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $7,500 · EducationCHOATE ROSEM…+2 more: $6,000 · EducationHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $80,000 · Food & NutritionHARVESTERS…KANBE'S MARKETS: $10,000 · Food & NutritionKANBE'S MA…THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $30,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $7,500 · Civil RightsMIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $2,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsOPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHIGH ASPIRATIONS INCORPORATED: $3,500 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$396,600Health$201,000International$135,000Education$113,750Food & Nutrition$90,000Civil Rights$40,500Human Services$37,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $55,000 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Wally Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wally Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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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.

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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