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The Walsh Family 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.

$550k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$3.1MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$67kYouth Development$30kCommunity Improvement$30kHuman Services$5k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$756k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HNC LIVING FOUNDATION$300,000
KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMIING ARTS$250,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $300k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 16%CRISTO REY: $5k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $200k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 16%CRISTO REY: $5k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $150k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 16%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $100k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 16%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $25k → 15%KU SURVIVORSHIP CLINIC: $1.0M → 5%REACH OUT AND READ: $5k → 16%TRANSFORMATIONS YOUTH GROUP: $5k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $200k → 5%REACH OUT AND READ: $5k → 16%ROSE BROOKS CENTER: $5k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $200k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY: $3k → 15%HNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $175k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY: $3k → 15%WONDERSCOPE: $20k → 5%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $250k → 15%SAINT THOMAS ACQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: $17k → 5%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $250k → 15%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $250k → 15%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $250k → 15%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMIING ARTS: $250k → 15%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $100k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $100k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $50k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $50k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $50k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $50k → 15%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $50k → 15%CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL: $25k → 15%COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND: $25k → 15%WDAF-TV LOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 15%COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND: $5k → 15%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $5k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 8 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+26%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HL
    HNC LIVING FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +21% · 32% of their budget
  • KC
    KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +6%
  • TC
    The Children's Mercy Hospital
    6× · 2019–2024 · $325k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M
  • LF
    LOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -35%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Bionexus Kc

We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring…

Science & Tech
3
Breakthrough Twin Cities

Breakthrough Twin Cities supports students on their journey to college by fostering a community of mutual learning with the next generation of educators so they both can collaborate, grow, and thrive.

Education
4
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
5
Crossnore Communities for Children

Crossnore communities for children champions the well being of children and families by fostering innovative change that weaves a fabric of resilience in homes, schools, and communities.

Health
6
North Kansas City Schools Education Foundation

Engaging our communities to support and fund extraordinary educational experiences.

Education
7
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.

—
8
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

The mission of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is to educate and inspire our community by presenting and promoting appreciation for African-American culture through our stories.

Arts & Culture
9
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation

To secure and provide funds and resources to enhance student learning in the kansas city public schools.

Education
10
Kansas City Christian School Association

To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.

—
11
The Research Foundation

The research foundation invests in health-centered programs and partnerships that benefit health care students and professionals, patients, and people in the kansas city community.

Health
12
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc

The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Love Fund for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER: $400,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTERKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMIING ARTS: $250,000 · OtherKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMIING ARTS+7 more: $97,100 · Other+7 moreHNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,324,960 · HealthHNC LIVING FOUNDATIONThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $325,000 · HealthThe Children's Mercy Hospital+1 more: $20,000 · HealthKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,150,000 · Arts & CultureKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERF…+1 more: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWONDERSCOPE INC: $20,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $5,000 · EducationTransformations Youth Group: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,747,100Health$1,669,960Arts & Culture$1,180,000Education$25,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetHNC LIVING FOUNDATION: $1,324,960 over 6y, 32% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,150,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $325,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND: $30,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWONDERSCOPE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransformations Youth Group: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 HNC LIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CAPITAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds LOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds WONDERSCOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Transformations Youth Group ↗
  • Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER 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…Kelly Family Foundati…Ewing Marion Kauffman…W J Brace Charitable …Jewish Community Foun…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kelly Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · W J Brace Charitable Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Walsh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walsh Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Walsh Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Walsh Family Foundation 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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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