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The Young Foundation Trust at a glance

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The Young Foundation Trust

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.

$6k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Young Foundation Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Young Foundation Trust named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $6k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
4
’18
2
’19
4
’20
9
’21
5
’22
6
’23
3
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$80kArts & Culture$9kPublic Benefit$6kHealth$4kHuman Services$4kHousing & Shelter$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC$2,500
THE FARMERS HOUSE$1,538
HELPING AMC FAMILIES$515
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$500
NELSON MUSEUM OF ART$400
TWA MUSEUM$250
RETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT$120
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 (FY17–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $3k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE IN AUTISM TREATMENT: $1k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $860 → 9%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

IL
MI
OH
NJ
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 9 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$22k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+40%

Still filing today

78%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterEducationHealthOther
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

  • TM
    TWA MUSEUM INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +67%
  • TF
    THE FARMER'S HOUSE INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $3k · revenue +183%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +13%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1k · revenue +117%
  • BM
    BWM MOA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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4
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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5
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
6
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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11
The Kansas University Alumni Association

We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Education
12
Us Grains Council

The u.s. grains council is dedicated to developing markets, enabling trade, and improving lives by fostering an inclusive organization of grain producers, agribusiness organizations, and international customers, while promoting free, fair,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Service Organizations Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

20 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. 20 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation: $79,927 · PhilanthropyGreater Kansas City Community FoundationJUNIOR LEAGUE OF KC: $1,800 · OtherJUNIOR LEA…Individual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual…BWM MOA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherBWM MOA FO…NELSON MUSEUM OF ART: $700 · OtherNELSON MUS…JEWEL BALL - NELSON ART GALLERY: $540 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB KC: $500 · OtherTHE LIGHT CENTER: $500 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $500 · OtherLOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $450 · OtherUSO: $400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $360 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $925 · OtherST JUDE CH…JUNIOR LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI: $400 · Other+9 more: $1,223 · Other+9 moreTWA MUSEUM INC: $7,347 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & Culture4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $3,360 · Human ServicesTHE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE: $1,450 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,425 · InternationalHelping AMC Families Incorporated: $1,515 · InternationalTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $3,038 · Housing & ShelterFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationHORIZON ACADEMY: $1,000 · Education
Philanthropy$79,927Other$10,798Arts & Culture$7,597Human Services$4,810International$3,940Housing & Shelter$3,038Education$2,000

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 budgetTWA MUSEUM INC: $7,347 over 7y, 2.1% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $3,360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FARMER'S HOUSE INC: $3,038 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,425 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelping AMC Families Incorporated: $1,515 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE: $1,450 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZON ACADEMY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $925 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE FUND FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETIRED RACEHORSE PROJECT LTD: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $100 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…The H & R Block Found…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Young Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Young Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 33 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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