· Private foundation
Thomas Martin 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | $25,000 |
| NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM | $3,500 |
| VILLAGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $2,500 |
| UMKC CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $1,750 |
| KAUFFMAN CTR FOR PERF ARTS | $1,500 |
| KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY | $1,500 |
| TRUMAN LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FDN | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY | $500 |
| HARVEST WINE & FOOD FEST | $500 |
| ABILITYKCORG | $500 |
| GIFT OF LIFE | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TKThe Kansas University Endowment Association2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +93%
- DCDESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +2%
- UAUNIVERSITY ACADEMY4× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- DFDESTIN FL WINE AUCTION FDNone grant, 2017 · $6k
- SISAFEHOME INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +49%
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.
To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The mission of the kansas academy of family physicians is to empower and cultivate kansas family physicians to: serve as trusted and innovative leaders champion a diverse, sustainable and inclusive workforce advocate and collaborate for…
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
The kidney cancer association is a global community dedicated to serving and empowering patients, and leading change through advocacy, research, and education in order to be the universal leader in finding the cure for kidney cancer.
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
The memorial unions function as a concessionaire to the university of kansas for the purpose of operating various enterprises within the kansas union building, the burge union, the debruce center, residential dining halls, and other…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAFEHOME INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
- Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
- Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds RAWHIDE INC ↗
- Who funds GOLF FOUNDATION OF KANSAS CITY ↗
- Who funds PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ABILITY KC ↗
- Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS MN MINNESOTANORTH DAKOTASOUTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds THE MISSION PROJECT 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Kelly Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Buttonwood Foundation Charitable Tr · Greater Horizons · Hartley Family Foundation · The Atterbury Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas Martin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Martin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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