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Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust at a glance

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Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$227kYouth Development$89kHousing & Shelter$84kCrime & Legal$71kArts & Culture$29kFood & Nutrition$15kHealth$11k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$21,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOORSTEP INC$21,000
CASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC$21,000
KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE$21,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE: $21k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE: $15k → 16%KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE: $14k → 16%LETS HELP INC: $15k → 14%LET'S HELP INC: $14k → 14%LETS HELP INC: $14k → 14%UNITED METHODIST HOMES INC: $15k → 14%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$442k · 7 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$442k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-21%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • DI
    DOORSTEP INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $119k · revenue +112%
  • CO
    CASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $71k · revenue +32%
  • KC
    KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE
    3× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST HOMES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +13%
  • SM
    SUNFLOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +16%
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
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
2
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
3
Kansas Affordable Housing Corporation

Provide support for mennonite housing rehabilitation services, inc., which provides low-income housing for the elderly and disabled through hud housing programs that provide low-income families with ownership opportunities and the…

Housing & Shelter
4
Cornerstone of Topeka Inc

All of Cornerstone efforts are directed toward interrupting the cycle of homelessness, providing decent, safe, accessible and affordable housing of choice to moderate and low-income households, and revitalizing Topeka neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
5
Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc

Humankind ministries provides street outreach, shelter, affordable housing, supportive services, and basic needs to those experiencing homelessness or poverty in sedgwick county. recognizing the inherent value of each person, we serve the…

Religion
6
Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa Inc

Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…

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7
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc

At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…

Housing & Shelter
8
Safehouse Crisis Center Inc

To provide shelter and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the 11 counties of southeast kansas.

Human Services
9
Catholic Charities Inc

Catholic charities alleviates poverty & builds strong families through numerous programs: homeless shelter, domestic violence shelter, adult day services program, food pantry, counseling.

Human Services
10
Habitat for Humanity of Okaloosa County Inc

Okaloosa habitat for humanity is a non-profit, christian organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in okaloosa county. we provide opportunites for the community to show god's love in action. through partnership with people…

Housing & Shelter
11
Shelter Kc

Shelter kc is a christ-centered community offering freedom and hope to the poor and homeless empowering them to have healthy relationships, dignity, and transformational growth.

Housing & Shelter
12
Bike Share Kc

Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Topeka Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sunflower Music Festival Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOORSTEP INC: $119,250 · OtherDOORSTEP INCJAYHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC COUNCIL 197: $20,000 · OtherJAYHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AME…MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $15,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INCTOPEKA PERFORMING ARTS: $14,000 · OtherTOPEKA PERFORMING ARTSTOPEKA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,000 · OtherTOPEKA HABITAT FOR HUMANITYDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $11,200 · OtherDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORKKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $50,000 · Human ServicesKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVIC…LETS HELP INC: $42,550 · Human ServicesLETS HELP INCUNITED METHODIST HOMES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST HOMES …CASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC: $71,000 · Civil RightsCASA OF SHAWNEE…TOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC: $70,250 · Housing & ShelterTOPEKA RESCUE M…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA: $69,250 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…SUNFLOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$193,450Human Services$107,550Civil Rights$71,000Housing & Shelter$70,250Youth Development$69,250Arts & Culture$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOORSTEP INC: $119,250 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetCASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC: $71,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetTOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC: $70,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA: $69,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLETS HELP INC: $42,550 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetJAYHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC COUNCIL 197: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED METHODIST HOMES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUNFLOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTOPEKA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Topeka Community Foun…Schwartz FoundationBnsf Railway Foundati…Global ImpactLewis Humphreys Chari…Blanche Bryden Founda…Mark & Bette Morris F…Wmr Family Foundation…United Way of Kaw Val…Greater HorizonsAmerican Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…
Topeka Community FoundationKS22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Topeka Community Foundation · Schwartz Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Global Impact · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · Blanche Bryden Foundation · Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation · Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000 Co Wilmington Trust Company · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Greater Horizons · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 13 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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