Missouri · Private foundation
Welch Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $115k
- Granted FY2022
- 22
- Grants FY2022
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Welch Family Foundation’s FY2023 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. FY2023 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Welch Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $115k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $45,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 8
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 52% of the organizations Welch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 21 | $113k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $101k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $88k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $112k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $104k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $156k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising A Reader | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Midwest Innocence Project Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass | $44,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Kansas City Pet Project | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kansas City Chorale | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Kansas City Symphony | $10,441 | 1 | 0% |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arawaka Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey | $9,100 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($370k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Welch Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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 · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · Copaken Family Foundation · E Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter Community · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation
How this is measured
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About Welch Family Foundation
- How much does Welch Family Foundation give?
- Welch Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $115,247 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Welch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Education (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Welch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Raising A Reader ($75k), Midwest Innocence Project Inc ($70k), Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass ($45k).
- Does Welch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Welch Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Welch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, The Francis Family Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
- Where is Welch Family Foundation based?
- Welch Family Foundation is based in MO.
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