Kansas · Public charity
Wellsky Foundation
See schedule oour mission is to improve the quality of life for vulnerable populations by removing social barriers to recovery and wellness. The WELLSKY FOUNDATION is an engine for change, financially supporting organizations that enable care and healing for people, regardless of their socioeconomic status.we know that caring for the…
- $619k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $600k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $881k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Wellsky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $600k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $720k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $710k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $220k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $215k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amethyst Place Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Care Beyond the Boulevard Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 6% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Petes Garden | $200,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Kanbe's Markets | $200,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas City Hospice Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy Medical Angels | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hephzibah Children's Association | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wellsky Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Menorah Heritage Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ima Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust · Hunt Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Shumaker Family Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wellsky Foundation
- How much does Wellsky Foundation give?
- Wellsky Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $600,000, out of $619,094 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wellsky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Health (29%), Food & Nutrition (27%).
- Who are Wellsky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Amethyst Place Inc ($300k), Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc ($250k), Care Beyond the Boulevard Inc ($200k).
- Does Wellsky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wellsky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Menorah Heritage Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc.
- Where is Wellsky Foundation based?
- Wellsky Foundation is based in KS.
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