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See schedule oour mission is to improve the quality of life for vulnerable populations by removing social barriers to recovery and wellness.

$619k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$875kHealth$750kFood & Nutrition$700kCrime & Legal$150kHousing & Shelter$120kInternational$10kCommunity Improvement$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$10k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $600,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $619,094 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,094 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$881k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMETHYST PLACE$200,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$100,000
PETE'S GARDEN$100,000
KANSAS CITY HOSPICE$50,000
CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD$50,000
KANBE'S MARKETS$50,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $705k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $75k → 8%SEWA INTL: $10k → 16%JOY MEADOWS: $50k → 10%MIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INC: $50k → 14%SECOND WIND DREAMS: $50k → 13%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $50k → 8%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $50k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE INC: $50k → 15%KANSAS CITY HOSPICE: $50k → 15%UPLIFT ORGANIZATION INC: $10k → 15%PETE'S GARDEN: $100k → 15%PETE'S GARDEN: $100k → 15%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
MO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
GA
TX
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 11 repeat orgs$625k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$2.0M
$625k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCivil RightsHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • ML
    MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +160%
  • CB
    CARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $200k · revenue +133%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2022–2025 · $200k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • NC
    National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • SW
    SECOND WIND DREAMS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -28%
  • MC
    MIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +100%
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
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
2
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
3
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas

Established in 1934, vna helps older adults live with dignity and independence at home by providing in-home care, food and friendship for the ill, hungry, and homebound.

Health
4
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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5
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
6
Hospice of Metro Denver Inc

To encircle those facing advanced illness with unprecedented levels of comfort, compassion, and expertise.

Human Services
7
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
8
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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9
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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10
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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11
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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12
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors 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

28 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Amethyst Place Inc: $300,000 · HealthAmethyst Place IncCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $200,000 · HealthCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncMercy Medical Angels: $125,000 · HealthMercy Medical AngelsTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $50,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVO…+2 more: $25,000 · HealthPETES GARDEN: $200,000 · Human ServicesPETES GARDENCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INCKansas City Hospice Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesKansas City Hospice IncSECOND WIND DREAMS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSECOND WIND DREAMS INCMIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesMIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INCEnding Community Homelessness Coalition Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesEnding Community Homelessness Co…JOY MEADOWS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesJOY MEADOWS INC+3 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $250,000 · ReligionMOBILE LOA…KANBE'S MARKETS: $200,000 · Food & NutritionKANBE'S MA…MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $50,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON W…HEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherHEPHZIBAH C…THE PHOENIX FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherTHE PHOENIX…NATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPERATIVE: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL BL…CHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $50,000 · OtherCHILD PROTE…HOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $10,000 · OtherGENERATING INCOME FOR TOMORROW: $10,000 · OtherNORTHLAND SHEPHERD'S CENTER: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: $100,000 · Civil Rights
Health$900,000Human Services$755,000Religion$250,000Food & Nutrition$250,000Other$270,000Arts & Culture$100,000Civil Rights$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $250,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCARE BEYOND THE BOULEVARD INC: $200,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPETES GARDEN: $200,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetKANBE'S MARKETS: $200,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $175,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKansas City Hospice Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $125,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHEPHZIBAH CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHLAND SHEPHERD'S CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSECOND WIND DREAMS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnding Community Homelessness Coalition Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOY MEADOWS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PHOENIX FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPERATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUPLIFT ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGENERATING INCOME FOR TOMORROW: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSewa International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Menorah Heritage Foun…United Way of Greater…Health Forward Founda…The Sunderland Founda…Ima FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…John W and Effie E Sp…Hunt Family FoundationOppenstein Brothers F…The Shumaker Family F…Edward Jones Foundati…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO25.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Wellsky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wellsky Foundation. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Wellsky Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wellsky Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 28 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 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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