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William George Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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William George Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2021
3
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$3k
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 2021.

Housing & Shelter$303kHealth$21kEducation$14kReligion$9kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$5kInternational$1kCommunity Improvement$500
02FY2021 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$3,290
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$300
CITY UNION MISSION$300
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 (FY17–21, $5k) 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%Catholic Charities of KC St Joseph Inc: $2k → 15%Little Sisters of the Poor: $700 → 15%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $300 → 15%Healing House: $2k → 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.
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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 5 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$28k
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+49%

Still filing today

60%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthInternationalPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +145%
  • CU
    City Union Mission
    3× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +61%
  • LS
    Little Sisters of The Poor
    2× · 2019–2021 · $1k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • RO
    RIVER OF REFUGE
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue -73%
  • AS
    ACCELERATED SCHOOLS OF OVERLAND PARK INC
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue -3%
  • HF
    HUNT FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +4%
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
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
2
Christ's Hospital
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3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
Human Services
6
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
7
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals is a Catholic organization that exists to provide medical and physical rehabilitation services to children and adults throughout the nation. We rehabilitate those who have sustained injuries or disabling…

Health
8
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.

Health
9
Saint Francis Hospital Inc

To extend the presence and healing ministry of christ in all we do.

Health
10
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
11
Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

Health
12
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hunt Family Foundation. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 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)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVER OF REFUGE: $300,000 · Housing & ShelterRIVER OF REFUGE+1 more: $3,300 · Housing & ShelterVisitation Parish: $7,000 · OtherHUNT FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherKIDSTLC INC: $1,500 · OtherSt Agnes Catholic Parish: $1,500 · OtherAlzheimer's Association: $1,250 · Other+2 more: $700 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,290 · HealthThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $1,000 · HealthACCELERATED SCHOOLS OF OVERLAND PARK INC: $14,000 · EducationHEALING HOUSE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesLittle Sisters of The Poor: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 · PhilanthropyHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · International
Housing & Shelter$303,300Other$16,950Health$16,290Education$14,000Human Services$5,000Philanthropy$1,500International$1,200

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 budgetRIVER OF REFUGE: $300,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,290 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACCELERATED SCHOOLS OF OVERLAND PARK INC: $14,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCity Union Mission: $3,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING HOUSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDSTLC INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of The Poor: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Servant FoundationJohn J Sullivan Jr Fo…United Way of Greater…Greater HorizonsNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Greater Horizons · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 William George Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William George Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 18 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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