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William T Kemper Charitable Trust 10015200

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$732k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Food & Nutrition$5.3MArts & Culture$4.7MEducation$2.8MCommunity Improvement$984kHealth$818kHuman Services$580kAnimals$420kPublic Safety & Disaster$370kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $290k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AGRICULTURAL FUTURE OF AMERICA$732,000
DTC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC$300,000
AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION$250,000
AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION$210,500
MSU DENVER FOUNDATION INC$200,000
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y$100,000
SALVATION ARMY DENVER$100,000
THE SALVATION ARMY KANSAS WESTERN MISS$100,000
VFW FOUNDATION$100,000
ALBRECHT-KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART$75,000
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER$75,000
KC CARE HEALTH CENTER$50,000
SOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK$50,000
THERE WITH CARE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $640k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAPE ABILITIES: $25k → 8%DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $100k → 11%PRODIGAL MINISTRIES: $10k → 4%THERE WITH CARE: $50k → 12%CAPE ABILITIES INC: $10k → 8%LEAD TO READ KC: $25k → 8%THERE WITH CARE: $50k → 12%Lead to Read: $25k → 8%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $150k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $50k → 15%RECONCILIATION SERVICES: $25k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$12M · 51 repeat orgs$4.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

51 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
87

Total granted

$12M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AR
    AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +55%
  • AF
    AGRICULTURE FUTURE OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +83% · 25% of their budget
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +63% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • CR
    COLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +87% · 26% of their budget
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • MR
    MISSOURI RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +7% · 45% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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4
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Kansas City Art Institute

The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
12
The Kansas University Alumni Association

We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Educational Excellence. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLgbtq+ Community SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …Military Veterans SupportYouth Mentoring ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Youth Sports ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Domestic Violence ServicesElementary Literacy TutoringLocal History MuseumsCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Equine Therapy ProgramsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Community College Foundatio…Cancer Support ServicesDance Arts OrganizationsFood Banks and PantriesUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity FoundationsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Independent K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr12%3%5–10yr16%10%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr24%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%2%<5yr12%12%5–10yr16%5%10–20yr15%7%20–35yr16%12%35–55yr24%63%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/98
the rest of the field
12%
4,544/39,393

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 158 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/95
Grantees still filing
68/95
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS — $1,864,713 · OtherKEMPER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTSCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION — $500,000 · OtherCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONLYRIC OPERA — $300,000 · OtherKANSAS CITY MUSEUM — $300,000 · Other+92 more — $3,228,160 · Other+92 moreAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC — $3,550,750 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATI…THE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION — $195,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY — $1,047,500 · EducationKANSAS CITY GIRLS …METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC — $655,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE…MISSOURI RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION — $250,000 · EducationMISSOURI RESTAURAN…THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS — $225,000 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN…PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL — $110,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND — $100,000 · Education+14 more — $409,000 · Education+14 moreDENVER ART MUSEUM — $535,000 · Arts & CultureDENVER ART M…KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY — $250,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY …NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL — $200,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WWI…CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL CITY…UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC — $100,000 · Arts & CultureUNION STATIO…PUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC — $85,000 · Arts & CultureALBRECHT-KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART — $75,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY — $75,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Arts & CultureKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION — $64,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more — $298,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreAGRICULTURE FUTURE OF AMERICA — $1,554,000 · Youth DevelopmentAGRICULTUR…+2 more — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $220,000 · Human ServicesTHERE WITH CARE — $100,000 · Human ServicesDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y — $100,000 · Human ServicesRECONCILIATION SERVICES — $75,000 · Human ServicesLEAD TO READ INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $50,000 · Human ServicesCAPE ABILITIES INC — $35,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesDTC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC — $300,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INC — $100,000 · Community ImprovementPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $84,000 · Community Improvement
Other$6,192,873Recreation & Sports$3,756,250Education$2,796,500Arts & Culture$1,857,000Youth Development$1,574,000Human Services$640,000Community Improvement$484,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC — $3,550,750 over 6y, 14% of budgetAGRICULTURE FUTURE OF AMERICA — $1,554,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY — $1,047,500 over 4y, 31% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC — $655,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM — $535,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION — $500,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetDTC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC — $300,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMISSOURI RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION — $250,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY — $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS — $225,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $220,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY CAMPUS FOR ANIMAL CARE — $200,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL — $200,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE WESTERN STOCK SHOW ASSOCIATION — $195,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL — $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE ASSOCIATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOULDER PRIDE — $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHERE WITH CARE — $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND — $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC — $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC — $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC — $85,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $84,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetYEP Kansas City — $84,000 over 5y, 66% of budgetALBRECHT-KEMPER MUSEUM OF ART — $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRECONCILIATION SERVICES — $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY — $75,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetKEMPER MUSEUM OPERATING FOUNDATION — $64,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESTAURANT WORKERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City CARE Clinic — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEAD TO READ INC — $50,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetAMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM — $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZON ACADEMY — $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAFTER THE HARVEST — $40,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCAPE ABILITIES INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Enid and Crosby Kempe…Greater Kansas City C…Ewing Marion Kauffman…R C Kemper Charitable…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…The H & R Block Found…R C Kemper Jr Charita…Jewish Community Foun…The Sosland FoundationThe Francis Family Fo…G Kenneth and Ann Bau…Marion and Henry Bloc…
Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904MO68.1× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904 · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · R C Kemper Charitable Trust 10017800 · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600 · The H & R Block Foundation · R C Kemper Jr Charitable Trust 10023600 · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Sosland Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization William T Kemper Charitable Trust 10015200 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Cape Abilities Inc — 81% of income from government
  • Housing Assistance Corporation — 10% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc — 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to William T Kemper Charitable Trust 10015200?

Find your warmest path to William T Kemper Charitable Trust 10015200 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 158 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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