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William T Kemper II Charitable Trust at a glance

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William T Kemper II Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$236k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$363kEducation$261kYouth Development$195kHuman Services$142kHealth$88kRecreation & Sports$35kInternational$35kFood & Nutrition$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $113k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$25,000
LIBERTY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION DBA NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL$20,000
BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$20,000
PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL$15,000
AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION$12,500
AMETHYST PLACE INC$10,000
BOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$10,000
HAPPYBOTTOMS$7,500
UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC$7,500
SALVATION ARMY$7,500
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI INC$7,500
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC$7,500
HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS$7,500
MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC$7,500
CITY UNION MISSION INC$7,500
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 (FY20–25, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KC HEALTHY KIDS: $6k → 16%KC HEALTHY KIDS: $6k → 16%KC HEALTHY KIDS: $5k → 16%SECRET ORDER OF THE KEY INCORPORATED: $8k → 5%SECRET ORDER OF THE KEY INCORPORATED: $8k → 5%SECRET ORDER OF THE KEY INCORPORATED: $5k → 5%DERRICK THOMAS NEIL SMITH THIRD AND LONG FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%THE DERRICK THOMASNEIL SMITH THIRD AND LONG FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%THE DERRICK THOMASNEIL SMITH THIRD AND LONG FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%DERRICK THOMAS NEIL SMITH THIRD AND LONG FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $8k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $8k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $5k → 15%DERRICK THOMAS NEIL SMITH THIRD AND LONG FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $5k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $5k → 15%HAPPYBOTTOMS: $5k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 33 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
13

Total granted

$1.1M
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+55%

Still filing today

73%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • PH
    PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +23%
  • MT
    MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +232%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • PF
    PHEASANTS FOREVER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
  • GT
    GOING TO THE DOGS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TS
    THOMAS S WATSON SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +893% · 39% of their budget
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
Kansas Business Hall of Fame Inc
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2
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc

The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas…

Arts & Culture
3
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
4
The Kansas Learning Center for Health Inc

Health education & museum.

—
5
Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc

The mission of the kauffman school is to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college and apply their unique talents in the world to create economically independent and personally fulfilling lives.

Education
6
Kansas City Christian School Association

To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.

—
7
Wornall-Majors House Museums Inc

The mission of the Wornall/Majors House Museums is to: preserve, protect, and maintain the John Wornall and Alexander Majors historic houses and their collections in an intentional, inclusive, and ethical way, and to preserve them so that…

Arts & Culture
8
Kansas Alpha of Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation
—
9
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Association

Education

Philanthropy
10
Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc

The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness

Arts & Culture
11
Kansas City Symphony

Its mission is to perform great performances for greater audiences. the kansas city symphony will achieve this mission by: - developing an uncompromising performance standard. - advancing the profile and value of the orchestra locally,…

Arts & Culture
12
Bionexus Kc

We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City; the most unlike its peers is Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third and. 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

32 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. 32 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $85,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GREATER KANSAS CITYLIBERTY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (NAT'L WWI MUSEUM): $80,000 · OtherLIBERTY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (NAT'L WWI MUSEUM)Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City: $40,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Kansas CityALS - MID-AMERICA CHAPTER: $30,000 · OtherALS - MID-AMERICA CHAPTERAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION (MID-AMERICA CHAPTER): $30,000 · OtherAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION (MID-A…KANSAS CITY CHORALE: $27,500 · OtherROTARY CLUB YOUTH CAMP ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL: $25,000 · OtherCity Union Mission: $27,500 · OtherWildwood Outdoor Education Center: $20,000 · Other+15 more: $140,700 · Other+15 morePEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $135,000 · EducationPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOLThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $50,000 · EducationThe Kansas University …OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $27,500 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH…THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $16,000 · EducationTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIB…BLACK ARCHIVES OF MID-AMERICA INC: $15,000 · EducationBLACK ARCHIVES OF MID-…MUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL THEATER HER…NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM…UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureUNION STATION KANSA…JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJACKSON COUNTY HIST…+2 more: $8,500 · Arts & CultureDERRICK THOMAS NEIL SMITH THIRD AND: $42,500 · Human ServicesDERRICK TH…HAPPYBOTTOMS: $35,000 · Human ServicesHAPPYBOTTO…Secret Order Of The Key Incorporated: $20,000 · Human ServicesSecret Ord…KC Healthy Kids: $17,000 · Human ServicesKC Healthy…AMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $32,500 · Recreation & SportsHEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHOMAS S WATSON SUPPORTING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NE KANSAS AND NW MISSOURI INC: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentAmethyst Place Inc: $35,000 · HealthNORTHLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 · Health
Other$530,700Education$243,500Arts & Culture$208,500Human Services$114,500Recreation & Sports$52,500Youth Development$45,000Health$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $135,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICAL THEATER HERITAGE INC: $75,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDERRICK THOMAS NEIL SMITH THIRD AND: $42,500 over 5y, 19% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAPPYBOTTOMS: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmethyst Place Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ROYAL ASSOCIATION INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCity Union Mission: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY CHORALE: $27,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetROTARY CLUB YOUTH CAMP ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSecret Order Of The Key Incorporated: $20,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetWildwood Outdoor Education Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NE KANSAS AND NW MISSOURI INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKC Healthy Kids: $17,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK ARCHIVES OF MID-AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $12,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFranklin County Historical Society: $12,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHEARTLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHOMAS S WATSON SUPPORTING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetHEALTH OUTREACH FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSUNFLOWER HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY KANSAS CITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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…Ewing Marion Kauffman…The H & R Block Found…William T Kemper Foun…The Sunderland Founda…Bluescope Foundation …Hallmark Corporate Fo…United Way of Greater…Oppenstein Brothers F…Muriel McBrien Kauffm…The Francis Family Fo…Arvin Gottlieb Charit…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO43.3× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · The Sunderland Foundation · Bluescope Foundation North America · Hallmark Corporate Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600

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 T Kemper II Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William T Kemper II Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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

    Find your warmest path to William T Kemper II Charitable Trust 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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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