Missouri · Nonprofit
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,500 to it, the largest being J R ALBERT FOUNDATION ($281,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $342k
- Net assets
- $161k
What Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc does
Mission
Kansas City Black Urban Growers, Inc., exists to support the current and next generation of farmers and growers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provided two rounds of microgrant opportunities for 30 farmers and growers, developed collaborative efforts with local and national mission-aligned organizations, provided technical assistance and trainings.
$52,665 spentof which $34,500 as grants$3,765 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $52,665.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $207k to $182k (−12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
95% of Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dina Newman
Founder & CEO
Board chair
Nozella Brown
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $70k → $95k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc is better cushioned than half of the 2,230 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,230 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc?
- Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,500 to it, the largest being J R ALBERT FOUNDATION ($281,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $341,500 in grants to Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc?
- J R ALBERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $281,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing