Missouri · Nonprofit
KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION
KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,173 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ($477,373). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $343k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation does
Mission
Dedicated to impacting lives in a lasting way by promoting christian values, sharing experiences and providing opportunities to encourage everyone that all things are possible when people seek to put "first things first" with projects such as trips to disney world for ill children and their families, building recreation centers in children's hospitals, rewarding single parents as they achieve the dream of home ownership, encouraging inclusion in school for special education students and more. All projects primarily target children and families in greater phoenix, st. Louis and iowa and are centered on the warners' life theme of putting faith and family first.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Home for the holidays - together with aaron's inc, u-haul, brooklyn bedding, and sprouts the foundation rewards single mothers or fathers, who have achieved the dream of homeownership with habitat for humanity by turning a house into a home with new furnishings as a surprise for first-time homeowners. In 2024, two single moms and their seven kids were surprised in arizona (2) for mother's day and christmas, respectively.
$111,416 spentof which $60,459 as grants45% of program spendingDisney world program - for the twenty-second year, the foundation teamed with dream factory and make-a-wish to treat children from arizona and missouri with life-threatening illnesses and their families to the magical world of mickey, donald and goofy in orlando, florida for a weeklong vacation. The week is directed by the warner family (kurt, brenda and their seven children). Seven make-a-wish and dream factory children and their families experienced the life changing trip in 2024. A reunion was also hosted in phoenix to reconnect with families hosted in previous years.
$91,871 spent37% of program spendingChristmas giving program - this program celebrates christmas with foster kids at sunshine acres children's home in mesa, az. This year each child received a brand new pair of nike shoes along with socks thanks to an in-kind partnership with nike. All of the staff and children at sunshine acres spent an afternoon playing games with the warner family and enjoying lunch donated by crust. In 2024, 72 pairs of shoes were provided.
$13,699 spentof which $11,684 as grants6% of program spendingWarners' warm-up is a program held annually in the fall to collect winter coats in greater st. Louis in partnership with operation food search, local police departments, fedex office, lookafter hair company, a-mrazek moving systems, bi-state credit unions, lion's choice, and local st. Louis media. St. Louisans are encouraged to donate new or gently-used winter coats at drop off locations throughout the st. Louis region. Operation food search distributes the coats to those who need them via local homeless shelters, schools and social service centers. The foundation also purchases new coats at a reduced rate in bulk. In 2024, more than 7,000 coats and winter apparel items were distributed in the bi-state area.
$9,684 spentof which $7,366 as grants4% of program spendingMission: possible! Scholarships ease the financial burden for high school and college age groups (14-22 years old) participating in service-based mission trips across the united states. Service based missions enlighten participants to the work of jesus and strengthen their faith while making a positive impact on the communities served. In 2024, eleven groups were awarded scholarships for their spring break and summer mission trips totaling $8,500.
$11,362 spentof which $8,500 as grants5% of program spendingThe ticket program honors veterans with tickets to monday night football. The program hosts military veterans and their families from veteran ticket foundation at the games throughout the country. Autographed kurt warner memorabilia are also given to participants. Twenty-six people attended a monday night football game in 2024.
$8,374 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $246,406.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $1.9M to $1.9M (+4%).
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.
63% of KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Jennifer Zink
Executive director/secreta
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $129k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION’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
KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $200 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $480k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION?
- KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $480,173 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ($477,373). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $480,173 in grants to KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION?
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO is the largest funder on record, with $477,373 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KURT WARNER FIRST THINGS FIRST FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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