Missouri · Nonprofit
LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,573 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($153,473). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $408k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $298k
- Net assets
- $697k
What Liberty School District Foundation does
Mission
Enriching educational experiences in liberty public schools by mobilizing community resources and financial support
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gifts to support student programming in liberty public schools including: * funded classroom, department, and school-wide grants * gifted all 676 kindergarten students with a book and hosted author * hosted a 3-day personal development/leadership event for 80 high school students * provided scholarships for graduating seniors * recognized 70 students for their outstanding character and community achievements * and other
$165,182 spentof which $67,335 as grants59% of program spendingGifts to support and show appreciation to faculty and staff of liberty public schools including: * awarded grants to first-year elementary teachers to help prepare their classrooms * provided $100 to all new-to-the-profession educators to support classroom set up * awarded scholarships to 27 faculty members for professional development * hosted multiple district-wide appreciation events for 2,000 district employees * and other
$70,786 spentof which $27,420 as grants25% of program spendingScholarships and costs of basic needs to support students in liberty public schools including: * provided emergency financial assistance for utilities, rent, clothing and other to over 78 families in need * paid off meal debt for 501 students * purchased 250 backpacks and headphones * and other
$41,182 spent15% of program spendingLps community breakfast
$1,944 spent1% of program spendingHope awards
$1,549 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $280,643.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $581k to $647k (+11%).
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 LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $118k → $21k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 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
LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 54% · 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 75% · 2022 72% · 2023 76% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 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 $92k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION's revenue grew 19% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $297,573 to it, the largest being Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ($153,473). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $297,573 in grants to LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $153,473 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 9 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