Missouri · Nonprofit
Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl
Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl (Missouri) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,638,852 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($294,900). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl does
Mission
To honor our elders by celebrating, empowering and serving older adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health & Nutrition: In 2025, KCSC delivered over 117,000 frozen and hot meals to 679 food insecure, low income, isolated older adults in over 60 zip codes. 65 volunteers donated 4,400 hours by delivering a daily well-check and a hot meal to 166 clients 5 days per week or over 27,000 hot meals. 90,000 frozen meals were delivered to 513 clients by specially selected staff drivers with the demeanor and passion that results in the level of care our elders deserve. KCSC distributed 7,500 pounds of pet food to 77 clients to feed 77 furry companions to ensure they do not feel the need to share the meals they receive with their pets. Mobile dentistry provided 7 homebound clients with services that ranged from check-up and cleaning to extractions to a full set of dentures. Over 500 clients were advised of free vaccination clinics. Participant counts in health classes 27 participants with 432 total class hours in the fall prevention Matter of Balance program; 13 participants for Car Fit (improve older driver safety by making sure your car is adjusted to your changing body and abilities); and 6 participants for Keep Your Keys (how to stay medically and physically fit to drive). Over 300 KC…
$523,425 spentof which $14,023 as grants$266,090 earned by the program50% of program spendingEssential Connections: KCSC has celebrated more than 400 older adults as 70 over 70 honorees; older adults who exemplify meaningful and purposeful aging. The active 70 over 70 Alumni Association provides essential connections with an alumni base of over 420. 101 Adventures in Learning volunteers provided social, exercise, art and current events programming to 57 repeat participants, totaling 188 class hours. A total of 72 Road Trippers clients took part in four trips. Phone Pals: 43 volunteers called 43 socially isolated, older adults at least once a week to talk about more than just the weather for a total of 2,825 hours. The Friendly Visitor program connects volunteers with lonely and isolated older adults. In 2025, KCSC initiated an Adopt A Senior for Christmas program, which provided 3 clients with warm winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves, and 1 client with a full Christmas dinner for her family. This will be a growth program in 2026 and beyond. KCSC sends a newsletter to over 5,000 individuals monthly.
$269,710 spent$6,264 earned by the program26% of program spendingIntegrated Care: KCSC conducted 61 assessments of new clients and 390 reassessments of existing clients. KCSC clients need information and assistance with applications for Medicare plan choices, food and utility assistance, absentee voting, and emergency assistance. KCSC provided 588 hours of case management to 56 clients, and assisted 368 older adults with durable medical equipment, assistive devices, rent, utilities and emergency food totaling $33,000, to ensure older adults get what they need to remain safe, healthy and independent in the place they call home. In 2025, 9 volunteers provided 1,717 Medicare-eligible individuals with 1,062 hours of professional, compassionate carrier-agnostic and free benefits counseling with the MO SHIP program administered through MO Connections for Health.
$163,328 spentof which $12,660 as grants$40,209 earned by the program16% of program spendingAdvocacy - KCSC serves a unique population, one where the experience of ageism and other isms intersect. Race, ethnicity, being a member of the LGBTQ community, etc., have, for many aging members of our community, in addition to inequitable access to community resources, also included the isolating and layered effects of a lifetime of systemic racism and/or marginalization. Shepherds Center, operates on a for seniors, by seniors model, and advocates for older adults by collaborating with lawmakers on public policies and funding related to healthcare, housing, community services, and transportation affecting ALL older adults, especially those who are most marginalized and lack a collective voice. KCSC works directly with state and local officials, and national organizations to ensure legislation and regulations include and prioritize ALL seniors and protect their rights in the democratic process. KCSC trains and engages older adults in self-advocacy to amplify their voices and promote aging with dignity. Peer-led leadership is
$89,562 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,046,025.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $2.2M (+47%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 22% · 2018 22% · 2019 48% · 2020 26% · 2021 30% · 2022 21% · 2023 23% · 2024 19% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Janet C Baker
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $134k → $213k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 funders by total. 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
Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
80% 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 Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 29% · 2019 44% · 2020 45% · 2021 36% · 2022 54% · 2023 47% — 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
47% of Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
50% of Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $332k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$2.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl?
- Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl (Missouri) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,638,852 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($294,900). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,638,852 in grants to Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl?
- HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $294,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Shepherds Center of Kansas Cty Ctl 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 26 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing