Missouri · Nonprofit
THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY
THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,312,186 to it, the largest being SALLY ANN FIRESTONE FOUNDATION ($1,033,750). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,353 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2020
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Sherman Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- School Smart Kc Inclocalportfolio match
- Oppenstein Brothers Foundationshared funderslocal
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.
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.
19% of THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $85k → $91k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY’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
THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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: 2017 65% · 2018 100% · 2019 81% · 2020 76% · 2021 50% · 2022 72% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
60% of THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 statesis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Sherman Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchKS · backs 56 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- School Smart Kc Inclocalportfolio matchMO · funds 52 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Oppenstein Brothers Foundationshared funderslocalMO · backs 62 organizations that share your funders · funds 99 organizations near you
- The Stanley H Durwood Foundation CO The Greater KC Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Skillbuilders Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldgportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarshipportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Witschner Ira K Trust Dportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jedel Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agenciesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ir Tua Mason L Dean Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY?
- THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY (Missouri) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,312,186 to it, the largest being SALLY ANN FIRESTONE FOUNDATION ($1,033,750). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,312,186 in grants to THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY?
- SALLY ANN FIRESTONE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,033,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEARNING COOPERATIVE DBA KANSAS CITY ACADEMY 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 10funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing