Missouri · Nonprofit
URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO
URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO (Missouri) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,645 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($1,822,145). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Urban League of Kansas City Mo does
Mission
To enable African Americans and other disadvantaged persons to secure economic self reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education/ Youth Development/Family Engagement: The Urban League provides comprehensive educational support and advocacy services that combine quality tutorial support, study skills guidance, parent education and empowerment, and research to increase student academic performance and college eligibility, especially for high-risk students. Program components include:Project Ready: ACT Now! - a comprehensive ACT test preparation, college and career planning program that seeks to improve student performance on ACT tests, increase college eligibility, and prepare participants for college, careers, financial self-sufficiency and life-long success. The program aligns with the National Urban League framework for youth development. On average, our students have increased their composite ACT test scores by 2 to 3 points upon completion of a four-week course with some students achieving 4 and 5-point gains. Parent Education and Empowerment Center - equips parents with the necessary skills, resources and technical supports to serve as engaged advocates throughout their childs education journey. Services include one-on-one coaching, assistance with Individual Education Plans, 504 Plans, school…
$369,897 spentof which $23,000 as grants$2,575 earned by the program35% of program spendingRace relations/Social Justice - the Organization promotes civil rights by actively working to eradicate barriers to equal participation in all aspects of American society, whether political, economic, social, educational, or cultural. Civil rights and racial justice empowerment initiatives include research The State of Black Kansas City Equality Index, civil rights educational journeys and education, economics, health, social justice, and civic engagement advocacy efforts
$288,026 spentof which $750 as grants$49,500 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe Workforce Development program through partnerships with the corporate sector, the Career Marketplace provides Employment assistance services for African Americans and other disadvantaged populations in the Greater Kansas City area. Services include: Career Coaching, Job referrals, Career fitness workshops, Digital education workshops, Retention Coaching, pre-Apprenticeship Training.
$360,006 spentof which $9,500 as grants34% of program spendingHealth Equity The organization works to deliver sustainable programs to create greater access to healthcare. The Organization advocates eliminating health disparities in underserved urban communities through: Healthcare education , Health and wellness events, Urban health research & data dissemination, Advocacy for equitable access to quality and affordable healthcare
$37,602 spentof which $2,818 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,055,531.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $3.4M (+55%).
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 0% · 2018 7% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $11k → $486k.
6 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.3M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO raised.
From the IRS filings of URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO’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
URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 37% · 2021 48% · 2022 95% · 2023 61% — 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
23% of URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $232k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO?
- URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO (Missouri) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,645 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($1,822,145). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,668,645 in grants to URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO?
- NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,822,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY MO 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 23 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