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Hunt Family Foundation

Kansas City, MO · EIN 43-1299453. Reported 398 grants totalling $9,897,750 to 280 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$9,897,750granted, 2021-2024
280organizations funded
35%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,116,318assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hunt Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $15,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $954,628. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
159 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
81 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
31 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
53 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
38 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
21 grants
$100,000 and Up
15 grants

Every organization it funded

All 280 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesKansas City, MO$3,383,219442024
Perot Museum of Nature & ScienceDallas, TX$1,500,000332023
The University of KansasWestwood, KS$490,118332024
Chiefs Ambassadors Charitable FoundationKansas City, MO$319,538442024
The University of Kansas Health SystemWestwood, KS$286,883112021
Harvester's Community Food NetworkKansas City, MO$217,046332023
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual AssaultKansas City, MO$202,456442024
City Year IncKansas City, MO$201,200222024
United Way of Greater Kansas CityKansas City, MO$189,310442024
City Year Kansas CityKansas City, MO$174,344222022
YMCA of Greater Kansas CityOlathe, KS$118,296112022
15 and the Mahomies FoundationAustin, TX$115,050442024
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationKansas City, MO$111,860332024
Veterans Community ProjectKansas City, MO$109,427332024
YMCA Foundation of Mid-AmericaOlathe, KS$101,500222024
Cornerstones of CareKansas City, MO$101,250442024
Athlete's in ActionXenia, OH$100,000222022
Jackson County CASAKansas City, MO$79,045332024
Third & Long FoundationKansas City, MO$75,000442024
Folds of Honor FoundationPrairie Village, KS$72,214112021
Kansas City Public Schools Education FoundationKansas City, MO$72,000222024
Pete's Garden IncKansas City, MO$70,750332024
Newhouse IncKansas City, MO$70,000222024
Folds of Honor FoundationOwasso, OK$59,534222024
EarlystartKansas City, MO$55,600222024
Harvesters - the Community Food NetworkKansas City, MO$55,000112024
Hope CenterKansas City, MO$53,500222024
Athletes in ActionXenia, OH$50,000112023
Athletes in Action Sports Complex and Retreat Center IncXenia, OH$50,000112024
Big Brothers Big SistersKansas City, MO$50,000222023
Phoenix Family Housing CorpKansas City, MO$50,000222024
Footprints IncKansas City, MO$49,208222023
Operation BreakthroughKansas City, MO$47,950442024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas CityKansas City, MO$41,000112021
The Children's PlaceKansas City, MO$40,000112021
MocsaKansas City, MO$37,981112021
Operation ShowerSt Louis, MO$31,375332023
Child Protection Center IncKansas City, MO$30,000222024
Children's Mercy HospitalKansas City, MO$30,000222022
Learn TechquityKansas City, MO$30,000112021
Police Foundation of KcKansas City, MO$30,000222024
Souper Bowl of CaringTopeka, KS$30,000222024
The Childrens Place IncKansas City, MO$25,502222024
Kanbe's MarketsKansas City, MO$25,000112021
Nelson-Atkins Museumnelson Gallery FoundationKansas City, MO$25,000112021
YMCA of Greater Kansas CityKansas City, MO$25,000112021
Youth GuidanceKansas City, MO$25,000222024
TeamsmileKansas City, MO$23,963442024
Greater Kansas City Sports FoundationKansas City, MO$23,000442024
Salvation ArmyKansas City, MO$20,225222023
Amethyst Place IncKansas City, MO$20,000112024
Kansas City Friends of Alvin AileyKansas City, MO$20,000112023
Mothers RefugeIndependence, MO$20,000112024
Youth AmbassadorsKansas City, MO$20,000222024
Boys & Girls Club - Greater KcKansas City, MO$18,500222022
Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas CityKansas City, MO$18,000112024
American Cancer Society IncKansas City, MO$15,255112024
Boys & Girls Clubs - Greater KcKansas City, MO$15,000112023
Inner-City Computer Stars FoundationChicago, IL$15,000112022
Kc STEM AllianceKansas City, MO$15,000112022
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of North TexasDallas, TX$15,000112021
Roberts Family DevelopmentSacramento, CA$15,000112022
The University of Kansas Health System-OpOverland Park, KS$15,000112021
Girls Play Flag FootballOlathe, KS$13,615222024
Wreaths Across AmericaColumbia Falls, ME$11,354222024
Ability KcKansas City, MO$10,500112023
Mother's RefugeIndependence, MO$10,190112021
Alzheimer's Association-NcCharlotte, NC$10,000112021
American Public Square IncKansas City, MO$10,000222024
Bright Futures FundMission, KS$10,000112021
Delaney 37 FoundationHaughton, LA$10,000222024
Deron Cherry Charitable FoundationLees Summit, MO$10,000442024
Dreambuilder's FoundationBrentwood, TN$10,000112021
Jreid IndeedCypress, TX$10,000112024
Lee's Summit Football AssociationLees Summit, MO$10,000112024
Midwest Innocence ProjectKansas City, MO$10,000222022
Mississippi Food Network IncJackson, MS$10,000112021
Souper Bowl of CaringHouston, TX$10,000112021
Transformations By Kcmo AngelsParkville, MO$10,000112023
Urban Neighborhood InitiativeKansas City, MO$10,000112021
Community LincKansas City, MO$9,250222024
The Golden ScoopOverland Park, KS$8,500332024
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$8,217112024
Championship GreatnessKansas City, MO$7,000112024
Kc Glory Womens Tackle Football CorpBlue Springs, MO$6,783112024
Kc Common GoodKansas City, MO$6,250112023
Kc Mothers in ChargeKansas City, MO$6,250112023
Moonlight ElementaryGardner, KS$6,000112022
Spring Hill Elementary SchoolPflugerville, TX$5,862112021
Food Equality InitiativeKansas City, MO$5,000112022
Habitat for Humanity of KcKansas City, MO$5,000112022
Kc Panthers DevelopmentGrandview, MO$5,000112022
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - DetroitDetroit, MI$5,000112022
Mccomb School DistrictMccomb, MS$5,000112021
Rose Brooks CenterKansas City, MO$5,000112022
Special Olympics MissouriJefferson City, MO$5,000112024
The SignatryOverland Park, KS$5,000222024
The Signatry to GtmOverland Park, KS$5,000222022
Uncornered IncDorchester, MA$5,000112024
Non-Profit ConnectKansas City, MO$4,500222022
Harrisonville Elementary SchoolHarrisonville, MO$3,800112021
Rolling Ridge Elementary SchoolOlathe, KS$3,615222022
Three Trails Elementary SchoolIndependence, MO$3,575222022
Scripps Howard FundCincinnati, OH$3,500112023
Guadalupe Centers Middle SchoolKansas City, MO$3,235112021
Banneker Elementary SchoolKansas City, MO$3,000112021
Blue Valley Northwest High SchoolOverland Park, KS$3,000112021
Central Middle SchoolKansas City, MO$3,000112021
Giving Back Fund IncBoston, MA$3,000112023
Longfellow Elementary SchoolKansas City, MO$3,000112021
Martin City ElementaryKansas City, MO$3,000112022
Mid-Continent Library - GladstoneGladstone, MO$3,000112022
Mid-Continent Library - Lee's SummitLees Summit, MO$3,000112022
Oak Park High SchoolKansas City, MO$3,000222023
Sumner AcademyKansas City, KS$3,000222023
James Walker Elementary SchoolBlue Springs, MO$2,575222022
Boys & Girls Club - HutchinsonHutchinson, KS$2,500112021
Boys & Girls Club - LawrenceLawrence, KS$2,500112021
C You in the Major Leagues LLCOverland Park, MI$2,500112022
Cass County Junior Athletic AssociationBelton, MO$2,500112021
Donnie Edwards Best Defense FoundationSolana Beach, CA$2,500112021
Down Syndrome Guild of Greater KcMission, KS$2,500112021
Eugene Ware Elementary SchoolKansas City, KS$2,500222022
Jared Allen's Home for Wounded WarriorsScottsdale, AZ$2,500112021
Jc Parks & RecreationJefferson City, MO$2,500112022
Jdrf Kansas & Missouri ChapterKansas City, KS$2,500112022
Kansas City Metropolitian Crime CommissionKansas City, MO$2,500112021
Kansas City YMCAPrairie Village, KS$2,500112021
Kc United Youthfamily Sports & Education InitiativeKansas City, KS$2,500112021
League of Women Voters of Kansas City Jackson Clay Platte CountiesKansas City, MO$2,500112024
Liberty Parks & Rec Youth Flag Football LeagueLiberty, MO$2,500112021
Matt Bushman FoundationOrem, UT$2,500112023
North Kansas City High SchoolNorth Kansas City, MO$2,500112023
Pay Away the Layaway IncGoshen, NY$2,500112023
Pet Alliance of Greater OrlandoOrlando, FL$2,500112022
Servant Foundation Dba the SignatryOverland Park, KS$2,500112021
South Suburban Junior Football AssociationKansas City, MO$2,500112021
St Thomas AquinasOverland Park, KS$2,500112023
Staley High SchoolKansas City, MO$2,500112023
Successful JocksTampa, FL$2,500112022
Uniform Funding FoundationMentor, OH$2,500112022
United Inner City Services Dba Early StartKansas City, MO$2,500112021
United Negro College Fund IncNewark, NJ$2,500112023
Voter NetworkOverland Park, KS$2,500112024
Winnetonka High SchoolKansas City, MO$2,500112023
Zb SportsGolden, CO$2,500112021
Center High SchoolKansas City, MO$2,425222022
New Stanley Elementary SchoolKansas City, KS$2,100112021
Gardner-Edgerton High SchoolGardner, KS$2,000222023
Camps for KidsMission, KS$1,920112023
Central Elementary SchoolOlathe, KS$1,750112021
Mcquerry Elementary SchoolOdessa, MO$1,505222022
Basehor Linwood High SchoolBasehor, KS$1,500332024
Black Archives of Mid-America IncKansas City, MO$1,500112024
Community Blood CenterKansas City, MO$1,500112021
Lafayette County C1 High SchoolHigginsville, MO$1,500332023
Louisburg High SchoolLouisburg, KS$1,500332024
Olathe South High SchoolOlathe, KS$1,500332024
Turner Elementary SchoolKansas City, KS$1,450222022
Santa Fe Trails Middle SchoolOlathe, KS$1,025112022
Washington Elementary SchoolOlathe, KS$1,020222022
Bishop Ward High SchoolKansas City, KS$1,000222022
Black College Football Hall of FameAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Blue Springs South High SchoolBlue Springs, MO$1,000222024
Blue Valley High SchoolOverland Park, KS$1,000222024
Blue Valley West High SchoolOverland Park, KS$1,000222024
Lawrence Free State High SchoolLawrence, KS$1,000222023
Lee's Summit North High SchoolLees Summit, MO$1,000222023
Liberty North High SchoolLiberty, MO$1,000222022
Missouri Sports Hall of FameSpringfield, MO$1,000112022
Olathe East High SchoolOlathe, KS$1,000222024
Olathe West High SchoolOlathe, KS$1,000222022
Pembroke Hill High SchoolKansas City, MO$1,000222024
Pleasant Hill High SchoolPleasant Hill, MO$1,000222024
Radke ThomasOverland Park, KS$1,000112023
Spring Hill High SchoolHouston, TX$1,000222024
Sunrise Optimist Club of North TopekaTopeka, KS$1,000112022
The Big Man FoundationCulpepper, VA$1,000112022
University AcademyKansas City, MO$1,000222022
Great Jobs Kansas CityKansas City, MO$800112024
Habitat for Humanity InternationalAmericus, GA$750222024
Martin Luther King LegacyOverland Park, KS$750112022
Apache ElementaryOverland Park, KS$650112022
William Southern ElementaryIndependence, MO$625222023
Sunny Pointe ElementaryBlue Springs, MO$550112022
Westridge ElementaryKansas City, MO$550112022
New Chelsea ElementaryKansas City, KS$525112022
Norfleet ElementaryKansas City, MO$515112022
Gracemor ElementaryKansas City, MO$505112022
Bishop Miege High SchoolRoeland Park, KS$500112023
Blue Springs High SchoolBlue Springs, MO$500112024
Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolOverland Park, KS$500112023
Central High SchoolSt Joseph, MO$500112023
Clinton High SchoolClinton, MO$500112022
Desoto High SchoolDesoto, KS$500112023
Jc Harmon High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112024
Kearney High SchoolKearney, MO$500112022
KIPP Legacy High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112024
Lee's Summit High SchoolLees Summit, MO$500112024
Lee's Summit West High SchoolLees Summit, MO$500112023
Liberty High SchoolLiberty, MO$500112024
Mill Creek Elementary SchoolIndependence, MO$500222022
Mill Valley High SchoolShawnee, KS$500112021
North Platte High SchoolDearborn, MO$500112023
Odessa High SchoolOdessa, MO$500112021
Olathe North High SchoolOlathe, KS$500112022
Olathe Northwest High SchoolOlathe, KS$500112022
Park Hill High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112024
Park Hill South High SchoolRiverside, MO$500112021
Parkway Elementary SchoolSt Joseph, MO$500112022
Piper High SchoolKansas City, KS$500112021
Platte County High SchoolPlatte City, MO$500112023
Raytown South High SchoolRaytown, MO$500112023
Rockhurst High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112023
Ruskin High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112024
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic High SchoolLees Summit, MO$500112023
Shawnee Mission North High SchoolShawnee Mission, KS$500112022
Shawnee Mission Nw High SchoolShawnee Mission, KS$500112024
Skyline ElementarySedalia, MO$500112022
Smithville High SchoolSmithville, MO$500112021
Spring Hill Elementary SchoolSpring Hill, KS$500112022
Spring Hill High SchoolSpring Hill, KS$500112021
St James AcademyLenexa, KS$500112024
St Joseph CentralSt Joseph, MO$500112022
St Pius X Catholic High SchoolKansas City, MO$500112024
Summit Christian AcademyLees Summit, MO$500112021
Van Horn High SchoolIndependence, MO$500112023
Washington County High SchoolWashington, KS$500112023
Garfield ElementaryOttawa, KS$480222023
Sunflower Elementary SchoolOttawa, KS$480222022
HappybottomsKansas City, MO$450112023
Me Pearson Elementary SchoolKansas City, MO$405112021
Blue Hills ElementaryIndependence, MO$400112022
Center Middle SchoolKansas City, MO$400112022
Oakwood Manor ElementaryGladstone, MO$390112022
Brookridge Elementary SchoolOverland Park, KS$375112022
Concordia ElementaryConcordia, MO$360112022
Brookside Charter & Day SchoolKansas City, MO$350112022
Gardner ElementaryGardner, KS$350112022
Linden West Elementary SchoolKansas City, MO$350112021
Line Creek ElementaryKansas City, MO$350112022
Martin Luther King ElementaryKansas City, MO$350112023
Crest Ridge ElementaryCenterview, MO$330112022
Grand Star ElementaryGardner, KS$325112022
Elm Grove ElementaryIndependence, MO$320112022
Ultican Elementary SchoolBlue Springs, MO$310112021
Frank Rushton ElementaryKansas City, KS$300112022
John Luff Elementary SchoolIndependence, MO$300112021
Manor Hill Elementary SchoolLiberty, MO$300112021
Nieman ElementaryShawnee, KS$300112023

83 of 280 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 137 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
23 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
16 grants
Education
16 grants
Crime & Legal
12 grants
Youth Development
11 grants
Recreation & Sports
9 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
8 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021110$2,756,389$2,500
2022123$2,750,817$525
202390$2,424,030$2,662
202475$1,966,514$6,783

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Missouri
$6.6M
Texas
$1.7M
Kansas
$1.2M
Ohio
$206K
Oklahoma
$60K
California
$18K
Illinois
$15K
Mississippi
$15K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation54 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc54 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund48 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc45 shared recipientsUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc37 shared recipientsEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation30 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Hunt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1 Arrowhead Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64129. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 43-1299453 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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