Watson Family Foundation
Overland Park, KS · EIN 43-1360667. Reported 70 grants totalling $58,668 to 38 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Watson 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kc Metropolitan Crime Commission | Kansas City, MO | $14,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heartland Therapeutic Riding | Overland Park, KS | $3,468 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund | Norton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kansas Golf Foundation | Lawrence, KS | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kc Ronald Mcdonald House | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mayo Foundation | Rochester, MN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | North Palm Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stanford University Golf Fund | Stanford, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Als Association | Arlington, VA | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Heartland Division Inc | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blue Valley Educational Foundation | Overland Park, KS | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Protection Center | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City Union Mission | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| First Tee of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Rescue Mission | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ksds Inc | Washinton, KS | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Quantico, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels of Shawnee & Jefferson County | Topeka, KS | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mocsa | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rose Brooks Center | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Starlight Theatre Association | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Children's Place | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wayside Waifs | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Outreach Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Kansas City, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Golf, IL | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Farmstead | Overland Park, KS | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mount Washington Cemetery | Independence, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Truman Medical Center | Kansas City, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterfowlers Hall of Fame | Mound City, MO | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wright State University | Dayton, OH | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
30 of 38 (79%) 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 47%, across 2 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.
- Kc Metropolitan Crime Commission
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS TOUCHED BY CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY - Heartland Therapeutic Riding
TO PROVIDE EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY THROUGH THE MOVEMENT OF AND HUMAN INTERACTION WITH HORSES - Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation
TO ADVANCE AND ENHANCE HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN - Als Association
TO DISCOVER TREATMENTS AND A CURE FOR ALS - Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation
PROVIDES SUPPORT TO TERMINALLY ILL THROUGH HOSPICE CARE - Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $20,250 | $500 |
| 2022 | 34 | $25,218 | $500 |
| 2023 | 2 | $11,600 | $5,800 |
| 2024 | 1 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
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. 59% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
- 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.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Watson 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: 9225 Indian Creek Parkway 1100A, Overland Park, KS, 66210. 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.
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