Funding search · EIN 431492132 · Kansas City, MO

The Francis Family Foundation

Name: The Francis Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

547
grants reported: $14.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Kcpbs - Public Television 193 grants · $851,000
United Palestinian Appeal3 grants · $750,000
Stanford University3 grants · $657,500
Vanderbilt University Medical Center3 grants · $377,500
Yale University3 grants · $357,500
Cornell University3 grants · $322,500
Friends of the Zoo3 grants · $319,000
Reconciliation Services3 grants · $300,000
Massachusetts General Hospital2 grants · $300,000
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art3 grants · $273,500

Giving over time

$5.8M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$4.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 547 grants.

$301,000
Kcpbs - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support designated by david v. Francis
$300,000
Kcpbs - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
United Palestinian Appeal · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Unrwa USA · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Kcpbs - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
United Palestinian Appeal · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
United Palestinian Appeal · Washington, DC · 2022
Discretionary award
$242,500
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$225,000
Stanford University · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship
$225,000
Stanford University · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Fellowship - general grant
$207,500
Stanford University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Fellowship
$199,367
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$170,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Fellowship
$150,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Fellowship
$150,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Fellowship
$150,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Fellowship
$150,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General support
$150,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Fellowship
$150,000
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Fellowship - general grant
$141,500
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$132,500
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Fellowship
$132,500
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
Fellowship
$132,500
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Fellowship
$132,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Fellowship - general grant
$112,500
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Fellowship
$111,250
The National Museum of Toys & Miniatures · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$109,241
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Fellowship
$109,000
Friends of the Zoo · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$107,000
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - school and educator programs
$105,000
Friends of the Zoo · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$105,000
Friends of the Zoo · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Reconciliation Services · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Reconciliation Services · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Earlysart · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General support
$100,000
Reconciliation Services · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$100,000
The Family Conservancy · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Fellowship
$85,000
Artskc - Regional Arts Council · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$84,500
Kansas City Ballet · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - general operating support
$75,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Texas Biomedical Research Institute · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · Dallas, TX · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Trustees of Boston University · New York, NY · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
University of Colorado Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Fellowship
$75,000
Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Duke University School of Medicine · Durham, NC · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
University of California at San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Fellowship
$75,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Fellowship - general grant
$75,000
Cincinnati Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General support
$75,000
Englewood Arts · Independence, MO · 2022
General support
$75,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Fellowship - general grant
$75,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General support
$75,000
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2022
General support
$75,000
The University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2022
Support to dr janssen-heininger (mentor) & dr corteselli (fellow) program
$75,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Fellowship
$75,000
University of British Columbia · 2022
Fellowship
$75,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General support
$70,000
Kansas City Ballet · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$67,500
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - 2020/21 youth education and community engagement programs
$65,000
Kansas City Young Audiences · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - emergency funding during covid-19 crisis large arts grant
$61,861
American Thoracic Society · New York, NY · 2022
Fellowship
$60,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022
Discretionary award
$59,031
Northwestern University (Terminated) · Evanston, IL · 2022
Fellowship - general grant - designated by luisa morales-nebreda
$55,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
General operating support
$51,186
Kansas University Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Fellowship
$50,000
Englewood Arts · Independence, MO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Kc Girls Preparatory Academy Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Minddrive · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Spencer Museum of Art · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Uncornered · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Kc Girls Preparatory Academy Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Minddrive · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Kc Girls Preparatory Academy Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support designated by j. Scott francis
$50,000
Metro Organizational for Racial and Economic Equity · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$50,000
Mid-America Regional Council · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Annual support
$50,000
Minddrive · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support designated by david v. Francis
$50,000
Missouri Jobs With Justice · St Louis, MO · 2022
Grant
$50,000
Start at Zero · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Fellowship
$50,000
Turn the Page Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Fellowship
$50,000
Urban Ranger Corps · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Discretionary award
$46,977
Kansas University Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Fellowship
$45,770
University of Kansas Medical Center · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Grant - pbf fellowgip program
$45,000
Artskc · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operating support
$45,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - general operating support
$44,400
Kansas City Art Institute · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - general operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.