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John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust

Name: John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust grants, 2022–2025
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.

175
grants reported: $8.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

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Top recipients

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

Donnelly College3 grants · $800,000
Kansas University Endowment Association3 grants · $750,000
Adventhealth Foundation2 grants · $600,000
Truman Medical Center Charitable2 grants · $400,000
Kansas City Kansas Community1 grant · $300,000
Kansas City Ks Community College1 grant · $300,000
Kansas City Hospice4 grants · $280,000
Kansas City Kansas Community College Fdn1 grant · $250,000
Kansas University Endowment1 grant · $250,000
Ottawa University2 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$2.2M

2022

$2.1M

2023

$2.0M

2024

$2.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 175 grants.

$500,000
Donnelly College · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Support the transformations
$300,000
Adventhealth Foundation · Merriam, KS · 2024
Support eleka unity
$300,000
Adventhealth Foundation · Merriam, KS · 2023
Support eleka unity
$300,000
Kansas City Ks Community College · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general
$300,000
Kansas City Kansas Community · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Education, health &
$250,000
Kansas City Kansas Community College Fdn · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Automation engineering
$250,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2025
21st century cancer
$250,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Professorship in cellular
$250,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2024
21st century cancer
$250,000
Kansas University Endowment · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Professorship in cellular
$200,000
Truman Medical Center Charitable · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Delivering hope: women &
$200,000
Donnelly College · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Support nursing facility
$200,000
Truman Medical Center Charitable · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Delivering hope: women &
$125,000
Pro Deo Youth Center · Lees Summit, MO · 2025
Support youth center at the
$100,000
Donnelly College · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Nursing new learning
$100,000
Shelter Kc Dba Kansas City Rescue · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Expansion of kansas city
$100,000
Friendship Inn Kc · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Babe's place at friendship
$100,000
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2024
Launch pa ms degree program
$100,000
Jewish Community Center of Greater · Overland Park, KS · 2023
Jccc nerman museum
$100,000
Swope Parkway Health Center · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support new health clinic
$100,000
El Centro · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$100,000
Kids Tlc · Olathe, KS · 2022
Rooted in hope: capital
$100,000
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2022
Support for sim labs
$75,000
Arts Council of Metro Greater Kc · Kansas, MO · 2025
Advance artkcs equitable
$75,000
Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Solace house center for
$75,000
Young Women On the Move · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Discovery ctr for stem,
$75,000
Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Program support for solace
$70,000
Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Solace house center for
$60,000
Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Solace house center for
$50,000
Assistance League of Kansas City · Gladstone, MO · 2025
Support "threads2thrive"
$50,000
Turner House Clinic Inc Dba · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Arts Council of Metro Greater Kc · Kansas, MO · 2024
Advance artkcs equitable
$50,000
Vibrant Health · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Arts Council of Metropolitan Greater · Kansas, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Cross-Lines Cooperative Council · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Support housing
$50,000
Kcpt - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Preventing sexual violence
$50,000
Torah Learning Center · Overland Park, KS · 2023
Support for building
$50,000
Vibrant Health · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Kcpt - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$50,000
Metropolitan Arts Council of · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Advance artskc's equitable
$50,000
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Preventing sexual violence
$48,750
Jewish Community Center of Greater · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Customer relations mgmt
$45,000
El Centro · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Support project
$40,000
Kids Tlc · Olathe, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$40,000
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Preventing sexual violence
$40,000
Kids Tlc · Olathe, KS · 2023
Support the infinity
$40,000
The Literacy Lab · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted general
$40,000
Family Conservancy · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Early education workforce &
$40,000
Kc Healthy Kids · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$40,000
Safehome · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$39,000
Northeast Community Center · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Music & mentoring at
$37,000
Northeast Community Center · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Music & mentoring at
$35,000
Children'S Center for the Visually · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Cortical vision awareness &
$35,000
Community Health Council Wyandotte · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$35,000
El Centro · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general
$35,000
Northeast Community Center · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Symphonic experience at
$35,000
Kc Healthy Kids · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general
$35,000
Kansas City Medical Society · Lenexa, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Casa of Johnson & Wyandotte · Overland Park, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Child Protection Center · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Family Conservancy · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Early education workforce &
$30,000
Foster Adopt Connect · Independence, MO · 2025
In-home behavioral
$30,000
Gan Chabad Torah Center · Overland Park, KS · 2025
Provide kosher meals on
$30,000
Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
2025-2026 season in-school
$30,000
Northeast Community Center · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support harmony project kc
$30,000
Kcpt - Public Television 19 · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Preventing sexual violence
$30,000
Family Conservancy · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Early education workforce &
$30,000
Synergy Services · Parkville, MO · 2023
Support teens & tots clinic
$30,000
Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders · Prairie Village, KS · 2022
Alz cares for greater
$30,000
Greater Kansas City Community · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Happybottoms · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support opera unlocked
$30,000
Mercy & Truth Medical Missions · Kansas City, KS · 2022
First full time medical
$30,000
Performing Arts Foundation of · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Hearing loop technology at
$30,000
Sunflower House · Shawnee, KS · 2022
Child abuse prevention
$30,000
Synergy Services · Parkville, MO · 2022
Support teens & tots clinic
$25,000
Archdiocese of Kansas City Fbo · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Marketable jobs & education
$25,000
Mercy & Truth Medical Missions · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Safehome · Overland Park, KS · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Seton Center · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Sunflower House · Shawnee, KS · 2025
Child abuse prevention
$25,000
Casa of Johnson & Wyandotte · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Expand child advocacy
$25,000
Catholic Charities of Ne Kansas · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Support for asset
$25,000
Bishop Ward High School · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Support the cyclone center
$25,000
Catholic Charities of Ne Kansas · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Northeast kansas' asset
$25,000
Community Health Council of Wyandotte · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Folly Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Strategic plan initiative
$25,000
Giving the Basics · Bucyrus, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Seton Center · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Sunflower House · Shawnee, KS · 2023
Child abuse prevention
$25,000
University of St Mary · Leavenworth, KS · 2023
Cybersecurity center for
$25,000
Brain Injury Association of Ks & · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Caritas Clinics · Leavenworth, KS · 2022
Unrestricted support for
$25,000
Casa of Johnson & Wyandotte · Mission, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Giving the Basics · Bucyrus, KS · 2022
Addition of schools from
$25,000
Hillcrest Ministries of Midamerica · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support for transitional
$25,000
Phoenix Family Housing Corporation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
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