Funding search · EIN 436816063 · Mission Hills, KS

Linda T Watson Family Foundation

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

68
grants reported
$385,597
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Children'S Mercy Hospital4 grants · $197,000
  • Harvesters3 grants · $23,000
  • Maddie'S Mission2 grants · $20,000
  • Kansas City Chorale4 grants · $17,000
  • Temple Israel4 grants · $15,936
  • The New Reform Temple4 grants · $15,761
  • Kansas City Pbs3 grants · $9,000
  • Kansas City Hospice3 grants · $9,000
  • The Folly Theater3 grants · $8,000
  • Kauffman Center2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$92,400
2022
$101,866
2023
$84,588
2024
$106,743
2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

  • $51,000

    Children'S Mercy Hospital · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $51,000

    Children'S Mercy Hospital · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $50,000

    Children'S Mercy Hospital · Overland Park, KS · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $45,000

    Children'S Mercy Hospital · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $10,000

    Harvesters · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $10,000

    Maddie'S Mission · Prairie Village, KS · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $10,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $10,000

    Maddie'S Mission · Prairie Village, KS · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $6,500

    Harvesters · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $6,500

    Harvesters · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $5,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $5,000

    The Folly Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $5,000

    The Rabbit Hole · North Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $4,371

    The New Reform Temple · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $4,340

    The New Reform Temple · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $4,272

    Temple Israel · Prairie Village, KS · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $4,248

    Temple Israel · Prairie Village, KS · 2024

    Various program activities

  • $4,100

    The New Reform Temple · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $4,000

    Kauffman Center · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $4,000

    Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $4,000

    Kauffman Center · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $3,816

    Temple Israel · Prairie Village, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $3,600

    Temple Israel · Prairie Village, KS · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $3,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $3,000

    Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $3,000

    Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $3,000

    Kansas City Hospice · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,950

    The New Reform Temple · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,600

    Jewish Federation · Overland Park, KS · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $2,600

    Jewish Federation · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,600

    Jewish Federation · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,100

    Barstow School · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Barstow School Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Kemper Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    United Way of Greater Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Barstow School · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Mayo Foundation · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    The Folly Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    United Way of Greater Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $2,000

    Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,500

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $1,250

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,250

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Midwest Center for Holocaust Education · Leawood, KS · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Kemper Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Midwest Center for Holocaust Education · Leawood, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Safehome · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    The Folly Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Kemper Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Midwest Center for Holocaust Education · Leawood, KS · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Safehome · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Various program activities

  • $500

    Horizon Academy · Roeland Park, KS · 2023

    Various program activities

  • $500

    No 2 Opiods · Mays Landing, NJ · 2022

    Various program activities

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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.