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The Stowers Foundation

Name: The Stowers Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

79
grants reported: $22.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $250,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

campaign capital building school civic communication operation outreach

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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.

Vpkjl Fund8 grants · $5.7M
Stowers Institute for Medical Research6 grants · $4.7M
Operation Breakthrough7 grants · $2.7M
Gordon Parks Elementary School4 grants · $1.5M
Children'S Mercy Hospital3 grants · $1.5M
Rose Brooks4 grants · $1.1M
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund6 grants · $950,000
Warren Village4 grants · $825,000
Kcpga (Girls Preparatory Academy)3 grants · $750,000
Crossroads Preparatory Academy - Kc2 grants · $600,000

Giving over time

$4.7M

2021

$5.4M

2022

$6.0M

2023

$6.8M

2024

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$1.3M
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund general operations
$1.2M
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund communication and outreach activities at the school.
$1.2M
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund communication and outreach activities at the school.
$1.1M
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund communication and outreach activities at the school.
$1.0M
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund communication and outreach activities at the school.
$1.0M
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift to endowment in honor of sisters berta and corita
$1.0M
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$1.0M
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$1.0M
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations
$500,000
Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Kids first pediatric genomic project
$500,000
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$500,000
Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Kids first pediatric genomic project
$500,000
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$500,000
Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Kids first pediatric genomic project
$450,000
Gordon Parks Elementary School · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund operation of the school.
$433,103
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund capital campaign for purchase of new building & funding of general operations.
$433,103
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund capital campaign for purchase of new building & funding of general operations.
$400,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund general operations-medical.
$400,000
Gordon Parks Elementary School · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund operation of the school.
$350,000
Gordon Parks Elementary School · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund operation of the school.
$300,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$300,000
Rose Brooks · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$300,000
Gordon Parks Elementary School · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund operation of the school.
$300,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$300,000
Rose Brooks · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$300,000
Crossroads Preparatory Academy - Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund capital campaign - educational.
$300,000
Rose Brooks · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund general operations
$300,000
Crossroads Preparatory Academy - Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund capital campaign - educational.
$250,000
Scripps Translational Science Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2024
To fund mygene rank development
$250,000
Valley Hope Foundation · Norton, KS · 2024
To fund bridge to recovery program
$250,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund general operations
$250,000
Kcpga (Girls Preparatory Academy) · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund capital campaign for building - education
$250,000
Synergy Services · Parkville, MO · 2023
New shelters for women and families
$250,000
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$250,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2023
To fund general operations
$250,000
Kcpga (Girls Preparatory Academy) · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund capital campaign for building - education
$250,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
To fund general operations
$250,000
Kcpga (Girls Preparatory Academy) · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund capital campaign for building - education
$250,000
Rose Brooks · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations
$250,000
St Luke'S Marion Block Neuro Institute · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund memory disorders & behavior neurology center
$225,000
University of Kansas Endowment · Kansas City, KS · 2021
To fund precision medicine initiative
$200,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Completion of construction for campus
$175,000
First Call · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations-civic.
$160,000
Kansas City Hospice and Pallative Care · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund building and program renovations
$150,000
Vpkjl Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$133,103
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund capital campaign for purchase of new building & funding of general operations.
$133,103
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund capital campaign for purchase of new building & funding of general operations.
$125,000
First Call · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations-civic.
$125,000
First Call · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund general operations-civic.
$125,000
First Call · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations-civic.
$100,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$100,000
Kansas City Farm School at Gibbs Road · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund farmers on the rise program
$100,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations-medical.
$100,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations-medical.
$75,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2021
To fund general operations
$50,000
Forging Youth Resilience · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund camp fyr program
$50,000
Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope Fund · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund security services for campus
$50,000
The Phoenix · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund capital campaign
$50,000
The Phoenix · Denver, CO · 2022
Capital campaign
$40,000
Girls On the Run - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations
$38,000
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant to pay for portrait of founders
$30,000
Kansas Missouri Mental Health Collaborative · Prairie Village, KS · 2024
To fund general operations
$30,000
Kansas Missouri Mental Health Collaborative · Prairie Village, KS · 2023
To fund general operations
$30,000
Kansas Missouri Mental Health Collaborative · Prairie Village, KS · 2022
To fund general operations
$25,000
Elevate Metro Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Pawsperity · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$25,000
United We · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Womens' economic development initiatives
$25,000
Elevate Metro Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General operations
$25,000
United We · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Womens' economic development initiatives
$25,000
Elevate Metro Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2022
General operations
$20,000
Denver South Ptsa · Denver, CO · 2024
To fund giving grocery program
$19,000
Stowers Institute for Medical Research · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant to pay for portrait of murdered institute members
$15,000
Umkc · Kansas City, MO · 2024
To fund general operations
$15,000
Center for Practical Bioethics · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$15,000
Umkc · Kansas City, MO · 2023
To fund general operations
$15,000
Umkc · Kansas City, MO · 2022
To fund general operations
$15,000
Village Presbyterian Church · Prairie Village, KS · 2022
On going church activities
$15,000
Center for Practical Bioethics · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations-medicine & healthcare.
$10,000
The Grooming Project · Kansas City, MO · 2021
To fund general operations

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