Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable
Dallas, TX · EIN 43-6223957. Reported 95 grants totalling $798,500 to 50 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesner Puppet Theater | Kansas City, MO | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | Kansas City, MO | $42,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Chamber Orchestra | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Johnson County | Overland Park, KS | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Serve the World Charities Inc | Kansas City, MO | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johnson County Library Foundation | Overland Park, KS | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Relations Council | Kansas City, MO | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Symphony Association of Kansas City Inc | Kansas City, MO | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid America Arts Alliance | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heartland Men's Chorus | Kansas City, MO | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coterie Inc | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City in Motion Dance Theatre Inc | Kansas City, MO | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bethel Neighborhood Center | Kansas City, KS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County | Kansas City, KS | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Heartland Chamber Music | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Young Audiences Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Redemptorist Social Services Center Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pcs for People | Saint Paul, MN | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Theatre Young America Inc | Kansas City, MO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Conflict Resolution | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chwc Inc | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County Aka Chwc Inc | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gateway Hope Ministries Inc | Olathe, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global One Urban Farming | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healing House Inc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nurture Kc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rightfully Sewn | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shepherds Center of Kansas City | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sherwood Autism Center | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Coterie Theatre Inc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Farmer's House Inc | Weston, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yates Branch Inc | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Free Eye Clinic | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Symphony Assn of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Engagement Fdn of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bach Aria Soloists | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interurban Arthouse | Overland Park, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Jazz Alive | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Exercise & Wellness Center | Overland Park, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pets for Life | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club Youth Camp Association | Lees Summit, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Area Youth Jazz | Leavenworth, KS | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
19 of 50 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 51%, across 4 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.
- Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
SUPPORT ARTSKC INTERNSHIP - Kansas City Ballet Association
SUPPORT REACH OUT AND DANCE - Musical Theater Heritage Inc
SUPPORT MTH EDUCATION AND - Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
SUPPORT 2023-2024 CONCERT - Mesner Puppet Theater
SUPPORT FOR WHAT IF PUPPETS - Global One Urban Farming
CAPACITY BUILDING IN A FOOD
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 64 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17 | $143,000 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 19 | $179,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $154,000 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $153,500 | $8,750 |
| 2024 | 21 | $169,000 | $7,500 |
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. 79% 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 $7,500. 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 Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. 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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