Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarship
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 48-6104170. Reported 83 grants totalling $179,500 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarship 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $3,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Employment Network | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Research Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sertoma Inc | Jansas City, MO | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donnely College | Kansas City, KS | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Park University | Parkville, MO | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty, MO | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Assistance League of Kansas City | Gladstone, MO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northland Health Care Access | Kansas City, MO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Center Inc | Kansas City, MO | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas | Kansas City, MO | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kearney Enrichment Council | Kearney, MO | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kansas City Scholars Inc | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Literacy Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Horizon Academy | Roeland Park, KS | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shepherds Center of Kansas City | Kansas City, KS | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Avila University | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Belton Educational Foundation | Belton, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City | Leawood, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chandlerturner Scholarship Fund | Kansas City, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christian School Association of York | York, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Educational Excellence Foundation | Carrollton, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kc Scholarsinc | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northland Early Education Center | Kansas City, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oak Ridge Youth Development School | Kansas City, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rockhurst University | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Saint Mary | Leavenworth, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arkansas Diversity Summit | Maumelle, AR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Kansas City | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls of Greater Kc | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Abuse Prevention Assn Kc | Independence, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Donnelly College | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Jobs Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Futures Early Education Center | Overland Park, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hispanic Development Fund | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Center Inc | Waukesha, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College Fou | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kc Blind Allstars Foundation | Kansas City, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lees Summit Cares Inc | Lees Summit, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northeast Community Center | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northland Early Education Center | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The HIV League | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University Academy Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Symphony of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dual Credit Consultation Services | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Full Steam Ahead | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justus System Inc | Riverside, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Architectural Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lees Summit Educational Foundation Inc | Lees Summit, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
18 of 51 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 37%, across 3 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $58,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 23 | $48,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 19 | $42,000 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 16 | $31,500 | $2,000 |
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. 68% 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 $2,500. 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 Martin Mary Elizabeth Scholarship's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. 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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