William T Kemper II Charitable Trust
Kansas City, MO · EIN 43-6337610. Reported 93 grants totalling $790,700 to 37 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. William T Kemper II Charitable Trust 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $85,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pembroke Hill School | Kansas City, MO | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Liberty Memorial Association Dba National World War I Museum and Memorial | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amethyst Place Inc | Kansas City, MO | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Royal Association | Kansas City, MO | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (mid-America Chapter) | Overland Park, KS | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | Kansas City, MO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys Club of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Happybottoms | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Liberty Memorial Association (nat'l Wwi Museum) | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union Station Kansas City Inc | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third and Long Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Chorale | Kansas City, MO | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Liberty Memorial Association Dba National World War I Museum | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Union Mission Inc | Kansas City, MO | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri Inc | Overland Park, KS | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Operation Breakthrough Inc | Kansas City, MO | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Kansas City, MO | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kc Healthy Kids | Kansas City, KS | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Archives of Mid-America Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America - Heart of America Council | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Historical Society | Independence, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kansas University Endowment Association | Lawrence, KS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Club Youth Camp Association Inc | Lees Summit, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildwood Outdoor Education Center Inc | Lacygne, KS | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| State Historical Society of Missouri | Columbia, MO | $12,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin County Historical Society Inc | Ottawa, KS | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harry S Truman Library Institute for National & International Affairs | Kansas City, MO | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc Dba Music Theater Heritage | Kansas City, MO | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Therapeutic Riding Inc | Stilwell, KS | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Derrick Thomasneil Smith Third and Long Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Council of Johnson County | Shawnee Mission, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northland Therapeutic Riding Center | Kearney, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Secret Order of the Key Incorporated | Olathe, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harry S Truman Library Institute for National & International Affai | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harry S Truman Library Institute | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 37 (70%) 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 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Kansas City
BIG FUTURES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Pembroke Hill School
USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES AS THEY SEE FIT FOR OPERATING THEIR ORGANIZATION. - Liberty Memorial Association (nat'l Wwi Museum)
USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES & ADMINISTRATION - Liberty Memorial Association Dba National World War I Museum and Memorial
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT- PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS - Liberty Memorial Association Dba National World War I Museum
GENERAL PUBLIC AND SCHOOL FIELD TRIP INITIATIVES - American Royal Association
AMERICAN ROYAL EQUINE PROGRAMS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $145,500 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 25 | $205,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $204,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $236,000 | $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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. William T Kemper II Charitable Trust has 14 of them, worth $200,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Hill School | Kansas City, MO | $50,000 |
| Pembroke Hill School | Kansas City, MO | $30,000 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc Dba Music Theater Heritage | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 |
| Pembroke Hill School | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (mid-America Chapter) | Overland Park, KS | $15,000 |
| Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third and Long Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 |
| Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third and Long Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 |
| Kansas City Chorale | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (mid-America Chapter) | Overland Park, KS | $5,000 |
| Kansas City Chorale | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 |
| Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third and Long Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 |
| Franklin County Historical Society Inc | Ottawa, KS | $2,500 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 84% 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 $5,000. 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 William T Kemper II Charitable Trust'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 419248, Kansas City, MO, 64141. 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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