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Private foundation (trust)EIN 205667031Est. 2006-11

THE SHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

MISSION WOODS, KS 662053606

Total Assets

$62.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$5.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

116

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$47K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$508K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$6.7M

Total Expenses

$6.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$6.0M

Distributable Amount

$2.9M

Min. Investment Return

$3.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

116 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $20K to maximum $508K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $5.6M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

UMKC FOUNDATION
$2.4M
5 grants
CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY
$1.7M
4 grants
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH
$1.0M
5 grants
TEACH FOR AMERICA
$930K
5 grants
ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL
$901K
4 grants
KANSAS CITY TEACHER RESIDENCY
$850K
3 grants
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER SCHOOL
$623K
3 grants
CORNERSTONES OF CARE
$521K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
119
grants
$10–50K
255
grants
$50–250K
111
grants
$250K–1M
15
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Missouri
$23.1M
88% of total
Kansas
$2.4M
9% of total
Massachusetts
$426K
2% of total
New York
$185K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$70K
0% of total
Minnesota
$50K
0% of total
Tennessee
$44K
0% of total
Louisiana
$38K
0% of total
Florida
$10K
0% of total
Georgia
$4K
0% of total

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