Cultivation Funding
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Focus: Supporting organizations in early stages of program growth with the goal of preparing them for eventual Core Funding eligibility.
Geographic Scope: Jackson County, Missouri
Service Areas: Aligns with the same 10 service areas as Core Funding:
- Counseling and Assessment
- Crisis Intervention
- Family Support Interventions
- Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment
- Outpatient Substance Use Treatment
- Prevention Services
- Respite Care
- Supports for Teen Parents
- Temporary Shelter
- Transitional Living
Funding Purpose:
- Fully develop programming
- Strengthen organizational capacity
- Prepare organizations for future Core Funding success
Selection Process: Cultivation Funding recipients are chosen through requests for Core Funding. Organizations apply for Core Funding and may be selected for Cultivation support instead.
What Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 252
- Total given
- $27.44M
- Median grant
- $72K
- Range
- $5,625–$419K
- By dollars: Missouri 97%, Kansas 3%, Maryland <1%. Top recipient cities: Kansas City, MO; Independence, MO; Lees Summit, MO.
- <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 39% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Independence School District · Independence, MO
Isd family services care
$419K
Foster Adopt Connect · Independence, MO
Collaboration
$410K
Evangelical Children's Home DBA Every Child's Hope · Kansas City, MO
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$375K
Niles Home for Children DBA KVC Niles · Kansas City, MO
Helping youth heal from trauma
$360K
School Smart KC · Kansas City, MO
Collaboration
$356K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Mental health
- Child welfare
- Nonprofits
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