Previous Grants
Catholic Education Foundation
$1,000,000 | 2025
Fund tuition assistance to help children attend Catholic grade schools, expanding educational access for families with demonstrated financial need.
Happy Bottoms
$1,200,000 | 2025
Provide transformative support to expand diaper access for families in need, significantly increasing HappyBottoms’ capacity to serve more households across the Kansas City region.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
$1,000,000 | 2024
Support the aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City
$1,000,000 | 2024
Advance financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and workforce readiness programs for students throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Urban Market Initiative
$2,000,000 | 2024
Support community-driven food access, local entrepreneurship, and economic development initiatives focused on underserved neighborhoods.
Mother’s Refuge
$250,000 | 2024
Support housing, care, and stability services for pregnant women in crisis, helping provide safe shelter and pathways to independence.
Donnelly College
$5,000,000 | 2024
Provide scholarship funding to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing higher education.
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas
$6,000,000 | 2024
Provide essential services - food assistance, housing support, adoption services, and employment help - across 21 counties in the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.
Variety KC
$200,000 | 2023
Our gift helped Variety KC provide adaptive bikes and mobility vehicles for children with special needs and create an inclusive airport playground accessible to all.
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School
$3,800,000 | 2023
Funded three education pathways in Health Sciences, Engineering and Business, plus two multipurpose rooms, two new art classrooms, a band room, a new theatre classroom, a lab and a new track & field facility.
Pathway Education
$1,000,000 | 2021
Providing financial education for teenagers, adults and business owners in disadvantaged communities and beyond.
Catholic Charities of Kansas City
$2,450,000 | 2021
Provide the funding to launch two new food pantry programs, officially known as Lift Up Food Pantries, expanding food access for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity.
Trees for the Future
$7,000,000 | 2021
Support farmers in impoverished countries, which helps their mission of ending poverty and hunger by training farmers to regenerate their land.
Our Rescue
$8,000,000 | 2020
Our contribution supports the mission of preventing human trafficking, protecting vulnerable children and supporting survivors in rebuilding their lives.
Harvesters
$10,000,000 | 2020
Provide major support to address food insecurity across the Kansas City region, significantly expanding access to food assistance during a period of heightened community need.
BE Smith Center
$700,000 | 2019
Providing therapy and education for children with special needs.
Giving the Basics
$1,000,000 | 2018
Give Back Kansas (Scholarships)
$3,000,000 | 2017
Established the Give Back Kansas scholarship and mentorship program to support high-performing, disadvantaged students pursuing higher education.
Hope Distribution Center
$1,000,000 | 2014
To purchase a building that will serve as the central location for food distribution across 21 counties.