Open Foundations · Missouri

Sosland Foundation

Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 446007129. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.3M across 131 grants in 2024, a median of $5K each.

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$4.3M
paid in 2024
131
grants paid
$5K
median grant
7%
to first-time recipients
$53.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DEBBIE SOSLAND-EDELMAN
Address
2345 GRAND BLVD STE 1950, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64108
Phone
8167561000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE IN WRITTEN FORM TO PROVIDE: A CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, BACKGROUND ON THE PROPOSING ORGANIZATION, A BUDGET OUTLINING HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT AND OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME, A LIST OF OTHER POSSIBLE SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT TAX EXEMPT RULING FROM THE IRS.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
AWARDS WILL GENERALLY BE MADE IN EXCESS OF $1,000. GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ARE TO BE AT 50% OF THE TOTAL AWARDS EACH YEAR. PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533219349101443. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

social welfarecultural artsjewishhealtheducation

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 131 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Congregation Beth ShalomMO$1,051,626JEWISH
2Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas CityMO$570,250JEWISH
3Hyman Brand Hebrew AcademyMO$441,180JEWISH
4Children's Mercy HospitalMO$200,000HEALTH
5Pembroke Hill SchoolMO$156,250EDUCATION
6Jewish Family ServicesMO$135,000JEWISH
7Truman Library InstituteMO$114,000EDUCATION
8Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO$100,000SOCIAL WELFARE
9Kansas City Girls Preperatory AcademyMO$100,000EDUCATION
10Schechter InstitutetaliMO$100,000JEWISH
11Kansas City Art InstituteMO$77,500CULTURAL ARTS
12Rockhurst UniversityMO$62,500EDUCATION
13The New Reform TempleMO$62,500JEWISH
14Union Station Kansas CityMO$52,500CULTURAL ARTS
15GoodwillMO$50,000SOCIAL WELFARE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020178$3.6M
2021154$4.4M
2022153$4.5M
2023126$4.1M
2024131$4.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Missouri100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Blanche E SoslandDIRECTOR · 2024
Charles S SoslandCHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR · 2024
David N SoslandDIRECTOR · 2024
Deborah Sosland-edelmanASST SECRETARY, ASST TREAS · 2024
L Joshua SoslandDIRECTOR · 2024
Meyer J SoslandTREASURER · 2024
Neil N SoslandSECRETARY, DIRECTOR · 2024
Sarah SoslandDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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