About Caring Communities
To promote and support effective public/private partnerships and community involvement to develop innovative solutions for improving the lives of Missouri's children and families.
Focus Areas
child nutrition / hunger reliefcommunity developmentchild welfareeducation / school readinessyouth workforce readinessdata & policy (kids count)
Who They Fund
children and families experiencing food insecurityfathers and parenting caregiversseniors/older adultspeople reentering from incarcerationcommunity residents in urban and rural areas
Funding Style
About Caring Communities
A recurring pattern in Caring Communities Inc’s grantmaking is Missouri-based child nutrition work delivered through multiple channels, with individual awards reaching beyond standard small-grant levels. The largest recent grant in the data is $472,875 to The Global Orphan Project in Kansas City for a technology-based platform built to bring children and families needs to the community’s attention. That sits alongside a $470,000 grant the prior year to the same organization for food opportunities for children, showing sustained support for a food-access platform rather than a single short-term award. The foundation also backed Chapin Hall Center for Children in Chicago with $204,752 for a community pathway to prevention services, indicating interest in child and family systems work outside Missouri when the program fit is strong. Other large grants point to a mix of direct service, data, and service-delivery support, including fatherhood initiatives, reentry conference support, and trained service canines. Across the record, the foundation funds practical, program-level work aimed at improving conditions for children, families, and older adults, with many awards tied to implementation rather than broad unrestricted support.
What Caring Communities Funds
Child nutrition is the clearest line of giving. In 2024, Caring Communities Inc gave $57,550 to Columbia Center For Urban Agriculture for FOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, and in 2023 it gave $21,881 to Boys and Girls Club of Joplin for the same purpose. The foundation also supported school-based access points, such as $19,750 to Marionville R-9 and $10,000 to Springfield R-xii School District, both for FOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. Family and fatherhood programming is another focus: Good Dads received $191,088 in 2025 for Fatherhood Initiatives. The foundation has also backed systems and advocacy work, including $55,100 to The Curators of the University of Missouri in 2025 for Kids Count Data, Senior Report and LIFT MO, and $31,000 to Vision for Children at Risk for a LIFT MO advocate grant.
How Caring Communities Gives
Typical awards are modest but not tiny: the grant-size distribution is p25 $8,683, median $10,000, and p75 $30,402. That median lines up with many grants clustered around $10,000, while a smaller number of larger awards push the average higher. The recent record shows repeat funding to the same organizations over multiple years, including The Global Orphan Project, The Curators of the University of Missouri, Therapy Paws, Area Resources for Community and Human Services, and multiple Missouri food-access grantees. The pattern suggests a grantmaker that uses both one-time project support and ongoing renewals. The listed programs also show a mix of competitive grants and managed funding streams, with some opportunities explicitly accepting unsolicited proposals and others operating on a competitive basis.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.1M
Total Assets
$1.1M
Total Revenue
$4.2M
Total Expenses
$4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $30K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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