To increase charitable giving and educate and connect donors to needs they care about.
Greater Horizons Trust’s largest recent grants show a very specific pattern: it channels multi-million-dollar support to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, with awards of $12,054,053 in 2025, $7,400,798 in 2024, and $2,621,134 in 2023. That repeated recipient signals a funder built around donor-advised and donor-directed philanthropy rather than a broad open grant portfolio. The foundation’s stated purpose is to increase charitable giving and educate and connect donors to needs they care about, and its active programs reflect that role through corporate giving services, international grants facilitation, and impact investing menus. Those services include corporate donor-advised funds, corporate foundations, scholarship funds, and grant programs that distribute money on behalf of companies. The organization also works with private impact investments and recoverable grants through CapShift, extending donor capital into revenue-generating nonprofit programs and longer-term impact-focused vehicles. Its public-facing grantmaking is closely tied to philanthropy promotion, volunteerism, and nonprofit sector support.
A central theme in Greater Horizons Trust’s work is philanthropy promotion and education. The clearest example is the $12,054,053 grant to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation for philanthropy and volunteerism, which points to a funding relationship tied to donor engagement rather than a single program area. The same theme appears in the foundation’s stated mission to increase charitable giving and connect donors to the needs they care about. The foundation also supports corporate philanthropy infrastructure. Through its grantmaking programs, it helps establish corporate donor-advised funds, corporate foundations, scholarship funds, and grant programs that distribute money on behalf of companies. Scholarship funds and education are explicit parts of that service menu. Another area is impact investing. Greater Horizons Trust offers private impact investments and recoverable grants for environment, housing, education, and revenue-generating nonprofit programs, including international options through donor-directed grants.
Greater Horizons Trust’s grant sizes are large by design: the p25 is $3,816,050, the median is $5,010,966, and the p75 is $6,205,882. The recent grant list shows a repeated recipient across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests recurring support rather than one-off awards. The organization is a Pure DAF Provider, and its programs are built around donor-advised funds, corporate giving services, international grant facilitation, and impact investing. It does not fund individuals directly. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the listed program descriptions.
$12.1M
$59.4M
$10.1M
$12.9M
Most grants fall between $3.8M and $6.2M, with a median of $5M.
25th Percentile
$3.8M
Median
$5M
75th Percentile
$6.2M
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Giving is highly concentrated. All listed recent grants went to recipients in the United States, and 100% of grants were awarded to recipients in the HQ state of Missouri. The recipient city that appears in the recent grants is Kansas City, which is also where the largest awards landed. Program geography is broader than the recent grant list, with international facilitation available for donor-directed grants and international options included in the impact investing menu.
Its stated focus areas include donor-advised funds, complex asset donations, corporate giving and corporate foundations, scholarship funds and education, impact investing, and international grantmaking. The active program descriptions also connect this to philanthropy promotion, volunteerism, and nonprofit sector strengthening.
No. The listed program descriptions for grantmaking programs, impact investing, international grants facilitation, and recoverable grants all say unsolicited applications are not accepted.
The typical grant size is large: p25 is $3,816,050, median is $5,010,966, and p75 is $6,205,882. The recent grant list also includes awards above $7 million and above $12 million.
The geographic scope of giving is local, and the recent grant data shows 100% of grants to recipients in Missouri. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
Yes, through an International Grants Facilitation program that works with Paragon Philanthropy to conduct due diligence and ensure compliance with U.S. law and donor intent. The impact investing menu also includes international options on a donor-directed or case-by-case basis.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Greater Horizons Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Grants must comply with U.S. laws governing grants made outside the U.S., including IRS rules and the Patriot Act. International charities must pass due diligence screening and show capacity to carry out the donation purpose.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Kansas City Community Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $12,054,053 | 2025 | Philanthropy, Volunteerism |
| Greater Kansas City Community Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $7,400,798 | 2024 | Philanthropy, Volunteerism |
| GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | KANSAS CITY, MO | $2,621,134 | 2023 | PHILANTHROPY VOLUNTEERISM |
Philanthropy, Volunteerism
