About Sosland Foundation
The Sosland Foundation is a highly focused, Kansas City–centered funder that concentrates almost exclusively on Jewish communal life. Their giving is dominated by a small number of large grants to core local institutions—synagogue operations, the Jewish federation, and Jewish day school education—indicating an emphasis on sustaining institutional infrastructure and community services. The foundation appears to provide substantial, repeat support to flagship organizations rather than many small, one-off gifts.
Focus Areas
Support for local synagogue operations (Congregation Beth Shalom)Funding for Jewish communal infrastructure and federation programming (Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City)Jewish day school and supplemental Jewish education (Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy)Local Kansas City Jewish community capacity and endowment support
Who They Fund
artists and arts audienceslow-income and vulnerable community memberslocal communities served by social service organizationsecosystems and public beneficiaries of environmental work
About Sosland Foundation
The Sosland Foundation’s largest recent gifts go to Congregation Beth Shalom and the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, which signals a grantmaking pattern centered on Jewish communal infrastructure in Kansas City. Across the recent grants list, the foundation repeatedly backs institutions that anchor religious, educational, and social-service life for the local Jewish community. That includes major support for Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, along with continuing awards to federation programming and synagogue operations. The foundation also extends that same local focus to other Kansas City organizations that serve broader community needs. Recent grants include support for Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy, Pembroke Hill School, Jewish Family Services, and Reconciliation Services, showing a portfolio that combines Jewish-specific giving with health, education, and social welfare commitments. Several of the largest awards are repeated across multiple years, suggesting sustained support rather than isolated project funding. The pattern is highly concentrated: the recipient list is entirely in Missouri, and the grants are almost all located in Kansas City. The Sosland Foundation’s public grant profile therefore reads less like a broad thematic funder and more like a locally anchored institutional supporter with a strong preference for established organizations that provide ongoing services, education, and community stability.
What Sosland Foundation Funds
Jewish community support is the clearest thread in the recent grants. The foundation gave $441,180 to Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in 2025, $135,000 to Jewish Family Services in 2025, and $100,000 to Schechter Institutetali in 2025, alongside larger federation and synagogue awards elsewhere in the record. Education is another major area. Recent awards include $175,000 to Kansas City Girls Preperatory Academy in 2025, $156,250 to Pembroke Hill School in 2025, and $114,000 to the Truman Library Institute in 2025. The same names recur in earlier years, including Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy, Pembroke Hill School, and the Truman Library Institute. Health and social welfare also appear in the portfolio. Children’s Mercy Hospital received $200,000 in 2025, and Reconciliation Services received $134,000 in 2025. Harvesters received $108,000 in 2023. These gifts fit the foundation’s stated interest in helping people become healthy, self-reliant, and contributing members of society.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.3M
Total Assets
$53.9M
Total Revenue
$5.8M
Total Expenses
$5.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500 and $25K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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