The DeBruce Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so do not send it a cold proposal; if your work fits its economic growth, opportunity and career pathways mission, look for an introduction through someone who knows it.
• Its website says it develops career tools and works with partners rather than focusing on grant-making, and it selects partners whose missions align with its goals and impact, so a relationship-led approach is likely to matter most.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $1,000 and $40,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $5,000 or less, so a modest request is the most realistic size to aim for, although its largest grant has been $250,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• Half of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first gift may be a useful step towards repeat support.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Umkc · General charitable purposes
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Kansas City Repertory Theatre · General charitable purposes
  $20,0002024 tax year
• Umkc Henry Bloch School Of Management · General charitable purposes
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Umkc Trustees · General charitable purposes
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Jewish Community Relations Bureauajc · General charitable purposes
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Friends of Boca Grande · General charitable purposes
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Show-Me Institute · General charitable purposes
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Ku Endowment Association · General charitable purposes
  $7,5002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.