Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable
Dallas, TX · EIN 43-6223957. Reported 95 grants totalling $798,500 to 50 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesner Puppet Theater | Kansas City, MO | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Theater Heritage Inc | Kansas City, MO | $42,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Chamber Orchestra | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Johnson County | Overland Park, KS | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Serve the World Charities Inc | Kansas City, MO | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johnson County Library Foundation | Overland Park, KS | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Relations Council | Kansas City, MO | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Symphony Association of Kansas City Inc | Kansas City, MO | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid America Arts Alliance | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heartland Men's Chorus | Kansas City, MO | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coterie Inc | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City in Motion Dance Theatre Inc | Kansas City, MO | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bethel Neighborhood Center | Kansas City, KS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County | Kansas City, KS | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Heartland Chamber Music | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Young Audiences Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Redemptorist Social Services Center Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pcs for People | Saint Paul, MN | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Theatre Young America Inc | Kansas City, MO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Conflict Resolution | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chwc Inc | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Housing of Wyandotte County Aka Chwc Inc | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gateway Hope Ministries Inc | Olathe, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Global One Urban Farming | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healing House Inc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nurture Kc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rightfully Sewn | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shepherds Center of Kansas City | Kansas City, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sherwood Autism Center | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Coterie Theatre Inc | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Farmer's House Inc | Weston, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yates Branch Inc | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Free Eye Clinic | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Symphony Assn of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Engagement Fdn of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bach Aria Soloists | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interurban Arthouse | Overland Park, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Jazz Alive | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parkinson Exercise & Wellness Center | Overland Park, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pets for Life | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club Youth Camp Association | Lees Summit, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Area Youth Jazz | Leavenworth, KS | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
19 of 50 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 51%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
SUPPORT ARTSKC INTERNSHIP - Kansas City Ballet Association
SUPPORT REACH OUT AND DANCE - Musical Theater Heritage Inc
SUPPORT MTH EDUCATION AND - Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
SUPPORT 2023-2024 CONCERT - Mesner Puppet Theater
SUPPORT FOR WHAT IF PUPPETS - Global One Urban Farming
CAPACITY BUILDING IN A FOOD
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 68 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17 | $143,000 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 19 | $179,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $154,000 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $153,500 | $8,750 |
| 2024 | 21 | $169,000 | $7,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
79% of its giving went to organizations in Missouri. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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