Funding search · EIN 261597133 · Clearwater, KS

Chris Mikesell Foundation

Name: Chris Mikesell Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

56
grants reported: $177,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

conservation community public camp expenses youth access avalanche

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “bartlett” · $21,000

$6,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2025
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$5,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2024
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$3,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2023
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$2,500
Legacy Regional Community Foundatio · Winfield, KS · 2023
Bartlett Arboretum Support
$4,500
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2022
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Western State Colorado Univ Foundation4 grants · $27,000
Crested Butte Land Trust4 grants · $20,000
Bartlett Arboretum4 grants · $18,500
Unicef USA3 grants · $14,000
Community Foundation of Gunnison Va4 grants · $14,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center4 grants · $12,000
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains3 grants · $10,000
Crested Butte Nordic Council3 grants · $8,000
Montrose Children'S Museum2 grants · $8,000
High Country Conservation Advocates3 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$45,500

2022

$45,000

2023

$43,000

2024

$43,500

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$7,000
Western State Colorado Univ Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2025
Wilderness Based Orientation and Wilderness Pursuits Programs Support
$7,000
Western State Colorado Univ Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2024
Wilderness Based Orientation and Wilderness Pursuits Programs Support
$7,000
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2022
Opportunity Fund-The Shutt Conservation Easement
$7,000
Western State Colorado Univ Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2022
Wilderness Based Orientation and Wilderness Pursuits Programs Support
$6,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2025
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$6,000
Unicef - Child Protection Ebola · New York City, NY · 2023
Humanitarian relief
$6,000
Western State Colorado Univ Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2023
Wilderness Based Orientation and Wilderness Pursuits Programs Support
$5,000
Community Foundation of Gunnison Va · Gunnison, CO · 2025
Community Grants
$5,000
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2025
Opportunity Fund-The Shutt Conservation Easement
$5,000
Unicef USA · New York City, NY · 2025
To Assist Children in Need
$5,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2024
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$5,000
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
Opportunity Fund-The Shutt Conservation Easement
$5,000
Montrose Children'S Museum · Montrose, CO · 2024
Museum Services for Children
$5,000
Unicef USA · New York City, NY · 2024
To Assist Children in Need
$5,000
Clearwater Community Foundation · Clearwater, KS · 2022
Tree Pocket Park Project
$5,000
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains · Hesston, KS · 2022
EPS-Earth Partnership for Schools Prairie Education Program
$4,500
Paradise Place Preschool · Crested Butte, CO · 2025
Scholarship/Programming Support
$4,500
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2022
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$4,000
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains · Hesston, KS · 2023
EPS-Earth Partnership for Schools Prairie Education Program
$4,000
Community Foundation of Gunnison Va · Gunnison, CO · 2022
Community Grants
$4,000
Unicef USA · New York City, NY · 2022
Humanitarian Relief
$3,000
Black Canyon High School · Montrose, CO · 2025
Outdoor Gym Project
$3,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2025
Assistance with New Snowmobile Purchase for avalanche observation & safety
$3,000
Community Foundation of Gunnison Va · Gunnison, CO · 2024
Community Grants
$3,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
Assistance with New Snowmobile Purchase for avalanche observation & safety
$3,000
Crested Butte Nordic Council · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
To provide funds to teach local youth to nordic ski
$3,000
Bartlett Arboretum · Belle Plaine, KS · 2023
2022 Treehouse Concert Series Sponsorship
$3,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2023
Assistance with New Snowmobile Purchase for avalanche observation & safety
$3,000
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2023
Opportunity Fund-The Shutt Conservation Easement
$3,000
Crested Butte Nordic Council · Crested Butte, CO · 2023
To provide funds to teach local youth to nordic ski
$3,000
High Country Conservation Advocates · Crested Butte, CO · 2023
General Operations
$3,000
Montrose Children'S Museum · Montrose, CO · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2022
Assistance with New Snowmobile Purchase for avalanche observation & safety
$2,500
Camp Horizon · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
General camp expenses
$2,500
Legacy Regional Community Foundatio · Winfield, KS · 2023
Bartlett Arboretum Support
$2,000
High Country Conservation Advocates · Crested Butte, CO · 2025
Environmental Conservation - Public Land Advocacy
$2,000
Community Foundation of Gunnison Va · Gunnison, CO · 2023
Community Grants
$2,000
Crested Butte Nordic Council · Crested Butte, CO · 2022
To provide funds to teach local youth to nordic ski
$1,000
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding C · Wichita, KS · 2025
To Assist Persons with Disabilities
$1,000
Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams · Holton, KS · 2025
To Support KAWS' Ongoing Conservation and Public Access Work
$1,000
The Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2025
Youth Camping Programs
$1,000
Camp Horizon · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
CAMP/Retreat operational EXPENSES
$1,000
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains · Hesston, KS · 2024
EPS-Earth Partnership for Schools Prairie Education Program
$1,000
Dzi Foundation · Ridgway, CO · 2024
Nepali community support
$1,000
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding C · Wichita, KS · 2024
To Assist Persons with Disabilities
$1,000
High Country Conservation Advocates · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
Environmental Conservation - Public Land Advocacy
$1,000
Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams · Holton, KS · 2024
To Support KAWS' Ongoing Conservation and Public Access Work
$1,000
The Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2024
Youth Camping Programs
$1,000
Dzi Foundation · Ridgway, CO · 2023
Nepali community support
$1,000
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding C · Wichita, KS · 2023
To Assist Persons with Disabilities
$1,000
Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams · Holton, KS · 2023
To Support KAWS' Ongoing Conservation and Public Access Work
$1,000
Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2023
General camp expenses
$1,000
Camp Horizon · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
General camp expenses
$1,000
Dzi Foundation · Ridgway, CO · 2022
Nepali community support
$1,000
Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams · Holton, KS · 2022
To Support KAWS' Ongoing Conservation and Public Access Work
$1,000
Keewaydin Foundation · Salisbury, VT · 2022
General camp expenses

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