Funding search · EIN 481022361 · Wichita, KS

Wichita Foundation

Name: Wichita Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

594
grants reported: $25.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $17,975
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Wichita Art Museum4 grants · $1.5M
Usd 259 - Wichita Public Schools - Controller3 grants · $1.2M
Family Promise of Greater Wichita3 grants · $743,954
Beacon Media3 grants · $676,200
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation4 grants · $653,652
Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement3 grants · $598,888
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd4 grants · $574,213
Heartspring Legacy Foundation1 grant · $462,000
Ict Sos3 grants · $461,261
United Way of the Plains4 grants · $459,952

Giving over time

$5.5M

2021

$5.4M

2022

$7.6M

2023

$6.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 594 grants.

$661,181
Usd 259 - Wichita Public Schools - Controller · Wichita, KS · 2024
Fy 2025 education edge disbursements
$462,000
Heartspring Legacy Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2023
Existing facility upgrades and enhancements
$453,000
Family Promise of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2022
Transitional housing for sustainable independence program, in memory of robert c. Foulston, fund a need - 2022 gala
$432,003
Wichita Art Museum · Wichita, KS · 2021
Patricia mcdonnell annual lecture endowment, general purposes, wam art access fund
$430,355
Wichita Art Museum · Wichita, KS · 2023
2023 wooden reimbursements, wam art access fund, annual distribution
$395,000
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd · Wichita, KS · 2024
The second century campaign, general purposes
$370,622
Trees for Life · Wichita, KS · 2023
Support of sehgal project, general purposes
$361,000
Ict Sos · Wichita, KS · 2024
Ict sos support group childcare, support of our place campaign, training for development director.
$333,800
Usd 259 - Wichita Public Schools - Controller · Wichita, KS · 2022
New instruments/auditorium updates (fine arts fund), to replace head units of sound system / uniform replacement program, for classroom mini-grants awarded
$325,622
Wichita Art Museum · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes, wam art access fund, lindsay pollock lecture, the wam education department
$317,442
Wichita Art Museum · Wichita, KS · 2022
For the wam education department, dr. Patricia mcdonnell american art endowment, general purposes, the mcdonnell lecture series, wam art access fund
$315,000
Empower Evergreen · Wichita, KS · 2022
The empower nomar project, kdi engagement work support, community engagement, general purposes
$310,000
Junior League of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
100th anniversary project - water playscape at exploration place
$307,523
Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement · Wichita, KS · 2023
Department of physics, the wsu women's tennis program, n.a.c. , assistance with non-tuition hardships, barton school of business, the victor murdock scholarship in journalism, the evelyn hendren cassat speech center
$297,500
Beacon Media · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Innovation award table, the hub and ict newsroom, stipends, final fy23 payment for wichita, distributions
$291,300
Empower Evergreen · Wichita, KS · 2021
Empower project, capital campaign, ecstatic dance popup
$285,000
Beacon Media · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Fy24 hub support
$244,302
Usd 259 - Wichita Public Schools - Controller · Wichita, KS · 2023
Support and assist middle schools with uniform purchases, classroom mini grants, orchestra instruments; visual arts equipment
$203,652
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation · Topeka, KS · 2024
The kind programthe, kansas mission of mercy
$197,500
Catholic Diocese of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
One family fully alive in christ!
$193,700
Kansas Leadership Center · Wichita, KS · 2024
Lion sustainability conferencesecond, fy2024 documenters
$193,500
Wichita Symphony Society · Wichita, KS · 2023
General purposes
$192,750
Wichita State University Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, cohen honors college, art & design advocates, for the evelyn hendren speech center, for the school of music (music association)
$187,000
Nonprofitgo · Wichita, KS · 2022
Rental support for office at elevate, magnify 2023
$177,954
Family Promise of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
General purposes, first step to housing stability: identification, play space - phase 1 funding opportunity, use for the renovations
$177,230
Harvester Arts · Wichita, KS · 2022
Ecstatic dance wichita, chainlink gallery place, the fort wayne riverfront trip
$177,000
Nxtus · Wichita, KS · 2021
Silver support-wichita startup week 2022, general purposes
$175,645
Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement · Wichita, KS · 2024
The department of physics, student service assistance with non-tuition hardships, wsu women's tennis team, rhatigan emergency fund
$167,680
Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes, open doors capital campaign, for comfort care closet / buddy bear project
$166,656
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2022
The parent/child and teen/young adult advocacy program in memory of robert c. Foulston, construction of the new facility, new shelter playground equipment, general purposes
$164,955
Wichita Symphony Society · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, support for the old cowtown sute video project
$161,000
Harvester Arts · Wichita, KS · 2023
Gallery place project
$153,200
Hunter Health · Wichita, KS · 2023
Heat exchange assistance, pledge for the central wellness campaign
$151,600
Hunter Health · Wichita, KS · 2022
General purposes, the central wellness campaign, in memory of rodolfo a. Dabalos
$150,000
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation · Topeka, KS · 2023
The kind program, the kansas mission of mercy
$150,000
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation · Topeka, KS · 2022
The kansas mission of mercy, the kind program
$150,000
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation · Topeka, KS · 2021
For the kind program, kansas mission of mercy
$148,000
St James Episcopal Church · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, 100th anniversary capital campaign
$147,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2022
Fidelity bank employee campaign, the tocqueville society, general purposes, annual gift
$142,962
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Lion sustainability conference, wichita info challenge newsroom support, travel reimbursement - wichita info challenge strategic planning
$140,500
Catholic Diocese of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
General support, one family, fully alive in christ campaign, the seminarian's fund, st joseph house of formation
$138,889
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, for the andover tornado, disaster relief fund, for the tocqueville society
$131,336
Nonprofitgo · Wichita, KS · 2024
Propel program, magnify 3.0, tallgrass grant writing support, dragging douglas, superintendent's breakfast, ks arts commission grant / annual renewal support
$128,660
Music Theatre Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2021
Wayne bryan endowment fund, annual distribution, general purposes
$125,539
Kansas Leadership Center · Wichita, KS · 2023
Collaborative journalism summit travel stipends, wichita journalism collaborative 2023-25
$124,900
Kansas African American Museum · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, for camps and programs, capital campaign/building fund
$123,367
Harvester Arts · Wichita, KS · 2021
Chainlink gallery place
$121,900
Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2021
Center for principled business, trustees excellence fund, athletics building champions
$117,771
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd · Wichita, KS · 2023
Capital campaign, emergency assistance - camera replacement, producer's circle
$116,916
Botanica the Wichita Gardens · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, pollution solution group, summer education
$115,720
Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement · Wichita, KS · 2022
Upward bound wichita prep (food insecurity), student service assistance with non-tuition hardships, n.a.c. Wichita, for the victor murdock scholarship in journalism, scholarships, w. Frank barton student experience & su… read allUpward bound wichita prep (food insecurity), student service assistance with non-tuition hardships, n.a.c. Wichita, for the victor murdock scholarship in journalism, scholarships, w. Frank barton student experience & success fund less
$115,595
Camp Wood Ymca · Elmdale, KS · 2021
Hitching post project, endowment fund
$114,500
Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2023
Building champions, center for principled business, the trustee excellence fund
$113,000
Family Promise of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes
$112,500
Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2022
Trustee excellence fund, center for principled business, coen family special education scholarship, ahearn fund building champions
$109,065
Botanica the Wichita Gardens · Wichita, KS · 2023
General purposes, the summer program
$108,532
Botanica the Wichita Gardens · Wichita, KS · 2022
Summer children's education, general purposes
$108,148
Cairn Health · Wichita, KS · 2023
Lions club vision support , to purchase vision screener
$107,000
Junior League of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
100th anniversary project - the water playscape at exploration place
$105,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Administrative support ict together / dca relief fund collaboration
$103,737
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, blankets for emergency winter shelter, covid isolation shelter, 316 project
$103,200
Nonprofitgo · Wichita, KS · 2023
Prairie rose wellbriety books/workbooks, tallgrass services, magnify
$102,063
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2024
Fidelity bank employee campaign, imagination library for wichita, general purpose
$101,098
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2023
Capital, operation holiday, general purposes, women's emergency winter shelter
$100,056
Botanica the Wichita Gardens · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Tiny News Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Info challenge
$100,000
Garage at Cleveland Corner · Wichita, KS · 2022
Support for 2022-24
$100,000
Create Campaign · Wichita, KS · 2021
Rising tide capital
$100,000
Special Olympics Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2021
In support of the upcoming 2022 summer games
$93,700
Beacon Media · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Lion sustainability conference
$90,162
Destination Innovation · Wichita, KS · 2021
Leadership unboxed, for the convergence partnership
$86,890
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes, golf and pickle general donation, bridges program, kidzcope zoo adventure
$86,000
Cairn Health · Wichita, KS · 2024
Medicine 4 all , lions club vision fund, support of nonprofit pharmacy start-up
$85,000
Eastminster Presbyterian Church · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes
$84,648
Kansas Food Bank Warehouse · Wichita, KS · 2023
Providing meals for children and families through the summer, the cargill match: food for kids, general purposes
$82,251
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2023
General purposes, diapers and wipes for a mother/baby, kidzcope - grief help for families
$80,228
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2022
For the general endowment fund
$80,125
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2023
General endowment fund
$80,100
Empower Evergreen · Wichita, KS · 2024
Capital campaign, general purposes
$79,935
The Salvation Army · Wichita, KS · 2021
Share the season, for foster care, general purposes
$76,356
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2024
The general endowment fund
$75,586
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2021
For the general endowment fund
$74,496
Rainbows United · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, champion for childr4en legacy fund
$74,154
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2023
Medical services for victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking, the 2023 gold coin society award, general purposes
$73,433
Friends University · Wichita, KS · 2023
Alumni sound system upgrade, annual distribution for scholarship aid, the athletic department and women's basketball program, the victor murdock scholarship in music
$72,196
American Red Cross-South Central & Se Ks · Wichita, KS · 2024
Hurricane helene response, california wildfires 2025, holiday giving, general purpose
$72,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2023
General purposes, 2-1-1: from hello to help
$70,687
Friends University · Wichita, KS · 2022
Yearly distribution for scholarship aide, victor murdock scholarship in music, athletics department, the rise up campaign
$70,499
East Heights United Methodist Church · Wichita, KS · 2022
For the umc permanent endowment fund, general purposes
$70,110
East Heights United Methodist Church · Wichita, KS · 2023
Umc permanent endowment fund
$67,037
East Heights United Methodist Church · Wichita, KS · 2021
General purposes, umc permanent endowment fund
$66,835
Kansas Beta Educational Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2023
Chandler legacy room at the sigma alpha epsilon house at kansas state university, completing the kansas beta educational center
$66,812
East Heights United Methodist Church · Wichita, KS · 2024
The umc permanent endowment fund
$66,761
Ict Sos · Wichita, KS · 2021
Hope medical forensic service/tiller fund, trafficking awareness education
$66,651
Friends University · Wichita, KS · 2024
Athletic department, general purposes, annual distribution for scholarship aide, women's basketball program
$66,500
St James Episcopal Church · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purposes
$65,000
Down Syndrome Society of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2021
The mobile morning truck
$64,164
The Opportunity Project Schools · Wichita, KS · 2024
General purpose
$62,587
Wichita Public Library Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
Preservation assessment grant, replace storywalk boards/vandalized, general purposes, for support of mobile library project
$62,000
Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2024
Building champions, powercat financial, special education scholarship

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.