Funding search · EIN 486336357 · Tulsa, OK
Russ & Helen Meyer Charitable Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 117
- grants reported
- $1.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- United Way of the Plains4 grants · $803,000
- Wichita Collegiate School4 grants · $160,000
- Wichita Symphony4 grants · $80,000
- The Lord'S Diner4 grants · $60,000
- Wichita Family Crisis Center4 grants · $58,500
- Grandview Baptist Church Children'S1 grant · $50,000
- Giving the Basics Wichita3 grants · $45,000
- Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $45,000
- League 424 grants · $40,000
- American Red Cross4 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 117 grants.
- $250,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $250,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $153,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $150,000
United Way of the Plains · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $105,000
Wichita Collegiate School · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $50,000
Grandview Baptist Church Children'S · Davenport, IA · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $30,000
Wichita Collegiate School · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $30,000
Wichita Symphony · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $30,000
Empower · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $30,000
Wichita Symphony · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $26,000
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2024
Futher charitable purpose
- $25,000
Child Advocacy Center of Sg County · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $25,000
Kansas Health Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $25,000
Simply Hygiene · Park City, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $25,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $25,000
Giving the Basics Wichita · Park City, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $25,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $20,000
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $20,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $20,000
Arnold Palmer Education Fund · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $20,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $15,000
Giving the Basics Wichita · Park City, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $15,000
Wichita Collegiate School · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $14,000
The First Tee of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $13,500
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $12,500
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2025
Futher charitable purpose
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Envision · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
League 42 · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Music Theatre Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
The First Tee of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Kansas African American Museum · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Top Early Learning Centers · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Envision · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
League 42 · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Music Theatre Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
St Judes Childrens Research · Memphis, TN · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
The First Tee of Greater Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Kansas African American Museum · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Top Early Learning Centers · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Catholic Charities · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Eaa Aviation Foundation · Oshkosh, WI · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Envision · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
League 42 · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2023
Futher charitable purpose
- $10,000
Wichita Symphony · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
American Red Cross · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Butler Community College Foundation · El Dorado, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
League 42 · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Wichita Collegiate School · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $10,000
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2022
Futher charitable purpose
- $10,000
Wichita Symphony · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $7,500
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $7,500
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Children'S Charter Trauma Clinic · Waltham, MA · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Ku Endowment · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Wellington Humane Society · Wellington, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Ku Endowment · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Music Theatre Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Top Early Learning Centers · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Co-Immunity Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Giving the Basics Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Ku Endowment · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $5,000
Top Early Learning Centers · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $3,000
Special Olympics of Kansas · Mission, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas · Topeka, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
Sedgwick County Zoo · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
We Treat Kids Right · Wichita, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpsoe
- $2,500
Sedgwick County Zoo · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
We Treat Kids Right · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpsoe
- $2,500
Sedgwick County Zoo · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
We Treat Kids Right · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpsoe
- $2,500
Sedgwick County Zoo · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $2,500
We Treat Kids Right · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpsoe
- $2,000
Radio Kansas · Hutchinson, KS · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $2,000
Botanica · Wichita, KS · 2024
Futher charitable purpose
- $2,000
Dick Polich Internship Fund · South Orange, NJ · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $2,000
Kansas Fellowship of Christian · Wichita, KS · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $2,000
Kansas Fellowship of Christian · Wichita, KS · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $2,000
Victory in the Valley · Wichita, KS · 2022
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Williams College · Willamstown, MA · 2024
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Botanica · Wichita, KS · 2023
Futher charitable purpose
- $1,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Williams College · Willamstown, MA · 2023
Further charitable purpose
- $1,500
Botanica · Wichita, KS · 2022
Futher charitable purpose
- $1,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Further charitable purpose
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