Funding search · EIN 453420290 · Wray, CO
The Clayton and Billie Poenisch
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 69
- grants reported
- $554,153
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.
- Shriners Hospital for Children3 grants · $65,000
- Orphanos Foundation2 grants · $47,500
- Tohono Chul Park3 grants · $32,500
- Alice Lloyd College2 grants · $25,000
- Mt Vernon Ladies Association3 grants · $23,000
- Regional West Garden Community2 grants · $21,000
- Hillsdale College2 grants · $20,000
- Pencils of Promise3 grants · $20,000
- Wray Area Foundation2 grants · $19,000
- Wray Community Hospital Foundation2 grants · $19,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 69 reported grants, largest first.
- $32,500
Orphanos Foundation · Cordova, TN · 2024
Charitable
- $30,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Charitable
- $18,125
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charitable
- $16,000
Regional West Garden Community · Oshkosh, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $15,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Garden County Schools · Oshkosh, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Orphanos Foundation · Cordova, TN · 2023
Charitable
- $12,986
University of Nebraska Medical · Omaha, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $12,500
Idalia Vision Foundation · Idalia, CO · 2022
Charitable
- $12,500
Tohono Chul Park · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Charitable
- $11,000
Sutherland Nebraska Ffa Alumni · Sutherland, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Operation Kids · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Salvation Army of Coastal Bend · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Tohono Chul Park · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Salvation Army Center of Hope · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Tohono Chul Park · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Wray Area Foundation · Wray, CO · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Wray Community Hospital Foundation · Wray, CO · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Kearney Area Community Foudation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Mt Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Pencils of Promise · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
- $10,000
Shriners Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Charitable
- $9,000
Wray Area Foundation · Wray, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $9,000
Wray Community Hospital Foundation · Wray, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $9,000
Wray Volunteer Fire & Rescue · Wray, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $8,500
New York Film Academy Ltd · Burbank, CA · 2022
Charitable
- $8,000
Mt Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2024
Charitable
- $6,000
University of Wyoming Extension & · Rock Springs, WY · 2023
Charitable
- $6,000
Wray Volunteer Fire & Rescue · Wray, CO · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Manila High School · Manila, UT · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Pencils of Promise · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Vfw Post 4671 · Wray, CO · 2024
Charitable
- $5,000
Bridges of Hope · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Groundwire · Castle Rock, CO · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Horses for Heroes New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Manila High School · Manila, UT · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Mt Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Pathways Pregnancy Center · Ogallala, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
Pencils of Promise · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
- $5,000
City of Wray Museum · Wray, CO · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Groundwire · Castle Rock, CO · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Northwest Kansas Technical College · Goodland, KS · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Ogallala Womens Resource Center · Ogallala, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Regional West Garden Community · Oshkosh, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Save Asian Souls · Woodstock, GA · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Third Coast Squadron Caf · Arkansas Pass, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Vfw Post 4671 · Wray, CO · 2022
Charitable
- $5,000
Wentworth Military Acadamy Museum · Lexington, MO · 2022
Charitable
- $4,375
Horses for Heroes New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable
- $4,000
Nebraska Ffa Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $4,000
Wray Community Child Care Center · Wray, CO · 2023
Charitable
- $3,500
Youth On Their Own · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Charitable
- $2,500
Oshkosh Methodist Church · Oshkosh, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $2,500
Pronghorn Power Booster Club · Farson, WY · 2024
Charitable
- $2,500
Heroes & Horses · Belgrade, MT · 2022
Chairtable
- $2,500
Horses for Heroes New Mexico · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Charitable
- $2,000
Pronghorn Power Booster Club · Farson, WY · 2023
Charitable
- $2,000
Pronghorn Power Booster Club · Farson, WY · 2022
Charitable
- $2,000
Texas State Aquarium · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Charitable
- $1,500
Xerocraft · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Charitable
- $1,500
Youth On Their Own · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Charitable
- $1,167
University of Nebraska · Kearney, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,000
Cowboys Against Cancer · Rock Springs, WY · 2023
Charitable
- $1,000
Sweetwater County 4-H · Kemmerer, WY · 2023
Charitable
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Similar purposes
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