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 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$151,167
2022
$192,986
2023
$210,000
2024

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.