Funding search · EIN 481209687 · Lawrence, KS

Douglas County Community Foundation

Name: Douglas County Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

412
grants reported: $20.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $13,399
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.

What they fund

capital educational related religion education sports campaign care

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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.

Top recipients

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

Ku Endowment2 grants · $3.5M
Lawrence Arts Center3 grants · $2.5M
Just Food of Douglas County3 grants · $738,268
Cottonwood3 grants · $736,118
Plymouth Congregational Church3 grants · $461,570
Douglas County Historical Society3 grants · $436,272
Concerns of Police Survivors3 grants · $410,000
Lawrence Schools Foundation3 grants · $375,082
Ballard Community Services3 grants · $340,525
Success By Six Coalition of Dc2 grants · $328,495

Giving over time

$3.1M

2022

$7.5M

2023

$9.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 412 grants.

$1.8M
Ku Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$1.8M
Ku Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Education support
$1.2M
Lawrence Arts Center · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$679,032
Lawrence Arts Center · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$678,657
Lawrence Arts Center · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$349,368
Just Food of Douglas County · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$340,700
Plymouth Congregational Church · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$310,000
Concerns of Police Survivors · Camdenton, MO · 2024
General support
$286,367
Cottonwood · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$279,634
Cottonwood · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$260,650
Just Food of Douglas County · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$251,467
Family Promise of Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$212,417
Lawrence Public Library Friends & F · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$212,098
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$201,931
Kansas University Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$200,191
Bert Nash Community Mental Health C · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$191,429
Early Childhood Collective of Dougl · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$191,425
Heartland Community Health Center · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$176,926
Lawrence Humane Society · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Health care
$174,800
Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$174,582
Douglas County Historical Society · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$172,750
Ballard Community Services · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Educational
$170,391
Success By Six Coalition of Dc · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$170,117
Cottonwood · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$159,291
Lawrence Schools Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$158,382
Lmh Health Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$158,104
Success By Six Coalition of Dc · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$146,015
Douglas County Historical Society · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$142,709
Van Go · Lawrence, KS · 2024
$132,691
Lawrence Schools Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$131,140
Douglas County Casa · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$128,817
Douglas County Casa · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$128,250
Just Food of Douglas County · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$115,675
Douglas County Historical Society · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Education
$115,675
Lmh Health Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$109,250
Ballard Community Services · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$108,484
Cottonwood Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$108,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$103,500
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2023
General support
$103,500
Ball State University Foundation · Muncie, IN · 2022
General support
$100,000
City of Baldwin City · Baldwin City, KS · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pharmacy of Grace · Kansas City, KS · 2024
General support
$100,000
Velocity Church · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$97,950
Cottonwood Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$95,000
Strongwater Farm Therapeutic Equest · Tewksbury, MA · 2024
General support
$91,500
Senior Resource Center for Douglas · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$91,300
Cottonwood Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$89,598
O'Connell Children'S Shelter · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$89,366
St Margaret Episcopal Church · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$85,800
Community Children'S Center · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$83,100
Lawrence Schools Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Religion related
$82,000
Strongwater Farm Therapueutic Eques · Tewksbury, MA · 2023
General purpose
$79,497
Community Children'S Center · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$76,970
Bert Nash Community Mental Health C · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$76,470
Plymouth Congregational Church · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$74,202
The Signatry · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General support
$73,849
Lawrence Humane Society · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Capital and general
$71,358
Lawrence Public Library Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$70,300
Community Children'S Center · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$69,975
Family Promise Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$65,371
First United Methodist Church · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General purpose
$61,367
Van Go · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$60,000
The Signatry · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General support
$58,859
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2024
$58,525
Ballard Community Services · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$56,153
The Willow Domestic Violence Center · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$52,000
O'Connell Children'S Shelter · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$50,448
Ku Endowment (for the Lied Center O · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
Joy Meadows · Basehor, KS · 2024
Art/culture
$50,000
Concerns of Police Survivors · Camdenton, MO · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Significant Matters · Olathe, KS · 2023
General support
$50,000
Unitarian Universalist Congregation · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Gen operating
$50,000
Concerns of Police Survivors · Camdenton, MO · 2022
General purpose
$49,366
St Margaret Episcopal Church · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$48,475
St Margaret'S Episcopal Church · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$48,050
Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$48,001
Cardinal Housing Network · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$48,000
Velocity Church · Lawrence, KS · 2024
$46,723
Sparkwheel · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General purpose
$46,550
Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$45,000
Significant Matters · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General purpose
$45,000
Sparkwheel · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose
$44,400
Plymouth Congregational Church · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$44,262
The Willow Domestic Violence Center · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$43,542
Lmh Health Foundation · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$40,000
First Christian Church · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$39,956
Ottawa Police Foundation · Ottawa, KS · 2023
General support
$39,500
Wichita State University Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2023
General support
$38,775
Bemorelikeclaire · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$37,000
Strongwater Farm Therapueutic Eques · Tewksbury, MA · 2022
General purpose
$36,875
Family Promise Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General support
$35,150
Lawrence Humane Society · Lawrence, KS · 2022
Capital and general
$34,566
Lumberyard Arts Center · Baldwin City, KS · 2023
General support
$33,900
Lawrence Children'S Choir · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Educational
$33,750
Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Capital campaign
$33,506
Theatre Lawrence · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$33,415
Lawrence Habitat for Humanity · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General support
$33,327
Lawrence Community Shelter · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support
$33,250
United Way of Kaw Valley · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General support

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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.