Funding search · EIN 481236431 · Wichita, KS
The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 43
- grants reported
- $446,500
- total given
- 2021–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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.
- Kansas Food Bank5 grants · $120,000
- Humankind Ministries5 grants · $115,000
- Kansas Humane Society3 grants · $55,500
- Fundamental Learning Center4 grants · $55,000
- Junior League of Wichita1 grant · $20,000
- Victory in the Valley4 grants · $15,500
- Kansas Humane Society1 grant · $15,000
- Phillips Fundamental Learning Center1 grant · $12,000
- Kansas Humane Sociey1 grant · $10,000
- Breaktrhough Episcopal Social Services4 grants · $6,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $30,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $25,000
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $25,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $25,000
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $25,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $25,000
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $25,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $22,000
Fundamental Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $20,000
Junior League of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $20,000
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $20,000
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2021
To support children and teens during holiday season through the "operation holiday" program.
- $20,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2021
For support of food bank programs
- $15,000
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $12,000
Phillips Fundamental Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $12,000
Fundamental Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $11,000
Fundamental Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $10,500
Kansas Humane Society · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $10,000
Fundamental Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2021
To provide programs for children with troubles reading
- $10,000
Kansas Humane Sociey · Wichita, KS · 2021
To support animals in need of shelter and care.
- $5,000
Family Housing Netowork of for Collins · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
General funds
- $5,000
Victory in the Valley · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $4,000
Victory in the Valley · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $4,000
Victory in the Valley · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $2,500
Victory in the Valley · Wichita, KS · 2021
To provide emotional and spiritural support of those facing cancer
- $2,500
Wichita Art Museum · Wichita, KS · 2021
For support of the arts museum
- $2,000
Breaktrhough Episcopal Social Services · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $2,000
Share the Season · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $1,500
Wichita Cancer Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $1,500
Breaktrhough Episcopal Social Services · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $1,500
Salvation Army · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $1,500
Breaktrhough Episcopal Social Services · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $1,500
Salvation Army · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
- $1,500
Breaktrhough Episcopal Social Services · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $1,500
Salvation Army · Wichita, KS · 2022
General funds
- $1,500
Breakthrough Episcopal Social Services · Wichita, KS · 2021
To support programs for those experiencing poverty and mental illness
- $1,500
Salvation Army · Wichita, KS · 2021
To meet the needs of families during christmas time
- $1,000
Wichita Police and Fire Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2025
General funds
- $1,000
Larimer County Food Bank · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General funds
- $500
Food Bank for Larimer County · Loveland, CO · 2025
General funds
- $500
Pbs Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2024
General funds
- $500
Pbs Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2023
General funds
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