Funding search · EIN 203225892 · Arkansas City, KS
V J Wilkins 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.
- 55
- grants reported
- $1.6M
- 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.
What they fund
Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
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.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Ark City Area Arts Council3 grants · $325,000
- Etzanoa Conservation2 grants · $200,500
- Burford Theatre1 grant · $200,225
- Usd 4703 grants · $200,192
- Cowley County Community College2 grants · $120,600
- Arkansas City Area Arts Council1 grant · $75,000
- Music Theatre of Wichita3 grants · $55,600
- Etzanoa Field School1 grant · $50,000
- Legacy Regional Community Foundation1 grant · $44,000
- Camp Horizon2 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 55 reported grants, largest first.
- $250,000
Ark City Area Arts Council · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $200,225
Burford Theatre · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $200,000
Etzanoa Conservation · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
Contribution
- $80,000
Usd 470 · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $75,192
Usd 470 · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $75,000
Arkansas City Area Arts Council · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $65,000
Cowley County Community College · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $55,600
Cowley County Community College · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $50,000
Ark City Area Arts Council · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
Contribution
- $50,000
Etzanoa Field School · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $45,000
Usd 470 · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $44,000
Legacy Regional Community Foundation · Winfield, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $35,271
Wichita State University · Wichita, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $29,500
Chaplin Nature Center-Audobon Socie · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $28,790
Winfield Public Library · Winfield, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $25,000
Ark City Area Arts Council · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $25,000
St James Church of God · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $20,300
Music Theatre of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $20,300
Music Theatre of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $20,000
Camp Horizon · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $20,000
Camp Horizon · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
Challange grant
- $15,000
Music Theatre of Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $11,500
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $11,117
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $11,000
Great Grace Ministries · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $10,000
Winfield Public Library · Winfield, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $10,000
South Kansas Symphony · Winfield, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $10,000
Tacolalah · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $10,000
Tacolalah · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $9,625
Arkansas City Public Library · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $7,500
Ark City Chamber of Commerce · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $7,500
Pastor Charles Jennings · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
Mlk celebration grant
- $6,000
Ark City Chamber of Commerce · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
Tacolalah project
- $5,000
Cowley County Farmers Market · Winfield, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $5,000
Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters · Wichita, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $5,000
Legacy Regional Community Foundatio · Winfield, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $5,000
South Kansas Symphony · Winfield, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $5,000
Cowley County Farmers Market · Winfield, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $5,000
Ark City Farm Market · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
2023 grant
- $5,000
Walnut Valley Farmers Market · Winfield, KS · 2023
Grant award
- $4,640
Ark Valley Players · Arkansas City, KS · 2022
2022 grant
- $4,500
Ark City Chamber of Commerce · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
Merchants in motion
- $4,000
Rooted Women'S Ministry · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
Donation-tasha bucher
- $3,288
Marquee Performing Arts Center · Winfield, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $3,000
Arkalalah Festival · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $3,000
Sck Health Foundation · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $3,000
Sck Health Foundation · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
Fall on the lawn event
- $2,500
Walnut Valley Quilt Guild · Arkansas City, KS · 2025
2025 grant
- $2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
Contribution
- $2,000
United Way · Wichita, KS · 2024
Contribution
- $1,500
Rooted Women'S Ministry · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
Donation-tasha bucher
- $1,500
Stinson Neurology Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2023
Donation-tasha bucher
- $1,000
Ark City Music Dramatics Club · Arkansas City, KS · 2024
2024 grant
- $500
Etzanoa Conservation · Arkansas City, KS · 2023
Memorial -otis morrow
- $-11,117
Southwestern College · Winfield, KS · 2025
Refund
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Servant Foundation8,008 grants · $2.21B
- The Sunderland Foundation599 grants · $597.1M
- Impact Investing Charitable Foundation193 grants · $373.9M
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B
- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: 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.