Funding search · EIN 453974304 · Wichita, KS

Vess Family Foundation

Name: Vess Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

63
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

What they fund

education training anthony family harbor house shelter construction

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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.

True the Vote3 grants · $710,000
Turning Point USA2 grants · $200,000
Wichita Family Crisis Center1 grant · $100,000
Wichita Children'S Home3 grants · $82,500
League 42 Foundation1 grant · $75,000
Americans for America1 grant · $75,000
Share the Season2 grants · $75,000
St Thomas Aquinas Church3 grants · $62,000
Cambodian Children'S Fund3 grants · $60,000
Center of Hope3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$944,250

2022

$428,250

2023

$614,500

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$310,000
True the Vote · Rosenberg, TX · 2024
Education and training
$300,000
True the Vote · Rosenberg, TX · 2022
Education and training
$100,000
True the Vote · Rosenberg, TX · 2023
Education and training
$100,000
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2023
Education and training
$100,000
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2022
Education and training
$100,000
Wichita Family Crisis Center · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$75,000
Americans for America · Aurora, CO · 2022
Training and education
$75,000
League 42 Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$53,500
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$50,000
Share the Season · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$40,000
Center for Combating Human Trafficking · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$40,000
Kvc Health Systems · Olathe, KS · 2022
Construction project
$30,000
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$30,000
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$25,000
Share the Season · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$22,500
Wichita Children'S Home · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Cambodian Children'S Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Catholic Charities · Wichita, KS · 2024
Anthony Family Shelter, Harbor House
$20,000
Center of Hope · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Cambodian Children'S Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Cambodian Children'S Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Center of Hope · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$20,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$19,500
Catholic Charities · Wichita, KS · 2023
Anthony Family Shelter, Harbor House
$16,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$16,000
Tom'S Door · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$16,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$16,000
Tom'S Door · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$16,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$16,000
Tom'S Door · Carbondale, CO · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$15,000
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$15,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Hurricane Helene relief
$15,000
Center of Hope · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$15,000
Kansans for Life · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$14,000
Catholic Charities · Wichita, KS · 2022
Anthony Family Shelter, Harbor House
$12,500
Top Early Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$12,500
Top Early Learning Center · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$12,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$12,000
Childrens First Ceo Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Childrens First Ceo Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Helping a Hero · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Kansans for Life · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Kanvets United · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Childrens First Ceo Kansas · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$10,000
The Lord'S Diner · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$9,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$8,000
Ict Food Rescue · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$7,500
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$7,500
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$7,500
Humankind Ministries · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$6,000
Make-a-Wish Kansas · Ballwin, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$5,000
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$5,000
Ict Food Rescue · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$5,000
Kansans for Life · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$5,000
Rainbows United · Wichita, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund
$4,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Topeka, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$3,500
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Wichita, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$2,500
Bike Walk Wichita · Wichita, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$1,000
Madd · Olathe, KS · 2024
Unrestricted general fund
$750
Madd · Olathe, KS · 2023
Unrestricted general fund
$250
Madd · Olathe, KS · 2022
Unrestricted general fund

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