Funding search · EIN 481184667 · Garden City, KS

Western Kansas Community Foundation

Name: Western Kansas 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.

178
grants reported: $6.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,214
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

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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.

Wichita County Community Foundation1 grant · $1.5M
Garden City Community College Endowment Association3 grants · $414,450
Emmaus House3 grants · $329,784
University of Kansas Endowment Association3 grants · $320,000
Finney County United Way3 grants · $247,323
Finney County Public Library3 grants · $218,829
Community Congregational Church3 grants · $201,413
Garden City Family Ymca3 grants · $196,200
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo3 grants · $173,924
Real Men Real Leaders3 grants · $150,963

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$3.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

$1.5M
Wichita County Community Foundation · Leoti, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$162,712
Garden City Community College Endowment Association · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$159,846
Garden City Community College Endowment Association · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$120,000
University of Kansas Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Fry Distribution: Dept. of Ophthalmology
$114,924
Emmaus House · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$107,642
Emmaus House · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$107,218
Emmaus House · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$100,000
Kansas Food Bank · Wichita, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$100,000
University of Kansas Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$100,000
University of Kansas Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$91,892
Garden City Community College Endowment Association · Garden City, KS · 2022
Western Kansas Children's Puppet Theater
$88,438
Finney County United Way · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$83,725
Finney County Public Library · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$80,916
Finney County United Way · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$77,969
Finney County United Way · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$77,665
Community Congregational Church · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$72,906
Finney County Public Library · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$71,065
Garden City Family Ymca · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$67,712
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$65,260
Garden City Family Ymca · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$63,505
Community Congregational Church · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$62,198
Finney County Public Library · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$60,243
Community Congregational Church · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$59,875
Garden City Family Ymca · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award - Henry & Nellie Hall Fund
$57,616
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$55,780
Spirit of the Plains Casa · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$54,900
Real Men Real Leaders · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$54,320
The Community · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$54,245
Shepherd of the Plains Foundation · Cimarron, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$52,258
Real Men Real Leaders · Garden City, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$49,304
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney & Kearny Counties · Garden City, KS · 2024
Youth Development
$48,596
Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$44,976
Genesis Family Health · Garden City, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$44,944
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney & Kearny Counties · Garden City, KS · 2022
Defenders of Potential Youth Mentoring and Afterschool Programs Support
$43,805
Real Men Real Leaders · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$42,530
Spirit of the Plains Casa · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$42,220
Finney County Humane Society · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$41,680
Shepherd of the Plains Foundation · Cimarron, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$41,660
Spirit of the Plains Casa · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award - Henry & Nellie Hall Fund
$41,525
Lakeside Camp of the United Methodist Church · Scott City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$38,457
Finney County Historical Society · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$37,215
Grow & Learn Childcare Center · Leoti, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$34,840
Finney County Humane Society · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$34,760
Shepherd of the Plains Foundation · Cimarron, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$34,636
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney & Kearny Counties · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$32,060
Russell Child Development Center · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$31,124
Finney County Historical Society · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$29,870
Garden City Arts · Garden City, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$29,124
Finney County Senior Center · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$29,124
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland · Wichita, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$29,124
The Salvation Army · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$27,421
Genesis Family Health · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$26,901
Genesis Family Health · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$25,830
Finney County Humane Society · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$25,342
High Plains Public Radio · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$25,164
Finney County Senior Center · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$25,000
Stauth Memorial Museum · Montezuma, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Distribution: Fry Family Trust
$24,945
Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$24,848
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland · Wichita, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$23,845
Kansas Children'S Service League · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$23,814
The Salvation Army · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$23,591
The Salvation Army · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$23,085
Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas · Garden City, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$22,591
Finney County Senior Center · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$22,591
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland · Wichita, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$22,170
Garden City Arts · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$21,765
Benincasa · Garden City, KS · 2024
Health, General
$21,615
Kansas Oral History Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$21,380
Wichita County Municipal Golf Course · Leoti, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$21,275
Chains Break in Partnership With Crc · Lakin, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$21,000
Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS · 2022
2022 Rosel Scholarship :: Tucker, Luz Esmeralda
$20,900
High Plains Public Radio · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$20,775
Benincasa · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$20,495
Benincasa · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$20,200
Bluejay Education Foundation · Cimarron, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$20,055
Kansas Oral History Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$20,000
Lakin Community Empowerment Group · Lakin, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$20,000
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center · Scott City, KS · 2022
Saving the Youth Advocate Position & Program
$20,000
Western Kansas Community Foundation · Garden City, KS · 2022
Jumpstart for Non-Profits - 2022
$19,968
St Catherine Hospital Development Foundation · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$19,134
Miles of Smiles · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$18,590
Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$18,120
Garden City Arts · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$17,855
Friends of the Cimarron Library · Cimarron, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$17,172
The Community · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$17,100
Russell Child Development Center · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$15,645
Finney County Historical Society · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award - Henry & Nellie Hall Fund
$15,522
Russell Child Development Center · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$15,359
Leave a Legacy Foundation · Garden City, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$15,070
Leave a Legacy Foundation · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$15,000
Stevens County Hospital Dba Pioneer Manor · Hugoton, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$15,000
Tri-Agency Intervention Dba Liberal Area Coalition for Families · Liberal, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$15,000
Stauth Memorial Museum · Montezuma, KS · 2023
Operating Grant
$14,515
Cimarron City Library · Cimarron, KS · 2022
MatchDay 2022 Donation Distribution
$14,000
Usd 457 Garden City Public Schools · Garden City, KS · 2024
Student Scholarships
$14,000
Garden City Community College · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Rosel Scholarship :: Montes-Liera, Karen
$13,908
First United Methodist Church · Garden City, KS · 2022
2022 Grant Award
$13,878
First United Methodist Church · Garden City, KS · 2024
Operating Support
$13,813
City of Garden City · Garden City, KS · 2022
LEEP Program Distribution
$13,780
Friends of the Cimarron Library · Cimarron, KS · 2024
Operating 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.