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K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc

Wichita, KS · EIN 48-6117541. Reported 67 grants totalling $980,467 to 58 recipients across tax years 2024-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$980,467granted, 2024-2025
58recipients, as named on its returns
25%of grantees funded again the next year
$20.6Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $102,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
4 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
20 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
32 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Chapel and York US Foundation IncNew York City, NY$202,500222025
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland IncWichita, KS$37,500112024
Mark Arts IncWichita, KS$27,500222025
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$26,000112024
Butler Comm College FoundationEl Dorado, KS$26,000112024
Childrens Mercy HospitalKansas City, MO$25,000112025
Empower Evergreen IncWichita, KS$25,000112025
Exploration Place IncWichita, KS$25,000112025
Phillips Fundamental Learning Center IncWichita, KS$25,000112025
United Way of the Plains IncWichita, KS$25,000222025
Amer Fdn National Museums ScotlandNew York City, NY$20,972112024
Assistance League of Wichita IncWichita, KS$20,000112025
Botanica IncWichita, KS$20,000112025
Episcopal Social Services IncWichita, KS$20,000112025
Holy Family Medical IncWichita, KS$20,000112024
Kansas Humane Society of Wichita IncWichita, KS$20,000222025
Salvation Armysouth Central CommWichita, KS$20,000112024
Uva Mcintire School of Commerce FdnBoone, IA$20,000112024
University of Virginiamcintire SchoolBoone, IA$20,000112025
Wichita State University FoundationWichita, KS$20,000112025
Agape Care CradleWichita, KS$15,495112025
Camp Wood YMCA IncWichita, KS$15,000112025
Filson Historical Society IncLouisville, KY$15,000222025
Music Youth PartnershipWichita, KS$15,000222025
Plumb Place Inc Dba Southwick HouseEmporia, KS$15,000112025
Wichita Animal Action LeagueWichita, KS$15,000112025
Wichita Childrens HomeWichita, KS$15,000112025
Arts Council IncWichita, KS$10,000112025
Ballet Wichita IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Bike Walk Wichita IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Cairn Health IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Catholic Charitieswichita DioceseWichita, KS$10,000112024
Childrens Advocacy Centerbenton CoLittle Flock, AR$10,000112024
Dear Neighbor Ministries IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Friends UniversityWichita, KS$10,000112025
KptsWichita, KS$10,000112024
Ksds Assistance Dogs IncWashington, KS$10,000112024
Music Theatre WichitaWichita, KS$10,000222025
Rainbows United IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Ranchland Trust of Kansas IncTopeka, KS$10,000222025
Stepstone IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
The Treehouse IncWichita, KS$10,000112024
Emporia Community FoundationEmporia, KS$8,000222025
American Patronsnational Library ScotlandNew York, NY$7,500112025
Peace at Home Family Shelter IncFayetteville, AR$7,000112024
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital FoundationEl Dorado, KS$5,500112025
Alzheimers Ass of Central and Western KansasWichita, KS$5,000112025
American Patrons National GalleriesNew York City, NY$5,000112024
Brand 316 IncWichita, KS$5,000112024
Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick CountyWichita, KS$5,000112025
Child Advocacy Centersedgwick CountyWichita, KS$5,000112024
Freedom Hooves Therap Riding Center IncWichita, KS$5,000112024
Kids Ned to Thrive IncEl Dorado, KS$5,000112024
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic ChurchWichita, KS$5,000112024
Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital FdnEl Dorado, KS$5,000112024
Phillips Fund Learning Center IncWichita, KS$3,500112024
Union Rescue Mission of Wichita IncWichita, KS$2,500112025
Exponent PhilanthropyWashington, DC$500112025

9 of 58 (16%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 25%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

Plus 58 grants to individuals totalling $1,172,966 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
8 grants
Education
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202436$503,972$10,000
202531$476,495$15,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

63% of its giving went to organizations in Kansas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Kansas
$621K
New York
$236K
Iowa
$40K
Indiana
$26K
Missouri
$25K
Arkansas
$17K
Kentucky
$15K
District of Columbia
$500

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Wichita Foundation27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsTextron Charitable Trust Dtd 12235323 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund21 shared recipientsDwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kansas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 782499, Wichita, KS, 67278. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 48-6117541 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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