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Foundations in Kansas That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 101 foundations is based in Kansas, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

101foundations accepting requests
$1.3Bgranted between them
3,857funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park$250,000535$893.2M
Ash Grove Charitable FoundationOverland Park$5,000257$3.0M
Dane G Hansen FoundationLogan$17,924199$159.7M
Berry Foundation IncWichita$2,000119$5.5M
The Shumaker Family FoundationPrairie Village$9,000111$4.0M
Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays$17,00099$18.2M
The Dreiseszun Family FoundationOverland Park$25,00093$24.8M
The Morgan Family FoundationOverland Park$5,00075$4.1M
Dwane L and Velma Lunt WallaceWichita$25,00073$14.4M
The Fidelity Bank FoundationWichita$10,00073$3.9M
Edward & Kathryn Mader FoundationOverland Park$14,93566$3.0M
The Pete Henry FoundationColby$3,10063$2.4M
Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation IncPrairie Village$5,00060$1.7M
Clay Blair FoundationLenexa$10,00058$3.5M
Mann Family FoundationWichita$1,00054$502K
Cooper Clark FoundationLiberal$4,50554$5.5M
Belin FoundationWichita$5,00053$1.3M
The Rail Heritage TrustPaola$12,00051$1.4M
The Harry J Lloyd Charitable TrustOverland Park$125,00048$15.3M
Earl Bane FoundationSalina$5,00048$3.3M
Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable TrustWichita$5,00044$1.6M
Miller-Mellor AssociationPrairie Village$5,00040$1.6M
Coleman Family Foundation IncPittsburg$10,00039$11.7M
K T Wiedemann Foundation IncWichita$10,00039$980K
Aim 5 FoundationTopeka$20,00038$8.4M
Wyandotte Health FoundationKansas City$25,00035$8.4M
Intrust Bank Charitable TrWichita$20,00035$4.7M
Smoot Charitable FoundationSalina$3,00034$2.5M
Cocherl Family FoundationLeawood$10,00031$2.8M
Laham Family FoundationWichita$50031$264K
Norman & Elaine Polsky FamilyOverland Park$3,00030$889K
Paul Ross Charitable FoundationWichita$5,00030$883K
Morrison Foundation TrustSalina$1,00030$1.3M
Gerson Family FoundationOlathe$1,50029$716K
Jellison Benevolent Society IncJunction City$4,00029$1.5M
Lois & Max Beren FoundationWichita$7,00029$935K
Herman Stallman Esther Stallman &Hutchinson$4,16528$762K
Barry L and Paula M DowningWichita$5,00028$1.5M
Lair FoundationWichita$15,00027$4.5M
The Trusler Foundation IncEmporia$18,00027$1.8M
Shaw Family FoundationWichita$5,00025$443K
Marshall Family Foundation IncSalina$50025$343K
Mccune & Middlekauff FoundationSalina$10,00024$2.6M
Charitable Foundation IncWichita$3,30024$453K
Barton P & Mary D Cohen Charitable 1Overland Park$25,00023$3.1M
Freestate Community FoundationTopeka$3,00023$262K
Reeve Family FoundationGarden City$8,00023$536K
The Danajames Kids FoundationOverland Park$5,00023$385K
Frederick Constance Desieghardt 1000000301Overland Park$2,00023$174K
Skillbuilders FundLeawood$14,00023$1.5M
Jerome B Miller Family FoundationOverland Park$10,00023$1.9M
Lawrence a and Joan S WeinerOverland Park$1,80021$192K
Rose Spurrier Scholarship FundKingman$2,00021$237K
Blanche Bryden FoundationWichita$5,00021$374K
Louis W Baehr and Dolpha BaehrPaola$5,46221$1.3M
Sarver Charitable TrustSmith Center$5,00021$2.7M
Eberhard Charles Neysa and Terril CharitableWichita$27,16820$902K
Tantillo Family FoundationOverland Park$5,00020$779K
Lusk FoundationWichita$1,00020$138K
Mildred and Rolland MiddlekauffSalina$10,00019$1.4M
The George H Nettleton Home IncPrairie Village$20,00019$1.7M
Minnesota Prairie Wind FoundationPrairie Village$5,00019$872K
1440 Ventures Foundation IncWichita$1,00019$2.2M
Milton I and Frances L StiefelSalina$5,00018$470K
Linda T Watson Family FoundationMission Hills$2,00018$493K
Morgan Family Legacy FoundationLeawood$10,00018$1.6M
The Barton FoundationWichita$1,75018$366K
Emma Balsiger Foundation IncChapman$1,50017$206K
Watson Family FoundationOverland Park$50017$59K
Cps Foundation IncWichita$15,00016$881K
Bomhoff FoundationWichita$60,00016$4.5M
Johnson Family FoundationShawnee Mission$1,50015$462K
Barton P & Mary D Cohen Charitable 2Overland Park$50,00015$2.8M
Nichols Charitable FoundationTopeka$25,00015$1.9M
Stannard FoundationWichita$10,00015$957K
Jane & Bernard Reeble FoundationEmporia$10,00015$1.4M
Rudd FoundationWichita$8,36515$8.0M
The Jessica Good Evans Charitable FoundationWichita$5,00014$340K
James a & Juliet L Davis Foundation IncHutchinson$4,00014$571K
Koch Family FoundationWichita$2,00014$9.1M
Deboer Foundation IncWichita$7,50013$546K
The Guise-Weber Foundation IncMarysville$2,00013$482K
A John and Barbara a HauptliLawrence$2,00013$124K
George & Belle Pearce TrustHutchinson$1,00013$117K
Dorothy and Lee Roy ParksMinneapolis$16,96513$555K
Bever Dye FoundationWichita$20013$48K
Ronald O Thomas FoundationPittsburg$3,50012$669K
Sexton Family FoundationOverland Park$5,26212$801K
John Weil Uhlmann FamilyPrairie Village$15,00012$1.3M
Norquist-Robinson FoundationPrairie Village$2,50012$267K
Bill B Young FoundationCouncil Grove$3,00012$536K
Herman & Janice N Bartz Charitable TrustOverland Park$2,70012$234K
Naftzger Fund for Fine Arts IncWichita$9,00012$896K
Max L & S Charlene Moxley CharitableSterling$2,50011$382K
The Toon Family CharitableWichita$3,00011$826K
William H and Velma C Gerber TrustGoodland$2,50011$107K
Doctors Morrill FoundationOverland Park$5,50010$412K
Dondlinger Foundation IncWichita$5,00010$102K
Lf Harper Family FoundationGreat Bend$4,50010$211K
Oscar & Ina Nystrom FoundationCouncil Grove$2,00010$267K
Mary Jo Williams Charitable TrustGarden City$15,00010$1.6M

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Under $5,000Kansas foundations$5,000 - $25,000Kansas foundations

Kansas foundations that fund only organizations they pick

Each of these told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests, so none is in the list above. Each has a page because a real share of its giving went to community foundations and other organizations that make grants themselves, and the page names them. Ordered by number of organizations funded.

FoundationBased inOrganizations fundedGrantmakers among them
Ima FoundationWichita, KS1,22125
Bruce G Cochener FoundationWichita, KS1193
Horejsi Charitable Foundation IncSalina, KS1148
G Kenneth and Ann Baum PhilanthropicStilwell, KS1133
The Edgerley Family FoundationOverland Park, KS1043
Robert M Beren Family Foundation IncWichita, KS806
Goldberg Family FoundationOverland Park, KS373

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