Kansas · Private foundation
Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $382k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $382k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $403k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $406k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $265k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $379k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $976,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Bps Foundation | $94,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Starkey Inc | $75,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas Action for Children Inc | $34,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Student Startup Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Wichita Public Schools Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grumpy Old Men Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Tallgrass Film Association | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $976,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Bps Foundation | $94,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Starkey Inc | $75,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas Action for Children Inc | $34,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Student Startup Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Wichita Public Schools Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grumpy Old Men Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Tallgrass Film Association | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Council for a Strong America | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wichita State University Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heroes Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Child Start Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Timothy P O'Shaughnessy Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Storytime Village Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run of Sedgwick County | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope Community Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Theatre Wichita | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wichita Parks Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Berry Foundation Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · Ima Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Annie Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Servant Foundation · DeVore Foundation Inc · The Fidelity Bank Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation with peer funders
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About Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation
- How much does Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation give?
- Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $382,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Health (6%).
- Who are Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wichita Art Museum Inc ($977k), Bps Foundation ($94k), Starkey Inc ($75k).
- Does Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berry Foundation Inc, Kansas Health Foundation, Ima Foundation.
- Where is Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation based?
- Barry L and Paula M Downing Foundation is based in KS.
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