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Baughman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
4%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$277,500
Organizations funded a year
24 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Baughman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$1.1M16%
FY202324$976k4%
FY202230$1.0M20%
FY202131$1.2M19%
FY202030$1.5M17%
FY201938$1.7M29%
FY201837$1.6M41%
FY201734$1.4Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.8MHealth$1.6MRecreation & Sports$1.5MYouth Development$938kArts & Culture$876kHuman Services$496kHousing & Shelter$378kEmployment$339kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Baughman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Stepping Stone Shelter Inc$295,000630%
KANZA Society Inc$280,00084%
Kansas Independent College Association$260,000818%
Smoky Hills Public Television Corp$255,00083%
Panhandle State Foundation$240,00082%
Kansas Childrens Service League$176,00050%
Baker Arts Center Inc$173,000632%
Heartspring Inc$160,00080%
Bee Jay's Inc$153,000824%
Liberal Baseball Association$150,000832%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$120,00060%
Brent Eley Foundation$105,00061%
City on a Hill Inc$90,00032%
Crossroads Center Inc$74,0008n/a
The Russell Child Development Center Inc$51,37540%
Maam Foundation$50,000139%
Seward County Council on Aging Inc$50,00034%
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc$45,00030%
Liberal Kids Inc$44,1105n/a
Friends University$40,00020%
Seward County Historical Society$30,000213%
United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican- American Ministries Inc$30,00020%
Southwest Guidance Center Inc$26,00021%
Pride of Life Inc$25,336215%
Emberhope Inc$25,00010%
Southwest Medical Center$25,00050%
Mosaic$20,00010%
Meade Hospital District$15,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas Inc$15,00011%
Friends of Arkalon Park Inc$13,7002n/a
Special Olympics Kansas Inc$13,30050%
Homecare Corporation$10,0002n/a
Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped Inc$10,00010%
Liberal Airfair$5,0001n/a
Liberal Volleyball Club$4,0002n/a
Guymon Public Schools$4,0001n/a
High Plains Music Fest Inc$2,50011%
Community Concerts of Liberal Inc$8501n/a
Great Plains Angels for Animals$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Baughman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStepping Stone Shelter Inc: $295,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetKANZA Society Inc: $280,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetKansas Independent College Association: $260,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetSmoky Hills Public Television Corp: $255,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPanhandle State Foundation: $240,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetKansas Childrens Service League: $176,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBaker Arts Center Inc: $173,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetHeartspring Inc: $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBee Jay's Inc: $153,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetLiberal Baseball Association: $150,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBrent Eley Foundation: $105,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCity on a Hill Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Russell Child Development Center Inc: $51,375 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMaam Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetSeward County Council on Aging Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends University: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeward County Historical Society: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetUnited Methodist Western Kansas Mexican- American Ministries Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Guidance Center Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPride of Life Inc: $25,336 over 2y, 15% of budgetEmberhope Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Medical Center: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMosaic: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Kansas Inc: $13,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Plains Music Fest Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Cooper Clark FoundationKS41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Clark Foundation · Western Kansas Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Rundell Charitable Foundation Trust · SEWARD COUNTY UNITED FUND dba SEWARD COUNTY UNITED WAY · Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas · Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · Finnup Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Baughman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Baughman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Baughman Foundation

How much does Baughman Foundation give?
Baughman Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $1,120,259 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Baughman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (15%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
Who are Baughman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Stepping Stone Shelter Inc ($295k), KANZA Society Inc ($280k), Kansas Independent College Association ($260k).
Does Baughman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Baughman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Baughman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cooper Clark Foundation, Western Kansas Community Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation.
Where is Baughman Foundation based?
Baughman Foundation is based in KS.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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