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Bruce G Cochener Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$503k
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$580kArts & Culture$513kHealth$306kPhilanthropy$278kReligion$124kHuman Services$110kFood & Nutrition$39kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k59 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $245k
$1,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Seattle Repertory Theater$85,000
Duke University$60,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$50,000
Spruce Street School$50,000
Assistance League of Wichita$26,000
Seattle Academy of the Arts$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
PBS Kansas$16,096
Wichita Community Foundation$13,578
Wichita Collegiate School$12,500
KVC Foundation-Camber Mental Health$12,000
Music Theatre of Wichita$11,500
Wichita State University Foundation$10,000
Child Advocacy Center$10,000
Discovery Childrens Museum$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Samaritan Community Center: $250 → 8%American Red Cross: $500 → 14%Quilts of Valor Foundation: $500 → 7%KSDS Assistance Dogs Inc: $100 → 10%Catholic Charities of SW Kansas: $1k → 12%Kansas Childrens Service League: $5k → 14%Developmental Center of the Ozarks: $250 → 15%Puppies Behind Bars: $100 → 17%Modest Needs Foundation: $50 → 17%Modest Needs Foundation: $50 → 17%Senior Services of Wichita: $25 → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $26k → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $26k → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $15k → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $15k → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $10k → 16%Assistance League of Wichita: $8k → 16%Wichita's Littlest Heroes: $2k → 16%Wichita's Littlest Heroes: $2k → 16%Wichita's Littlest Heroes: $1k → 16%Rainbows United: $1k → 16%Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice: $3k → 16%The Pando Initiative: $2k → 16%Catholic Charities: $750 → 16%Catholic Charities: $500 → 16%Harbor House: $500 → 16%Catholic Charities: $420 → 16%Catholic Charities: $420 → 16%Kansas Childrens Service League: $11k → 16%Envision Foundation: $5k → 16%Kansas Childrens Service League: $4k → 16%Kansas Childrens Service League: $1k → 16%Envision Foundation: $1k → 16%Wichita Childrens Home: $6k → 16%Envision Foundation: $500 → 16%Wichita Childrens Home: $3k → 16%Wichita Childrens Home: $1k → 16%Wichita Childrens Home: $250 → 16%Wichita Childrens Home: $20 → 16%Starkey Inc: $10k → 16%Starkey Inc: $10k → 16%Starkey Inc: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
IA
IN
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 94 repeat orgs$288k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

94 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
80

Total granted

$1.8M
$221k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+6%

Still filing today

41%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • FH
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
    4× · 2020–2025 · $200k · revenue +209%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $180k · revenue +27%
  • SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE
    3× · 2020–2025 · $178k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • SR
    Seatlle Reperatory Theater
    one grant, 2022 · $93k
  • CH
    CAIRN HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc

At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…

Housing & Shelter
2
Wichita Center for Graduate Medical Education Inc

On behalf of the university of kansas school of medicine-wichita, wcgme administers the graduate medical education program for resident physicians in the city of wichita, kansas. wcgme's involvement in graduate medical education in wichita…

Education
3
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
4
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
5
Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc

To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.

Religion
6
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
7
Wichita Eye Foundation

To engage in grant making to medical educational organizations and related charitable activities in the area of eye disease and vision disorder, and the care and treatment thereof.

Health
8
Hunter Health Clinic

Hunter health (the center) operates three healthcare centers in wichita, ks. the center provides a broad range of health services to a largely medically underserved population. the us dept. of health and human services (dhhs) and indian…

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9
Healthcore Clinic Inc

The mission of healthcore clinic, inc is to provide quality family healthcare through improved access and a heightened and unrelenting focus on education and prevention.

Health
10
Wichita Family Crisis Center

Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.

Human Services
11
Spay & Neuter Kansas City D/B/a Pet Resource Center of Kansas City

To decrease pet homelessness, increase pet retention and improve the quality of life for pets through education and supportive services for families in need.

Animals
12
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita; the most unlike its peers is Cma Pto. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

105 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 105 of the 199 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/105
Grantees still filing
67/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Seattle Repertory Theater: $113,333 · OtherSeattle Repertory TheaterSeatlle Reperatory Theater: $93,334 · OtherSeatlle Reperatory TheaterIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSeattle Academy of the Arts: $25,000 · Other+124 more: $364,992 · Other+124 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $180,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYSpruce Street School: $150,500 · EducationSpruce Street SchoolPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $75,400 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNI…WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $48,500 · EducationWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FO…+13 more: $42,519 · Education+13 moreSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $178,333 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTO…KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $69,521 · Arts & CultureKANSAS PUBLIC T…DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CHILD…MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $17,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC THEATRE W…+5 more: $5,408 · Arts & CultureFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $200,000 · HealthFred Hutchins…SHEPHERDS WAY INC: $16,000 · HealthSHEPHERDS WAY…HOPENET INC: $10,000 · Health+12 more: $12,370 · HealthASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC: $99,500 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE…STARKEY INC: $30,103 · Human ServicesSTARKEY IN…KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $20,700 · Human ServicesKANSAS CHI…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10,570 · Human ServicesTHE WICHIT…ENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Human Services+17 more: $26,215 · Human Services+17 moreUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $90,603 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…WIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC: $71,818 · PhilanthropyWIREGRASS…WICHITA FOUNDATION: $14,578 · PhilanthropyWICHITA F…+2 more: $2,950 · PhilanthropyICT FOOD RESCUE INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $11,895 · Food & NutritionWIREGRASS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$631,659Education$496,919Arts & Culture$290,762Health$238,370Human Services$193,588Philanthropy$179,949Food & Nutrition$30,395

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $178,333 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSpruce Street School: $150,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC: $99,500 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC: $90,603 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $75,400 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC: $71,818 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $69,521 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $48,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTARKEY INC: $30,103 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $20,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERDS WAY INC: $16,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetWICHITA FOUNDATION: $14,578 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetICT FOOD RESCUE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetWICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAIRN HEALTH INC: $12,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $11,895 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10,570 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WICHITA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHOPENET INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWSU Tech Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLOVE SCHOOL INC: $7,550 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST CEO KANSAS INC: $7,182 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetENVISION FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWIREGRASS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWICHITAS LITTLEST HEROES: $5,150 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRAISE MY HEAD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetKANSAS HONOR FLIGHT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN PERFORMANCE THEATRE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $3,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $3,618 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNXTUS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWIREGRASS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $2,590 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,550 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHarry Hynes Memorial Hospice Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCMA PTO: $2,250 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $2,145 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROY ANIMAL RESCUE PROJECT LLC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL HOME INFUSION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE PANDO INITIATIVE INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOTHAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVICTORY IN THE VALLEY INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Spruce Street School ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WIREGRASS UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STARKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ICT FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAIRN HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS WICHITA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPENET INC ↗
  • Who funds WSU Tech Foundation ↗

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.

Textron Charitable Tr…Wichita FoundationBerry Foundation IncUnited Way of the Pla…Goebel Family-Star Lu…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Kansas Health Foundat…Ima FoundationThe Fidelity Bank Fou…Daniel J Taylor Famil…K T Wiedemann Foundat…Belin Foundation
Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353RI72.8× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Wichita Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · United Way of the Plains Inc · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Ima Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Belin 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bruce G Cochener Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce G Cochener Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Bruce G Cochener 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.

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 199 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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