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Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
The mission of the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is to improve the quality of life in the Southwest Kansas area by providing ongoing philanthropic leadership and maintaining and enhancing the educational, social, cultural, health, and civic resources of the community.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 124
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 62
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $64,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 62
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $49M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 71 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 62 | $1.1M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $1.1M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $949k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $877k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $735k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $802k | 39% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $776k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$616kRecreation & Sports$567kEducation$503kYouth Development$485kAnimals$424kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boot Hill Museum Inc | $480,400 | 8 | 6% |
| First United Methodist Church | $390,024 | 8 | n/a |
| Ford County Humane Society Inc | $335,466 | 8 | 53% |
| City of Dodge City | $310,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $291,700 | 8 | 16% |
| Perfect Fit Foundation of Swk | $264,832 | 6 | 45% |
| The Dodge City Community College Foundation | $256,375 | 5 | 6% |
| Salvation Army | $240,396 | 4 | n/a |
| Arrowhead West Inc | $218,812 | 8 | 0% |
| Depot Theater Company | $187,654 | 7 | 20% |
Show all 125 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boot Hill Museum Inc | $480,400 | 8 | 6% |
| First United Methodist Church | $390,024 | 8 | n/a |
| Ford County Humane Society Inc | $335,466 | 8 | 53% |
| City of Dodge City | $310,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $291,700 | 8 | 16% |
| Perfect Fit Foundation of Swk | $264,832 | 6 | 45% |
| The Dodge City Community College Foundation | $256,375 | 5 | 6% |
| Salvation Army | $240,396 | 4 | n/a |
| Arrowhead West Inc | $218,812 | 8 | 0% |
| Depot Theater Company | $187,654 | 7 | 20% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Kansas Inc | $183,000 | 5 | 2% |
| City of Spearville | $177,500 | 5 | n/a |
| New Chance Inc | $163,912 | 8 | 2% |
| The Salvation Army | $158,348 | 4 | n/a |
| Newman University Inc | $154,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas Inc | $152,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Manna House | $151,700 | 8 | 30% |
| Compass Behavioral Health | $133,788 | 7 | 0% |
| Dodge City Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $133,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Hospice of the Prairie Inc | $130,695 | 6 | 1% |
| Spearville Recreation Commision | $110,519 | 4 | n/a |
| Ford County Historical Society Inc | $108,700 | 6 | n/a |
| Emberhope Inc | $107,680 | 7 | 0% |
| Lift Minneola Incorporated | $87,381 | 2 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Manors Inc | $85,260 | 4 | 0% |
| Circle of Hope Cancer Survivors Fund | $82,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Claude and Donalda Stauth Foundation | $76,620 | 4 | 9% |
| Rural Education and Workforce Alliance | $75,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Dodge City Area Arts Council Inc | $74,285 | 5 | 45% |
| Dodge City Roundup Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Friendship Feast Association | $63,364 | 5 | 17% |
| Dodge City-Ford County Development Corpo ration | $60,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Core Ministries Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Kansas Senior Living Inc | $57,165 | 4 | 1% |
| City of Montezuma | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Dodge City Inc | $51,334 | 6 | 10% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Herald of Truth Ministries Inc | $49,616 | 3 | 2% |
| Crisis Center of Dodge City Inc | $49,320 | 6 | 3% |
| Seven Baskets Full Ministry Corp | $49,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bethel Home Inc | $48,765 | 4 | n/a |
| Dodge City Veterans Council - the Avenue of Flags Inc | $47,600 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Housing Association of Dodge City Inc | $46,485 | 5 | 12% |
| Pet's Miracle Network Inc | $46,250 | 4 | 56% |
| Special Olympics Kansas Inc | $45,793 | 4 | 1% |
| Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $43,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce Inc | $42,868 | 6 | 2% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $41,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $40,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Wright Improvement District | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Missionary Church | $36,003 | 5 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | $33,465 | 4 | n/a |
| Youth Entrepreneurs Inc | $32,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Perfect Fit Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Housing Assoc of Dodge City Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Jetmore | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hodgeman Community Foundation | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spearville Senior Living Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dodge City Senior Center Inc | $25,757 | 2 | 10% |
| Usd #443 Dodge City | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dodge City Community Concert Association | $24,164 | 3 | n/a |
| Skacd 613 | $23,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Meade Hospital District | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lancer Center Inc | $22,700 | 2 | 6% |
| City of Cimarron | $22,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Offerle Community Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Minneola | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Meade | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Wright Park Zoo Inc | $19,665 | 2 | n/a |
| Dodge City Community College | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| CASA-Children Worth Saving Inc | $17,525 | 2 | 6% |
| Dechant Foundation | $17,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Community Enhancement Foundation of Plains | $16,100 | 3 | 2% |
| Project Teen Safe Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Meade Usd 226 | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bucklin Community Better Life Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Paige Estes Memorial Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fuse Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ford County Fair Association | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Dodge City Pregnancy Support Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Special Olympics | $13,900 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Copeland | $12,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneola Den Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Meade County Economic Development Committee Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 15% |
| Fowler Legacy Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fowler Arts Council | $10,557 | 2 | n/a |
| USD #459 Bucklin | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Latina Outreach & Leadership | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fowler Action Committee Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Spearville Pride Committee | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Ingalls | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minneola Senior Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spearville High School Band | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Childcare Coalition of Dodge City | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dodge City Baseball Association | $8,850 | 1 | 17% |
| Meade Council on Aging Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Meade County Health Department | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush County Development Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pawnee County Economic Development Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| The Southwestern College | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Kansas Equine Therapeutic Program Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hodgeman County Fair Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd of the Plains Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashland 2020 Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ford | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wepac Alliance Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Meade County Historical Society | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| United School Administrators Leadership Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Russell Child Development Center Inc | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| First Christian Church of Dodge City Kansas | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| KANZA Society Inc | $5,280 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Gray Co Over Fifty Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Kinsley Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edwards County Community Development Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fo Co Suicide Prevention Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| HorseThief Reservoir Benefit District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smoky Hills Public Television Corp | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 67.
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.
Western Kansas Community FoundationKS33.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Western Kansas Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · The Mariah Fund Inc · United Way of Dodge City Inc · Finnup Foundation · Wichita Foundation · Dodge City-Ford County Development Corpo ration · Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies · Berry Foundation Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Plains Inc · Baughman 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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About Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
- How much does Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas give?
- Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas reported 124 itemized grants totaling $1,130,970, out of $1,377,931 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (17%), Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boot Hill Museum Inc ($480k), First United Methodist Church ($390k), Ford County Humane Society Inc ($335k).
- Does Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Kansas Community Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation, The Mariah Fund Inc.
- Where is Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas based?
- Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is based in KS.
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