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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 FY2024still arriving
124
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$64k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$616kRecreation & Sports$567kEducation$503kYouth Development$485kAnimals$424kOther$0
02FY2024 · 124 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 124 grants below total $1,130,970 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,377,931 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $246,961 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k81 grants · $375k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $641k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $114k
$7,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$49M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dodge City Community College Foundation$64,375
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation$50,000
Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America$35,000
Dodge City Family YMCA$30,000
Manor of the Plains$28,000
Arrowhead West Inc$27,702
Kansas Food Bank Warehouse$25,000
Kansas Food Bank Warehouse$25,000
Hospice of the Prairie Inc$20,000
First United Methodist Church$20,000
Ford County Humane Society$20,000
New Chance$17,850
Santa Fe Trail Council -- BSA$17,850
First United Methodist Church$17,850
SunPorch of Dodge City$16,600
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $875k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%American Red Cross of Western Kansas: $8k → 15%EmberHope: $25k → 9%American Red Cross: $8k → 13%EmberHope Youthville: $14k → 9%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $50k → 12%American Red Cross: $8k → 13%Ember Hope Youthville: $13k → 9%American Red Cross of Western Kansas: $10k → 16%Emberhope dba Youthville: $14k → 16%Emberhope dba Youthville: $14k → 16%Emberhope dba Youthville: $14k → 16%Arrowhead West Inc: $32k → 12%Dodge City Family YMCA: $30k → 12%Manor of the Plains: $28k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $28k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $27k → 12%Manor of the Plains: $27k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $25k → 12%Arrowhead West: $21k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $20k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $20k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $20k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $20k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $20k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $19k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $19k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $18k → 12%SunPorch of Dodge City: $17k → 12%Sunporch of Dodge City: $16k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $15k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $15k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $15k → 12%Dodge City Family YMCA: $15k → 12%Manor of the Plains: $15k → 12%Emberhope (Youthville): $14k → 12%Manor of the Plains: $13k → 12%Crisis Center of Dodge City Inc: $12k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $11k → 12%Sunporch of Dodge City: $8k → 12%Sunporch of Dodge City: $8k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $8k → 12%Hospice of the Prairie Inc: $8k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $8k → 12%YMCA of Southwest Kansas: $8k → 12%Sunporch of Dodge City: $8k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $8k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $8k → 12%Arrowhead West Inc: $8k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$7.0M · 84 repeat orgs$485k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

84 repeat relationships — 56 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
28

Total granted

$7.0M
$287k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+19%

Still filing today

55%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $198k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BH
    Boot Hill Museum Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $480k · revenue +36%
  • PF
    PERFECT FIT FOUNDATION OF SWK
    6× · 2019–2024 · $265k · revenue +360% · 45% of their budget
  • AW
    Arrowhead West Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $219k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • TK
    The Kansas University Endowment Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +64%
  • HC
    Hodgeman Community Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $28k
  • KD
    KANSAS DENTAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +29%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
2
Kansas Business Hall of Fame Inc
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3
South Central Community Foundation

To enhance the life, culture, and community of South Central Kansas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
4
Kansas Insurance & Financial Services Education Foundation
Education
5
Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas servces the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.

Philanthropy
6
Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce

Promote the Pittsburg, Kansas business community.

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7
Kansas Hospital Association

The vision of the Association is optimal health for Kansans. The Association's mission is to be the leading advocate and resource for members.

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8
Kansas Farmers Union Inc

To support members in farming

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9
Kansas Farmers Union Foundation Inc
Community Improvement
10
East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging

Provide services and meals to the elderly and disabled

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11
The Cowley County Historical Society

The museum collects and preserves memorabilia of cowley county, kansas. the museum is open to the public during scheduled hours, and is staffed by a combination of volunteers and staff.

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12
Kansas Association of Conservation Districts

Engage in educational, scientific, and governmental efforts to conserve, develop, and improve the use of land, soil, water, plants, animals, and other natural resources within the state of kansas

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Presbyterian Manors Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pet's Miracle Network Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%9%<5yr13%11%5–10yr16%16%10–20yr14%16%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr23%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%3%<5yr13%12%5–10yr16%9%10–20yr14%22%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr23%32%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/128
the rest of the field
11%
288/2,532

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 74 of the 130 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/74
Grantees still filing
43/74
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $390,024 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCity of Dodge City — $310,250 · OtherCity of Dodge CitySanta Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America Inc — $291,700 · OtherSanta Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America IncSALVATION ARMY — $240,396 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCity of Spearville — $177,500 · OtherNEW CHANCE INC — $163,912 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $158,348 · OtherMANNA HOUSE — $151,700 · Other+85 more — $2,252,334 · Other+85 moreArrowhead West Inc — $218,812 · Human ServicesArrowhead We…Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Kansas Inc — $183,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's …Hospice of the Prairie Inc — $130,695 · Human ServicesHospice of t…EMBERHOPE INC — $107,680 · Human ServicesEMBERHOPE IN…PRESBYTERIAN MANORS INC — $85,260 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN…KANSAS SENIOR LIVING INC — $57,165 · Human ServicesKANSAS SENIO…Crisis Center of Dodge City Inc — $49,320 · Human ServicesCrisis Cente…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $41,100 · Human Services+2 more — $10,600 · Human ServicesBoot Hill Museum Inc — $480,400 · Arts & CultureBoot Hill Mu…Depot Theater Company — $187,654 · Arts & CultureDepot Theate…DODGE CITY AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC — $74,285 · Arts & CultureDODGE CITY A…DODGE CITY ROUNDUP INC — $70,000 · Arts & CultureDODGE CITY R…+2 more — $8,500 · Arts & CulturePERFECT FIT FOUNDATION OF SWK — $264,832 · HealthCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC — $152,300 · HealthCompass Behavioral Health — $133,788 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $40,100 · Health+2 more — $21,000 · HealthTHE DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $256,375 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Southwest Kansas — $166,340 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Dodge City Inc — $51,334 · PhilanthropyASHLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $5,600 · PhilanthropyFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $335,466 · AnimalsPet's Miracle Network Inc — $46,250 · AnimalsNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC — $154,200 · EducationRural Education and Workforce Alliance — $75,000 · EducationThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $50,000 · EducationYouth Entrepreneurs Inc — $32,000 · EducationLANCER CENTER INC — $22,700 · EducationCOMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION OF PLAINS — $16,100 · Education+2 more — $13,200 · Education
Other$4,136,164Human Services$883,632Arts & Culture$820,839Health$612,020Philanthropy$529,649Animals$381,716Education$363,200

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBoot Hill Museum Inc — $480,400 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $335,466 over 8y, 53% of budgetSanta Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America Inc — $291,700 over 8y, 16% of budgetPERFECT FIT FOUNDATION OF SWK — $264,832 over 6y, 45% of budgetTHE DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $256,375 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetArrowhead West Inc — $218,812 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDepot Theater Company — $187,654 over 7y, 20% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Southwest Kansas Inc — $183,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Southwest Kansas — $166,340 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetNEW CHANCE INC — $163,912 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC — $154,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC — $152,300 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMANNA HOUSE — $151,700 over 8y, 30% of budgetCompass Behavioral Health — $133,788 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDodge City Young Men's Christian Association Inc — $133,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHospice of the Prairie Inc — $130,695 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC — $107,680 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN MANORS INC — $85,260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClaude and Donalda Stauth Foundation — $76,620 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetRural Education and Workforce Alliance — $75,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetDODGE CITY AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC — $74,285 over 5y, 45% of budgetDODGE CITY ROUNDUP INC — $70,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDSHIP FEAST ASSOCIATION — $63,364 over 5y, 17% of budgetDodge City-Ford County Development Corpo ration — $60,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC — $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH CORE MINISTRIES INC — $57,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetKANSAS SENIOR LIVING INC — $57,165 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Dodge City Inc — $51,334 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHerald of Truth Ministries Inc — $49,616 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCrisis Center of Dodge City Inc — $49,320 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Housing Association of Dodge City Inc — $46,485 over 5y, 12% of budgetPet's Miracle Network Inc — $46,250 over 4y, 56% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC — $45,793 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC — $45,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC — $43,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DODGE CITY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $42,868 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $41,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $40,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc — $32,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSpearville Senior Living Inc — $27,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDODGE CITY SENIOR CENTER INC — $25,757 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetLANCER CENTER INC — $22,700 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCASA-Children Worth Saving Inc — $17,525 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetDechant Foundation — $17,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION OF PLAINS — $16,100 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT TEEN SAFE INC — $16,000 over 2y, 15% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds Boot Hill Museum Inc ↗
  • Who funds FORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds PERFECT FIT FOUNDATION OF SWK ↗
  • Who funds THE DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Arrowhead West Inc ↗
  • Who funds Depot Theater Company ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Kansas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas ↗
  • Who funds NEW CHANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Compass Behavioral Health ↗
  • Who funds Dodge City Young Men's Christian Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of the Prairie Inc ↗
  • Who funds EMBERHOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Lift Minneola Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN MANORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Claude and Donalda Stauth Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Rural Education and Workforce Alliance ↗
  • Who funds DODGE CITY AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DODGE CITY ROUNDUP INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP FEAST ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Dodge City-Ford County Development Corpo ration ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH CORE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS SENIOR LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Dodge City Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
  • Who funds ASHLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Western Kansas Commun…Kansas Health Foundat…The Mariah Fund IncUnited Way of Dodge C…Finnup FoundationWichita FoundationDodge City-Ford Count…Kansas Association of…Berry Foundation IncLattner Family Founda…United Way of the Pla…Baughman Foundation
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
27report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 130 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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