· Community foundation
Douglas County Community Foundation
To enrich the quality of life in the communities of douglas county, kansas by building philanthropic resources and relationships, providing attractive options for donors to make philanthropic contributions, and being a catalyst for the betterment of the lives of the citizens.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k41 grants · $293k
- $10k–50k96 grants · $1.9M
- $50k–250k26 grants · $3.2M
- $250k+7 grants · $4.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KU ENDOWMENT | $1,772,709 |
| LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER | $678,657 |
| JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY | $349,368 |
| PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $340,700 |
| CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS | $310,000 |
| COTTONWOOD INC | $279,634 |
| FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE | $251,467 |
| LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS & F | $212,417 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAWRENCE | $212,098 |
| BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH C | $200,191 |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLECTIVE OF DOUGL | $191,429 |
| HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | $191,425 |
| LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY | $176,926 |
| KANSAS APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND | $174,800 |
| BALLARD COMMUNITY SERVICES | $172,750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
168 repeat relationships: 111 still active in FY2024, 57 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $914k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TKThe Kansas University Endowment Association8× · 2017–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +93%
- LHLAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +7% · 37% of their budget
- JFJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +64%
Funded once
- CTCONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYone grant, 2021 · $100k
- DCDEBATE-KANSAS CITYone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -9% · 40% of their budget
- TPTONGANOXIE PUBLIC LIBRARY FDNone grant, 2020 · $77k
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.
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.
Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.
Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
Kacap supports community action agencies and other human services organizations in thier local, state and national efforts to end poverty.
Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.
Kansas action for children, inc. is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to shaping health, education and economic policy that improves the lives of kansas children and their families.
To strengthen the university and communities that have touched the lives of ku alumni and friends, the mission of the ku endowment charitable gift fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.
To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.
How this is measured
222 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 222 of the 300 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LAWRENCE INC ↗
- Who funds JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC ↗
- Who funds ELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Lawrence Schools Foundation ↗
- Who funds Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation ↗
- Who funds COTTONWOOD INC ↗
- Who funds LMH HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Douglas County Historical Society ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc ↗
- Who funds VAN GO INC ↗
- Who funds CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC ↗
- Who funds DOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds Ball State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds The Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc ↗
- Who funds BISHOP SEABURY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds OCONNELL CHILDRENS SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STRONGWATER FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THEATRE LAWRENCE INC ↗
- Who funds HEARTLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds SPARKWHEEL INC ↗
- Who funds Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITY FOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds TENANTS TO HOMEOWNERS INC ↗
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: Midcontinent Foundation · Ethel & Raymond F Rice Foundation · Topeka Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · United Way of Douglas County Inc · Kriz Charitable Fund Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · The Sunderland Foundation · ASSISTS FOUNDATION co KANSAS BASKETBALL OFFICE
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Douglas County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Yale University: 12% of income from government
- Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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