· Private foundation
Dwayne and Dottie Shannon Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k7 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $345k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| WICHITA SALVATION ARMY | $30,000 |
| WICHITA ART MUSEUM | $30,000 |
| EXPLORATION PLACE | $25,000 |
| CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER | $25,000 |
| MUSIC THEATER OF ICT | $25,000 |
| GRACELAND UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL | $20,000 |
| WICHITA CHILDRENS HOME | $20,000 |
| KANSAS FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| PANDO INITIATIVE | $20,000 |
| ULRICH MUSEUM | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| MARK ARTS | $10,272 |
| OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $74k) 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.
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.
25 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (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 FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWichita Art Museum Inc7× · 2017–2023 · $53k · revenue +69%
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $52k · revenue +85%- EPEXPLORATION PLACE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $47k · revenue +187%
Funded once
- WFWSU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
- MTMUSIC THEATRE WICHITAgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +89%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +46%
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.
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
We exist to inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.
The mission of KCAI is to educate artists and designers while honoring the distinct journeys of students. We forge a vibrant community that equips them to become leaders who leverage the creative process to transform the future.
To assist local boards of education and related educational entities in their responsibilities to assure a quality public education for all students.
We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)
To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.
The wichita foundation invests in people and ideas to spark change, and envisions a place where all wichitans thrive and belong. as community conveners, the foundation leads with courage, grows equitable relationships, ignites philanthropy…
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…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.
The mission of whitefield academy is to support parents by providing students with a top-tier academic foundation in a joyful, christ-centered community of classical learning.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 33 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
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 Wichita Art Museum Inc ↗
- Who funds WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EXPLORATION PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE PANDO INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds MARK ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC ↗
- Who funds PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds TRINITY ACADEMY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311) ↗
- Who funds WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ARTS PARTNERS 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: Berry Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · DeVore Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · Servant Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Lusk Foundation · Koch Family Foundation · Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dwayne and Dottie Shannon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dwayne and Dottie Shannon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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