· Private foundation
Elmer Dalke Charitable Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k3 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $82k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $102k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCPHERSON COUNTY COMM FOUNDATION | $1,002,160 |
| MCPHERSON COLLEGE | $600,000 |
| CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS | $52,000 |
| MCPHERSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| STEP MC | $20,000 |
| LINDSBORG CHILD DVL CTR TUITION FD | $12,000 |
| MCPHERSON FAMILY YMCA | $10,000 |
| AG IN THE CLASSROOM | $10,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF MCPHERSON | $10,000 |
| CASA A VOICE FOR CHILDREN INC | $10,000 |
| MCPHERSON HOSPITAL INC | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MCPHERSON | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMCPHERSON COLLEGE5× · 2017–2021 · $2.7M · revenue +129%
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS OF MCPHERSON KS INC5× · 2017–2021 · $30k · revenue +83%
- MCMCPHERSON COUNTY FOOD BANK INC4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- CCASAone grant, 2019 · $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.
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.
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation preserves and presents, for public benefit, the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of the McPherson community.
The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of McPherson Hospital, Inc. a choice between health care benefits under certain benefit plans maintained by the Hospital.
The organization seeks to increase the availability of affordable, safe, quality housing; improve community quality of life and economic vitality; promote self-sufficiency and asset development of families and individuals; and ensure equal…
United way of mcpherson county is dedicated to building a stronger community by addressing issues related to education, health, and income.
To establish McPherson Opera House as a historically significant gathering place for cultural entertainment and educational opportunities.
To work as an organization of individuals, businesses, and professionals to enhance the economic, civic, and cultural interests of the mcpherson area.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.
Promote and provide quality healthcare for the general commuinty of Jefferson County
Provide fire/emergency services and education - Governmental
McKinney Medical Center, Inc. (MMC) provides medical and dental care to the under-served individuals of the community. The Clinic provides preventative healthcare for adults, adolescents, children and infants and offers family medicine,…
Building stronger communities through charitable giving.
To provide lodging to families of hospitalized children at an affordable cost, or no cost, based on need through operation of the ronald mcdonald house.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 19 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 MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS ↗
- Who funds McPherson Healthcare Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF MCPHERSON KS INC ↗
- Who funds MCPHERSON FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds MCPHERSON COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds McPherson County Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds CASA A VOICE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds McPherson Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT 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: McPherson County Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Farmers Alliance Companies Charitable Foundation · Saint Stephen's of Kansas Charitable Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elmer Dalke Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elmer Dalke Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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