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Emporia Community Foundation
Emporia Community Foundation is a collection of separate funds and resources given by caring citizens who have chosen to make their community a better place to work and live, now and in the future. The sole purpose is to make the 'community' a better place for perpetuity. The 'community' consists of the Kansas counties of Lyon, Chase,…
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 67
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $841,583
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 60
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $46M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Emporia Community Foundation 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; $341k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 62 | $3.4M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $2.8M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $3.3M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 58 | $2.9M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 56 | $1.5M | 34% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $1.1M | 48% |
| FY2017 | 52 | $971k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Regional Health | $2,220,314 | 5 | n/a |
| Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas | $2,056,972 | 7 | 6% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $1,300,503 | 8 | 0% |
| Hartford Usd 252 | $648,962 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Americus | $638,666 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Emporia | $604,645 | 7 | n/a |
| Emporia Main Street Inc | $590,607 | 5 | 56% |
| Usd 284 | $560,828 | 8 | n/a |
| Emporia Rescue Mission Inc | $512,779 | 1 | 67% |
| Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc | $404,726 | 5 | 27% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Regional Health | $2,220,314 | 5 | n/a |
| Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas | $2,056,972 | 7 | 6% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $1,300,503 | 8 | 0% |
| Hartford Usd 252 | $648,962 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Americus | $638,666 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Emporia | $604,645 | 7 | n/a |
| Emporia Main Street Inc | $590,607 | 5 | 56% |
| Usd 284 | $560,828 | 8 | n/a |
| Emporia Rescue Mission Inc | $512,779 | 1 | 67% |
| Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc | $404,726 | 5 | 27% |
| The Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Inc | $276,132 | 6 | 35% |
| Chase County Care & Compassion | $259,160 | 8 | 90% |
| Emporia Arts Council | $254,230 | 8 | 12% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Emporia Area | $214,182 | 7 | 34% |
| Hetlinger Developmental Services I | $201,640 | 5 | 4% |
| Nlc Youth Association | $200,065 | 7 | 29% |
| St Andrews Episcopal Parish Fund | $188,897 | 6 | 64% |
| City of Strong City | $165,750 | 4 | n/a |
| SOS Inc | $158,374 | 6 | 3% |
| Friends of the Emporia Animal Shelter | $151,799 | 7 | n/a |
| Usd 253 | $143,961 | 8 | n/a |
| Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church | $142,295 | 4 | n/a |
| Emporia Friends of the Zoo Inc | $134,939 | 7 | 11% |
| Olpe Community Improvement Inc | $131,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Hetlinger Foundation | $129,434 | 2 | 11% |
| Salvation Army | $125,493 | 8 | n/a |
| Kansas Legal Services Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Eastgate Plaza Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Camp Alexander of Emporia Lyon County Kansas Inc | $123,778 | 7 | 19% |
| Lowther Building Fund Inc | $121,057 | 2 | 38% |
| Camp Wood YMCA Inc | $119,037 | 8 | 2% |
| Humane Society of the Flint Hills | $108,837 | 8 | 13% |
| William Allen White Community Partnership Inc | $106,519 | 8 | n/a |
| Strong City Preservation Alliance Inc | $105,696 | 3 | n/a |
| Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards Inc | $104,180 | 4 | 28% |
| Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau | $103,423 | 8 | 3% |
| Emporia Christian School Inc | $100,027 | 7 | 8% |
| American Diabetes Association | $90,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus Council #1589 | $90,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland Inc | $89,364 | 7 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $87,968 | 3 | n/a |
| Lyon County Extension Council (US Department Agriculture Lyon Co Extension | $85,648 | 6 | n/a |
| Main Street Mommas Club | $84,527 | 5 | n/a |
| Lyon County Historical Society | $83,729 | 5 | 12% |
| Chase County Historical Society Inc | $80,824 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Cottonwood Falls | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emporia Area Chamber Foundation | $70,958 | 4 | 57% |
| Greenwood Preservation Society Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Fair Board | $59,673 | 3 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $59,501 | 3 | 0% |
| Lyon County Fairgrounds Foundation | $59,274 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas More Parish Manhattan Inc | $58,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chase County | $55,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State Historical Society Inc | $53,631 | 4 | 1% |
| First United Methodist Church of Osage City | $52,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Electrical Services LLC | $52,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lamont Wesleyan Church | $50,020 | 7 | n/a |
| Barry Flinchbaugh Center for Ag and Food Policy | $50,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Little Lyons Childcare Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Legion Club | $47,826 | 2 | 60% |
| Friends of the Emporia Public Library | $47,640 | 6 | n/a |
| Messiah Lutheran Church | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Emporia First Friday Art Walk Inc | $44,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Emporia Senior Center Inc | $43,276 | 4 | 8% |
| American Legion McColm Post 5 | $42,926 | 5 | 13% |
| Eureka Foundation | $38,917 | 2 | 25% |
| Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation | $37,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $37,230 | 2 | n/a |
| Matfield Green Works Inc | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Promise of the Flint Hills I | $36,387 | 3 | 8% |
| Emporia Community Day Care Center | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Miriam Chapter 14 OES | $34,447 | 3 | n/a |
| Street Cats Club | $34,246 | 3 | 31% |
| Lebo City Parks & Rec | $33,254 | 2 | n/a |
| Sertoma Inc | $32,553 | 3 | n/a |
| Falls Township | $30,964 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Madison | $30,256 | 1 | n/a |
| Sterling College | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Navrat's Inc | $27,962 | 1 | n/a |
| Eureka Fire and Rescue Department | $27,153 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church | $26,693 | 4 | n/a |
| Chase County Recreation Commission | $26,509 | 3 | n/a |
| Latimer Lutheran Church Preservation Society | $25,298 | 2 | n/a |
| Alpha XI of Sigma Chi Educational Foundation C/O Doug Miller | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| St Andrew's Episcopal Church | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bg Consultants | $23,905 | 2 | n/a |
| Emporia Granada Theatre Alliance In | $22,292 | 2 | 3% |
| Flint Hills Technical College Foundation | $22,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Emporia Public Library | $21,383 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County | $21,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Shrine Bowl of Kansas Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| St Isidore Catholic Student Center Parish | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emporia Presbyterian Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Neosho Rapids | $19,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $19,877 | 2 | n/a |
| Lyon County Crime Stoppers Inc | $19,753 | 3 | n/a |
| Emporia Spanish Speakers | $18,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc | $17,372 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Kansas | $17,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Restricted Emergency Fund | $17,025 | 3 | 35% |
| Complete Works LLC | $16,272 | 3 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Incorporated | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Interscholastic Cycling Association | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lyon County Veterans Memorial | $15,615 | 1 | 47% |
| Imaginarium Inc | $15,500 | 1 | 4% |
| City of Hartford | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Chase County Old School Development District Inc | $15,255 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas City Ballet Association | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Baby Closet of Emporia Kansas Foundation | $14,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Dental Foundation Inc | $14,605 | 1 | n/a |
| East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation | $14,421 | 2 | 0% |
| James Reynolds | $13,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newman Hospital Regional Health Found dba Newman Regional Health Foundation | $11,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Alumni Association of Kansas State University | $11,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chase County Fair and Agricultural Society | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Seattle Opera | $10,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | $10,730 | 2 | 0% |
| See to Learn Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Symphony in the Flint Hills | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of the Plains Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cof Training Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John C Lohmeyer | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Toledo Township | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| National Teachers Hall of Fame Inc | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Volland Foundation Inc | $8,605 | 1 | 2% |
| United Way of Douglas County Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of the Flint Hills Inc | $7,350 | 1 | 2% |
| College of the Ozarks | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Plumb Place Inc Dba Southwick House | $6,964 | 1 | 4% |
| Emporia Celebrates the Flint Hills | $6,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint Hills Rodeo Association Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sparkwheel Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $6,471 | 1 | n/a |
| Cottonwood Community Inc | $6,151 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyon County Girls Softball Association | $6,140 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Trapshooting Associationinc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Historic Preservation Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Evergreen Cemetery | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bloom House Youth Services Inc | $5,771 | 1 | 3% |
| Carearc Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hutchinson Correctional Facility Spiritual Life Center Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Kansas Livestock Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wabaunsee County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas 4-H Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Care Center for Women Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Emporia Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Trusler Foundation Inc · E L and Z Irene Hopkins Private Foundation · Ws & Ec Jones Testamentary Trust · Jane & Bernard Reeble Foundation · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · United Way of the Flint Hills Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Loretto a Langley Trust · Ima Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation
How this is measured
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About Emporia Community Foundation
- How much does Emporia Community Foundation give?
- Emporia Community Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $3,489,340, out of $3,880,368 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Emporia Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Emporia Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Newman Regional Health ($2.2M), Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas ($2.1M), Kansas State University Foundation ($1.3M).
- Does Emporia Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Emporia Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Trusler Foundation Inc, E L and Z Irene Hopkins Private Foundation, Ws & Ec Jones Testamentary Trust.
- Where is Emporia Community Foundation based?
- Emporia Community Foundation is based in KS.
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