· Private foundation
Evans Gordon W Charitable Tr
Its FY2026 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 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k6 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MUSIC THEATRE OF WICHITA | $17,500 |
| MARK ARTS | $7,500 |
| EXPLORATION PLACE | $5,000 |
| MUSIC YOUTH PARTNERSHIP | $5,000 |
| WICHITA SYMPHONY SOCIETY WICHITA | $5,000 |
| WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $4,200 |
| WICHITA CHAMBER CHORALE | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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: 6 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MTMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA4× · 2023–2026 · $61k · revenue +66%
- MAMARK ARTS INC4× · 2023–2026 · $25k · revenue +70%
- NUNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC3× · 2018–2020 · $13k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- CMChamber Music At The Barn Incone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue 0% · 85% of their budget
- WSWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ULRICH MUSEUM OF ART WICHITA KSone grant, 2017 · $2k
- WSWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS WICHITA KSone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
MTS aims to ignite the lifelong love of performing arts and promote valuing creativity, community, and artistic excellence.
Mucical Theatre Works (MTW) is a theater academy and performance organization. WTW provides participatory experience for students to produce two full-scale musicals each year.
Making the arts accessible to all
Music theatre of connecticut, inc., was formed to foster and promote the growth and appreciation of theatre to the general public and to teach the appreciation of cultural and artistic values and benefits of theatre through production and…
The mission of Music Theatre of Wenatchee, a volunteer, non-profit organization incorporated under Washington state law, is to provide quality, live theatrical entertainment for the community from concept to performance, to provide…
The musical theater center's mission is to share the joy of children's theater with many diverse audiences. it strives to be a positive force in the community by providing exceptional musical theater stage productions made up entirely of…
To provide educational programs to children in the community with regard to performing arts.
Mission of MYA is to build a home with the power of music to enrich the lives of the students and their communities.
Musical performance & youth education
To provide cultural opportunities to under represented audiences in SW Idaho
The mission of the millwald theatre is to be a cultural hub that provides exceptional and accessible arts experiences including entertainment, education, and civic dialogue while promoting economic growth in our community.
To provide theater peforming arts opportunities in wichita, kansas.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 18 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 MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA ↗
- Who funds WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARK ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ↗
- Who funds NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC YOUTH PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Chamber Music At The Barn Inc ↗
- Who funds EXPLORATION PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds FORUM THEATRE COMPANY WICHITA 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: K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Koch Family Foundation · Charitable Foundation Inc · Annie Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · Ima Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Evans Gordon W Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evans Gordon W Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
Play a game based on Evans Gordon W Charitable Tr’s filings →