Kansas · Public charity
Finnup Foundation
The Finnup Foundation Trust was established in 1977 by siblings Frederick Finnup and Isabel Finnup, who carried on the legacy of generosity that was modeled by their father, George Finnup, and their grandfather, Frederick Finnup. The Finnup family's interest in families, youth, education, social services, and conservation is expressed…
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Finnup Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 28 | $1.3M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $740k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $899k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $898k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $737k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $557k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Garden City | $1,086,620 | 8 | n/a |
| Ktwu | $1,046,197 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Congregational Church | $793,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $569,417 | 7 | n/a |
| The Russell Child Development Center Inc | $562,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Garden City Community College Endowment Association | $352,000 | 6 | 28% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney and Kearny Counties Inc | $319,000 | 8 | 22% |
| Spirit of the Plains Casa Inc | $253,381 | 8 | 22% |
| Kansas Childrens Service League | $245,000 | 7 | 0% |
| KANZA Society Inc | $185,000 | 8 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Finnup Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: Western Kansas Community Foundation · Finney County United Way Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas · Mary Jo Williams Charitable Trust · SEWARD COUNTY UNITED FUND dba SEWARD COUNTY UNITED WAY · Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Dodge City Inc · Reeve Family Foundation · Baughman Foundation · Cooper Clark Foundation
How this is measured
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About Finnup Foundation
- How much does Finnup Foundation give?
- Finnup Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $1,009,257 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Finnup Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Human Services (20%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
- Who are Finnup Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of Garden City ($1.1M), Ktwu ($1.0M), Community Congregational Church ($793k).
- Does Finnup Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Finnup Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Kansas Community Foundation, Finney County United Way Inc, Kansas Health Foundation.
- Where is Finnup Foundation based?
- Finnup Foundation is based in KS.
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