Kansas · Public charity
Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc
To build awareness of the struggles for freedom in eastern kansas and western missouri. We work to preserve and share the stories around three major themes; the settlement of the frontier, the border war and civil war, and the enduring struggle for freedom.
- $338k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $29,821
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $186,181
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $620k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $338k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $446k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $410k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $464k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $441k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $722k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $646k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $580k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County Historical Society | $2,311,017 | 9 | 41% |
| Lecompton Historical Society Inc | $765,975 | 9 | 58% |
| Clinton Lake Historical Society Inc | $261,227 | 9 | 83% |
| Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc | $206,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Eudora Area Historical Society | $153,705 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $131,625 | 3 | 0% |
| Franklin County Historical Society | $127,554 | 1 | 40% |
| Friends of the Free State Capitol Inc | $100,561 | 3 | 60% |
| Friends of the Kaw Inc | $92,890 | 3 | 24% |
| Riley County Food and Farm Council | $69,909 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County Historical Society | $2,311,017 | 9 | 41% |
| Lecompton Historical Society Inc | $765,975 | 9 | 58% |
| Clinton Lake Historical Society Inc | $261,227 | 9 | 83% |
| Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc | $206,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Eudora Area Historical Society | $153,705 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $131,625 | 3 | 0% |
| Franklin County Historical Society | $127,554 | 1 | 40% |
| Friends of the Free State Capitol Inc | $100,561 | 3 | 60% |
| Friends of the Kaw Inc | $92,890 | 3 | 24% |
| Riley County Food and Farm Council | $69,909 | 3 | n/a |
| The Blackjack Battlefield Trust Inc | $42,373 | 3 | n/a |
| Grassland Heritage Foundation | $36,790 | 2 | 28% |
| City of Baldwin City | $22,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Riley County Historical Society | $21,632 | 2 | 9% |
| The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baker University | $19,413 | 1 | 0% |
| Haskell Foundation | $19,319 | 2 | 2% |
| Kansas Land Trust Inc | $17,820 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Oak Hill Cemetery | $13,395 | 1 | n/a |
| Banner Creek Science Center Inc | $10,965 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Johnson County Library Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Foundation | $7,446 | 1 | n/a |
| Wornall-Majors House Museums Inc | $6,829 | 1 | 3% |
| Miami County Historical Society Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ray County Historical Society and Museum Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($333k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Douglas County Community Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Humanities Kansas Inc · Midcontinent Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc
- How much does Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc give?
- Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc reported 5 grants totaling $337,590 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (87%), Environment (4%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Douglas County Historical Society ($2.3M), Lecompton Historical Society Inc ($766k), Clinton Lake Historical Society Inc ($261k).
- Does Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Douglas County Community Foundation, The Sunderland Foundation.
- Where is Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc based?
- Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc is based in KS.
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