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Golden Belt Community Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to inspire individuals to collaborate and create a thriving future, fostering connections with family, friends, and neighbors, while creating legacies that endure.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 54
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,961
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $296,762
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Golden Belt Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 50 | $1.6M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $986k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $1.2M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.6M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $681k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $753k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $546k | 35% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.2MAnimals$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MReligion$1.0MArts & Culture$829kRecreation & Sports$778kHealth$668kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Belt Humane and Animal Welfare Society | $811,675 | 9 | 27% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barton County Community College Foundation | $473,947 | 9 | 36% |
| Holy Family School | $413,568 | 9 | n/a |
| Great Bend Recreation Commission Foundation | $392,995 | 9 | 50% |
| Advancing Barton County Children Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Barton County Community College | $271,658 | 6 | n/a |
| The University of Kansas Hospital Authority | $264,052 | 6 | n/a |
| First Christian Church | $259,602 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Belt Humane and Animal Welfare Society | $811,675 | 9 | 27% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Barton County Community College Foundation | $473,947 | 9 | 36% |
| Holy Family School | $413,568 | 9 | n/a |
| Great Bend Recreation Commission Foundation | $392,995 | 9 | 50% |
| Advancing Barton County Children Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation | $300,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Barton County Community College | $271,658 | 6 | n/a |
| The University of Kansas Hospital Authority | $264,052 | 6 | n/a |
| First Christian Church | $259,602 | 7 | n/a |
| Barton County Historical Society | $257,765 | 6 | 67% |
| Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Great Bend Zoological Society Inc | $195,764 | 9 | n/a |
| Kansas Oil & Gas Museum Foundation | $179,110 | 3 | 53% |
| Family Crisis Center Inc | $175,789 | 8 | 3% |
| St Rose Health Center | $152,302 | 3 | 1% |
| Great Bend Foundation Inc | $149,812 | 9 | 49% |
| City of Larned | $134,374 | 5 | n/a |
| Dechant Foundation | $128,333 | 1 | 2% |
| Great Bend Alive Inc | $127,362 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Larned Historical Society Inc | $125,177 | 6 | 16% |
| Jordaan Memorial Library | $115,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family School | $114,792 | 6 | n/a |
| Usd 428 Education Foundation | $109,582 | 7 | 53% |
| Central Ks Dream Center Inc | $109,343 | 7 | 44% |
| United Way of Central Kansas Inc | $107,846 | 9 | 7% |
| Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation | $102,759 | 5 | 18% |
| City of Pawnee Rock | $101,860 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Great Bend | $101,847 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Food Bank of Barton County Inc | $101,648 | 7 | 35% |
| Fort Hays State University | $97,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Barton County Emergency Aid Association | $93,157 | 8 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $89,353 | 9 | n/a |
| Meals On Wheels Of Barton County Kansas Inc | $88,971 | 7 | n/a |
| Sunflower Diversified Services Foundation Inc | $87,065 | 8 | 15% |
| Almost Home Inc | $84,189 | 5 | 5% |
| Kansas State University | $84,080 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas | $83,090 | 4 | 4% |
| Stafford County Economic Development Inc | $79,077 | 3 | 2% |
| Welcome Inn Leisure Center Inc | $76,415 | 4 | 28% |
| Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Foundation | $75,842 | 2 | 21% |
| The University of Kansas | $72,465 | 6 | n/a |
| Barton County Arts Council Inc | $66,618 | 9 | n/a |
| Barton County | $59,598 | 3 | n/a |
| Lasting Life Ministries Inc | $57,911 | 7 | 4% |
| Clara Barton Hospital Foundation Inc | $55,638 | 2 | 8% |
| GPS Kids Club | $51,503 | 4 | 8% |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | $47,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $43,352 | 3 | 1% |
| Dominican Sisters of Peace Inc | $42,089 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Burdett | $38,172 | 2 | n/a |
| St John Lutheran Church | $38,057 | 5 | n/a |
| Great Bend Community Theatre Inc | $37,320 | 2 | n/a |
| City of St John | $36,040 | 1 | n/a |
| Larned Recreation Commission | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hoisington | $33,939 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Hays State Athletic Association | $33,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Live Like Jesus Today Ministries In | $32,208 | 1 | 5% |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunflower Diversified Services Inc | $27,597 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Ellinwood | $27,494 | 2 | n/a |
| Great Bend Bat Cats Baseball Club Inc | $26,529 | 1 | n/a |
| ElderCare Inc | $26,348 | 3 | 0% |
| Fort Larned Foundation Foreducation Inc | $25,836 | 1 | n/a |
| Pawnee County Fair Association | $25,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Hoisington Church of the Nazarene | $25,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation of the New Church Theological School | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Jerusalem Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States Of | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Kansas Court Appointed Special Advocates | $24,982 | 3 | 6% |
| Great Bend Public Library | $24,151 | 2 | n/a |
| Smfb Foundation | $23,800 | 3 | 80% |
| U S D 431 Education Foundation | $22,425 | 2 | 24% |
| Commonspirit Kansas Inc | $20,241 | 1 | 0% |
| City of la Crosse | $19,686 | 1 | n/a |
| Parents Leading Active Youth Inc | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Kansas Partnership Inc | $15,365 | 2 | n/a |
| Ellinwood Commission on Aging Inc | $15,174 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Bend Child Day Care Association | $15,139 | 2 | 2% |
| The Dodge City Community College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Bend Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Rush County EMS | $13,231 | 1 | n/a |
| Assembly of God | $12,030 | 1 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $11,678 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hudson | $11,628 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Belt Trail Alliance Inc | $11,445 | 1 | n/a |
| Birthright of Great Bend Inc | $11,119 | 2 | n/a |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $10,219 | 1 | 0% |
| Wichita State University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The St John Hudson Community Usd 350 Educational Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Usd 496 Pawnee Heights Schools | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Rush County Transportation | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Leadership and Learning | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Igather Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Counseling & Consultation | $5,784 | 1 | 0% |
| Pawnee County | $5,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Pawnee County Youth Initiative Foundation | $5,049 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoisington Recreation Commission | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ministerial Association of Pawnee County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Golden Belt Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.
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.
Dorothy M Morrison FoundationKS24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 7 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Dorothy M Morrison Foundation · United Way of Central Kansas Inc · Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies · Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Golden Belt Community Foundation
- How much does Golden Belt Community Foundation give?
- Golden Belt Community Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $1,700,643, out of $5,946,446 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Golden Belt Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Animals (11%).
- Who are Golden Belt Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Golden Belt Humane and Animal Welfare Society ($812k), Kansas State University Foundation ($500k), Barton County Community College Foundation ($474k).
- Does Golden Belt Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Golden Belt Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dorothy M Morrison Foundation, United Way of Central Kansas Inc, Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation.
- Where is Golden Belt Community Foundation based?
- Golden Belt Community Foundation is based in KS.
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