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Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$675k
Granted FY2026still arriving
18
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Arts & Culture$1.2MHealth$673kEnvironment$430kPublic Safety & Disaster$327kPhilanthropy$287kAnimals$214kRecreation & Sports$185kEducation$175kOther$0
02FY2026 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $283k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $392k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$100,000
STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION$70,000
Individual grant recipient$66,666
SALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION$55,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SALINA$50,000
SALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES$50,000
SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC$40,000
SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$40,000
THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS)$30,000
KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$25,000
SALINA TENNIS ALLIANCE$25,000
SALINA FAMILY HEALTHCARE CENTER$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION$20,000
SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INCORPORATED$20,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%AMERICAN LEGION POST 140: $22k → 10%SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH: $24k → 13%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $105k → 13%SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $20k → 14%KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC (KPTS CHANNEL 8): $20k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $20k → 17%AMERICAN LEGION POST 140: $20k → 10%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $100k → 13%SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $15k → 14%KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC (KPTS CHANNEL 8): $15k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $15k → 17%LINDSBORG AMERICAN LEGION POST #140: $18k → 10%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $100k → 13%SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $15k → 14%KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC (KPTS CHANNEL 8): $15k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $15k → 17%SALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $100k → 13%SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $15k → 14%KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC (KPTS CHANNEL 8): $15k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $15k → 17%SALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $100k → 13%SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $15k → 14%KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE INC (KPTS CHANNEL 8): $15k → 16%ROLLING HILLS ZOO: $100k → 13%KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $75k → 13%SALINA PRESBYTERIAN MANOR: $67k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $62k → 13%SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (TAMMY WALKER CANCER CENTER): $55k → 13%PRAIRIELAND MARKET: $50k → 13%KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $50k → 13%SALINA PRESBYTERIAN MANOR: $50k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $40k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $40k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $40k → 13%SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (TAMMY WALKER CANCER CENTER): $35k → 13%SALINA PRESBYTERIAN MANOR: $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $30k → 13%SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $30k → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $30k → 13%SALINA TENNIS ALLIANCE: $25k → 13%KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 13%SALINA FAMILY HEALTHCARE CENTER: $25k → 13%SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INCORPORATED: $20k → 13%SALINA PRESBYTERIAN MANOR: $20k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 19 repeat orgs$208k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
9

Total granted

$3.6M
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
0%

Still filing today

79%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST
    STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $382k · revenue +32%
  • SC
    SALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $355k · revenue +91%
  • SA
    SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $287k · revenue +495%

Funded once

  • PM
    PRAIRIELAND MARKET INC
    one grant, 2025 · $50k
  • SO
    SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH
    one grant, 2024 · $24k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE SALINA ANIMAL SHELTER
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Salina Education Foundation

To encourage educational excellance by providing resources to enchance opportunities for the students and staff of salina's public schools.

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2
Salina Community Economic Development Organization Inc

Promote and support economic development

Community Improvement
3
Salina Area Chamber of Commerceinc

To advance the general welfare and prosperity of the salina area so its citizens and all areas of its business community shall prosper.

Community Improvement
4
Salina Free Library

Library for benefit of public

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5
Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation

To support and further the development, public awareness, and interest in the fine and performing arts and humanities in salina, kansas. to be a supporting organization to the city of salina, kansas, the arts and humanities commission and…

Arts & Culture
6
Salina Art Center Inc

Committed to art, artists, and audiences in salina, kansas and across the region by providing innovative exhibitions, programs, and an interactive area for children of all ages.

Arts & Culture
7
Salina Innovation Foundation

Our mission is to save and preserve the historic salina temple building for use as a community resource center.

Arts & Culture
8
Salina Area Technical College Foundation

Salina Area Technical College will meet the employment needs of the region by providing a diverse community of learners with the technical and general education skills necessary for employment, personal growth and lifelong learning.

Education
9
Saline High School Prep Hockey Team
Recreation & Sports
10
Hospice of Salina Inc

Serve persons with terminal illness and their families, using multidisciplinary team of medical and social service professionals, and provide community outreach by offering grief support groups and end of life education.

Human Services
11
Salina Child Care Association Inc

Provide child care and sponsor the child and adult care food program.

Human Services
12
Foundation for Saline Area Schools

Enrichment programs and other projects aimed at enhancing the quality of education and educational opportunities for all students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salina Regional Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Prairieland Market Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 31 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $382,000 · Arts & CultureSTIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING AR…SALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $355,123 · Arts & CultureSALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATIONSALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureSALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM …SALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureSALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES INCSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $95,000 · Arts & CultureSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORPKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $85,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERV…Individual grant recipient: $405,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREATER SALINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (SALINA POLICE DEPT EXCELLENCE FUND): $261,058 · OtherGREATER SALINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION…Individual grant recipient: $179,666 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS): $160,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY (SALINA KS CORPS…AMERICAN LEGION POST 140: $59,927 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SALINA: $50,000 · Other+8 more: $70,518 · Other+8 moreSALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $324,600 · HealthSALINA REGIONAL H…Salina Regional Health Center Inc: $120,000 · HealthSalina Regional H…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $95,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $38,500 · HealthSUNFLOWER ADULT D…SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $287,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION: $230,000 · EnvironmentKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $175,000 · EducationSALINA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationPRAIRIELAND MARKET INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionSALINA TENNIS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSALINA CROSSROADS MARATHON: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$1,267,123Other$1,186,169Health$578,100Philanthropy$287,000Environment$230,000Education$200,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Recreation & Sports$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $382,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $355,123 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetSALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $324,600 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetSALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $287,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 4y, 49% of budgetSALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $175,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES INC: $150,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetSalina Regional Health Center Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $95,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $85,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION POST 140: $59,927 over 3y, 35% of budgetSUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $38,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetSALINA EMERGENCY AIDFOOD BANK INC: $17,518 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSALINA CROSSROADS MARATHON: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SALINA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
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 STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA EDUCATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SALINA BASEBALL ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds Salina Regional Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEGION POST 140 ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIELAND MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SALINA TENNIS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA EMERGENCY AIDFOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA CROSSROADS MARATHON ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SALINA 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.

Mike Berkley Family F…Greater Salina Commun…Earl Bane FoundationSmoot Charitable Foun…Milton I and Frances …McCune & Middlekauff …Verla Nesbitt Joscely…Morrison Foundation T…Salina Regional Healt…Mildred and Rolland M…Anderson Family Found…Dane G Hansen Foundat…
Mike Berkley Family Foundation IncKS34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mike Berkley Family Foundation Inc · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Earl Bane Foundation · Smoot Charitable Foundation · Milton I and Frances L Stiefel Foundation · McCune & Middlekauff Foundation · Verla Nesbitt Joscelyn Foundation · Morrison Foundation Trust · Salina Regional Health Foundation · Mildred and Rolland Middlekauff Foundation · Anderson Family Foundation · Dane G Hansen Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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