Kansas · Private foundation
Lemert Ranch Trust
Lemert Ranch Trust is organized to provide financial support for entities and students who reside in Chautauqua County, KS, one of the poorest counties in Kansas. College scholarships for students in the county and local libraries, senior citizen programming, and youth education. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected…
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,216
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,405
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Lemert Ranch Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $57k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $52k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unified School District No 286 | $17,014 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Vale USD 285 | $17,014 | 1 | n/a |
| Sedan Public Library | $13,742 | 3 | n/a |
| Peoples Place Association Inc | $10,307 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.
About Lemert Ranch Trust
- How much does Lemert Ranch Trust give?
- Lemert Ranch Trust reported 7 grants totaling $62,161 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Lemert Ranch Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Community Improvement (10%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Lemert Ranch Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Unified School District No 286 ($17k), Cedar Vale USD 285 ($17k), Sedan Public Library ($14k).
- Does Lemert Ranch Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lemert Ranch Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Lemert Ranch Trust based?
- Lemert Ranch Trust is based in KS.
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