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McPherson County Community Foundation
The McPherson County Community Foundation serves the common good for its residents building strong communities by engaging people in philanthropy and developing a permanent endowment to provide resources now and for generations to come.
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 103
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 104
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $14,695
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $236,492
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 104
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 13
- Total assets, FY2026
- $62M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 32% of the organizations McPherson County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $662k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthReligionEducationInternationalOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 99 | $3.1M | 29% |
| FY2025 | 104 | $4.1M | 32% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $1.8M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 62 | $1.8M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $2.1M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 95 | $3.7M | 77% |
| FY2018 | 48 | $816k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $712k | n/a |
98% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$2.7MHealth$2.5MReligion$2.0MHuman Services$1.7MArts & Culture$1.4MInternational$755kRecreation & Sports$563kHousing & Shelter$442kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
MN
IL
MA
OH
UT
CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson Hospital Inc | $2,027,099 | 6 | 2% |
| Elyria Christian School Inc | $965,559 | 8 | 28% |
| Advancing Native Missions | $603,600 | 6 | 1% |
| Live Free Ministries Inc | $564,101 | 6 | 22% |
| McPherson Opera House Company | $520,043 | 8 | 26% |
| Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum Inc | $494,748 | 4 | 31% |
| McPherson College | $487,822 | 8 | 0% |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | $477,552 | 6 | 2% |
| City of Lindsborg Rec Dept | $450,408 | 6 | n/a |
| Youth with a Mission - Houston | $380,500 | 6 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson Hospital Inc | $2,027,099 | 6 | 2% |
| Elyria Christian School Inc | $965,559 | 8 | 28% |
| Advancing Native Missions | $603,600 | 6 | 1% |
| Live Free Ministries Inc | $564,101 | 6 | 22% |
| McPherson Opera House Company | $520,043 | 8 | 26% |
| Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum Inc | $494,748 | 4 | 31% |
| McPherson College | $487,822 | 8 | 0% |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | $477,552 | 6 | 2% |
| City of Lindsborg Rec Dept | $450,408 | 6 | n/a |
| Youth with a Mission - Houston | $380,500 | 6 | 8% |
| Bethany College | $369,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Aleluya Ministries of Hope Inc | $322,753 | 8 | 22% |
| Gideons International | $310,000 | 4 | n/a |
| McPherson High School | $300,168 | 7 | n/a |
| First Church of Brethren | $291,095 | 8 | n/a |
| Lindsborg Child Development Center | $233,670 | 4 | 6% |
| Associated Ministries of Moundridge Ks Inc | $218,559 | 7 | n/a |
| McPherson Public Library | $202,456 | 8 | n/a |
| McPherson First United Methodist Church | $195,367 | 8 | n/a |
| McPherson Housing Coalition Inc | $189,994 | 7 | 6% |
| Usd 400 | $179,635 | 5 | n/a |
| The Cedars Inc | $168,035 | 7 | 0% |
| Bethany Home Association of Lindsborg Kansas | $157,685 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $156,736 | 5 | n/a |
| McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation | $151,310 | 5 | 45% |
| Mt Hope Sanctuary Inc | $142,504 | 4 | 48% |
| Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc | $136,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Inman Senior Citizens Inc | $131,858 | 2 | 10% |
| Friends of Lindsborg Library Inc | $131,650 | 6 | n/a |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $119,000 | 2 | 1% |
| McPherson Family YMCA | $116,956 | 7 | 9% |
| Urban Outreach Inc | $110,600 | 7 | 7% |
| The Children's Mercy Hospital | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Riverview Estates Inc | $106,109 | 7 | 1% |
| Lindsborg Child Development Center | $105,447 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Hospital Inc Employee Group Benefit Trust | $98,683 | 2 | 5% |
| Marquette Learning Center Inc | $95,736 | 4 | 6% |
| Christ's Kids Preschool Foundation | $94,981 | 2 | 2% |
| Mercy Hospital Inc | $94,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bob King Ministries | $93,200 | 8 | 8% |
| Called to Life International Inc | $92,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Tabor College | $89,246 | 4 | 0% |
| Christian Center Church of Monroe County New York | $82,800 | 3 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 140 | $78,595 | 2 | 57% |
| Moundridge Public Library | $77,844 | 5 | n/a |
| Baptist General Convention of Texas | $77,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Conservancy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Birger Sandzen Memorial Foundation | $74,610 | 4 | 11% |
| Kids Kampus Inc | $73,594 | 2 | n/a |
| McPherson County Food Bank Inc | $73,349 | 5 | 6% |
| Matamoros Children's Home Inc | $73,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Manchester University Inc | $72,611 | 1 | n/a |
| Tarkio College | $72,264 | 1 | n/a |
| Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church | $70,350 | 4 | n/a |
| McPherson Arts Alliance Inc | $69,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Casa a Voice for Children Inc | $68,268 | 5 | 10% |
| Journey Mennonite Church Inc | $67,676 | 4 | n/a |
| American Legion 24 Harry B Dorst | $63,661 | 4 | 18% |
| United Way of McPherson County Inc | $62,030 | 3 | 12% |
| Tree of Life Mission | $61,780 | 5 | n/a |
| Lindsborg Community Health Care Foundation Inc | $59,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Adopt-A-Native Elder | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of McPherson Ks Inc | $52,942 | 4 | 20% |
| The Associated Churches of Lindsborg Inc | $52,480 | 3 | 8% |
| Swiss Mennonite Cultural & Historical Association | $51,137 | 5 | n/a |
| Youth With a Mission | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inman Recreation Commission | $48,371 | 4 | n/a |
| Inman Elementary School PTO | $47,440 | 4 | n/a |
| McPherson Senior Center | $45,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Lindsborg Senior Citizens Inc | $45,050 | 3 | 19% |
| Bethany Theological Seminary Inc | $44,767 | 1 | n/a |
| Usd 408 | $42,040 | 2 | n/a |
| Moundridge Senior Center | $41,654 | 4 | n/a |
| McPherson Valley Uplands Inc | $41,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Galva Recreation | $41,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $40,400 | 4 | n/a |
| McPherson Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Inmans Museum Association Inc | $39,420 | 3 | n/a |
| Kansas Sampler Foundation Inc | $38,228 | 1 | 28% |
| Harveymcpherson Counties Community Corrections | $38,000 | 2 | n/a |
| McPherson Chamber of Commerce | $37,063 | 5 | 5% |
| Usd 419 | $34,270 | 3 | n/a |
| USD 423 Moundridge | $34,188 | 3 | n/a |
| McPherson Community Theatre Inc | $33,996 | 3 | n/a |
| K-State Research & Exptension | $32,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Usd 306 Southeast of Saline | $32,226 | 3 | n/a |
| Inman Public Library | $32,020 | 2 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Fred E Ellis 2715 Post | $31,994 | 3 | 10% |
| McPherson County Council on Aging | $31,785 | 2 | 3% |
| Ywam | $30,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Broadway Rfd | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Kansas Conservancy Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garden Valley Christian Center | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| McPherson County 4h | $29,105 | 3 | n/a |
| The Moundridge Historical Association Inc | $28,811 | 2 | n/a |
| Park Temple Baptist Church | $28,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluestem Pace Inc | $27,880 | 3 | 0% |
| West Zion Mennonite Church | $26,700 | 2 | n/a |
| McPherson Church of the Nazarene | $26,080 | 2 | n/a |
| The Kansas Learning Center for Health Inc | $25,465 | 2 | 1% |
| International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention | $25,200 | 3 | n/a |
| New Hope Evangelical Church | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Starbase Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkside Homes Inc | $24,310 | 1 | 0% |
| First Free Methodist Church | $23,108 | 3 | n/a |
| Countryside Covenant Church McPherson Ks | $22,740 | 4 | n/a |
| Mobility Worldwide Kansas - Moundri Inc | $21,014 | 3 | 21% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegro Organizational Solutions Inc | $20,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Recovery in Motion | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Galva | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ferris Avenue Church Baptist Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic School | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Outreach Inc | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bernabe Latin-American Ministries Inc | $18,400 | 3 | 11% |
| Immanuel Baptist Church | $18,400 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Industrial Development Company | $17,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Smoky Valley Historical Assn | $16,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $16,364 | 2 | n/a |
| Sports Quest | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Hope Association | $15,245 | 2 | 0% |
| Church of the Brethren Home Inc | $14,522 | 1 | n/a |
| Karpov Int School of Chess | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Churches United in Ministry Inc | $13,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Thanksgiving Inc | $12,871 | 2 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Program Bureau Inc | $11,321 | 1 | n/a |
| Lindsborg Cemetery Company | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galva Senior Citizens Inc | $10,525 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Healthcare Foundation Inc | $10,182 | 2 | 1% |
| McPherson High School | $10,060 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Car Connection | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Coalition for Equity Inclusion and Diversity | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village Geek | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Svensk Hyllningsfest Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooklyn & Co LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auto House Inc Towing & Recovery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wichita Children's Home | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bandy Sound LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lindsborg Masonic Lodge # 397 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CTFit 24 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craft Coffee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Compliance Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Travel Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hank s Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire & Safety LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rusty Tin Boutique | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bello Capelli Salon | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox & Ash Barbership | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Wrecker Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Deli | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| KMS Enterprises | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennant Coffee Roasters | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kelly s Bar and Grill | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ristorante Italiano Di Familia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Next Level Athletics | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| SATCA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reuse It Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| All in One Safety | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lock & Load | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Health Food Market | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coates Cleaning Solutions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Designs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smoky Valley Arts and Folklife Center Association | $9,745 | 1 | n/a |
| Lindsborg At Work Association | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| McPherson Fire Department | $9,066 | 1 | n/a |
| MHS Band Club | $8,900 | 1 | n/a |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311) | $8,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Farms Coffee | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Headquarters Kansas Inc | $8,480 | 1 | 1% |
| Offendervictim Ministries Inc | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Trail Association | $7,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Home Inc | $7,530 | 1 | n/a |
| Zao Life Farms | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Windom Senior Center | $6,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainbow Ministries - Tu Projimo | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| King s Highway Baptist Church | $6,432 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Baptist Men | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Costume Project Inc | $5,565 | 1 | n/a |
| Moundridge Recreation Commission | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cat House McPherson Corporation | $5,244 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Aid Mission | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
| La Torre | $5,021 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Legion | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McPherson County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 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 62.
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.
Greater Salina Community FoundationKS38.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Greater Salina Community Foundation · Julia J Mingenback Foundation Inc · Elmer Dalke Charitable Foundation · Saint Stephen's of Kansas Charitable Trust · Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies · Ketcherside Family Foundation Inc · United Way of McPherson County Inc · Central Kansas Community Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Hutchinson Community Foundation · Farmers Alliance Companies Charitable Foundation · Kansas Independent College Association
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.
Compare McPherson County Community Foundation with peer funders
About McPherson County Community Foundation
- How much does McPherson County Community Foundation give?
- McPherson County Community Foundation reported 103 itemized grants totaling $3,112,910, out of $4,251,568 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 104 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does McPherson County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (18%), Health (16%), Religion (13%).
- Who are McPherson County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: McPherson Hospital Inc ($2.0M), Elyria Christian School Inc ($966k), Advancing Native Missions ($604k).
- Does McPherson County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McPherson County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Salina Community Foundation, Julia J Mingenback Foundation Inc, Elmer Dalke Charitable Foundation.
- Where is McPherson County Community Foundation based?
- McPherson County Community Foundation is based in KS.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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