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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 FY2026still arriving
103
Grants FY2026still arriving
13
States reached
$236k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.7MHealth$2.5MReligion$2.0MHuman Services$1.7MArts & Culture$1.4MInternational$755kRecreation & Sports$563kHousing & Shelter$442kOther$0
02FY2026 · 103 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 103 grants below total $3,112,910, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,251,568 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,138,658 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k29 grants · $215k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.8M
$14,695
Median grant
13
States reached
$62M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
McPherson College$236,492
McPherson Center for Health$140,960
Aleluya Ministries of Hope Inc$138,553
Inman Senior Center$124,458
YWAM Youth With A Mission - Houston$123,000
Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum$121,765
Elyria Christian School$98,920
Advancing Native Missions$96,600
Bethany College$92,100
Central Christian College Foundation$84,062
Church of the Brethren$80,000
Lindsborg Community Library$78,585
Manchester University$72,611
Tarkio Technology Institute$72,264
FUQUA Construction Inc$64,125
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $838k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA of Wichita: $9k → 16%Adopt A Native Elder: $20k → 5%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 16%Adopt A Native Elder: $15k → 5%Timbercrest Home: $15k → 12%Parkside Homes: $24k → 10%Adopt a Native Elder: $10k → 5%Adopt a Native Elder: $10k → 5%Marquette Learning Center: $55k → 10%BLUESTEM PACE: $11k → 9%Bluestem Pace: $11k → 9%Marquette Learning Center: $17k → 10%Bluestem PACE Inc: $6k → 9%Marquette Learning Center: $10k → 10%Christ's Kids Childcare: $86k → 10%Christ Kid s Childcare Center: $9k → 10%Cedars: $52k → 10%THE CEDARS: $43k → 10%Cedars: $30k → 10%MCPHERSON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $16k → 10%MCPHERSON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $16k → 10%THE CEDARS: $15k → 10%MARQUETTE LEARNING CENTER: $14k → 10%THE CEDARS: $11k → 10%Cedars: $11k → 10%The Cedars: $6k → 10%MOBILITY WORLDWIDE: $10k → 10%Memorial Home Inc: $8k → 10%Mobility WorldwidePET: $6k → 10%Mobility WorldwidePET: $5k → 10%SPROUT HOUSE LEARNING CENTER: $88k → 10%Sprout House Learning Center: $60k → 10%Sprout House Learning Center: $35k → 10%Smoky Valley Historical Association: $21k → 10%LINDSBORG SENIOR CENTER: $20k → 10%Lindsborg Senior Center: $20k → 10%Sprout House Learning Center DBA Lindsborg Child Development Center: $18k → 10%Lindsborg Child Development Center: $12k → 10%LINDSBORG SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
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MA
OH
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CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 112 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

112 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2026, 42 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
93

Total granted

$15M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+16%

Still filing today

48%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $599k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthReligionInternationalOther
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

  • MH
    McPherson Hospital Inc
    6× · 2021–2026 · $2.0M · revenue +11%
  • EC
    ELYRIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $966k · revenue +17% · 28% of their budget
  • MO
    MCPHERSON OPERA HOUSE COMPANY
    8× · 2017–2026 · $520k · revenue +129% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • AO
    All Other Grants to Organization
    one grant, 2021 · $1.4M
  • LC
    Lindsborg Child Development Center
    one grant, 2025 · $105k
  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +11%
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
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
2
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Inc

Promote and provide quality healthcare for the general commuinty of Jefferson County

Health
3
Health Ministries Clinic Inc

To promote and improve the quality of life by providing integrated healthcare services to the entire community in the name and spirit of Christ

Religion
4
Kansas City Christian School Association

To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.

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5
Mennonite Friendship Communities Inc

Enhancing the Quality of Life of residents, staff and community at large within a framework of Mennonite values.

Human Services
6
Presbyterian Manors Inc

To provide quality active senior living and health care within a christian-based community through a continuum of service founded upon the values of respect, dignity, and independence.

Human Services
7
Friends of Kansas Christian Home Inc

Nursing and independent living facility The organization owns and operates a skilled nursing facility and independent living units for the elderly and disabled.

Housing & Shelter
8
Kansas Affordable Housing Corporation

Provide support for mennonite housing rehabilitation services, inc., which provides low-income housing for the elderly and disabled through hud housing programs that provide low-income families with ownership opportunities and the…

Housing & Shelter
9
Frankfort Community Care Home Inc

The organization owns and operates a skilled nursing facility for the elderly and disabled in Frankfort, Kansas.

—
10
Protection Valley Manor Inc

Nursing home for the elderly The organization owns and operates an intermediate care nursing facility for the elderly and disabled.

Housing & Shelter
11
Mennonite Housing Rehabilitation Services Inc

Provide low-income housing for the elderly and disabled through hud housing programs that provide low-income families with homes

Housing & Shelter
12
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rainbow Ministries - Tu Projimo. 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

86 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. 86 of the 235 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/86
Grantees still filing
55/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

All Other Grants to Organization: $1,358,011 · OtherAll Other Grants to OrganizationADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $603,600 · OtherADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONSCITY OF LINDSBORG REC DEPT: $450,408 · OtherGIDEONS INTERNATIONAL: $310,000 · Other+149 more: $6,491,424 · Other+149 moreELYRIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $965,559 · EducationELYRIA CHRISTIAN…MCPHERSON COLLEGE: $487,822 · EducationMCPHERSON COLLEG…CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS: $477,552 · EducationCENTRAL CHRISTIA…BETHANY COLLEGE: $369,100 · EducationBETHANY COLLEGETabor College: $89,246 · Education+3 more: $169,875 · Education+3 moreMcPherson Hospital Inc: $2,027,099 · HealthMcPherson Hosp…The Children's Mercy Hospital: $110,000 · HealthRiverview Estates Inc: $106,109 · HealthMercy Hospital Inc: $94,000 · Health+3 more: $50,427 · HealthMCPHERSON OPERA HOUSE COMPANY: $520,043 · Arts & CultureLINDSBORG OLD MILL AND SWEDISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $494,748 · Arts & CultureMcPherson Museum & Arts Foundation: $151,310 · Arts & CultureBIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $74,610 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $97,393 · Arts & CultureYouth with a Mission - Houston: $380,500 · Human ServicesLindsborg Child Development Center: $233,670 · Human ServicesTHE CEDARS INC: $168,035 · Human ServicesMARQUETTE LEARNING CENTER INC: $95,736 · Human ServicesCHRIST'S KIDS PRESCHOOL FOUNDATION: $94,981 · Human ServicesAdopt-A-Native Elder: $55,000 · Human ServicesLINDSBORG SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $45,050 · Human Services+7 more: $141,511 · Human ServicesLIVE FREE MINISTRIES INC: $564,101 · ReligionSeed of Abraham Ministries Inc: $136,200 · ReligionCalled to Life International Inc: $92,200 · Religion+1 more: $18,400 · ReligionALELUYA MINISTRIES OF HOPE INC: $322,753 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $156,736 · InternationalMATAMOROS CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $73,000 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $20,300 · International+2 more: $28,500 · International
Other$9,213,443Education$2,559,154Health$2,387,635Arts & Culture$1,338,104Human Services$1,214,483Religion$810,901International$601,289

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMcPherson Hospital Inc: $2,027,099 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetELYRIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $965,559 over 8y, 28% of budgetADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS: $603,600 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLIVE FREE MINISTRIES INC: $564,101 over 6y, 22% of budgetMCPHERSON OPERA HOUSE COMPANY: $520,043 over 8y, 26% of budgetLINDSBORG OLD MILL AND SWEDISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $494,748 over 4y, 31% of budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $487,822 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS: $477,552 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetYouth with a Mission - Houston: $380,500 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetBETHANY COLLEGE: $369,100 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetALELUYA MINISTRIES OF HOPE INC: $322,753 over 8y, 22% of budgetLindsborg Child Development Center: $233,670 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetMCPHERSON HOUSING COALITION INC: $189,994 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetTHE CEDARS INC: $168,035 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMcPherson County Community Foundation: $162,188 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBETHANY HOME ASSOCIATION OF LINDSBORG KANSAS: $157,685 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMcPherson Museum & Arts Foundation: $151,310 over 5y, 45% of budgetMT HOPE SANCTUARY INC: $142,504 over 4y, 48% of budgetSeed of Abraham Ministries Inc: $136,200 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetINMAN SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $131,858 over 2y, 10% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $119,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMCPHERSON FAMILY YMCA: $116,956 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetURBAN OUTREACH INC: $110,600 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRiverview Estates Inc: $106,109 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMcPherson Hospital Inc Employee Group Benefit Trust: $98,683 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMARQUETTE LEARNING CENTER INC: $95,736 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetCHRIST'S KIDS PRESCHOOL FOUNDATION: $94,981 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMercy Hospital Inc: $94,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBOB KING MINISTRIES: $93,200 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetTabor College: $89,246 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION POST 140: $78,595 over 2y, 57% of budgetBIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $74,610 over 4y, 11% of budgetMCPHERSON COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $73,349 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetMATAMOROS CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $73,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCASA A VOICE FOR CHILDREN INC: $68,268 over 5y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION 24 HARRY B DORST: $63,661 over 4y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MCPHERSON COUNTY INC: $62,030 over 3y, 12% of budgetAdopt-A-Native Elder: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF MCPHERSON KS INC: $52,942 over 4y, 20% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF LINDSBORG INC: $52,480 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetMCPHERSON SENIOR CENTER: $45,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetLINDSBORG SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $45,050 over 3y, 19% of budgetMCPHERSON AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetKANSAS SAMPLER FOUNDATION INC: $38,228 over 1y, 28% of budgetMCPHERSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $37,063 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FRED E ELLIS 2715 POST: $31,994 over 3y, 10% of budgetMCPHERSON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $31,785 over 2y, 3.3% 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 McPherson Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds ELYRIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING NATIVE MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds LIVE FREE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON OPERA HOUSE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds LINDSBORG OLD MILL AND SWEDISH HERITAGE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS ↗
  • Who funds Youth with a Mission - Houston ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALELUYA MINISTRIES OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Lindsborg Child Development Center ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON HOUSING COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CEDARS INC ↗
  • Who funds McPherson County Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY HOME ASSOCIATION OF LINDSBORG KANSAS ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MT HOPE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds Seed of Abraham Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds INMAN SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds URBAN OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Riverview Estates Inc ↗
  • Who funds McPherson Hospital Inc Employee Group Benefit Trust ↗
  • Who funds MARQUETTE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST'S KIDS PRESCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗

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 Commun…Julia J Mingenback Fo…Elmer Dalke Charitabl…Saint Stephen's of Ka…Kansas Association of…Ketcherside Family Fo…United Way of McPhers…Central Kansas Commun…Je and le Mabee Found…Hutchinson Community …Farmers Alliance Comp…Kansas Independent Co…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization McPherson County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McPherson County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 235 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 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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