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Mike and Lanny Garvey Charitable Trust at a glance

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Mike and Lanny Garvey Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$183kEducation$24kPhilanthropy$7kSocial Science$6kAnimals$5kReligion$3kRecreation & Sports$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS CAMPS$2,500
WICHITA MONTESSORI SCHOOL$2,240
INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE$2,000
PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER$1,000
WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER$1,000
WICHITA POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION$1,000
HISTORIC WICHITA COWTOWN INC$500
ARTS CAPACITY$500
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $2k → 10%EL DORADO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FUND - SPIRITUAL LIFE CENTER: $500 → 8%WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER INC: $25k → 16%CEDARS CAMPS: $3k → 15%ARTS CAPACITY: $2k → 12%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE THE: $1k → 10%SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST: $500 → 16%ARTS CAPACITY: $500 → 12%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $1k → 10%WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER INC: $110k → 16%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $500 → 10%FREE MUSIC ICT: $6k → 16%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE THE: $500 → 10%OPERA KANSAS: $5k → 16%INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $500 → 10%WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER: $2k → 16%WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER: $1k → 16%WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250 → 16%SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $2k → 16%SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1k → 16%PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 16%FREE MUSIC ICT: $11k → 16%KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $500 → 16%MUSIC THEATRE OF WICHITA: $500 → 16%CHRIST LIFE MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%BALLET WICHITA: $600 → 16%HISTORIC WICHITA COWTOWN INC: $500 → 16%WICHITA GRAND OPERA: $30k → 16%DISCOVERY PLACE PRESCHOOL: $2k → 16%MARK ARTS: $800 → 16%MARK ARTS: $800 → 16%MARK ARTS: $753 → 16%MARK ARTS: $500 → 16%MARK ARTS: $245 → 16%MARK ARTS: $243 → 16%THE BASTIAT SOCIETY: $75 → 16%KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 16%WICHITA MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $2k → 16%WICHITA MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $1k → 16%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 10 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$179k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+27%

Still filing today

80%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TI
    THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +185%
  • KP
    KANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +135%
  • SC
    SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • WG
    WICHITA GRAND OPERA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +104%
  • OK
    OPERA KANSAS
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -46%
  • KH
    KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSASgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +27%
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
Kansas City Public Theatre

Kansas City Public Theatre provides access to the arts through year-round theatre entertainment free of charge to the public This mission is carried out in two activities first by producing aesthetically and ideologically diverse new works…

Arts & Culture
2
Wichita Children's Theatre Inc

To provide educational programs to children in the community with regard to performing arts.

Arts & Culture
3
Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc

Connecting our community through live arts experiences that entertain, inspire, and engage

Arts & Culture
4
Whitefield Academy Association

The mission of whitefield academy is to support parents by providing students with a top-tier academic foundation in a joyful, christ-centered community of classical learning.

Education
5
Music-Arts Institute

Music/arts institute, greater kansas city's community school of performing arts, teaches students, young and old alike, to embrace beauty and professionalism in the arts. shaping tomorrow's performers is the task to which the distinguished…

Arts & Culture
6
Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre Inc

Ballet productions presented to the public in the wichita falls area for their enjoyement and to promote the performing arts.

Arts & Culture
7
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra Inc

The performance of fine classical music in both public and education outreach program concerts, utilizing talented local musicians, and frequently in partnership with other arts and community organizations.

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8
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc

To inspire, entertain and open minds by creating transformative theatre experiences for all.

Arts & Culture
9
Wichita Collegiate School

We exist to inspire all students to be the best versions of themselves through a transformative education grounded in academic excellence within our inclusive community.

Education
10
Wichita Symphony Society

The mission of the wichita symphony society is to enrich, educate, and entertain diverse audiences of all ages in our region through performances of orchestral music, thereby enhancing the vibrancy and vitality of wichita.

Arts & Culture
11
Midland Festival Ballet

Midland festival ballet is a 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to promote and present the art of classical ballet through education, performance, and outreach.

Arts & Culture
12
Wichita Christian School Inc

The mission of Wichita Christian School is to provide a quality education in a Christian environment that inspires hearts, minds, and souls for successful living.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ballet Wichita Inc; the most unlike its peers is Phillips Fundamental Learning Center 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

17 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. 17 of the 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WICHITA REPERTORY THEATER INC: $138,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA REPERTORY THEATER INCWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC+6 more: $12,441 · Arts & Culture+6 moreIndividual grant recipient: $16,650 · OtherIndividual grant …THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $5,500 · OtherTHE INDEPENDENT I…WICHITA MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $3,240 · OtherWICHITA MONTESSOR…ARTS CAPACITY: $2,500 · OtherARTS CAPACITYThe Cedars Camps Inc: $2,500 · OtherThe Cedars Camps …DISCOVERY PLACE PRESCHOOL: $2,025 · OtherDISCOVERY PLACE P…CHRIST LIFE MINISTRIES: $1,500 · Other+4 more: $1,680 · OtherKANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE: $4,292 · EducationSUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $3,000 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $5,000 · AnimalsWICHITA POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION: $1,250 · Public Safety & Disaster
Arts & Culture$180,441Other$35,595Education$8,542Animals$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWICHITA REPERTORY THEATER INC: $138,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA KANSAS: $5,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS POLICY INSTITUTE: $4,292 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARK ARTS INC: $3,341 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $3,240 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cedars Camps Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN PERFORMANCE THEATRE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWICHITA POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET WICHITA INC: $600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Berry Foundation IncTextron Charitable Tr…Garvey Kansas Foundat…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Lattner Family Founda…Wichita FoundationDeVore Foundation IncLaham Family Foundati…K T Wiedemann Foundat…Annie FoundationGoebel Family-Star Lu…Bruce G Cochener Foun…
Berry Foundation IncKS22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berry Foundation Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · DeVore Foundation Inc · Laham Family Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Annie Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Bruce G Cochener 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 Mike and Lanny Garvey Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mike and Lanny Garvey Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 25 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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