Kansas · Private foundation
Redbud Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $615,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Redbud Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $3.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $939k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.3M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $930k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $2.4M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $2.2M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $4,755,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Kansas State University | $2,451,000 | 6 | n/a |
| North Topeka Arts District Inc | $1,435,750 | 8 | 63% |
| The Rick Herrema Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Kansas Policy Institute | $865,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Topeka Collegiate School Inc | $845,000 | 5 | 16% |
| University of Chicago | $840,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc | $627,550 | 7 | 21% |
| Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy | $425,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Washburn University Foundation | $390,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Choice in Education | $4,755,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Kansas State University | $2,451,000 | 6 | n/a |
| North Topeka Arts District Inc | $1,435,750 | 8 | 63% |
| The Rick Herrema Foundation Inc | $1,200,000 | 3 | 44% |
| Kansas Policy Institute | $865,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Topeka Collegiate School Inc | $845,000 | 5 | 16% |
| University of Chicago | $840,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc | $627,550 | 7 | 21% |
| Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy | $425,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Washburn University Foundation | $390,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Common Good Institute Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 26% |
| American Council on Science and Health | $200,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Sent Inc | $170,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Youth Entrepreneurs Inc | $110,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Topeka Symphony Society | $89,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Topeka Public Schools Foundation | $61,090 | 3 | 11% |
| The Global Orphan Project Inc | $51,697 | 2 | 0% |
| War Horses for Veterans Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stormont-Vail Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Redbud Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation · Topeka Community Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Blanche Bryden Foundation · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · One Gas Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About Redbud Foundation
- How much does Redbud Foundation give?
- Redbud Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $1,774,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Redbud Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (71%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (9%).
- Who are Redbud Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alliance for Choice in Education ($4.8M), Kansas State University ($2.5M), North Topeka Arts District Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Redbud Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Redbud Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Redbud Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation, Topeka Community Foundation, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
- Where is Redbud Foundation based?
- Redbud Foundation is based in KS.
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