· Private foundation
The Barton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $36k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HUNTER HEALTH CLINIC | $36,000 |
| WICHITA CHILDRENS HOME | $5,500 |
| MARK ARTS | $5,000 |
| HEARTSPRING | $4,000 |
| WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| SUNLIGHT CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $3,000 |
| CHILDREN 1ST | $2,500 |
| EMPOWERED (YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS OF KANSAS) | $2,500 |
| CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| KANSAS FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| THE LORD'S DINER | $2,000 |
| WICHITA CANCER FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| UJUMP INC | $2,000 |
| WICHITA SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM | $1,500 |
| UNION RESCUE MISSION | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TWTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +43%
- MAMARK ARTS INC3× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +70%
- HIHEARTSPRING INC6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- NMNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYone grant, 2021 · $2k
- SRSOUTH ROCK CHRISTIAN CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $100
- TCTabor Collegegraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100 · revenue +52%
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.
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.
Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and…
The kansas humane society is a community resource for pets and people, dedicated to enhancing the welfare of all companion animals.
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.
Wichita area sexual assault center works with individuals and communities through comprehensive services and education to create a culture of intolerance for sexual violence and an atmosphere of healing for those impacted by it.
To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.
To bring glory to god by providing children with an excellent christ- centered education rooted in the word of god.
At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…
Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.
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.
Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.
To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.
How this is measured
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 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HUNTER HEALTH CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds MARK ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds HEARTSPRING INC ↗
- Who funds WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUNLIGHT CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC ↗
- Who funds UJUMP INC ↗
- Who funds Youth Entrepreneurs Inc ↗
- Who funds WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds We Treat Kids Right ↗
- Who funds KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ↗
- Who funds WICHITA ANIMAL ACTION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds WICHITA CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Tabor College ↗
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: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Ima Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · United Way of the Plains Inc · Mosby Lincoln Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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