· Private foundation
The Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation
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.
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 $10k5 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WICHITA INC | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMORGASCHORUS | $15,000 |
| THE QUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $15,000 |
| WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME | $10,000 |
| WICHITA STATE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| EXPLORATION PLACE | $10,000 |
| THE WICHITA-SEDWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| GREAT PLAINS NATURE CENTER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND | $7,500 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - KANSAS CHAPTER | $6,000 |
| KANSAS SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGES | $5,000 |
| KANSAS COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION | $5,000 |
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, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WICHITA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +27%
- QCQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +104%
- TWTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- WEWICHITA EAST HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPSone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
It is the mission of the boy scouts of america to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath law.
Building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Girl scouts is the premier leadership development program for all girls ages 5 - 17. our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. we champion girl ambition by helping girls…
Ensuring that all children and youth can reach their full potential for physical, mental, emotional, and social health, growing up safe, strong, and with confidence in the future.
The mission of scouting america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. (continued on schedule o)programs of scouting america and grand…
The junior league of kansas city, missouri (jlkcmo) is a 501(c)(3) organziation of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.
The corporation shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of…
Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
To promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the…
Girl scouting builds girls* of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
The mission of the boy scouts of america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 23 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 RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WICHITA INC ↗
- Who funds QUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGES ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF KANSAS HEARTLAND INC ↗
- Who funds EXPLORATION PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds THE PANDO INITIATIVE INC ↗
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 · Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita Foundation · Spirit Charity Classic Inc · Belin Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · Ima Foundation · Servant Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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