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The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc
To connect donors with their charitable giving priorities, serve as a resource for local nonprofit organizations and provide leadership to the community.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $971k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,490
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $79,101
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 | 45 | $971k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $907k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $2.0M | 36% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $558k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $554k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $466k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $466k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $585k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usd 393 | $555,187 | 5 | n/a |
| Usd 487 | $511,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Usd 435 | $481,172 | 8 | n/a |
| The Eisenhower Foundation | $410,764 | 8 | 3% |
| Dickinson County Historical Society | $326,063 | 8 | 45% |
| Great Plains Theatre Inc | $317,812 | 8 | 14% |
| City of Abilene | $263,803 | 7 | n/a |
| Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad Association | $261,603 | 7 | 19% |
| Abilene Public Library | $255,804 | 5 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $223,261 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usd 393 | $555,187 | 5 | n/a |
| Usd 487 | $511,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Usd 435 | $481,172 | 8 | n/a |
| The Eisenhower Foundation | $410,764 | 8 | 3% |
| Dickinson County Historical Society | $326,063 | 8 | 45% |
| Great Plains Theatre Inc | $317,812 | 8 | 14% |
| City of Abilene | $263,803 | 7 | n/a |
| Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad Association | $261,603 | 7 | 19% |
| Abilene Public Library | $255,804 | 5 | n/a |
| Memorial Health System | $223,261 | 4 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $194,325 | 6 | n/a |
| Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation | $168,966 | 6 | 10% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $158,573 | 5 | n/a |
| Youth Core Ministries Inc | $149,573 | 5 | 4% |
| St Andrew Parish Abilene Inc | $141,456 | 8 | n/a |
| Neighbor to Neighbor on Cedar Street Foundation | $130,729 | 7 | 22% |
| Historic Abilene Inc | $118,876 | 5 | 38% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $107,625 | 4 | 0% |
| Church Women United | $106,222 | 8 | 11% |
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $104,725 | 4 | 0% |
| Abilene Public School Endowment Ass | $103,165 | 7 | 33% |
| Hospital District No 1 of Dickinson County Kansas | $99,269 | 3 | n/a |
| Jason Holt Trucking | $85,757 | 2 | n/a |
| Talmage Public Library | $70,529 | 6 | n/a |
| Arts Council of Dickinson County | $65,774 | 7 | 56% |
| Dickinson County 4-H Foundation In | $64,780 | 4 | n/a |
| Abilene Animal Hospital Pa | $63,512 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Woodbine | $57,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Talmage Community Church | $53,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Dickinson County | $51,349 | 3 | n/a |
| Cedar House Foundation | $42,150 | 4 | 17% |
| Irish Foundation for Educational Excellence | $31,882 | 2 | 21% |
| Mindy's Murals | $30,500 | 3 | n/a |
| 410 Irish Den | $30,200 | 3 | 55% |
| Rutz Construction | $29,355 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Lions Learning Center Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Central Kansas Free Fair Inc | $27,747 | 3 | 2% |
| Memorial Health Foundation | $27,173 | 3 | 32% |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $25,925 | 3 | n/a |
| Kansas State Research & Extension | $25,270 | 3 | n/a |
| New Basel Church | $23,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Center Inc | $22,938 | 2 | 22% |
| Drs Driver & Clark Pa | $20,557 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Solomon | $20,401 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Dickinson County Inc | $20,066 | 2 | 18% |
| Abilene First Presbyterian Church | $19,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Kollhoff Pharmacy | $18,862 | 1 | n/a |
| USD 240 Twin Valley | $18,285 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Resource Exchange | $17,758 | 2 | 31% |
| Dickinson County Courthouse | $14,702 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts Coronado Area Council | $11,612 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Bible Church | $10,731 | 1 | n/a |
| Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship Nfp | $10,600 | 2 | 1% |
| People to People International Inc | $10,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Seelye Mansion Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Woodbine United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salina Health Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alumni Association of Kansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Solomon Community Preschool Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairiedale Cemetery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Herington Municipal Hospital Foundation | $9,880 | 1 | n/a |
| Quality of Life Coalition Inc | $9,358 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Enterprise Fire Department | $8,774 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Childcare Center Corp | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund of Dickinson County | $7,526 | 1 | 25% |
| Livingston Union Cemetery | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pheasants Forever Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Usd 473 | $7,201 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chapman | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Navarre Lions Club | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salina Steel Supply Inc | $6,887 | 1 | n/a |
| Never Surrender Mma | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Michael Parish | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Eyecare of Abilene | $5,897 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Hill Cemetery Association | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $5,264 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilene Childcare Learning Center | $5,239 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc
- How much does The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc give?
- The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc reported 46 itemized grants totaling $970,979, out of $2,108,140 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (14%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Usd 393 ($555k), Usd 487 ($512k), Usd 435 ($481k).
- Does The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation, Emma Balsiger Foundation Inc, Greater Salina Community Foundation.
- Where is The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc based?
- The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc is based in KS.
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