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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 FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$79k
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 2024.

Education$2.4MArts & Culture$945kReligion$682kCommunity Improvement$632kPublic Benefit$511kHealth$470kHuman Services$278kYouth Development$215kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $970,979, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,108,140 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,137,161 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $120k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $597k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $254k
$15,490
Median grant
1
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH CORE MINISTRIES$79,101
ABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY$61,440
DICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$57,484
HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE$55,698
THE EISENHOWER FOUNDATION$49,802
USD 435$49,217
ST ANDREW'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$40,441
ABILENE & SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD$34,119
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$32,000
USD 393$30,828
KANSAS FOOD BANK$28,940
HISTORIC ABILENE INC$28,623
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR$26,067
GREAT PLAINS THEATRE$24,347
TALMAGE LIBRARY AND EVENT CENTER$23,845
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FAMILY RESOURCE EXCHANGE: $11k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCE EXCHANGE: $7k → 11%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $31k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $26k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $26k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $21k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $13k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $8k → 10%NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR: $5k → 10%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 48 repeat orgs$428k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
28

Total granted

$6.1M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+13%

Still filing today

44%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • TE
    The Eisenhower Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $411k · revenue +34%
  • DC
    DICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $326k · revenue +40% · 45% of their budget
  • AA
    ABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $262k · revenue +535%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF WOODBINE
    one grant, 2022 · $58k
  • LL
    Little Lions Learning Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue +31%
  • KP
    KOLLHOFF PHARMACY
    one grant, 2021 · $19k
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
Barton County Historical Society

Historical museum and library. preservation of historical information and materials relating to barton county kansas.

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2
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
3
Kansas Business Hall of Fame Inc
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4
Lincoln County Economic Dev Foundat

To encourage and support economic development in lincoln county, ks

Community Improvement
5
Kansas Farmers Union Foundation Inc
Community Improvement
6
The Cowley County Historical Society

The museum collects and preserves memorabilia of cowley county, kansas. the museum is open to the public during scheduled hours, and is staffed by a combination of volunteers and staff.

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7
Community Foundation for Independence

Support qualified charities and development of public projects in independence, kansas.

Philanthropy
8
Dickinson County Historical Society

Establish and preserve the dickinson county historcial museum to inspire people to learn through public programs, publications, educational activities, and special events.

Arts & Culture
9
Atchison Area Economic Development Corporation Inc

To maintain real estate for the economic development of atchison county, kansas. to provide resources and assistance for continued economic development in atchison county, kansas.

Education
10
Kansas Newspaper Foundation

To preserve the legacy and to ensure and advance the prominence of kansas newspapers and the communities they faithfully serve.

Community Improvement
11
Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation

Kckcc foundation supports the overall mission of kckcc and its strategic goals and initiatives by managing and distributing student scholarships, building a broad network of engaged alumni, and securing philanthropic support of special…

Education
12
Kansas Sampler Foundation Inc

To preserve and sustain rural culture. to educate kansans about kansas (to create a thoughtful audience for communities) and network & support rural communities.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Quality of Life Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Historic Seelye Mansion Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 87 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

USD 393: $555,187 · OtherUSD 393USD 487: $511,600 · OtherUSD 487USD 435: $481,172 · OtherUSD 435The Eisenhower Foundation: $410,764 · OtherThe Eisenhower FoundationDICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $326,063 · OtherDICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYCITY OF ABILENE: $263,803 · OtherABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $255,804 · OtherMEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM: $223,261 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $194,325 · Other+63 more: $1,873,364 · Other+63 moreGREAT PLAINS THEATRE INC: $317,812 · Arts & CultureGREAT PLAINS…ABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION: $261,603 · Arts & CultureABILENE AND …HISTORIC ABILENE INC: $118,876 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC ABI…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDICKINSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $168,966 · Community ImprovementQUALITY OF LIFE COALITION INC: $9,358 · Community ImprovementFORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $107,625 · EducationLittle Lions Learning Center Inc: $28,000 · EducationMIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP: $10,600 · EducationSALINA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationYOUTH CORE MINISTRIES INC: $149,573 · ReligionNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR ON CEDAR STREET FOUNDATION: $130,729 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOURCE EXCHANGE: $17,758 · Human ServicesKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $104,725 · Food & Nutrition
Other$5,095,343Arts & Culture$708,291Community Improvement$178,324Education$166,225Religion$149,573Human Services$148,487Food & Nutrition$104,725

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $410,764 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetDICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $326,063 over 8y, 45% of budgetGREAT PLAINS THEATRE INC: $317,812 over 8y, 14% of budgetABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION: $261,603 over 7y, 19% of budgetDICKINSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $168,966 over 6y, 10% of budgetYOUTH CORE MINISTRIES INC: $149,573 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR ON CEDAR STREET FOUNDATION: $130,729 over 7y, 22% of budgetHISTORIC ABILENE INC: $118,876 over 5y, 38% of budgetFORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $107,625 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHURCH WOMEN UNITED: $106,222 over 8y, 11% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $104,725 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetABILENE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENDOWMENT ASS: $103,165 over 7y, 33% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF DICKINSON COUNTY: $65,774 over 7y, 56% of budgetCEDAR HOUSE FOUNDATION: $42,150 over 4y, 17% of budgetIRISH FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: $31,882 over 2y, 21% of budget410 IRISH DEN: $30,200 over 3y, 55% of budgetLittle Lions Learning Center Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCENTRAL KANSAS FREE FAIR INC: $27,747 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $27,173 over 3y, 32% of budgetHOPE CENTER INC: $22,938 over 2y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DICKINSON COUNTY INC: $20,066 over 2y, 18% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE EXCHANGE: $17,758 over 2y, 31% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF DICKINSON COUNTY INC: $16,719 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NFP: $10,600 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHISTORIC SEELYE MANSION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSALINA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQUALITY OF LIFE COALITION INC: $9,358 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCORNERSTONE CHILDCARE CENTER CORP: $8,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetELSIE BROOKS MEMORIAL CANCER FUND OF DICKINSON COUNTY: $7,526 over 1y, 25% of budgetPHEASANTS FOREVER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILENE CHILDCARE LEARNING CENTER: $5,239 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds The Eisenhower Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE AND SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH CORE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR ON CEDAR STREET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC ABILENE INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH WOMEN UNITED ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ABILENE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENDOWMENT ASS ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF DICKINSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IRISH FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds 410 IRISH DEN ↗
  • Who funds Little Lions Learning Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL KANSAS FREE FAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Jeffcoat Memorial Fou…Emma Balsiger Foundat…Greater Salina Commun…Brown Memorial Founda…Sunflower Foundation …Kansas Health Foundat…Kansas Association of…The Patterson Family …Land O'Lakes Foundati…Greater Kansas City C…Servant FoundationRaymond James Charita…
Jeffcoat Memorial FoundationKS24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation · Emma Balsiger Foundation Inc · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Brown Memorial Foundation · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · Kansas Health Foundation · Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies · The Patterson Family Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 87 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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