Kansas · Private foundation
The Decarsky 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.
- $261k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,816
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Decarsky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $255k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $149k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $155k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $125k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $135k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $135k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $120k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Community Foundation | $531,424 | 9 | n/a |
| Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas | $78,200 | 7 | 0% |
| City of Derby | $73,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Wichita Animal Action League | $37,675 | 6 | 1% |
| Legacy Ministries Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Freedom Gates Boys Ranch Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Assistance League of Wichita Inc | $10,000 | 8 | 0% |
| South Rock Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Derby Historical Society | $9,950 | 3 | 6% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Community Foundation | $531,424 | 9 | n/a |
| Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas | $78,200 | 7 | 0% |
| City of Derby | $73,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Wichita Animal Action League | $37,675 | 6 | 1% |
| Legacy Ministries Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Freedom Gates Boys Ranch Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Assistance League of Wichita Inc | $10,000 | 8 | 0% |
| South Rock Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Derby Historical Society | $9,950 | 3 | 6% |
| Hope Ranch for Women Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bluestem Equine and Livestock Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wichita Women's Initiative Network Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kansas Dressage and Eventing Association | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Derby Education Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Woodlawn United Methodist Church | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Honore Adversis Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Raise My Head Foundation | $1,450 | 1 | 1% |
| Union Rescue Mission of Wichita Inc | $900 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Felines Ks Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beavers Den Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Combating Human Trafficking | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Decarsky Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Beach Family Foundation Inc · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Berry Foundation Inc · The Walser Foundation · Mosby Lincoln Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About The Decarsky Foundation
- How much does The Decarsky Foundation give?
- The Decarsky Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $260,840 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Decarsky Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Health (7%), Animals (4%).
- Who are The Decarsky Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Derby Community Foundation ($531k), Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center Inc ($250k), Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas ($78k).
- Does The Decarsky Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Decarsky 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 The Decarsky Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wichita Foundation, Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353, Bruce G Cochener Foundation.
- Where is The Decarsky Foundation based?
- The Decarsky Foundation is based in KS.
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