Kansas · Public charity
The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation
Provide a vehicle by which individuals, families, businesses, and organizations can financially support the needs of their communities. Solicit funds and educate potential donors about the advantages of giving for both the donor and their community.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,324
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $706,048
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k 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 | 10 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $802k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $707k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $703k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $877k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $223k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $85k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston Creative Group LLC | $2,548,581 | 6 | n/a |
| Wabaunsee County Fair Association | $275,233 | 4 | 70% |
| Hirepaths Inc | $98,754 | 2 | n/a |
| Nemaha Valley Health Care Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wabaunsee County Historical Society | $24,980 | 1 | 13% |
| Kansas FFA Foundation Inc | $23,530 | 2 | 3% |
| Volland Foundation Inc | $23,024 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Recovery Association | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| No Stone Unturned Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston Creative Group LLC | $2,548,581 | 6 | n/a |
| Wabaunsee County Fair Association | $275,233 | 4 | 70% |
| Hirepaths Inc | $98,754 | 2 | n/a |
| Nemaha Valley Health Care Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wabaunsee County Historical Society | $24,980 | 1 | 13% |
| Kansas FFA Foundation Inc | $23,530 | 2 | 3% |
| Volland Foundation Inc | $23,024 | 1 | 4% |
| Friends of Recovery Association | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| No Stone Unturned Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Care Ministries Inc | $15,522 | 1 | 2% |
| Downtown Manhattan Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Oz Museum - Columbian Theatre Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wamego Community Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Water Congress Incorporated | $7,103 | 1 | n/a |
| Put on the Brakes Inc | $6,519 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation with peer funders
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About The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation
- How much does The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation give?
- The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $1,062,906, out of $1,533,116 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: New Boston Creative Group LLC ($2.5M), Wabaunsee County Fair Association ($275k), Hirepaths Inc ($99k).
- Does The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation based?
- The Kansas Rural Communities Foundation is based in KS.
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