Kansas · Public charity
The Peoples Heartland Foundation
To establish and operate a charitable and educational organization for use by people to carry out their charitable and educational desires
- $525k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $390k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $185,490
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations The Peoples Heartland Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 11 | $390k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $238k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $122k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $63k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $98k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt Community College Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation | $62,117 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Smith Center | $33,725 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunporch of Smith Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Community Theatre Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt Regional Medical Center Corporation | $19,414 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hope Center Inc | $16,250 | 2 | 5% |
| Smith County Free Fair | $15,247 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt County Humane Society | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt Community College Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation | $62,117 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Smith Center | $33,725 | 2 | n/a |
| Sunporch of Smith Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Community Theatre Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt Regional Medical Center Corporation | $19,414 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hope Center Inc | $16,250 | 2 | 5% |
| Smith County Free Fair | $15,247 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt County Humane Society | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Youth Core Ministries Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Smfb Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 82% |
| Medicine Lodge Wrestling Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt Public School Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Twilight Theatre Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 3% |
| Freedom Gates Boys Ranch Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Bread of Life Distribution Center Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Smoky Hills Public Television Corp | $5,334 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($656k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Peoples Heartland Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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 Salina Community Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Peoples Heartland Foundation
- How much does The Peoples Heartland Foundation give?
- The Peoples Heartland Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $389,933, out of $524,998 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Peoples Heartland Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Peoples Heartland Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Pratt Community College Foundation ($150k), The Roy and Elsie Blythe Foundation ($62k), City of Smith Center ($34k).
- Does The Peoples Heartland Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Peoples Heartland Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Salina Community Foundation, Land O'Lakes Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Peoples Heartland Foundation based?
- The Peoples Heartland Foundation is based in KS.
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