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The Pete Henry Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$525k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2025
49
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,950
Largest grant, FY2025
$101,173
Organizations funded a year
39 to 49
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$6.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Pete Henry 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; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving45$416k31%
FY202449$357k24%
FY202339$470k49%
FY202244$364k45%
FY202146$399kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.7MPhilanthropy$370kHealth$82kCrime & Legal$50kArts & Culture$40kRecreation & Sports$34kFood & Nutrition$30kHuman Services$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
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WY
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CO
NE
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MD
AZ
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas State University$315,2505n/a
Citizens Foundation$56,11935%
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center$50,00051%
Main Street Art Council Inc$20,00026%
Benedictine College$17,80040%
Tabor College$16,80050%
Kansas Wesleyan University$14,90040%
Creighton University$12,60030%
Seton Hall University$12,00030%
Gove County Medical Center$12,0002n/a
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Pete Henry Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kansas State University$315,2505n/a
Citizens Foundation$56,11935%
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center$50,00051%
Main Street Art Council Inc$20,00026%
Benedictine College$17,80040%
Tabor College$16,80050%
Kansas Wesleyan University$14,90040%
Creighton University$12,60030%
Seton Hall University$12,00030%
Gove County Medical Center$12,0002n/a
Grainfield Community Development Committee Inc$10,000117%
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Inc$9,39430%
Manhattan Christian College Inc$9,17530%
McPherson College$7,00040%
Baker University$6,80020%
Johnson County Community College$5,8003n/a
Sterling College$5,60020%
Brewster Shooting Sports Inc$5,5001n/a
Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library Inc$5,0001n/a
Heartland Rural Counseling Service$4,00012%
West Texas A&M University$4,0002n/a
University of Northwestern - St Paul$4,00020%
Smoky Hills Public Television Corp$4,00010%
Nebraska Wesleyan University$3,00010%
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College$3,00010%
Concordia University$2,50010%
Bethany College$2,50010%
Butler Community College$2,5001n/a
Linn-Benton Community College$2,1001n/a
Calvary University$2,10010%
Trustees of Purdue University$2,0001n/a
Regis University$2,00010%
Erskine College and Theological Seminary$2,00010%
Bethel College$1,40010%
McKendree University$1,20010%
Ottawa University$1,20010%
Midland University$1,20010%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$1,00010%
Colby Community College Endowment Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pete Henry Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCitizens Foundation: $56,119 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetWestern Kansas Child Advocacy Center: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMain Street Art Council Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBenedictine College: $17,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTabor College: $16,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Wesleyan University: $14,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCreighton University: $12,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeton Hall University: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrainfield Community Development Committee Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetDevelopmental Services of Northwest Kansas Inc: $9,394 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Christian College Inc: $9,175 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMcPherson College: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaker University: $6,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSterling College: $5,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeartland Rural Counseling Service: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Northwestern - St Paul: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmoky Hills Public Television Corp: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNebraska Wesleyan University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Board of Directors of Wittenberg College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethany College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalvary University: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegis University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetErskine College and Theological Seminary: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethel College: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcKendree University: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOttawa University: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidland University: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColby Community College Endowment Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

Kansas Independent College AssociationKS24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kansas Independent College Association · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust · Jellison Benevolent Society Inc · Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · David and Mary P Rush Educational Trust Co Donald Hoffman Trustee · Earl Bane Foundation · Dane G Hansen Foundation

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.

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How do I get to The Pete Henry Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Pete Henry Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Pete Henry Foundation

How much does The Pete Henry Foundation give?
The Pete Henry Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $524,773 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 49 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Pete Henry Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (62%), Philanthropy (13%), Health (3%).
Who are The Pete Henry Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Kansas State University ($315k), Citizens Foundation ($56k), Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center ($50k).
Does The Pete Henry Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Pete Henry Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Pete Henry Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kansas Independent College Association, Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc, Greater Salina Community Foundation.
Where is The Pete Henry Foundation based?
The Pete Henry Foundation is based in KS.

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 114 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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