· Private foundation
The Robert and Nancy Schwan 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $92k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KANSAS FOOD BANK | $30,000 |
| HUMANKIND MINISTRIES | $25,000 |
| KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER | $12,000 |
| FAMILY HOUSING NETOWORK OF FOR COLLINS | $5,000 |
| VICTORY IN THE VALLEY | $5,000 |
| BREAKTRHOUGH EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| WICHITA CANCER FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| WICHITA POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR LARIMER COUNTY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KFKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $190k · revenue +36%
- HMHUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC7× · 2019–2025 · $156k · revenue +199%
- PFPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC8× · 2018–2025 · $85k · revenue +191%
Funded once
- TJTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INCone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -81%
- IMINTER-FAITH MINISTRIESone grant, 2018 · $15k
- VGVAN GO INCone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +1%
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.
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.
To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy…
To provide christ-centered programs and services that lead the homeless toward self-sufficiency.
At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…
"strengthening communities to fight hunger with food, education, and advocacy"
Wplf seeks private charitable support to create young readers, ensure digital inclusion, and provide equitable access to information. wplf's sole purpose is to create a margin of excellence at wichita public library.
Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and…
Administer employee contributions for assistance.
Formerly ywca wichita, the wichita family crisis center (wfcc) began operations in wichita, ks in 1907. wfcc's mission is to eliminate domestic violence in our community by supporting survivors through shelter, education & advocacy.
The mission of Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (the Organization) is to provide and promote the highest quality transit services to the Flint Hills communities.
Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANKIND MINISTRIES WICHITA INC ↗
- Who funds PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS ↗
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC ↗
- Who funds VICTORY IN THE VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds Wichita Art Museum Inc ↗
- Who funds Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc ↗
- Who funds WICHITA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VAN GO INC ↗
- Who funds WICHITA CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
- Who funds KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ↗
- Who funds WICHITA POLICE AND FIRE 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.
Open a dossier: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Berry Foundation Inc · Zack and Leilah Farha Charitable Foundation Inc · Annie Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · Servant Foundation · Wichita Foundation · The Devlin Family Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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