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The Trusler Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Trusler Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$359k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$454kHuman Services$349kRecreation & Sports$324kPhilanthropy$305kHealth$304kCommunity Improvement$299kHousing & Shelter$175kYouth Development$115kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $152k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$22,908
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMPOIRA MAIN STREET$50,000
PLUMB PLACE$50,000
OLPE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT$50,000
STRONG CITY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
EMPORIA SENIOR CENTER$31,585
CHASE COUNTY OLD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT$22,908
USD 252$17,500
SYMPHONY IN THE FLINT HILLS$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ECKAN$10,000
CROSSWINDS COUNSELING & WELLNESS$10,000
EMPORIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,618
UNITED WAY OF THE FLINT HILLS INC$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $219k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%NLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $62k → 16%NLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $21k → 16%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $25k → 11%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $20k → 11%CAMP YOOD YMCA: $19k → 11%CAMP YOOD YMCA: $10k → 11%NLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $11k → 11%EMPORIA SENIOR CENTER: $32k → 16%RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $20k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of The Trusler Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 87%.

The Trusler Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 20 repeat orgs$694k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
24

Total granted

$1.7M
$519k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+9%

Still filing today

60%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NY
    NLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2023 · $93k · revenue +47% · 25% of their budget
  • EA
    EMPORIA AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $92k · revenue +68% · 30% of their budget
  • HD
    HETLINGER DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES I
    3× · 2020–2024 · $84k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • NR
    NEWMAN REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • EA
    EMPORIA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & VISITORS BUREAU
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +24%
  • OL
    OLPE LIONS CLUB
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Cowley County Historical Society

The museum collects and preserves memorabilia of cowley county, kansas. the museum is open to the public during scheduled hours, and is staffed by a combination of volunteers and staff.

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2
Community Enhancement Foundation of Plains

To combat economic and physical deterioration of Plains KS through charitable social welfare activities and economic development projects that encourage job development and population stability.

Education
3
Eastgate Plaza Inc

Provide low income, multi family housing under sec. 8 of the national housing act.

—
4
Chamber of Commerce

To create a positive environment for business success in the junction city ks area.

—
5
Lincoln County Economic Dev Foundation

To encourage and support economic development in lincoln county, kansas.

Community Improvement
6
Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce

Promote the Pittsburg, Kansas business community.

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7
Habitat for Humanity of Nodaway County Inc

Provide affordable housing to low-income families

Housing & Shelter
8
Emporia Community Day Care Center

The center provides day care to community children between the ages of two weeks to 6 years from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm monday through friday.

—
9
Atchison Area Economic Development Corporation Inc

To maintain real estate for the economic development of atchison county, kansas. to provide resources and assistance for continued economic development in atchison county, kansas.

Education
10
Elk County Preservation Society Inc

Preserve historic buildings

Community Improvement
11
Morton County Historical Society Inc

Preservation of historical records and artifacts of morton county, kansas

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12
Enterprise Center of Johnson County

Designed to provide high quality value-added consulting services, administrative support, and low-cost flexible facilities for start-up and growth-oriented companies that will result in positive business activity and job creation in…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emporia Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Verdigris Valley Community Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
13/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ESU FOUNDATION: $248,892 · OtherESU FOUNDATIONSymphony in the Flint Hills Inc: $225,000 · OtherSymphony in the Flint Hills IncHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL EMPORIA AREA: $125,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL EMPORIA AREASOS INC: $100,000 · OtherSOS INCIndividual grant recipient: $95,449 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHETLINGER DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES I: $84,000 · OtherUSD 284: $80,000 · OtherEMPORIA MAIN STREET INC: $72,000 · OtherSTRONG CITY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC: $64,600 · Other+28 more: $633,139 · Other+28 moreEmporia Community Foundation: $252,500 · PhilanthropyEmporia Communit…EMPORIA AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $91,500 · PhilanthropyEMPORIA AREA CHA…UNITED WAY OF THE FLINT HILLS INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TH…NLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $93,340 · Human ServicesNLC YOUTH…CAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $73,941 · Human ServicesCAMP WOOD…Emporia Senior Center Inc: $31,585 · Human ServicesEmporia S…RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesRESOURCE …DRINKWATER & SCHRIVER MILL INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureThe Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Inc: $54,103 · Arts & CultureEMPORIA ARTS COUNCIL: $47,178 · Arts & CultureFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $16,695 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEMPORIA FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC: $58,000 · AnimalsOlpe Community Improvement Inc: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsPLUMB PLACE INC DBA SOUTHWICK HOUSE: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,728,080Philanthropy$396,000Human Services$218,866Arts & Culture$187,976Animals$58,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Housing & Shelter$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmporia Community Foundation: $252,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetSymphony in the Flint Hills Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL EMPORIA AREA: $125,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetNLC YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $93,340 over 3y, 25% of budgetEMPORIA AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $91,500 over 2y, 30% of budgetHETLINGER DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES I: $84,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $73,941 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetEMPORIA MAIN STREET INC: $72,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetDRINKWATER & SCHRIVER MILL INC: $65,000 over 2y, 88% of budgetEMPORIA FRIENDS OF THE ZOO INC: $58,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Inc: $54,103 over 2y, 14% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE FLINT HILLS INC: $52,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetOlpe Community Improvement Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetEMPORIA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & VISITORS BUREAU: $50,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetEMPORIA ARTS COUNCIL: $47,178 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetEmporia Senior Center Inc: $31,585 over 1y, 12% of budgetVERDIGRIS VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOFFEY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetLYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $21,255 over 1y, 10% of budgetCAMP ALEXANDER OF EMPORIA LYON COUNTY KANSAS INC: $20,445 over 1y, 12% of budgetRESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $16,695 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEAST CENTRAL KANSAS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChase County Chamber of Commerce: $5,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetEMPORIA GRANADA THEATRE ALLIANCE IN: $5,304 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
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.

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.

Emporia Community Fou…Ws & Ec Jones Testame…E L and Z Irene Hopki…Jane & Bernard Reeble…Emil Babinger Charita…Loretto a Langley Tru…Lewis Humphreys Chari…The Sunderland Founda…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Turnbull Foundation T…United Way of the Fli…Kansas Association of…
Emporia Community FoundationKS53.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Emporia Community Foundation · Ws & Ec Jones Testamentary Trust · E L and Z Irene Hopkins Private Foundation · Jane & Bernard Reeble Foundation · Emil Babinger Charitable Trust · Loretto a Langley Trust · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · The Sunderland Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Turnbull Foundation Trust · United Way of the Flint Hills Inc · Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Trusler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trusler Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Trusler Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Trusler Foundation Inc 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.

    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 52 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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