Texas · Private foundation
Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 3 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $60k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $56k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $54k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorstep Inc | $119,250 | 7 | 3% |
| Casa of Shawnee County Inc | $71,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Topeka Rescue Mission Inc | $70,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka | $69,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Kansas Childrens Service League | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lets Help Inc | $42,550 | 3 | 3% |
| Jayhawk Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc Council 197 | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Methodist Homes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunflower Music Festival Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorstep Inc | $119,250 | 7 | 3% |
| Casa of Shawnee County Inc | $71,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Topeka Rescue Mission Inc | $70,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka | $69,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Kansas Childrens Service League | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lets Help Inc | $42,550 | 3 | 3% |
| Jayhawk Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc Council 197 | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Methodist Homes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunflower Music Festival Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Topeka Habitat for Humanity | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Topeka Community Foundation · Schwartz Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Global Impact · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · Blanche Bryden Foundation · Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation · Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000 Co Wilmington Trust Company · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Greater Horizons · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust
- How much does Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust give?
- Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust reported 3 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Youth Development (17%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Doorstep Inc ($119k), Casa of Shawnee County Inc ($71k), Topeka Rescue Mission Inc ($70k).
- Does Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Topeka Community Foundation, Schwartz Foundation, Bnsf Railway Foundation.
- Where is Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust based?
- Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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