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Wichita Foundation

The WICHITA FOUNDATION invests in people and ideas to spark change, and envisions a place where all wichitans thrive and belong. As community conveners, the foundation leads with courage, grows equitable relationships, ignites philanthropy and believes in wichita. For more information, visit wichitafoundation.org or call 316-264-4880.

$7.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
151
Itemized grants FY2025
153
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$6.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$661,181
Organizations funded a year
90 to 153
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$112M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Wichita Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving141$6.7M16%
FY2024153$7.5M27%
FY2023122$5.4M20%
FY2022138$5.5M21%
FY2021109$5.0M27%
FY2020135$5.3M24%
FY201990$3.7M20%
FY2018136$3.8M47%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$11MArts & Culture$9.3MReligion$5.5MHuman Services$4.6MHealth$4.6MCommunity Improvement$2.4MHousing & Shelter$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wichita Art Museum Inc$2,894,02299%
Wichita State University Foundation$2,580,53692%
Unified School District No 259 Wichita Public Schools$2,259,0969n/a
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation$1,379,652962%
United Way of the Plains Inc$1,143,00391%
Catholic Diocese of Wichita$1,011,6509n/a
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd$995,363912%
Salvation Army$971,0599n/a
Nxtus Inc$804,500667%
Beacon Media Inc$776,200418%
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All grantees of Wichita Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wichita Art Museum Inc$2,894,02299%
Wichita State University Foundation$2,580,53692%
Unified School District No 259 Wichita Public Schools$2,259,0969n/a
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation$1,379,652962%
United Way of the Plains Inc$1,143,00391%
Catholic Diocese of Wichita$1,011,6509n/a
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd$995,363912%
Salvation Army$971,0599n/a
Nxtus Inc$804,500667%
Beacon Media Inc$776,200418%
Family Promise of Greater Wichita$750,454454%
Botanica Inc$710,20996%
Empower Evergreen Inc$686,400314%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$675,00080%
The Southwestern College$645,08390%
Kansas State University Foundation$626,40090%
East Heights United Methodist Church$586,3729n/a
Wichita Symphony Society$570,28889%
Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc$529,63593%
Cairn Health Inc$507,996919%
WSU Tech$500,0001n/a
Ict Sos$486,761626%
Heartspring Legacy Foundation$462,00015%
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc$443,050817%
Nonprofitgo Inc$430,229439%
St James Episcopal Church$429,3509n/a
The Wichita Children's Home$425,20991%
The Junior League of Wichita Inc$425,000328%
Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc$418,11289%
Steps to Life Inc$405,0009n/a
Harvester Arts$391,461357%
Kansas Leadership Center$388,73942%
Sedgwick County Zoological Society Inc$381,68091%
Trees for Life Inc$378,12222%
St Thomas Aquinas$376,9589n/a
Eastminster Presbyterian Church$373,9007n/a
Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc$362,43490%
Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County$352,30093%
Music Theatre Wichita$346,83092%
Hunter Health Clinic$340,60361%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311)$330,29590%
Wichita Family Crisis Center$329,29473%
Friends University$313,60780%
Downtown Wichita$306,2895n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$302,93760%
Kings Cross Church$300,0005n/a
Rainbows United Inc$284,18491%
Garage at Cleveland Corner Inc$283,460590%
Fundamental Literacy Foundation$276,60042%
Wichita Grand Opera Inc$251,07454%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$242,96223%
Holy Savior$230,5006n/a
Create Campaign Inc$223,200531%
Doc's Friends Inc$215,50034%
Senior Services Inc of Wichita$214,80954%
City of Wichita$209,3347n/a
Aldersgate United Methodist Church$202,4609n/a
Del E Webb Center for the Performing Arts$200,00082%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$184,34880%
Newman University Inc$179,98080%
Union Rescue Mission of Wichita Inc$178,4259n/a
Desert Caballeros Foundation - Western Museum$175,0007n/a
Church of the Magdalen$170,9309n/a
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc$165,84554%
Congregation Emanu-El Foundation Inc$165,000547%
Episcopal Social Services Inc Dba Breakthrough$162,72073%
St George Orthodox Christian Cathedral$162,3507n/a
United Methodist Open Door$161,71491%
United Methodist Church of Estes Park$160,2209n/a
Guadalupe Clinic Inc$160,16191%
Catholic Charities Inc$159,55590%
Storytime Village Inc$153,00056%
Destination Innovation Inc$141,737411%
Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$141,46073%
The Kansas African American Museum Inc$138,90029%
Rose Hill Friends$135,0009n/a
First Christian Church$135,0009n/a
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Inc$133,4008n/a
Covenant Presbyterian Church$132,0004n/a
The Opportunity Project Schools Inc$127,13731%
Opportunity Wichita Inc$126,433247%
The Kansas Learning Center for Health Inc$121,59959%
Stepstone Inc$121,37555%
Planned Parenthood Great Plains$119,08261%
Salina Area United Way Inc$116,185317%
Camp Wood YMCA Inc$115,59516%
Gracemed Health Clinic Inc$114,76810%
Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas$112,91570%
The Wichita Educational Foundation$112,883538%
Mark Arts Inc$111,90052%
Emberhope Inc$111,02490%
Tallgrass Film Association$107,44866%
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland Inc$104,03691%
Douglas Design District Inc$101,075364%
National Abortion Federation$100,00041%
Physicians For Reproductive Health$100,00041%
Presbyterian Church USA Investment & Loan Program Inc$100,0001n/a
Kansas Children's Foundation$99,000314%
Central Plains Health Care Partnership Inc$98,17563%
Wichita Top Childrens Fund$95,37541%
American Journalism Project Inc$95,00020%
Real Men Real Heroes Inc$92,0652n/a
Kansas Beta Educational Foundation$91,835229%
Exploration Place Inc$90,50370%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$88,78830%
The Seed House - la Casa de la Semilla Inc$88,700217%
Envision Industries Inc$86,93660%
Kansans For Life Inc$82,60021%
Arts Partners Inc$82,400215%
Christ the King Catholic Church$80,8932n/a
Asbury Park Inc$80,110921%
Dear Neighbor Ministries Inc$78,03275%
Tulsa Area United Way$77,00020%
Chamber of Commerce$76,44864%
St Catherine of Siena Church$75,2505n/a
Heartland Wichita Black Chamber Foundation$75,0001n/a
Down Syndrome Society of Wichita Inc$74,950229%
The Center Inc$71,3712n/a
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service$71,05051%
Ridgepoint Church$70,0003n/a
The Foundation for Andover Schools$68,770434%
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$66,87031%
Wichita Metro Crime Commission Inc$66,533226%
Chamber Music At The Barn Inc$66,500137%
Vagabond Missions$65,57541%
Aacoc Educational Foundation$65,4688100%
Power Community Development Corp$65,422313%
Kansas Athletics Incorporated$65,0001n/a
Club Parkinsons Inc$64,150410%
Ascension via Christi Health Partners Inc$63,00010%
Thrive Allen County Inc$62,50051%
The Center for Public Integrity$61,27525%
Cowley College Foundation$60,09919%
Blood Cancer United Inc$60,00020%
Victory in the Valley Inc$59,82972%
AbilityPoint Inc$59,69922%
Mental Health America of South Central Kansas Inc$59,04260%
A Thrive Community Inc$58,880531%
St Paul Parish-Newman Center$55,0003n/a
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas Inc$54,91140%
Wichita High School East Endowment Fund$54,4531n/a
Westminster Woods Camp and Retreat Center Inc$53,00017%
American Red Cross-South Central & Se Ks$52,4534n/a
American Heart Association Inc$50,79150%
Colorado Outdoor Education Center Inc$50,00022%
Urban Preparatory Academy Wichita$50,0001n/a
Iron Gate Inc$50,00011%
A New Leaf Inc$50,00010%
League of Women Voters of Kansas$50,0001n/a
Medical Society of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance Inc$49,50024%
South Rock Christian Church$49,5003n/a
WSU Tech Foundation$48,71125%
St Paul's United Methodist Church$48,5005n/a
Northern Pines of Minnesota Inc$47,60047%
Lets Talk Inc$46,851344%
Wichita Parks Foundation$46,800124%
Dress for Success Wichita Inc$46,677413%
Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc$46,00020%
Kingman Emergency Medical Services$43,0001n/a
Heartspring Inc$42,88450%
Rise Up for Youth Inc$42,51235%
Kansas School for Effective Learning In$42,5001n/a
Wichita Festivals Inc$41,14031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Wichita Inc$40,97331%
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association$40,63321%
Wichita Collegiate School$40,55030%
Kansans For Life Educat Trust Fund$40,00022%
Wichita Kids Golf Initiative Inc$40,00032%
Simply Hygiene Inc$39,60132%
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Inc$39,16340%
Raise My Head Foundation$38,22439%
The University of Kansas$38,0002n/a
Washburn University Foundation$38,00050%
City Bureau Nfp$37,50011%
Children First Ceo Kansas Inc$37,25452%
It Takes a Village (Itav) Inc$36,68315%
Passageways Ltd$34,750210%
Young Life$34,08630%
The Honore Adversis Foundation$33,84239%
Congregation Emanuel$33,7001n/a
Bike Walk Wichita Inc$32,470311%
St Martin's Academy$32,00012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$31,20030%
Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas Inc$31,12030%
Sterling College$31,00020%
Arts Council Inc$30,750229%
Kansas Lions Foundation$30,483119%
Wichita Animal Action League$30,31112%
Manhattan School District-USD 383$30,2201n/a
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$30,00020%
Butler Community College Foundation$30,00011%
The Library Foundation$30,00014%
Building Knowledge and Opportunities Foundation$30,0003n/a
The Wichita Chapter of Links Inc$30,000328%
Blaze's Tribute Equine Rescue Inc$30,00023%
Earthjustice$30,00020%
Assistance League of Wichita Inc$29,77842%
Wichita Women's Initiative Network Inc$29,53343%
Goodwill Industries of Kansas Inc$29,34530%
Caldwell Area Hospital & Health Foundation$27,940127%
Great Plains Diabetes Research Inc$27,79417%
Kansas Childrens Service League$26,62040%
Center for Behavioral and Academic Research Inc$26,50032%
Juniper Arts Academy Inc$26,000125%
Newspring Church$26,0002n/a
Ict Food Rescue Inc$26,000135%
Historic Wichita Cowtown Inc$26,000129%
St Josephs Parish$25,5001n/a
Coming Together for a Cure Inc$25,0001n/a
University of California San Francisco Foundation$25,00010%
Shepherds Way Inc$25,000110%
Girls on the Run of Sedgwick County$25,000112%
Co-Immunity Foundation$25,0001n/a
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation$25,0001n/a
Onerise Inc$25,000122%
Beechcraft Heritage Museum Inc$25,00013%
Desert Caballeros Western Museum$25,00010%
Dui Victims Center of Kansas Inc$25,000111%
John 316 Mission$25,00010%
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$24,00010%
Kansas Dialysis Association$23,9344n/a
Roots and Wings Inc$23,04815%
1893 Land Run Historical Center Inc$22,5001n/a
Capper Foundation$22,50010%
St Annes Church$22,0001n/a
Hopenet Inc$21,92021%
Kansas Aviation Museum Inc$21,75021%
Opera Kansas$21,250248%
Council on Foundations Inc$21,15030%
Mary Seat of Wisdom Academy Inc$21,100117%
The Pando Initiative Inc$21,05031%
Holy Cross Lutheran Church$21,0002n/a
Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped Inc$21,00020%
St Stephen's Episcopal Church$20,8732n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Hutchinson Inc$20,50031%
Wichita Police and Fire Foundation$20,25026%
Glsen Inc$20,12910%
Kvc Health Systems Inc$20,00010%
Palmer Continuum of Care Inc$20,00011%
Sunrise Charitable Fund Inc$20,000230%
Mamafilm Inc$20,000272%
Soce Neighborhood Action Foundation$20,0001n/a
Community Operations Recovery Empowerment Inc$20,0001n/a
The Seminar Network Inc$20,0001n/a
College Hill United Methodist Church Foundation$19,0002n/a
Church of the Resurrection$18,5662n/a
The Catholic Foundation$17,8311n/a
Hope Ranch for Women Inc$17,50023%
Music Youth Partnership Foundation$17,480222%
Lifeline Animal Placement & Protection I$16,94717%
Telecompioneers$16,94711%
Starkey Foundation Inc$16,82024%
The Griots Storytelling Institute$16,2501n/a
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church$16,0501n/a
American Friends of Big Change Inc$16,00012%
Carpenter Place Inc$15,69321%
Haysville Usd 261 Education Foundation$15,2442n/a
Touch Closet Inc$15,0002n/a
The Treehouse Inc$15,00025%
Urban League of Kansas Inc$15,000115%
Envision Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Christ the Savior Academy Inc$15,00021%
Project Teacher Inc$15,00021%
National Jewish Health$15,00010%
Giving the Basics Inc$14,80020%
Junior Achievement of Kansas Inc$14,50021%
Usd 345 - Seaman$14,3512n/a
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc$14,0001n/a
Youth Horizons Inc$13,70020%
Sunlight Children's Services Inc$13,55111%
Hesston College$13,54510%
Passageways Ltd$13,3632n/a
La Familia Senior Community Center$13,03028%
Special Olympics Kansas Inc$12,75020%
His Helping Hands Inc$12,00020%
Kansas Wesleyan University$12,00020%
League 42 Foundation$11,61811%
The Eisenhower Foundation$11,50010%
Ktwu$11,5001n/a
Healthcore Clinic Inc$11,00010%
Rainbows United Charitable Foundation Inc$11,0001n/a
Art That Touches Your Heart Foundation$10,0001n/a
Wichita Independent Neighborhoods Inc$10,0001n/a
Food On The Stove Inc$10,0001n/a
Hope Medical Inc$10,0001n/a
Lovin Every Day Foundation$10,0001n/a
Maize Elementary PTO$10,000119%
Priests Retirement and Education Fund of Wichita$10,0001n/a
Pratt Community College Foundation$10,00010%
Benedictine College$10,00010%
Pikes Peak Bulletin Nonprofit News Outlet$10,0001n/a
Kansas Braille Transcription Institute Inc$10,000116%
Planned Parenthood$10,0001n/a
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Mayan Hands Foundation Ltd$10,00013%
The General Council of the Assemblies of God$10,0001n/a
Fisch Bowl Inc$10,0001n/a
Wichita Recovery Hub Society$10,00013%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$10,00010%
Greater Wichita Partnership Inc$10,00010%
Team of Hard Knox$10,0001n/a
Kansas Infant Death and Sids Network of Kansas Inc$10,00013%
Wichita West High School Alumni Hall Inc$9,873151%
First Presbyterian Church$9,2501n/a
Top Early Learning Centers$9,0001n/a
American Legion Boys State of Ks Inc$8,306179%
Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center Inc$8,0001n/a
Mulberry Arts Inc$8,0001n/a
National Council of Jewish Women St Louis Section$8,00011%
First Metropolitan Community Church of Kansas Inc$7,7901n/a
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Inc$7,63415%
Ibsa Inc$7,5001n/a
Friends of the Topeka Zoo Inc$7,5001n/a
Saint Francis Ministries Inc$7,50010%
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Legacy Ministries Inc$7,50011%
Valeo Behavioral Health Care Inc$7,50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina Inc$7,50012%
Walking Free$7,50014%
Holy Family Medical Inc$7,50010%
Consumer Credit Counseling Service Inc$7,4751n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas Inc$7,39011%
St Margaret Marys Catholic Church & School$7,3501n/a
Larksfield Place Retirement Communities Inc$7,00010%
University for Man Incorporated$7,00011%
Wichita Eye Foundation$7,00011%
Board of Education Andover Usd 385$6,9991n/a
Circle Towanda Elementary School$6,9991n/a
Laughing Feet Inc$6,9001n/a
Wichitas Littlest Heroes$6,7501n/a
CASA of the Fourth Judicial District Inc$6,6001n/a
Kidzcope Inc$6,5001n/a
Air Capital Charities Inc$6,50011%
Kansas Athletics Inc$6,5001n/a
Kansas Association of Community Foundations$6,50011%
Midland Care Connection Inc$6,4851n/a
Phil's Coins$6,2851n/a
Paxtons Blessing Box Inc$6,2001n/a
Pittsburg Usd 250$6,1501n/a
Friends of the Wichita Library Inc$6,00319%
Mid-America All-Indian Center Inc$6,00011%
Independent Living Resource Center Inc$6,00010%
Wichita Catholic Secondary Schools$6,0001n/a
Central Community Church of God Inc$6,0001n/a
USD 373 Newton$6,0001n/a
Wichita State University Alumni Association Inc$6,00011%
Camp Fontanelle$6,0001n/a
Business Leadership Network of Sedgwick County Inc$5,910142%
The Topeka Public Schools Foundation$5,68511%
University Congregational Church Endowment Foundation$5,6651n/a
Unified School District 249$5,6351n/a
Novus Orsa Ministries Inc$5,5001n/a
Camp Quality USA Inc$5,5001n/a
The Kansas Ballet Company$5,50014%
Winfield Usd 465 Foundation$5,43616%
Honor Flight Inc$5,2501n/a
Crown Arts Collaborative Inc$5,200123%
StriveTogether Inc$5,18810%
Ballet Wichita Inc$5,15011%
First United Methodist Church Endowment Foundation$5,1311n/a
Partners for Wichita Inc$5,0001n/a
Bread of Life Distribution Center Inc$5,00014%
E C Tyree Health & Dental Clinic$5,0001n/a
Embrace of Wichita Inc$5,00011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ne Kansas Inc$5,00011%
Wichita Montessori School Inc$5,00011%
Stormont-Vail Foundation$5,00010%
Alumni Association of Kansas State University$5,00010%
Coffeyville Imagination Library$5,0001n/a
The Russell Child Development Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Americans for Prosperity Foundation$5,00010%
Cancer Council of Reno County Inc$5,00011%
Rotary International$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Wichita Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 32 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWichita Art Museum Inc: $2,894,022 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetWichita State University Foundation: $2,580,536 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetKansas Dental Charitable Foundation: $1,379,652 over 9y, 62% of budgetUnited Way of the Plains Inc: $1,143,003 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetOrpheum Performing Arts Centre Ltd: $995,363 over 9y, 12% of budgetNxtus Inc: $804,500 over 6y, 67% of budgetBeacon Media Inc: $776,200 over 4y, 18% of budgetFamily Promise of Greater Wichita: $750,454 over 4y, 54% of budgetBotanica Inc: $710,209 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetEmpower Evergreen Inc: $686,400 over 3y, 14% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $675,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Southwestern College: $645,083 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKansas State University Foundation: $626,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWichita Symphony Society: $570,288 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetHumankind Ministries Wichita Inc: $529,635 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetCairn Health Inc: $507,996 over 9y, 19% of budgetIct Sos: $486,761 over 6y, 26% of budgetHeartspring Legacy Foundation: $462,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetWichita Public Library Foundation Inc: $443,050 over 8y, 17% of budgetNonprofitgo Inc: $430,229 over 4y, 39% of budgetThe Wichita Children's Home: $425,209 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetThe Junior League of Wichita Inc: $425,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetPhillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc: $418,112 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetHarvester Arts: $391,461 over 3y, 57% of budgetKansas Leadership Center: $388,739 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSedgwick County Zoological Society Inc: $381,680 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTrees for Life Inc: $378,122 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetKansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc: $362,434 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetChild Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County: $352,300 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetMusic Theatre Wichita: $346,830 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetHunter Health Clinic: $340,603 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311): $330,295 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWichita Family Crisis Center: $329,294 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetFriends University: $313,607 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $302,937 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRainbows United Inc: $284,184 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetGarage at Cleveland Corner Inc: $283,460 over 5y, 90% of budgetFundamental Literacy Foundation: $276,600 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWichita Grand Opera Inc: $251,074 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Tiny News Collective Inc: $242,962 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCreate Campaign Inc: $223,200 over 5y, 31% of budgetDoc's Friends Inc: $215,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSenior Services Inc of Wichita: $214,809 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetDel E Webb Center for the Performing Arts: $200,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $184,348 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNewman University Inc: $179,980 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWichita Habitat for Humanity Inc: $165,845 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetCongregation Emanu-El Foundation Inc: $165,000 over 5y, 47% 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 200.

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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.

United Way of the Plains IncKS168× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Plains Inc · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation · Simply Hygiene Inc · Belin Foundation · Ima 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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About Wichita Foundation

How much does Wichita Foundation give?
Wichita Foundation reported 151 itemized grants totaling $6,772,392, out of $7,215,186 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 90 and 153 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Wichita Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (12%).
Who are Wichita Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wichita Art Museum Inc ($2.9M), Wichita State University Foundation ($2.6M), Unified School District No 259 Wichita Public Schools ($2.3M).
Does Wichita Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wichita Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Plains Inc, Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation, Kansas Health Foundation.
Where is Wichita Foundation based?
Wichita 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 383 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 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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