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GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,161 to it, the largest being GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($71,461). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$53k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$91k
Net assets
$701k
2/2 repeat funders
01Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $14k → $24k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
1
1
2
2
2

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

78%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 90% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

100% of GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.

KS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’22
’23
Kansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

02Its place in the field

Against its field

GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 17,232 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−47% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve41.5mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,232 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Kansas

Nationally

03Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,161 to it, the largest being GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($71,461). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $91,161 in grants to GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $71,461 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GEARY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing