Kansas · Nonprofit
FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC
FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,843 to it, the largest being GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $607k
What Frankfort Development Trust Inc does
Mission
Restoration/Revitalization of the Old Frankfort Grade School, an historic structure, that is on the national register of historic places. The building is a four-story structure that has existed for approximately 122 years. The school served the community until 1998, when it was sold to a private party. After about fifteen years of private ownership the building had been abandoned, fallen into disrepair, and was left open to the elements after suffering significant vandalism. The structure was in danger of demotion. The Frankfort Development Trust was formed to as a vehicle to restore and revitalize the building to serve a rural community. The goal is to provide a mix of housing, community space, learning environment, daycare, and historic commemoration in a multi-generational hub atmosphere.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Renovation/restoration of the Old Frankfort Grade School. On-going work will provide for a structure that can be utilized by the Frankfort community and surrounding area. This will allow for the revitalization of the structure and promote commerce in the area. Service area is a population of 800-1,000 people. The project is a multi-phased undertaking that is supported by the ongoing activities of the trust. The cost estimate for the project is in the range of $3-4 million. The expenditures in this section reflect the direct costs of restoration of the building, specifically architect fees and services provided by building contractors. During the reporting period work on the second phase of a four-phase window restoration occurred. Previous projects have included replacement of roof structures, restoration of side porticos, asbestos removal, and guttering. The initial goal is to seal the envelope of the structure so interior work can occur. The work has been supported by contributions, fundraising, grants, loans, and state tax credits.
$30,729 spent$134,981 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe securing of grants helps to preserve a historic property and contributes to preservation of a rural community in Kansas. While supporting the goal of restoring the school, grants further the social and economic vitality of both the community and surrounding area. They support the vision of affordable housing, population growth, family retention, economic diversity, and community pride and engagement. In the reporting period government grant was paid. The larger grant is reflected as a revenue in the reporting period.
$91,000 spent$100,000 earned by the program75% of program spendingFundraising activities through events such as meals and golf tournaments. This provides funds for the restoration revitalization of the historic building. The community served/benefitted is both the Frankfort community and surrounding Marshall County, Kansas area of 800-1,000 people. In the reporting year, fundraising activity was provided by a volunteer board and community volunteers that numbered 17 people. There were twelve events including a golf tournament, breakfasts, soup days, and peach sales. Event attendance was in the range of 100-120 persons. For reporting purposes the expenses attributable to fundraising are not reported as program services.
$0 spent$23,204 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $121,729.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $449k to $679k (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $41.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% 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
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
93% of FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC
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In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC?
- FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,843 to it, the largest being GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,843 in grants to FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC?
- GREATER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANKFORT DEVELOPMENT TRUST INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing