Kansas · Nonprofit
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being BLACK HILLS CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $762k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $202k
What Garden City Downtown Vision Inc does
Mission
Garden city downtown vision, inc. Was created for historical preservation and is committed to revitalization of garden city's central business district.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization sponsors events to attract more local and regional people to the downtown area. In 2025 839,700 visitors to downtown garden city with an average time of 76 minutes.events include:fall fest (11,221 in attendance, including 27% from outside of finney county)9,632 people attended the commerce bank christmas parade.over 200 volunteer hours were tracked in downtown projects201,027 people reached through facebook and 8,586 followers1,825 people reached through instagram and 1,570 followerswhen not planning events, the organization works to revitalize the downtown district through various incentive opportunities (loans to downtown businesses $118,253 at 0% interest) and provides guidance to potential and existing business owners in the downtown district.
$24,179 spent$35,878 earned by the program4% of program spendingTo provide rental space, sales staff, advertising and resources for start up businesses through the main street market hub which includes 40 small businesses in one location and spotlights pop up vendors. This concept allows the entrepreneur to experience owning a business downtown why still keeping their full-time job to support their family and gives the budding entrpreneur an opportunity to see if the hobby they enjoy has what it takes to be a successful business. Main street market hub is still going strong after a local business person assumed all management and advertising duties.
$541,474 spent$547,502 earned by the program96% of program spendingThe food hall was established in 2024 with the primary goal of revitalizing downtown by introducing a new dining destination on main street. It also serves as a restaurant incubator, designed to support aspiring culinary entrepreneurs by lowering the financial and operational barriers typically associated with launching a food business. By providing an accessible entry point into the industry, the food hall offers a platform for new restaurateurs to gain valuable experience and build their brand. The food hall management was succfully taken over by a local business and continues to thrive downtown. Several of the initial restaurants were able to launch their own location or food truck.
$1,130 spent$2,570 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $566,783.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $366k to $252k (−31%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 68% · 2023 40% · 2024 17% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Patrick Herd
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION 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
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
33% 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 GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC.
“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
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC?
- GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being BLACK HILLS CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION INC?
- BLACK HILLS CORPORATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GARDEN CITY DOWNTOWN VISION 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 2017–2025), 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. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing