Kansas · Nonprofit
SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY
SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,450 to it, the largest being THE TRUSLER FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $219k
What School for Rural Culture and Creativity does
Mission
The School for Rural Culture and Creativity is a space for community art agriculture and ideas for a place-based life in Matfield Green KS Our goal is to facilitate or support creative practices that foster community health honor local wisdom and strengthen our connection to the land
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
General visiting hours including open gym library and weekly Saturday community coffee hour Expenses include utilities property tax and insurance as base cost to keep the building open for the community
$14,599 spent94% of program spendingEstablishment of the new library with custom-made shelves and regional collection of donated books Expenses include paint and furniture costs
$476 spent3% of program spendingSpecial event programming including art exhibitions annual movie night concerts Tallgrass Artist Residency program and meal Expenses include groceries for receptions and meal
$416 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,491.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Matthew Regier
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY’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
SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY 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
“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
88% of SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
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
SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY runs a healthier operating margin 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
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY: 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 SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY?
- SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,450 to it, the largest being THE TRUSLER FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,450 in grants to SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY?
- THE TRUSLER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCHOOL FOR RURAL CULTURE AND CREATIVITY 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 2025–2025), 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