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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 159 funders that made 1,341 grants totaling $109.3M to 239 arts & culture organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Kansas

Total granted $109.3M
Funders 159
Grants 1,341
Organizations funded 239

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Greater Manhattan Community Foundation
87 grants to 15 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 30.0% of their giving
$18.3M
2. Greater Salina Community Foundation
99 grants to 30 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 13.5% of their giving
$19.7M
3. Cosmosphere Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.0M
4. Wichita Foundation
67 grants to 24 organizations · largest $432K · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$4.9M
5. Salina Art Center Inc Endowment Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
6. Douglas County Community Foundation
28 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$3.4M
7. The Museum of Art and Light Land Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
8. Hutchinson Community Foundation
29 grants to 8 organizations · largest $405K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$2.0M
9. Hutchinsons Historic Fox Theatre Found co Carol Berger
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $220K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$644K
10. Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $101K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$596K
11. Topeka Community Foundation
36 grants to 12 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$1.7M
12. McPherson County Community Foundation
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$950K
13. Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
39 grants to 5 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$591K
14. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
30 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2025
$12.9M
15. Wareham Hall Renovation Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 95.3% of their giving
$224K
16. Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2023 · 35.6% of their giving
$222K
17. The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$440K
18. C Colaw and G Crane Charitable Trust
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $81K · through 2025 · 27.3% of their giving
$163K
19. Coffeyville Area Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $151K · through 2023 · 9.0% of their giving
$183K
20. Abfm Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$405K
21. Emporia Community Foundation
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $72K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$420K
22. Genevieve Strahan Charitable Trust C/O Citizens State Bank & Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2025 · 23.0% of their giving
$65K
23. Delta Dental of Kansas Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $117K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$270K
24. Legacy a Regional Community Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$170K
25. California Institute for Biodiversity
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $354K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$354K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Kansas, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Kansas. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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