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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 159 funders that made 681 grants totaling $87.3M to 143 community improvement organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Kansas

Total granted $87.3M
Funders 159
Grants 681
Organizations funded 143

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Greater Salina Community Foundation
28 grants to 13 organizations · largest $22.4M · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$28.6M
2. Western Kansas Community Foundation
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$1.7M
3. Southeast Kansas Coordinated Transit Council Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $540K · through 2024 · 24.1% of their giving
$1.0M
4. Area Community Enrichment Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $660K · through 2023 · 54.2% of their giving
$995K
5. Wichita Foundation
24 grants to 11 organizations · largest $310K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$1.8M
6. Interhab Innovation Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $342K · through 2019 · 57.5% of their giving
$342K
7. Thomas County Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2024 · 32.8% of their giving
$314K
8. Kansas Health Foundation
28 grants to 14 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$2.0M
9. North Central Kansas Community Network
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2022 · 97.5% of their giving
$250K
10. United Steelworkers Intl Group Return
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2023 · 25.4% of their giving
$190K
11. Unm Rainforest Innovations
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$175K
12. Kansas Contractors Association Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 50.2% of their giving
$165K
13. Topeka Community Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $302K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$845K
14. Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
27 grants to 16 organizations · largest $393K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.9M
15. Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$375K
16. United Way of Reno County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2023 · 6.9% of their giving
$283K
17. Mechanical Contractors Industry Development Fund of Kansas
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 42.1% of their giving
$90K
18. Heart of America Development Corporation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$85K
19. Hutchinson Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $482K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$675K
20. Golden Belt Community Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $127K · through 2025 · 3.9% of their giving
$326K
21. Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Educational Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 66.4% of their giving
$59K
22. Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $82K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$255K
23. The Reach Healthcare Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$475K
24. Jack Goldstein Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2025 · 3.4% of their giving
$225K
25. National Association of Conservation Districts
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $249K · through 2023
$529K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 7 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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