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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 2 of 4

26. Visit Topeka Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
27. Envista Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2022 · 45.2% of their giving
$23K
28. Pipefitters Association Local Union 533
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2021 · 6.5% of their giving
$70K
29. Azura Credit Union
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 6.3% of their giving
$46K
30. The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$120K
31. White Family Supporting Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$50K
32. United Way of the Plains Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$289K
33. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$300K
34. Independent Order of Odd Fellows St John Lodge No 539
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$10K
35. Hays Recreation Commission Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
36. Finney County Economic Development Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
37. Bourbon County Economic Development Council Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
38. National Farmers Union Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2020 · 2.5% of their giving
$58K
39. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
15 grants to 12 organizations · largest $766K · through 2024
$1.2M
40. Fenwick Community Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$71K
41. The United Way of El Dorado Kansas Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2022 · 1.8% of their giving
$36K
42. Greater Manhattan Community Foundation
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $71K · through 2024
$201K
43. Heavy Constructors Association of the Grtr KC Area Industry Advancement Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$30K
44. Central Kansas Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $58K · through 2025
$87K
45. Usaging
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $191K · through 2023
$191K
46. Legacy a Regional Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $32K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$37K
47. Ascension via Christi Health Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$50K
48. Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 4.1% of their giving
$10K
49. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.4M
50. Topeka Lodging Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$27K

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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