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Foundations That Fund Education in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 468 funders that made 4,041 grants totaling $707.6M to 359 education organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Kansas

Total granted $707.6M
Funders 468
Grants 4,041
Organizations funded 359

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Leon Karelitz Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$222K
52. Atchison Community Educational Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2023 · 84.3% of their giving
$216K
53. Corinth PTA Corinth Elementary
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $134K · through 2021 · 81.1% of their giving
$216K
54. Earl F Wakefield Irrevocable Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$210K
55. Parsons Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $109K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$248K
56. Heartspring Inc Endowment Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $192K · through 2023 · 35.8% of their giving
$192K
57. Kansas Scottish Rite Foundation Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024 · 62.4% of their giving
$186K
58. Wichita Junior Golf Foundation C/O Prairie Legacy Family Offices LLC
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $170K · through 2019 · 87.2% of their giving
$170K
59. The Peoples Heartland Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2021 · 23.7% of their giving
$170K
60. Wichita Industrial Trade Show Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2023 · 50.0% of their giving
$158K
61. Finnup Foundation
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$450K
62. American Board of Genetic Counseling Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2020 · 45.3% of their giving
$150K
63. United Way of Kaw Valley Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $173K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$829K
64. P I E Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$139K
65. Virgil and Pauline Brown Memorial Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$135K
66. Kansas Lions Sight Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 46.0% of their giving
$120K
73. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
88 grants to 26 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$13.0M
78. Boston Foundation Inc
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.8M · through 2024
$3.9M
79. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
49 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$2.1M
80. The Reach Healthcare Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$525K
81. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
24 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2025
$5.4M
84. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$1.0M
87. Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $527K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$672K
91. The Chicago Community Trust
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2023
$8.3M
94. Greater Horizons
22 grants to 19 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024
$4.3M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 20 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 education 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 education funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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