Kansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 128 funders that made 466 grants totaling $137.9M to 98 recreation & sports organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Kansas

Total granted $137.9M
Funders 128
Grants 466
Organizations funded 98

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. McPherson County Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025
$30K
52. Douglas County Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024
$37K
53. Topeka Community Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024
$35K
54. Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2019
$30K
55. Mankato Endowment Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$2K
56. Salina Area United Way Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K
57. Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020
$10K
58. National Collegiate Athletic Association
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$336K
59. Wichita Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024
$33K
60. Kansas Health Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023
$30K
61. Textron Aviation Employees Uplift Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2022
$12K
62. The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouriinc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023
$20K
63. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$22K
64. Crew - Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1K · through 2019
$1K
65. Communityamerica Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020
$8K
66. Delta Dental of Kansas Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2019
$8K
67. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2022
$38K
68. Veterans United Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025
$16K
69. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $43K · through 2022
$73K
70. Arizona Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2022
$32K
71. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2025
$69K
73. Charities Aid Foundation America
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024
$42K
75. Jewish Communal Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$50K
78. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024
$59K
80. The Chicago Community Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024
$24K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 9 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.

Other Causes Funded in Kansas

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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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