Foundations

Private foundations in Kansas

Foundations that fund causes in Kansas

• Education
  $151 million from 1,262 foundations
• Community development
  $56.4 million from 213 foundations
• Faith communities
  $55.7 million from 711 foundations
• Health
  $49.2 million from 465 foundations
• Youth programs
  $35.5 million from 443 foundations
• Science and research
  $26.2 million from 114 foundations
• Human services
  $25.9 million from 319 foundations
• Arts and culture
  $13.3 million from 347 foundations
• Environment and conservation
  $7.4 million from 195 foundations
• Animals
  $7.3 million from 188 foundations
• Housing and homelessness
  $4.6 million from 122 foundations
• International
  $3.9 million from 101 foundations
• Food and hunger
  $2.9 million from 179 foundations
• Veterans
  $2.9 million from 587 foundations
• Seniors
  $2.2 million from 85 foundations
• Disability
  $1.2 million from 82 foundations

These count grants to recipients in Kansas, including from foundations based elsewhere.

Foundations by city in Kansas

• Overland Park
  122 foundations · $224 million
• Wichita
  163 foundations · $111 million
• Leawood
  43 foundations · $20.4 million
• Olathe
  15 foundations · $18.9 million
• Salina
  26 foundations · $18.6 million
• Topeka
  46 foundations · $15.7 million
• Pittsburg
  9 foundations · $9.6 million
• Prairie Village
  21 foundations · $6.8 million
• Lawrence
  25 foundations · $5.9 million
• Hays
  7 foundations · $5.2 million
• Mission Hills
  14 foundations · $4.3 million
• Manhattan
  12 foundations · $4.2 million
• Stilwell
  9 foundations · $2.9 million
• Emporia
  14 foundations · $2.9 million
• Lenexa
  11 foundations · $2.8 million
• Liberal
  5 foundations · $2.5 million
• Kansas City
  8 foundations · $2.5 million
• Shawnee Mission
  10 foundations · $2.3 million
• Smith Center
  37 foundations · $2.0 million
• Paola
  22 foundations · $1.7 million
• Shawnee
  7 foundations · $1.5 million
• Atchison
  5 foundations · $1.3 million
• Junction City
  6 foundations · $1.1 million
• Hutchinson
  18 foundations · $1.0 million
• Phillipsburg
  12 foundations · $905,629
• McPherson
  6 foundations · $644,707
• Wellington
  5 foundations · $592,801
• Iola
  6 foundations · $586,516
• Dodge City
  6 foundations · $524,910
• Norton
  7 foundations · $485,680
• Humboldt
  5 foundations · $422,568
• Pratt
  7 foundations · $407,024
• Hiawatha
  9 foundations · $291,490
• Ellsworth
  6 foundations · $268,373
• Marysville
  8 foundations · $251,088
• Tonganoxie
  5 foundations · $219,261
• Concordia
  5 foundations · $203,977
• Kingman
  6 foundations · $157,862

Kansas foundations that accept applications

• The Sunderland Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $102 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Education
• Dane G Hansen Foundation · Logan
  Accepts applications $27.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• The Dreiseszun Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $7.2 million a year · typical grant $26,250 · Education
• Lowenstein Brothers Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $4.8 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Faith communities
• Capitol Federal Foundation · Topeka
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $2.3 million · Community development
• Kelly Family Foundation · Olathe
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation · Hays
  Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture
• Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Earl Bane Foundation · Salina
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $3.7 million
• Coleman Family Foundation Inc · Pittsburg
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• The Carson Charitable Trust · Wetmore
  Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000
• Aim 5 Foundation · Topeka
  Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $24,500 · Faith communities
• Koch Family Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
• Wyandotte Health Foundation · Kansas City
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• Rudd Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $7,085 · Education
• Roy and Myrtle Parsons Trust · Hugoton
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Arts and culture
• The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Bomhoff Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $122,000 · Human services
• McCune & Middlekauff Foundation · Salina
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Kansas All-Star Scholars Fund Inc · Mulvane
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $309,383 · Education
• All Aboard Foundation · Pittsburg
  Accepts applications $1.3 million a year · typical grant $69,372 · Education
• Walter S & Evan C Jones Foundation · Emporia
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $624,975 · Human services
• Cooper Clark Foundation · Liberal
  Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Baughman Foundation · Liberal
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $17,500 · Education
• Tom Feist Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $28,250 · Seniors
• Ethel & Raymond F Rice Foundation · Lawrence
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs
• Intrust Bank Charitable Tr · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Human services
• The Shumaker Family Foundation · Prairie Village
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $8,000 · Education
• Barton P & Mary D Cohen Charitable 1 · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $21,250 · Education
• Jerome B Miller Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $950,000 a year · typical grant $10,100 · Education
• The Morgan Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $921,350 a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• Eberhard Charles Neysa and Terril Charitable · Wichita
  Accepts applications $902,115 a year · typical grant $27,168 · Faith communities
• Lair Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $872,000 a year · typical grant $15,200 · Education
• Clay Blair Foundation · Lenexa
  Accepts applications $852,428 a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Nichols Charitable Foundation · Topeka
  Accepts applications $849,500 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Arts and culture
• Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Wichita
  Accepts applications $846,577 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Security Benefit Life Insurance Charitable Trust · Topeka
  Accepts applications $844,824 a year · typical grant $2,500 · Animals
• Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust · Hays
  Accepts applications $768,000 a year · typical grant $41,500 · Faith communities
• Kirk Foundation · Fairway
  Accepts applications $762,500 a year · typical grant $762,500
• Sarver Charitable Trust · Smith Center
  Accepts applications $762,280 a year · typical grant $2,200 · Education
• Barton P & Mary D Cohen Charitable 2 · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $737,100 a year · typical grant $50,000 · Faith communities
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc · Topeka
  Accepts applications $734,542 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Health
• Cocherl Family Foundation · Leawood
  Accepts applications $734,470 a year · typical grant $10,235 · Faith communities
• Ash Grove Charitable Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $719,000 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• O'Brate Foundation · Garden City
  Accepts applications $709,029 a year · typical grant $4,000 · Education
• Willard J & Mary G Breidenthal Foundation · Leawood
  Accepts applications $647,500 a year · typical grant $13,000 · Education
• Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation Inc · Prairie Village
  Accepts applications $607,850 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• Edward & Kathryn Mader Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $596,204 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Skillbuilders Fund · Leawood
  Accepts applications $567,974 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Environment and conservation

Largest foundations in Kansas

• The Sunderland Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $102 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Education
• Loomis Foundation Inc · Overland Park
  Preselected only $42.2 million a year · typical grant $14.1 million
• The Edgerley Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Preselected only $35.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Robert M Beren Family Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Preselected only $30.1 million a year · typical grant $175,000 · Faith communities
• Dane G Hansen Foundation · Logan
  Accepts applications $27.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• TMT Charitable Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Preselected only $16.9 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education
• Kao Family Foundation · Olathe
  Preselected only $13.0 million a year · typical grant $150,000 · Education
• Cape Flattery Foundation · Wichita
  Preselected only $9.1 million a year · typical grant $9.1 million · Community development
• Horejsi Charitable Foundation Inc · Salina
  Preselected only $8.7 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education
• The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust · Overland Park
  Preselected only $8.2 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Faith communities
• The Dreiseszun Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $7.2 million a year · typical grant $26,250 · Education
• The Stowers Foundation · Leawood
  Preselected only $6.8 million a year · typical grant $133,103 · Health
• The Sherman Family Foundation · Mission Woods
  Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Lowenstein Brothers Foundation · Overland Park
  Accepts applications $4.8 million a year · typical grant $1.3 million · Faith communities
• Beren Sea Foundation · Wichita
  Preselected only $4.2 million a year · typical grant $15,750 · Faith communities
• Capitol Federal Foundation · Topeka
  Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $2.3 million · Community development
• Kelly Family Foundation · Olathe
  Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Education
• Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation · Hays
  Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture
• Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Education
• Earl Bane Foundation · Salina
  Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $3.7 million
• Miller Family Foundation Inc · Pittsburg
  Preselected only $3.4 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Environment and conservation
• The Quinn Foundation · Leawood
  Preselected only $3.3 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Animals
• Israel Henry Beren Charitable Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Preselected only $3.2 million a year · typical grant $250,000 · Education
• Coleman Family Foundation Inc · Pittsburg
  Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - Trustee · Leawood
  Preselected only $3.1 million a year · typical grant $3.1 million
• The Weary Family Foundation · Manhattan
  Preselected only $3.0 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Education
• The Fern Odessa Charitable Trust · Overland Park
  Preselected only $2.9 million a year · typical grant $242,324
• The Carson Charitable Trust · Wetmore
  Accepts applications $2.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000
• Chase Koch Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Preselected only $2.4 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Education
• Aim 5 Foundation · Topeka
  Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $24,500 · Faith communities
• ROC Foundation · Overland Park
  Preselected only $2.3 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Faith communities
• Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation · Topeka
  Preselected only $2.3 million a year · typical grant $99,000 · Animals
• David H Koch Charitable Foundation · Wichita
  Preselected only $2.3 million a year · typical grant $1.1 million · Animals
• Koch Family Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
• Wyandotte Health Foundation · Kansas City
  Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund · Stilwell
  Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $5,500 · Arts and culture
• Rudd Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $7,085 · Education
• Roy and Myrtle Parsons Trust · Hugoton
  Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Health
• Sarli Family Foundation · Overland Park
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Youth programs
• Berry Foundation Inc · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Arts and culture
• Redbud Foundation · Topeka
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Education
• Unlikely Collaborators Foundation · Wichita
  Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Education
• The James P Pace Family Foundation · Mission Hills
  Preselected only $1.7 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education
• Cinelli Family Foundation · Lawrence
  Preselected only $1.7 million a year · typical grant $11,000 · Education
• The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Housing and homelessness
• Bomhoff Foundation · Wichita
  Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $122,000 · Human services
• McCune & Middlekauff Foundation · Salina
  Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education
• Mullinix Family Foundation · Lake Quivira
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $55,000 · Faith communities
• Syzygy Foundation Inc · Shawnee Mission
  Preselected only $1.4 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Community development
• Kansas All-Star Scholars Fund Inc · Mulvane
  Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $309,383 · Education

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