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The Gould Foundation

Accepts applications Liberal, Kansas · EIN 201247321

The Gould Foundation is a private foundation in Liberal, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $104,211 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $5,095 and the largest $83,021. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $67,487 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$56,1268$1.3 million
2024$67,4877$1.4 million
2025$104,2116$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactHay Rice and Associates
21 Plaza Drive, Liberal, KS 67901
Phone or email(620) 624-8471
RestrictionsThe income of the foundation will be used to fund projects that have charitable purposes

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas6$104,211

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
SCCC Foundation
Liberal, KS
Fund local junior college athletics$83,021
Inferno Soccer
Liberal, KS
Fund local soccer team$7,500
Liberal Bee Jays
Liberal, KS
Fund local baseball$7,000
Operation Holiday
Liberal, KS
Food banksupport$3,190
Shepherds Heart
Liberal, KS
Fund local athletics$2,000
Kansas Newman
Wichita, KS
Fund kansas newman athletics$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Gould Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Gould Foundation give?

$104,211 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $5,095.

Who runs The Gould Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Ginny Wylie (President) and Rodney K Hay (Treasurer).

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