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2021

GRAND TOTAL WKCF & AFFILIATE GRANTS 2021 - $1,778,697.39

Total WKCF Grants - $1,735,510.42

Urgent Needs Fund Grants ($18,255.50)

  • Montezuma Township Library
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
  • Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
  • Melven O. Kuder Senior Cener
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

1st Cycle (March) Grants ($74,686.42)

  • Cimarron City Library
  • Community DayCare Center
  • Haskell Township Library 
  • High Plains Public Radio
  • Ingalls Recreation Comission
  • Kansas Children's Service League
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Mosaic
  • Real Men Real Leaders
  • Santa Fe Trail Council
  • Satanta Area Arts Council
  • Smoky Hills Public TV
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA
  • Stevens County 4-H
  • West Plains Extension
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
  • Western Kansas Community Foundation
  • Wichita Women's Initiative Network

2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($39,688)

  • Cimarron City Library
  • City of Liberal
  • Genesis Family Health
  • Haskell County Historical Society
  • Haskell Township Library
  • Kansas Association of Community Foundations
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Satanta United Methodist Church
  • USD #102 - Cimarron Public Schools
  • USD #214 - Ulysses Public Schools
  • USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools

3rd Cycle (November) Grants ($65,208.50)

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
  • Core Community Meade County
  • USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools
  • Great Plains Christian Radio
  • Great Plains MakerSpace
  • Ingalls Recreation
  • Kansas Children's Service League
  • Magic's HOPE
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Morton County Library
  • Perfect Fit Foundation
  • Stevens County Library
  • Church of the Nazarene
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

Christmas Grants ($40,500)

  • Dominican Sisters - Ministry of Presence
  • Finney County Health Dept. 
  • Grant County Health Dept.
  • Gray County Health Dept. 
  • Greeley County Health Dept. 
  • Hamilton County Health Dept. 
  • Haskell County Health Dept. 
  • Kearny County Health Dept.
  • Lane County Health Dept. 
  • Meade County Health Dept. 
  • Morton County Health Dept. 
  • Scott County Health Dept. 
  • Seward County Health Dept. 
  • Stanton County Health Dept. 
  • Stevens County Health Dept.
  • Wichita County Health Dept. 

 

MatchDay Grants ($519,562)

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
  • Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
  • Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
  • Community Day Care Center
  • Emmaus House
  • Family Crisis Services
  • Finney County 4-H Foundation
  • Finney County Historical Society
  • Finney County Humane Society
  • Finney County Public Library
  • Finney County United Way
  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
  • Garden City Arts
  • Garden City Community College
  • Garden City Family YMCA
  • Great Plains Christian Radio
  • Great Plains MakerSpace
  • High Plains Public Radio
  • Humanities Kansas
  • Leave a Legacy Foundation
  • Magic's HOPE 
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Mosaic
  • Real Men Real Leaders
  • Russell Child Development Center
  • Shepherd of the Plains Foundation
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA
  • St. Catherine Hospital Benincasa House
  • St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
  • Tumbleweed Festival
  • USD #457 School Foundation
  • Wichita County 4-H & Fair
  • Wichita County Economic Development
  • Wichita County Health Center
  • Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($468,490)

Clifford Family Fund

  • Finney County Historical Society
  • Real Men Real Leaders

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

  • Community Congregational Church

Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

  • Dudley Township Library

  • Pride of LIfe

  • Sublette United Methodist Church

Erdene Corley Fund

  • The distribution from this fund was directed to the pool of funds used for the Foundation's Community Grants and is represented in the cycle grant totals above.

Esther & Webb Smith-Bennett Fund

  • Warriors for Youth

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

  • Finney County 4-H Foundation

Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

  • Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

  • KSU Foundation

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

  • Garden City Presbyterian Church

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

  • Garden City Family YMCA

  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA

  • Finney County Historical Society

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

  • Family Crisis Services

  • Garden City Arts

James & Christina Becker Fund

  • Meals on Wheels

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

  • St. Dominic School

  • Fiends of Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Finney County Humane Society

  • Meals on Wheels 

Lee Construction Fund

  • Genesis Family Health

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

  • Family Crisis Services

  • Finney County Historical Society

  • Finney County Humane Society

  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Meals on Wheels

  • Russell Child Development Center

  • Stauth Memorial Museum

Matha Sherman Fund

  • Garden City Piano Teacher's League

  • Southwest Kansas Community Concerts

Mildred Henselman Fund

  • Community Congregational Church

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County

  • Emmaus House

  • Finney County United Way

  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Finney County Senior Center

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

  • Salvation Army

  • Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland

Phil & Sheryl Dick Fund

  • Family Crisis Services
  • Garden City Arts

Tony Englert Memorial Fund

  • The Land Institute
  • National Alliance of Mental Illness, KS

Agency Fund Grants ($42,530)

Emmaus House Fund

  • Emmaus House

Family Crisis Services Fund

  • Family Crisis Services

Finney County Community Health Coalition Fund

  • Finney County Community Health Coalition

Finney County Historical Society Fund

  • Finney County Historical Society

Finney County Humane Society Fund

  • Finney County Humane Society

Finney County Public Library Fund

  • Finney County Public Library

Finney County United Way Fund

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Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo Fund 

  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

Garden City Arts Fund

  • Garden City Arts

Garden City Noon Lions Club Fund

  • Garden City Noon Lions Club

Garden City Rotary Club Fund

  • Garden City Rotary Club

Garden City Public Schools Permanent Fund

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High Plains Public Radio

  • High Plains Public Radio

Leadership Garden City Fund

  • Leadership Garden City

Leave a Legacy Foundation

  • Leave a Legacy Foundation

Miles of Smiles

  • Miles of Smiles

Real Men Real Leaders Fund

  • Real Men Real Leaders

Russell Child Development Center Fund

  • Russell Child Development Center

Satanta Lions Club Fund

  • Satanta Lions Club

Shepherd of the Plains Foundation Fund

  • Shepherd of the Plains Foundation

Spirit of the Plains, CASA Fund

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Sublette Public School Fund

  • Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($204,800)

Anne Dew Brown Fund

  • Wasatch Academy

  • Lewis & Clark College

  • Earlham College

  • Friends Academy

  • First Presbyterian Church

  • Presbyterian Church, Garden City

  • Western Kansas Community Foundation

Benincasa House Fund

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Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Fund

  • Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center

Berniece Fry Fund

  • First United Methodist Church

  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Garden City Community College Endowment

  • St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation

Carl & Willynda Holmes Fund

  • USD #483

Cecil & Frances O'Brate Fund

  • Regan Ast

  • Tate Davis

  • Estacy Garcia

  • Justin Weber

  • Cole Lehman

  • Alexa Lightner

  • Benjamin Meador

  • Weston Millershaski

  • Sarah Mills

  • Obed Peregrino

  • Julina Wall

  • Kiley Whipple

Dan & Chris Fankhauser Fund

  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA

Dorothy M. and Louise Wampler - Finney County Public Library Fund

  • Finney County Public Library

Ellen H. Oswalt Fund

  • Finney County Public Library

Garden City Family YMCA Fund

  • Garden City Family YMCA

Garden City Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends

  • Garden City Catholic Schools

Jeanne B. Corley Hospice Fund

  • St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

KHF Leadership Garden City Fund

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Lawrence F. Zant and Marjorie R. Williams Memorial Fund

  • Finney County Humane Society

Mary Lou Spanier Fund

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Mosaic in Garden City

  • Mosaic

Otis & Mary Lee Molz Fund

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Pat & Gene LeClerc Fund

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Patsy Ruddick Memorial Fund

  • Finney County Historical Society

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

  • First United Methodist Church

  • Emmaus House

  • Finney County Public Library

Robert Whippo Memorial Fund

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Women of Purpose Fund

  • Family Crisis Services

  • Miles of Smiles

  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

 

Field of Interest Fund Grants ($610)

Unruh Family Fund

  • Garden City Family YMCA
  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center
  • Church of the Nazarene

* Multiple Field of Interest Funds assist with the quarterly Community Grants which are included in the totals above, those funds are:

  • Carl & Carolyn Myers Fund

  • Kansas Health Foundation Public Health Fund

  • Dr. Max & Charlene Teare Fund for Health and Human Services

  • WKCF Public Health Fund

  • Lee and Joyce Stapleton Fund for Children's Programs

  • Our Children, Our Future Fund for Children's Programs

  • GC Sunrisers Kiwanas Fund for Education 

  • Orville & Pauline Patterson Fund for Education

  • Ralph & Marilyn Germann Fund for Education

  • Kansas Health Foundation - Children's Fund

 

Scholarship Funds ($42,020)

Anna & May Rosel Scholarship Fund

  • Mia Rock

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

  • Kaiden Luna
  • Jyothilakshmi Kalarikkal

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

  • Nicole Scheets

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Ethan Salmans

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Brecken Webber

D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

  • Mariah Dechant
  • Ethan Salmans
  • Cole Lehman

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

  • Anjelina Serrano

Garrett Doll Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Connor Cupp

Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Ella Burrows

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

  • Addyson Bjurstrom

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

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K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

  •  

Tonya Wright Memorial Fund

  •  

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($219,160)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

  •  

Cecil & Frances O'Brate Non-Permanent / Scholarship Fund

  •  

O'Brate Scholarships

  • Justin Webber

Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC Scholarship Fund

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Earl & Dora Fry Fund

  • University of Kansas Endowment Association

Eatinger Family Fund

  •  

Fry Family Trust Fund

  •  

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

  •  

Garden City High School Non-Permanent Fund

  •  

Garden City Public Schools Foundation, Non-Permanent Fund

  • USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools

Horace Good Middle School Alumni Scholarship Fund

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Law Enforcement Explorers Program Fund

  •  

Norbert "Kevin" Irsik Scholarship Fund

  • Dakotah Sanders
  • Janelyn Nichols
  • Rae Groth
  • Angela Soltero
  • Eric Heiman

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Tylee Biera
  • Alexis Heckel

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center
  • Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas

 

Total Affiliate Grants ($43,186.97)

Wichita County Community Foundation ($43,186.97)

Community Grant Awards ($25,786.97)

  • City of Leoti
  • Grow & Learn Childcare Center
  • Kansas Children's Service League
  • USD #467 Wichita County Schools
  • Wichita County Economic Development
  • Wichita County Health Center
  • Wichita County Library
  • Wichita County Senior Center

Donor Advised Funds ($730)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

  • Wichita County Senior Center

Community First Fund

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Designated Funds ($13,440)

City of Leoti Fund

  • City of Leoti

Herndon Trust #1 Fund

  • Christ Covenant Youth - GAP

Joann's Fund

  • USD #467 - Wichita County Schools

Wichita County 4-H & Fair Fund

  • Wichita County 4-H & Fair

Wichita County Economic Development Fund

  • Wichita County Economic Development

Wichita County Health Center Fund

  • Wichita County Health Center

Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

  • Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

 

Agency Funds ($)

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Field of Interest Funds ($1,730)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

  • Wichita County Senior Center

* Multiple Field of Interest Funds assist with the WCCF Community Grants which are included in the totals above, those funds are:

Happy One of Leoti, KHF Wichita County Health Fund, and the Whole Health Fund

 

Scholarship Funds ($1,500)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

Spring Semester

  • Waylon West

Fall Semester

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Jim & Judy Biel Memorial Fund

  • Genesis Ponce

WCCF Scholarship Fund

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Non-Permanent Funds ($)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

  •  

Tyler M. Graff Memorial Park Fund

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WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

  •  

Wichita County Track Fund

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(Page updated on 2/10/22)

 



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