$297,091 total awarded in 2006.

• $23,820 in spring grants
• $106,511 in fall grants
• $154,760 in non-permanent funds
• $12,000 in scholarship funds

WKCF Spring Unrestricted Grants ($23,820)

• Career Learning System - Garden City
• Communities in Schools of Grant County - Ulysses
• Community Mexican Fiesta - Garden City
• Emmaus House - Garden City
• Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
• Finney County Humane Society - Garden City
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo - Garden City
• Garden City Family YMCA - Garden City
• Garden City Recreation Commission - Garden City
• Gray County Veterans Memorial Center - Cimarron
• Kansas Children's Service League - Garden City
• Miles of Smiles - Garden City
• Russell Child Development - Garden City
• Santa Fe Trail RC&D Council - Lakin
• Satanta Arts Council - Satanta
• Southwest Arts & Humanities Council - Garden City
• Tumbleweed Festival - Garden City
• USD 214 - Ulysses
• Wichita County Arts Alliance - Leoti

Immedate Needs Grants

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County - Garden City
• Lakin High School - Lakin

WKCF Unrestricted Grants ($26,473)

• Boy Scouts Santa Fe Trail Council - Garden City
• Catholic Social Service - Garden City
• Community Day Care - Garden City
• Community Health Organization - Garden City
• Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
• Family Crisis Services - Garden City
• Garden City Family YMCA - Garden City
• Garden City Information Technologies - Garden City
• Heartland Prairie Sisters Foundation - Cimarron
• K-State Research & Extension - Garden City
• Satanta Arts Council - Satanta
• Southwest Kansas Live on Stage - Garden City
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA - Garden City
• USD 200 - Greeley County
• 10th Anniversary Grants (and one to grow on!)
  • Area Mental Health - Garden City
  • DoVES of Grant County - Ulysses
  • Emmaus House - Garden City
  • Kansas Children's Service League - Garden City
  • Miles of Smiles - Garden City
  • Russell Child Development - Garden City
  • Satanta Arts Council - Satanta
  • Tumbleweed Council - Garden City
  • USD 200 - Greeley County
  • Wichita County Arts Alliance - Leoti
  • Western Kansas Scholastic Art Association - Lakin

Donor Advised / Designated Funds ($80,038)

Dan & Chris Fankhauser

• Spirit of the Plains, CASA

Finney County Farm Bureau Association Fund

• USD 457
• USD 363
• Catholic Schools of Garden City

Dr. Luther & Ardis Fry Family Fund

• High Plains Public Radio
• WKCF - Grant Committee

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

• Finney County Historical Society
• Garden City Community College - Endowment Association
• Garden City Family YMCA
• Garden City Presbyterian Church
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA
• McPherson College

Jean B. Corley Hospice Fund

• St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

Kansas Health Foundation: Garden City Chamber of Commerce

• Leadership Garden City
• Leadership Garden City Children

Lee Construction

• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries

Matha Sherman Fund

• Garden City Civic Choral Union & Symphony

Dr. Max & Charlene Teare Fund

• K-State Research & Extension

Pass-Through Funds ($154,760)

• Garden Valley Retirement Village - Garden City
• Stauth Memorial Museum - Montezuma
• Garden City American Red Cross - Garden City

Rotary District 5690 Fund

• Panama Christian Medical Mission - Panama

Francis Boekhaus Memorial Fund

• Richfield United Methodist Church - Richfield

Laura Elizabeth Kleysteuber Memorial Fund

• Brain Tumor Center at Duke: Fund for Hope

USD 457 Foundation Fund

• USD 457 Teacher Grants - Garden City

Scholarship Funds ($12,000)

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Scholarship Fund

• Ryan Partin - Wichita State University
• Jill Daniels - University of Kansas
• Jared Law - Kansas State University
• Kevin Bowen - Kansas State University
• Leah Kopper - Tabor College
• Lara Pracht - University of Kansas
• Kelsey Pearson - Washburn University

Lee & Joyce Stapleton Scholarship Fund

• Norma Quinonez - Garden City Community College

Katherine C. Jones Fund

• Miranda Taylor - Garden City Community College

Ralph & Bessie Gropp Memorial Scholarship

• Emily Baker - Fort Hays State University
• Levi Schlegel - Texas Tech University
• Maria (Susie) Villa - Fort Hays State University