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2007

$369,929.79 total awarded in 2007.

  • $16,046 in 1st cycle grants
  • $15,154 in 2nd cycle grants
  • $35,770 in 3rd cycle grants
  • $26,454.79 in 4th cycle grants
  • $51,465 in non-permanent funds
  • $28,020 in scholarship funds
  • $197,020 in donor advised/agency/designated/FOI funds

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($51,465)

Garden City Downtown Vision Fund

  • Downtown Vision - Garden City

Grant Makers of the High Plains

  • Catholic Social Services - Dodge City
  • K-State Research & Extension - Liberal
  • City of Dodge City - Dodge City
  • Mosaic - Garden City

Laura Elizabeth Kleysteuber Memorial Fund

  • Brain Tumor Center at Duke: Fund for Hope

Nutrition & Physical Activity Initiative

  • Finney County
    • Finney County Steering Committee c/o Finney Co. United Way
    • Finney County Extension Office
    • Holcomb Recreation Commission
    • Kansas Children's Service League - Head Start
    • Mosaic
    • Smart Start Southwest Kansas
    • United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
  • Grant County
    • Grant County Steering Committee c/o K-State Research & Ext.
    • K-State Research & Extension - Ulysses
  • Haskell County
    • Haskell County Steering Committee c/o WKCF
  • Wichita County
    • Wichita County Steering Committee c/o Wichita Co. Com. Fnd.
    • Wichita County Community Foundation
    • Wichita County Economic Development, Inc.
    • Wichita County Extension
    • Wichita County Health Center
    • Wichita County Health Department
    • Wichita County Parks & Recreation
    • Wichita County Schools, USD 467

USD 457 Foundation Fund

  • USD 457 Teacher Grants - Garden City
  • USD 457 Crystal Apple Teacher Recognition Award - Garden City

Scholarships ($28,020)

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Scholarship Fund

  • Eight Garden City High School Graduates

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

  • Continuing Education Scholarship within Kansas - Graduates from USD 274, 275 or 314

Chase Mitchel Webber Sublette Recreational Memorial Scholarship

  • Sublette High School Graduate

Erdene Corley Fund

  • Garden City Community College

Katherine C. Jones Fund

  • Holcomb High School Graduate

Katherine C. Jones Fund #2

  • Continuing Education Scholarship

Lee & Joyce Stapleton Scholarship Fund

  • Garden City Community College Non-traditional Nursing Student
  • Sublette High School Graduate

1st Cycle (February) Unrestricted Grants ($16,046)

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County - Garden City
  • Community Day Care Center - Garden City
  • Emmaus House - Garden City
  • Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
  • Finney County 4-H Foundation - Garden City
  • Finney County Humane Society - Garden City
  • Garden City American Red Cross - Garden City
  • Garden City Family YMCA - Garden City
  • Garden City Recreation Commission - Garden City
  • Holcomb High School - Holcomb
  • K-State Research & Extension - Garden City
  • Lee Richardson Zoo - Education Division - Garden City
  • Meade County Extension - Meade
  • Salvation Army - Garden City
  • Santa Fe Trail, RC&D - Lakin
  • Trinity Lutheran Youth Ministry - Garden City
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center - Scott City

Immediate Needs Grants

  • Grant Makers of the High Plains

2nd Cycle (May) Unrestricted Grants ($15,154)

  • Career Learning System - Garden City
  • Community Mexican Fiesta Association - Garden City
  • Edith Scheuerman Elementary School - Garden City
  • Finney County Public Library - Garden City
  • Lakin Dolphin Swim Team - Lakin
  • Miles of Smiles - Garden City
  • Russell Child Development - Garden City
  • Santa Fe Trail - Boy Scouts of America - Garden City
  • St. Catherine Hospital, Cancer Center - Garden City
  • Trinity Lutheran Youth Ministry - Garden City
  • Wild Horse 4-H & Youth Camp - Ashland

3rd Cycle (August) Unrestricted Grants ($35,770)

  • Catholic Social Service - Garden City
  • Communities in Schools of Grant County - Ulysses
  • Community Day Care - Garden City
  • Emmaus House - Garden City
  • Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
  • Finney County Extension, Southwest Kansas Master Gardeners - Garden City
  • Garden City Family YMCA - Garden City
  • Garden City Federal Teachers Credit Union - Garden City
  • Garden Valley Retirement Village - Garden City
  • Holcomb Recreation Center - Holcomb
  • Kansas Children's Service League - Garden City
  • Kansas Consumer Health Coalition - Topeka, FBO Southwest Kansas
  • Kansas Pediatric Foundation - Shawnee, FBO Southwest Kansas
  • Mosaic - Garden City
  • Satanta Arts Council - Satanta
  • Southwest Arts & Humanities Council - Garden City
  • Southwest Kansas Live on Stage - Garden City
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA - Garden City
  • Western Gymnastics Booster Club - Scott City
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center - Scott City

Immediate Needs Grants

  • Emmaus House - Garden City
  • USD #214 - Ulysses High School Vocal Department - Ulysses
  • Western Kansas Community Foundation Nutrition & Physical Activity Initiative - Finney County, Grant Couty, Haskell County and Wichita County

4th Cycle (November) Unrestricted Grants ($26,454.79)

  • 26th Judicial District Juvenile Corrections & Prevention Services - Liberal
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haskell, Seward & Stevens Counties - Liberal
  • Families Together
  • Garden City Community College - Black Student Union
  • Garden City Transition Council
  • Grant Makers of the High Plains - Lego Project
  • Greeley County Historical Society - Tribune
  • Lee Richardson Zoo - Education Division
  • Melvin O. Kuder Senior Center - Tribune
  • Miles of Smiles
  • ParkView Assisted Living - Ulysses
  • Russell Child Development
  • Trinity Lutheran Youth Ministry
  • USD 214 - Ulysses

Donor Advised Funds ($177,260)

Erdene Corley Fund

  • St. Catherine Development Foundation FBO The Cancer Center
  • Russell Child Development Center

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

Kent & Carol Nanninga Family Fund

  • Lee Richardson Zoo - Education Division
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Russell Child Development Center
  • Catholic Schools of Garden City FBO St. Dominic Elementary School

Lee Construction

  • United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries

Matha Sherman Fund

  • Garden City Civic Choral Union & Symphony
  • Garden City Piano Teachers League

Agency Funds ($16,210)

Emmaus House Fund

  • Emmaus House

Finney County Farm Bureau Association Fund

  • Laura's Legacy Foundation
  • USD 363 - Holcomb Public Schools FBO FFA Chapter
  • USD 457 - Garden City Public Schools FBO FFA Chapter

Finney County Public Library Fund

  • Finney County Public Library

Kansas Health Foundation: Garden City Chamber of Commerce

  • Leadership Garden City
  • Leadership Garden City Children

Designated Funds ($2,780)

Dan & Chris Fankhauser Fund

  • Garden City Family YMCA

Jeanne B. Corley Hospice Fund

  • St. Catherine Hospital Home Care Hospice

Field of Interest Funds ($770)

Grant County Fund

  • K-State Research & Extension Grant County NPA Initiative


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