2013
Total Grants Awarded in 2013 - $1,009,579.62
1st Cycle (February) Grants ($6,160)
- Community Day Care Center
- Garden City Recreation Commission
- Miles of Smiles
- Satanta Arts Council, Inc.
- Shepherd of the Plains Foundation, Inc.
2nd Cycle (May) Grants ($37,097)
- American Red Cross
- Bright Beginnings Preschool of Patterson Ave. Church of God
- Finney County Preservation Alliance
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- Garden City Arts, Inc.
- Greeley County Library
- Holcomb High School FFA Chapter
- Holcomb Recreation Commission - Wellness Center
- Kismet United Methodist Church
- Russell Child Development Center
- Southwest Kansas Live on Stage
3rd Cycle (August) Grants ($19,340)
- Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
- Grant County Chamber of Commerce
- Leave a Legacy Foundation
- Scott Recreation Commission
- Stepping Stone Shelter
- Youth Entrepreneurs Kansas
4th Cycle (November) Grants ($46,169)
- Alzheimer's Association Central and Western Kansas Chapter
- Bad Boyz Boxing Club
- City on a Hill
- Families Together
- Finney County Historical Society
- Friends of Garden City Arts
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- K-State Research & Extension Office
- Lee Richardson Zoo
- Seeds of Hope Jail Ministry, Inc.
- The Seed House - Casa de la Semilla Inc.
- Smoky Hills Public Television
- Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
- String Academy of the Plains
- Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
2013 Christmas Grants ($8,500)
- Ministry of Presence (Grant Provided by Katherine C. Jones Unrestricted Fund)
- Grant County Community Foundation (Grant Provided by Katherine C. Jones Unrestricted Fund)
- Wichita County Community Foundation (Grant Provided by Katherine C. Jones Unrestricted Fund)
- ABC Pregnancy Care Center (Grant Provided by Robert and Barbara Kreutzer Unrestricted Fund)
- Benincasa (Grant Provided by James and Christina Becker Unrestricted Fund)
- Emmaus House (Grant Provided by Dale J. and Carole Corley Gabel Unrestricted Fund)
- Family Crisis Services (Grant Provided by David C. and Judith A. Stanard - Robert and Cleo Mathews Unrestricted Fund)
- Meals on Wheesl (Grant Provided by David C. and Judith A. Stanard - Robert and Cleo Mathews Unrestricted Fund)
- Haskell County Ministerial Alliance (Grant Provided by David C. and Judith A. Stanard - Robert and Cleo Mathews Unrestricted Fund)
- United Leaders & Heroes, DBA Real Men Real Leaders (Grant Provided by David C. and Judith A. Stanard - Robert and Cleo Mathews Unrestricted Fund)
- Salvation Army (Grant Provided by David C. and Judith A. Stanard - Robert and Cleo Mathews Unrestricted Fund)
- Shepherd's Center (Grant Provided by the Community Betterment Fund)
- Stepping Stone Shelter (Grant Provided by the Community Betterment Fund)
- United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries (Grant Provided by the Community Betterment Fund)
Donor Advised Fund Grants ($424,605)
Herman and Marjorie Cooper Fund
- Friends of Garden City Arts
Phil and Sheryl Dick Fund
- Friends of Garden City Arts
Erdene Corley Fund
- St. Catherine Hospital
Eltrude Elliott Hall Fund
- Satanta Arts Council, Inc.
Finney County Farm Bureau Advised Fund
- Beef Battalion
- Beef Empire Days Rodeo
- Meals on Wheels
Dr. Luther and Ardis Fry Family Fund
- Bethany College
- Finney County Humane Society
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- GCCC - Endowment Association
- High Plains Public Radio
- KU School of Nursing
- Salvation Army
- Stauth Memorial Museum
- St. Catherine Hospital
- United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries
- Western Kansas Low Vision
- Western Kansas Community Foundation - Community Grants Program
Mildred Henselman Fund
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County
- Community Congregational Church
- Emmaus House
- Finney County Senior Center
- Finney County United Way
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- GCCC - Endowment Association
- Girl Scouts
- Salvation Army
Henry and Nellie Hall Fund
- Finney County Historical Society
- Garden City Family YMCA
- Garden City Presbyterian Church
- GCCC - Endowment Association
- McPherson College
- Spirit of the Plains CASA
Lee Construction Fund
- United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries
Kent and Carol Nanninga
- Finney County Humane Society
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- Miles of Smiles
- Russell Child Development Center
- St. Dominic School
Matha Sherman Fund
- Garden City Piano Teacher's League
- Southwest Kansas Live on Stage
Esther and Webb Smith-Bennett Fund
- South Orange County Community Theater
Agency Fund Grants ($33,380)
Emmaus House Fund
- Emmaus House
Finney County Humane Society Fund
- Finney County Humane Society
Finney County Public Library Fund
- Finney County Public Library
Garden City Arts Fund
- Garden City Arts, Inc.
KHF Leadership Garden City Fund
- Leadership Garden City
KHF Leadership Garden City Children's Fund
- Leadership Garden City
Satanta Lions Club
- Satanta Lions Club
Designated Fund Grants ($89,680)
Benincasa House Fund
- Benincasa
Anne Dew Brown Fund
- Earlham College
- First Presbyterian Church
- Friends Academy
- Lewis and Clark College
- Presbyterian Church
- Wasatch Academy
- Western Kansas Community Foundation
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Fund
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center
Dan and Chris Fankhauser
- Spirit of the Plains CASA
Jeanne B. Corley Hospice Fund
- St. Catherine Hospital Hospice
Ellen H. Oswalt Fund
- Finney County Public Library
Dorothy M. and Louise Wampler - Finney County Library Fund
- Finney County Public Library
Garden City Family YMCA Fund
- Garden City Family YMCA
Field of Interest Fund Grants ($1,880)
Ralph and Marilyn Germann Fund
- Garden City Schools - Leah Molek's First Grade Class Room
Kansas Health Foundation - Children's Fund
- Used for Community Grants for Children's Programs (totals included in Community Grants)
Kansas Health Foundation - USD 457 Fund
- USD 457
Mary Lou Spanier Fund
- American Cancer Society
Scholarship Funds ($43,240)
Erdene Corley Scholarship
- GCCC - Endowment Association
Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship
- Wyatt Poer
Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship
- Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1
- Katie Pfeifer
K.O. and Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund
- Garden City Community College
Richard Jantz Scholarship
- Taylor Parker
- Ian D. Stallbaumer
Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education
- Mallory Komlofske
Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship
- Veronica Longoria
Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship
- Dylan Knoll
- Mara Holcomb
Bernadine Sitts Scholarship
- Todd Savolt
- Gustavo Feria
- Kim Hang
- Katelyn Greene
- Evan Riggs
- Ofelia Carrillo
Bud Ward Family Scholarship
- Levi Hefner
Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($167,920)
Herb and Bonnie Clutter Memorial Scholarship
- Erika Robinson
Earl and Dora Fry Fund
- Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
- High Plains Public Radio
- Kresge Eye Institute & Dept. of Ophth.
- Stauth Memorial Museum
GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund
- St. Dominic School
- St. Mary School
Kansas Children's Service League Healthy Families Finney County Fund
- Finney County Health Department
Kansas Health Foundation - Healthy Community Design
- Finney County Community Health Coalition
M & S Fund
- Anonymous Donations
Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) Scholarship
- Efren J. Frayre
- Isaira Hernandez
- Victoria Newell
- Dylan Patel
- Yetzubelli Rangel
- Veronica Sanchez
- Trenton Nevola
Cecil and Frances O'Brate Non-Permanent Scholarship
- Tiffany Barnett
- Lisa Cervantes
- Katheryn Daley
- Deisy Estrada
- Heather Harshbarger
- Jordan Irsik
- Slade Loewen
- Wyatt Poer
- Madison Sandoval
- Michael Wehkamp
- Tara Whipple
- Andres Saldivar
- Bo Banner
- Brian Clarke
- Denton Keller
- Edith Gonzalez
- Erik Espinosa
- Gustavo Feria
- Jacob Law
- Jose Alcantar
- Juan (Junior) Ramirez
- Spencer Delgado
- Sylvester Rodriquez
- Jesse Sanjuan
Plymell Accelerated Reader Program
- Plymell Student Fund
Garden City Public Schools Fund
- Garden City Public Schools
- Garden City Public Schools - Spelling Bee
- Garden City Public Schools - Crystal Apple Award
Women of Purpose Fund
- Garden City Recreation Commission
Affiliate Grants ($131,608.62)
Grant County Community Foundation ($123,648.62)
Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Fund
- Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital
Grant County Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
- Grant County Chamber of Commerce
Grant County Non-Endowed Operating Fund (Grant County Gives Awards)
- American GI Forum of KS - Education Fund
- Communities in Schools of Grant County
- Domestic Violence Services
- DU Good Events
- Grant County Scholarship Foundation
- Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
- Ulysses Girl Scouts
- Loaves & Fishes Food Cupboard
- United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries of Grant County
- Parents as Teachers
- High Program
- Area Mental Health - Ulysses
- Grant County Recreation Commission
- Grant County Health Department
- Grant County Extension Office
- Grant County Community Foundation to Funds Below:
- Grant County Ambulance Fund
- Grant County Chaplaincy Fund
- Grant County Extension 4-H Fund
- Grant County Health Department Fund
- Legacy and Parkview Fund
- Grant County Recreation Commission Fund
- Women of Purpose Endowed Fund
- Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Fund
- Grant County Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
Christmas Grants
- Loaves & Fishes Food Cupboard
- Domestic Violence Services
Grant County Women of Purpose Grant
- USD 214, Ulysses Public Schools
Healthy Lifestyles of Grant County
- Grant County Health Department
Kansas Health Foundation Children's Fund for Grant County (Community Grants)
- Bright Beginnings Preschool of Patterson Ave. Church of God
- Communities in Schools of Grant County
- Parents as Teachers of Grant County
- Smoky Hills Public Television
Keusler Family Fund
- Grant County Community Foundation - Grant County Gives
Wichita County Community Foundation ($7,960)
Al Droste Memorial
- St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
Community First Fund
- Wichita County Health Center
Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund
- Wichita County Health Center
Wichita County Economic Development Fund
- Wichita County Economic Development
Wichita County Permanent Unrestricted Fund (Community Grants)
- USD 467 - Wichita County Schools
- Wichita County Economic Development
- Wichita County Elementary School
- Wichita County Health Center Volunteers
- Wichita County Health Department
- Wichita County Jr./Sr. High School - English Department
- Wichita County Municiapl Golf Course
Wichita County Temporary Unrestricted Fund
- Scholarship for Naomi Wingert
- Scholarship for Kayla Graff
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