Total WKCF Grants Awarded in 2015 - $1,678,478.24

1st Cycle (February) Grants ($30,253)

• Finney County Juvenile Detention Center
• First Baptist Church
• Garden City Arts
• Kearny County Extension and Lakin PRIDE
• Kepley Middle School
• Miles of Smiles
• Real Men Real Leaders
• String Academy of the Plains
• USD 216, Deerfield Middle/High School
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

2nd Cycle (May) Grants ($50,430)

• Alzheimer's Association Central and Western Kansas
• Finney County Sheriff's Office
• Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association
• Southwest Kansas Live on Stage
• Saint Francis Community and Family Services
• Wichita County Historical Society
• Russell Child Development Center
• Plains-Kismet United Methodist Church
• St. Catherine Development Foundation
• Child Care Aware of Kansas
• Sublette Chamber of Commerce
• Southwest Guidance Center
• American Red Cross Central and Western Kansas
• High Plains Public Radio

3rd Cycle (August) Grants ($30,932)

• Catholic Social Service
• City on a Hill, Inc.
• Communities in Schools of Grant County
• Dudley Township Library
• Holcomb High School - Math Department
• Santa Fe Trail Council - Boy Scouts of America
• Satanta Arts Council, Inc.
• Satanta Elementary USD 507 Library
• Seeds of Hope Jail Ministry, Inc.
• Tumbleweed Festival
• USD 457 School Foundation
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Youth Entrepreneurs Kansas

4th Cycle (November) Grants ($22,600)

• Kearny County Hospital
• Finney County United Way
• Senior Center of Finney County
• Smoky Hills Public TV
• Communities in Schools of MidAmerica in Southwest Kansas
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• St. Dominic School
• Families Together
• Real Men Real Leaders

Christmas Grants ($4,000)

• Ministry of Presence
• Salvation Army
• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries of Ulysses
• Emmaus House
• Family Crisis Services
• Stepping Stone Shelter
• Shepherd's Center

 

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($260,812)

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

• Finney County Sheriff's Office

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

• Garden City Family YMCA

Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

• Sublette Public Schools Foundation
• Dudley Township Library

Esther & Webb Smith-Bennett Fund

• South Orange County Community Theater

Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

• KSU Foundation

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

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

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

• Finney County Historical Society

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Finney County Humane Society
• Meals on Wheels
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
• St. Dominic School

Lee Construction Fund

• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

• Western Kansas Low Vision
• Wayne State University School of Medicine
• University of Kansas Endowment Association

Matha Sherman Fund

• Southwest Kansas Live on Stage
• Garden City Piano Teacher's League

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

• Friends of Garden City Arts
• Finney County Historical Society
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

 

Agency Fund Grants ($14,613)

Builders of Hope Fund

• Builders of Hope

Emmaus House Fund

• Emmaus House

Finney County Humane Society Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Finney County Public Library Fund

• Finney County Public Library

Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo Fund

• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo 

Garden City Arts Fund

• Garden City Arts

Garden City Public Schools Permanent Fund

• USD 457 School Foundation

Russell Child Development Center Fund

• Russell Child Development Center

Satanta Lions Club Fund

• Satanta Lions Club

Sublette Public School Fund

• Sublette Public School Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($118,335)

Anne Dew Brown Fund

• Wasatch Academy
• Lewis & Clark College
• Earlham College
• Friends Academy
• First Presbyterian Church
• Presbyterian Church
• Western Kansas Community Foundation

Benincasa House Fund

• Benincasa

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Fund

• Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center

Cecil & Frances O'Brate Fund

• Youthville

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

Jeanne B. Corley Hospice Fund

• St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

KHF Leadership Garden City Fund

• Leadership Garden City

Lawrence F. Zant and Marjorie R. Williams Memorial Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Mary Lou Spanier Fund

• American Cancer Society

Pat & Gene LeClerc Fund

• Western Kansas Community Foundation - Women of Purpose Fund

Patsy Ruddick Memorial Fund

• Finney County Historical Society
• Garden City Community College Endowment Association
• First United Methodist Church
• Emmaus House
• Finney County Public Library

Women of Purpose Fund

• Kansas Children's Service League

Field of Interest Fund Grants 

* 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 for Health and Human Services
• 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

• Used for Community Grants for Children's Programs (totals included in Community Grants)

 

Scholarship Funds ($38,650)

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Laura Richmeier

Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

• Lindsay Bradstreet
• David Chacon
• Zachary Daugaard
• Kimberly Hernandez
• Tania Carmona-Pastrana
• Lisa Rodriguez

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

• Austin Baalman
• Faith Edwards

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Ana Bailon

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Nathan Cearley

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Nhicolas Aponte
• Shayla Jackson
• Caitlin Richmeier
• Christian Steiner

Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

• Tevin Briscoe
• Zachary Finch

Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Shanya Small

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

• Kaitlynn Hammon
• Alexis Lang

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

• Emma Garcia

K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Richard Jantz Scholarship Fund

• Braden Langston
• Bailey Pfingsten
• Ashley Smith

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($615,946.41)

Herb & Bonnie Clutter Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Erich Eisenbise

Exercise Like an Animal Fund

• Healthy Kids Challenge

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

• St. Mary School
• St. Dominic School

Garden City Charity Classic Golf Tournament Fund

• City of Garden City

Garden City High School Non-Permanent Fund

• USD 457, Brick Fund

Garden City Public Schools Foundation, Non-Permanent Fund

• USD 457, Garden City Public Schools Spelling Bee
• USD 457, Garden City Public Schools

Healthy Community Design Fund

• Finney County Health Coalition

Fry Family Trust Fund

• First United Methodist Church - Building Fund
• High Plains Public Radio
• Kresge Eye Institute & Dep. of Ophth.
• Stauth Memorial Museum
• University of Kansas - Medical Center
• University of Kansas Endowment Association

Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) Scholarship Fund

• Binh Le
• Karla Murguia
• Silda Ramos
• Loan Trinh

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

• Youthville

O'Brate Scholarships

• Isaac Alfaro
• Julissa Andazola
• Isaac Baxa
• Sydney Bellows
• Ashlee Bohannan
• Frida Cabrera
• Zeke Cox
• Meriah Escarcega
• Edgar Flores
• Ellie Gerber
• Austin Greathouse
• Cole Hoskinson
• Corinna Lemke
• Laura Richmeier
• Alejandro Rodriguez
• Alex Seijas
• Lauren Sullivan
• Austin Swender
• Tacy Whipple
• Lensie Williams

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Maria Calvillo
• Abbygail Hogan
• Brianna Pauley

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

• First United Methodist Church
• Bible Christian Church
• Community Congregational Church
• Oasis of Peace Center
• Russell Child Development Center

 

Total Affiliate Grants ($491,906.83)

Grant County Community Foundation ($117,343.23)

First Cycle (February) Grant Awards ($1,300)

• Bright Beginnings Preschool

Second Cycle (May) Grant Awards ($3,500)

• Communities in Schools of Grant County
• Ulysses High School
• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries of Grant County

Third Cycle (August) Grant Awards ($3,372)

• Grant County Chamber of Commerce
• Kepley Middle School
• Parents as Teachers of Grant County
• String Academy of the Plains

Grant County Gives Event ($86,381.23)

• American GI Forum of KS - Education Fund
• Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
• Communities in Schools of Grant County
• Compass Behavioral Health - Ulysses
• Domestic Violence Services
• DU Good Events
• Grant County Historical Society and Museum
• Grant County Scholarship Foundation
• High Program, Inc.
• Kansas Children's Service League - Grant Co.
• Loaves & Fishes Food Cupboard
• Parents as Teachers of Grant County
• Ulysses Boy Scouts
• United Methodist Mexican- American Ministries
• Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Fund
• Grant County Ambulance Fund
• Grant County Chaplaincy Fund
• Grant County Extension and 4-H Fund
• Grant County Fine Arts Fund
• Grant County Health Department Fund
• Legacy and Parkview Fund
• Grant County Recreation Commission Fund
• Grant County Senior Center Fund
• Grant County Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
• Park View Assisted Living Fund
• Substance Abuse Treatment Fund
• Ulysses Animal Shelter Fund
• Ulysses, USD 214 Fund
• Women of Purpose Grant County Fund

 

Agency Funds ($11,335)

Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Fund

• Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Foundation Fund

Grant County Extension 4-H Fund

• Grant County Extension Office

Grant County Health Department Fund

• Grant County Health Department

Donor Advised Funds ($475)

Keusler Family Fund

• Grant County Community Foundation for Grant County Gives Event

Designated Funds ($5,880)

Ulysses, USD 214 School Fund

• USD 214, Ulysses Public Schools

Women of Purpose - Grant County ($5,000)

• Leave a Legacy Foundation AND Grant County Health Department

Non-Permanent Funds ($5,100)

Grant County Community Foundation Operating Fund

• Grant County Community Foundation - Women of Purpose Fund

Ulysses Animal Shelter Operating Fund

• Grant County Community Foundation - Ulysses Animal Shelter Permanent Fund

 

Wichita County Community Foundation ($374,563.60)

Community Grant Awards ($4,700)

• Wichita County Library
• Wichita County High School Math Department
• Wichita County Historical Society
• Wichita County Municipal Golf Course
• Wichita County Health Center Volunteers
• USD #467 Box Top Organization
• Wichita County Arts Alliance

 

Donor Advised Funds ($445)

Ad Droste Memorial Fund

• Wichita County Community Foundation - Wichita County Track Fund

Designated Funds ($7,895)

City of Leoti Fund

• City of Leoti

Herndon Trust #1 Fund

• Christ Covenant Youth - GAP

Wichita County 4-H & Fair Fund

• Wichita County 4-H Council

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 

 

Field of Interest Funds ($2,000)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County Library

 

Scholarship Funds ($1,750)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

Spring Semester

• Katherine Flores-Bailey
• Parker Hassell
• Karla Romero

Fall Semester

• Katie Bailey
• Joshua Clark
• Skyler Hembree
• Aidaly Heredia

Non-Permanent Funds ($357,773.60)

WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

• Clancy Masterson (Scholarship Award)

Wichita County Track Fund

• Wichita County Economic Development

 

 

(Page updated on 12/22/15)