Total WKCF Grants for 2018 - $1,325,576.88

1st Cycle (March) Grants ($21,350.39)

• ABC Pregnancy Care
• Garden City Buffalo Robotics
• Community Day Care Center
• Finney County Historical Society
• Garden City Arts
• Gray County Over 50 Center
• Great Plains Development
• Jana's Campaign
• Kearny County Development
• Oasis of Peace
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Smoky Hills Public TV
• Southwest Kansas Live On Stage
• Tumbleweed Festival

2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($27,716)

• Dudley Township Library
• Families Together, Inc.
• Garden City Presbyterian Church
• Greeley County Health Services
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Kansas Society for Children with Challenges
• Magic's HOPE Therapeutic Horsemanship
• Satanta Arts Council
• Second Baptist Church
• USD #214, Wichita County Schools
• Wichita County Genealogical Society
• Wichita County Library
• Wichita County Parks and Rec

3rd Cycle (November) Grants ($24,196)

• American Red Cross
• Camp Christy Corporation
• Child Care Aware of KS
• Cimarron City Library
• Finney County Historical Society
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Mosaic
• Satanta Aging Program
• Satanta Area Arts Council
• Satanta Jr./Sr. High
• Scott County Historical Society
• Special Olympics KS
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA
• Stevens County Library
• Tigers in Action
• Western Kansas Child Advocacay Center

Christmas Grants ($4,500)

• Ministry of Presence
• Oasis of Peace
• Shepherd Center
• Southwest KS Area Agency on Aging
• Lakin Meals on Wheels
• Finney County Meals on Wheels
• Pride of Life
• Melven O. Kuder Senior Center
• Elkhart Senior Center
• Hugoton Senior Center
• Liberal Senior Center
• Moscow Senior Center
• Finney County Senior Center
• Rolla Senior Center
• Ulysses Senior Center
• Montezuma Senior Center

Match Day Grants ($411,204.50)

• Emmaus House
• FInney County Community Health Coalition
• Finney County Historical Society
• Finney County Public Library
• Finney County United Way
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
• Garden City Arts
• Garden City Family YMCA
• High Plains Public Radio
• Miles of Smiles
• Russell Child Development Center
• St. Catherine Hospital Benincasa House
• WKCF COmmunity Betterment
• WKCF Women of Purpose
• Leadership Garden City
• USD #457 Public Schools Foundation
• Dr. Meyers Fund
• Shepherd of the Plains
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA
• Leave a Legacy
• Mosaic
• Wichita COunty 4-H & Fair
• Wichita County Whole Health Fund
• Wichita County Health Center
• Wichita County Economic Development
• Happy One of Leoti
• Heartstrings to Purse Strings

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($257,799.94)

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

• USD #457 Public Schools
• Finney County Historical Society

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

• Garden City Family YMCA

Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

• Dudley Township Library

Erdene Corley Fund

• Western Kansas Community Foundation

Esther & Webb Smith-Bennett Fund

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Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

• KSU Foundation

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

• Garden City Family YMCA

• Spirit of the Plains CASA

• Finney County Historical Society 
• Garden City Presbyterian Church

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

• Garden City Arts

James & Christina Becker Fund

• Meals on Wheels

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

• St. Dominic School

• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

• Meals on Wheels

• Finney County Humane Society

Lee Construction Fund

• Genesis Family Health

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

• Stauth Memorial Museum

• Bethany Home

• High Plains Public Radio

• Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo

Matha Sherman Fund

• Southwest Kansas Live on Stage

• Garden City Piano Teacher's League 

Mildred Henselman Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

• 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

• Salvation Army

• Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, Inc. 

Phil & Sheryl Dick Fund

• Garden City Arts

• Oasis of Peace

 

Agency Fund Grants ($27,871.84)

Builders of Hope Fund

• Builders of Hope

Emmaus House Fund

• Emmaus House

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, Inc.

Garden City Public Schools Permanent Fund

• USD #457, Garden City Public Schools

High Plains Public Radio

• High Plains Public Radio

Leadership Garden City Fund

• Leadership Garden City

Miles of Smiles

• Miles of Smiles

Russell Child Development Center Fund

• Russel Child Development Center

Satanta Lions Club Fund

• Satanta Lions Club

Sublette Public School Fund

• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($120,128)

Anne Dew Brown Fund

• Wasatch Academy

• Lewis and 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

• TFI Family Services

• Kayde Brooks - Scholarship

• Meleny Porras - Scholarship

• Mariah Litton - Scholarship

• Allie Vanderree - Scholarship

• Joseph Clark - Scholarship

• Katerina Sandoval - Scholarship

Carl & Willynda Holmes Fund

• USD #483

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

Lawrence F. Zant and Marjorie R. Williams Memorial Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Mary Lou Spanier Fund

Pat & Gene LeClerc Fund

• Garden City Presbyterian Church
• Women of Purpose

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

• High Plains Public Radio

Women of Purpose Fund

• Great Plains MakerSpace

 

Field of Interest Fund Grants ($670)

Carl & Carolyn Myers Fund

• Genesis Family Health

Unruh Family Fund

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center

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

• 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 ($24,740)

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Kynzi Soukup

Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

• Marcus Tula
• Meghan Espinosa
• Kade Brennaman
• Alexis Powell
• Elizabeth Guymon

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

• Tad Holm

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Allie Vanderree

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Chloe Simmons

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Taylor Sleep
• Traevon Alford
• Christopher Nemechek
• Gavin Stika

Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College - Endowment Association

Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

• Kaj Perez

Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Clarissa Najera

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

• Megan Burrows

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

• Kaitlynn Hammond

K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College - Endowment Association

Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

• Steven Crain

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($371,382.22)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

• USD 457, Garden City Public Schools

Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC Scholarship Fund

• Kaden Classen
• Javier Mendoza
• Hayden Martinez
• Bansi Patel
• McKenzi Crossman

D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

• Josh Neuschafer
• Jeremy Berg

Earl & Dora Fry Fund

• University of Kansas Endowment Assoc.

Early Childhood Development Fund

• Russel Child Development Center

Eatinger Family Fund

• Kearny County Community Foundation

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

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GC Downtown Vision Fund

• Garden City Downtown Vision

Garden City High School Non-Permanent Fund

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Garden City Public Schools Foundation, Non-Permanent Fund

• USD #457, Garden City Public Schools

Fry Family Trust Fund

• Santa Fe Trail Council - Boy Scouts of America

Horace Good Middle School Alumni Scholarship Fund

• Luz Labra
• Raegan Linenberger
• Brittney Ellerman
• Elizabeth Guymon

Law Enforcement Explorers Program Fund

• Garden City Police Department

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

• TFI Family Services

O'Brate Scholarships

• Blair Rockhold
• Jack Koehn
• Rheann Rodenbur
• Zachary Barrie
• Cesar Estrada
• Prisma Rojas
• Kaylee Simon
• Mikel Osborne
• Jenalyn Weimer
• David Varela

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Lauren Evans
• Traci Martinez
• Lincoln Biera

Early Child Development Fund

• Russell Child Development Center

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

• Community Congregational Church
• First Assembly of God
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Oasis Of Peace
• Stevens County Health Department
• Emmaus House

 

Total Affiliate Grants ($34,017.99)

Wichita County Community Foundation ($34,017.99)

Community Grant Awards ($4,839)

• USD #467 Wichita County Schools
• Wichita County Park & Rec
• Wichita County Municipal Golf Course
• Wichita County Health Center
• Wichita County Library

Donor Advised Funds ($350)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

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Community First Fund

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 Happy One of Leoti Fund

• USD #467 - Wichita County Schools

Designated Funds ($8,740)

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 Council

Wichita County Economic Development Fund

• Wichita County Economic Development, Inc.

Wichita County Health Center Fund

• Wichita County Health Center

Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

• Wichita County Muncipal Golf Course

 

Agency Funds ($)

Unrestricted Funds ($70)

WCCF Unrestricted Permanent Fund

• Katherine Gamble-Florez-Bailey

 

Field of Interest Fund ($4,069)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County Health Center
• Wichita County AIM

KHF Wichita County Health Fund

• Wichita County Park & Rec

Whole Health Fund

• USD #467 - Wichita County Schools
• Wichita County Park & Rec

Scholarship Funds ($930)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

Spring Semester

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Fall Semester

• Summer Smades

WCCF Scholarship Fund

• Katherine Gamble-Florez-Bailey

 

Non-Permanent Funds ($15,019.99)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County AIM

Tyler M. Graff Memorial Park Fund

• Wichita County Park & Rec

WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

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Wichita County Track Fund

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(Page updated on 1/30/19)