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2019

GRAND TOTAL WKCF & AFFILIATE GRANTS 2019 - $1,276,750.33

Total WKCF Grants for 2019 - $1,228,716.50

1st Cycle (March) Grants ($42,046)

  • Great Plains MakerSpace
  • Compass Behavioral Health
  • Lakin USD #215
  • Friends of Grant County Library
  • Dudley Township Library
  • Finney County United Way
  • Jana's Campaign
  • City of Leoti
  • Quilts of Valor
  • Lane County Economic Development
  • Great Plains Development
  • Tumbleweed Festival
  • Kansas Children's Service League
  • Satanta Area Arts Council
  • Smokey Hills Public Television
  • Garden City Arts
  • Finney County 4-H
  • Community Daycare
  • Rotary Club of Sublette
  • St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
  • Mosaic
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County
  • City of Liberal

2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($20,218.60)

  • Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
  • Scott County Historical Society
  • Stepping Up, Inc.
  • Rolla Recreation Commission
  • Real Men Real Leaders
  • Cimarron City Library
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacay Center
  • Russell Child Development Center
  • Kansas Children't Service League
  • Magic's HOPE Therapeutic Horsemanship

3rd Cycle (November) Grants (62,277.07)

  • Special Olympics of KS
  • Scott County Rest Home
  • Fraternal Order of Eagles
  • Garden City Recreation Commission
  • American Red Cross of Central & Western Kansas
  • Shepherd of the Plains Foundation
  • High Plains Public Radio
  • Humanities Kansas
  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center
  • Mosaic of Garden City
  • Wichita County Economic Development
  • City of Cimarron
  • Montezuma Township Library
  • Kansas Children's Discovery Center
  • Greeley County Public Library
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
  • USD #457, Garden City Public Schools
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Christmas Grants ($6,000)

  • Salvation Army
  • Scott City Misterial Alliance - for Hope's Closet
  • Garden City Community College Campus Closet
  • Hamilton County Food Pantry
  • Greeley County Food Pantry
  • Ministry of Presence

Match Day Grants ($422,100.28)

  • Shepherd of the Plains
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA
  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center
  • Miles of Smiles
  • Finney County Public Library
  • Magic's HOPE 
  • Mosaic
  • Russell Child Development Center
  • Real Men Real Leaders
  • Garden City Rotary Club
  • Tumbleweed Festival
  • USD #457 Garden City Public School Foundation
  • Garden City Family YMCA
  • Wichita County 4-H & Fair
  • Wichita County Economic Development
  • Wichita County Health Center
  • Wichita County Municipal Golf Course
  • Finney County Historical Society
  • High Plains Public Radio
  • Finney County Humane Society
  • Humanities Kansas
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
  • Benincasa
  • St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
  • Emmaus House
  • Finney County United Way
  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
  • Family Crisis Services
  • Leave a Legacy Foundation

Roy P. Mersereau 2019 Grants ($46,000)

  • Seeds of Hope Jail Ministry
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA
  • Wycliffe Bible Translators
  • Emmaus House
  • Salvation Army
  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center

Ruth V. Gordanier 2019 Grants ($43,000)

  • Finney County 4-H Foundation
  • Southwest Kansas Community Concerts
  • Lakeside Methodist Center
  • Emmaus House
  • Salvation Army
  • Real Men Real Leaders
  • ABC Pregnancy Care Center
  • EmberHope Youthville

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($163,273.94)

Clifford Family Fund

  • Garden City High School

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

  • Finney County 4-H Extension
  • Leave a Legacy Foundation

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

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Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

  • Dudley Township Library

Erdene Corley Fund

  • The distribution from this fund was directed to the pool of funds used for the Foundation's Community Grants, and is represented in the cycle grant totals above.

Esther & Webb Smith-Bennett Fund

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Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

  • Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

  • Kansas State University

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

  • Garden City Presbyterian Church

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

  • Garden City Family YMCA

  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA

  • Finney County Historical Society

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

  • Oasis of Peace Center

James & Christina Becker Fund

  • Meals on Wheels

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

  • St. Dominic School

  • Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Finney County Humane Society

  • Meals on Wheels

Lee Construction Fund

  • Genesis Family Health

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

  • High Plains Public Radio

  • Lee Richardson Zoo

  • Stauth Memorial Museum

Matha Sherman Fund

  • Garden City Piano Teacher's League

  • Southwest Kansas Live on Stage

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

  •  Oasis of Peace Center

Tony Englert Memorial Fund

  • National Alliance of Mental Illness Kansas
  • Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association

Agency Fund Grants ($12,878)

Builders of Hope Fund

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Emmaus House Fund

  • Emmaus House

Finney County Community Health Coalition Fund

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Finney County Historical Society Fund

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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 

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Garden City Arts Fund

  • .Garden City Arts

Garden City Public Schools Permanent Fund

  • Garden City Public Schools

High Plains Public Radio

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Leadership Garden City Fund

  • Leadership Garden City

Miles of Smiles

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Russell Child Development Center Fund

  • Russell Child Development Center

Satanta Lions Club Fund

  • Satanta Lions Club

Sublette Public School Fund

  • Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($70,430)

Anne Dew Brown Fund

  • Wasatch Academy

  • Lewis & Clark College

  • Earlham College

  • Friends Academy

  • First Presbyterian Church

  • Western Kansas Community Foundation

Benincasa House Fund

  • Benincasa

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Fund

  • Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center

Cecil & Frances O'Brate Fund

  • Garden City Community College

  • Fort Hays State University

Carl & Willynda Holmes Fund

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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

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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

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties

 

Field of Interest Fund Grants ($)

Carl & Carolyn Myers Fund

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Unruh Family Fund

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* 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 ($7,910)

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

  • Emmeline Gomez
  • Taylor Sullivan

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

  • Tad HOlm
  • Myka Kuhlman

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Brekken Hoffman

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Bailey Pauley
  • MacCoy Stika
  • Colby Reinhart

Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

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Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

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Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Kristopher Wagner

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

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Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

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K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

  • Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

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Tonya Wright Memorial Fund

  • Adan Gutierrez
     

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($332,582.61)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

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Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC Scholarship Fund

  • Erik Garciea
  • Ramon Hernandez
  • Kaden Classen

D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

  • Anna Teichroeb
  • Cameren Bartlett
  • Grace Greene
  • Odalys Escobedo

Earl & Dora Fry Fund

  • University of Kansas Endowment Association
  • Santa Fe Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America

Eatinger Family Fund

  • Kearny County Hospital

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

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Garden City High School Non-Permanent Fund

  • Unified School District #457

Garden City Public Schools Foundation, Non-Permanent Fund

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Fry Family Trust Fund

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Horace Good Middle School Alumni Scholarship Fund

  • Zin Phyo
  • Austin Underwood

Law Enforcement Explorers Program Fund

  • City of Garden City

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

  • USD #477 - Ingalls PUblic Schools
  • EmberHope Youthville

O'Brate Scholarships

  • Alec Bayer
  • Ubaldo Mendez
  • Aileen Gurrola
  • Sabaha Hassen
  • Goretti Mendez-Vallejo
  • Odalys Escobedo
  • Sara Mills
  • Maci Klotz
  • Lindsey Richmeier

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Bailey Pauley
  • Lincoln Biera

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

  • Leave a Legacy Foundation
  • Community Congregational Church
  • Garden City Community College
  • Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
  • Russell Child Development Foundaiton
  • First United Methodist Church

 

Total Affiliate Grants ($48,033.83)

Wichita County Community Foundation ($48,033.83)

Community Grant Awards ($)

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Donor Advised Funds ($300)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

  • Wichita County Community Foundation

Community First Fund

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 Happy One of Leoti Fund

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Designated Funds ($4,880)

City of Leoti Fund

  • City of Leoti

Herndon Trust #1 Fund

  • Christ Covenant Youth - GAP

Joann's Fund

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Wichita County 4-H & Fair Fund

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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 ($)

Unrestricted Funds ($1,589.80)

WCCF Unrestricted Permanent Fund

  • USD #467 Wichita County Schools

 

Field of Interest Fund ($310)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

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KHF Wichita County Health Fund

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Whole Health Fund

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Whole Health Fund

  • USD #467 Wichita County Schools

Scholarship Funds ($)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

Spring Semester

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Fall Semester

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WCCF Scholarship Fund

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Non-Permanent Funds ($40,684.03)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

  • Wichita County Economic Development

Tyler M. Graff Memorial Park Fund

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WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

  • City of Leoti

Wichita County Track Fund

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(Page updated on 7/21/20)

 



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