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2005

$214,880 total awarded in 2005.

  • $11,595 in spring grants
  • $108,925 in fall grants
  • $80,860 in pass-through funds
  • $13,500 in scholarship funds

WKCF Spring Unrestricted Grants ($11,595)

  • Career Learning System - Garden City
  • Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
  • Finney County Front & Finishers Dog 4-H Club - Garden City
  • First Assembly of God - Garden City
  • GCCC - Technical Division - Garden City
  • Garden City Family YMCA
  • Holcomb School Libraries - USD 363
  • Children's Service League - Garden City
  • Miles of Smiles - Garden City
  • Missoula Children's Theatre - Sunflower Foundation of Performing Arts - GC
  • Satanta Arts Council
  • Southwest Kansas Smart Start - Garden City
  • The Salvation Army - Garden City

WKCF Fall Unrestricted Grants ($34,255)

  • American Red Cross - Garden City
  • Catholic Social Services - Garden City
  • Community Day Care - Garden City
  • DoVES of Grant County - Ulysses
  • Emmaus House - Garden City
  • Families Together, Inc. - Garden City
  • Finding Words of Kansas - Satanta
  • Finney County 4-H Foundation - Garden City
  • Finney County Humane Society - Garden City
  • Garden City Family YMCA
  • Garden City Transition Council
  • Girl Scouts of Tumbleweed Council, Inc. - Garden City
  • Grant County Senior Center
  • Kansas Children's Service League - Garden City
  • Northwest Texas Museum Association - Lee Richardson Zoo - Garden City
  • Russell Child Development Center - Garden City
  • Satanta Arts Council
  • Shepherd's Center - Cimarron
  • Southwest Arts & Humanities Council - Garden City
  • Southwest Kansas Grief Support Team - Garden City
  • Southwest Kansas Live on Stage - Garden City
  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA - Garden City
  • St. Catherine Home Care Services - Garden City
  • The Salvation Army - Garden City
  • United Support Agency - Hugoton
  • WKCF - Immediate Needs Emergency Fund

Donor Advised / Designated Funds ($74,640)

Dan & Chris Fankhauser

  • Spirit of the Plains, CASA

Dr. Luther & Ardis Fry Family Fund

  • High Plains Public Radio
  • WKCF - Grant Committee

Finney County Public Library Fund

  • Finney County Public Library

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

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

Jean B. Corley Hospice Fund

  • St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

Kansas Health Foundation

  • Garden City Chamber of commerce

Leadership Garden City

  • Leadership Garden City Children

Lee Construction Fund

  • United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries

Matha Sherman Fund

  • Garden City Piano Teacher's League
  • Garden City Civic Choral Union & Symphony

Kent & Carol Nanninga Family Fund

  • WKCF Grant Committee

Pass-Through Funds ($80,860)

Rotary District 5690

  • Panama Christian Medical Mission

Danna L. Schaller Jones Fund

  • Finney County Humane Society

Kansas Health Foundation - Phase III - Mini Grants

  • Catholic Social Service - Garden City
  • Greeley County Historical Society
  • Russell Child Development Center - Garden City
  • Miles of Smiles - Garden City
  • Lane County Library - Dighton
  • Communities in Schools of Grant County
  • GCCC - CECS - Garden City
  • Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center - Satanta
  • United Methodist Mexican American Ministries - Garden City

Carl & Carolyn Myers

  • St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

USD 457 Foundation Fund

  • USD 457 Teacher Grants

Garden City Company - Partners in Community Service Fund

  • Advisor - Holcomb High School
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County
    • Catholic Diocese of Dodge City
    • Families Together, Inc.
    • Finney County Committee on Aging
    • Finney County Genealogic Society
    • Finney County Humane Society
    • Garden City Community College
    • Garden City Family YMCA
    • Miles of Smiles
    • St. Catherine Hospital Hospice
    • United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
  • Advisor - Garden City High School
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney County
    • Community Day Care Center
    • Garden City Boxing Club
    • Garden City Family YMCA
    • Garden City Recreation Commission
    • Habitat for Humanity
    • Immanuel Lutheran Church
    • United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
    • St. Catherine Home Care Services
  • Advisor - Deerfield High School
    • City of Deerfield
    • Deerfield Elementary School
    • Deerfield High School
    • Deerfield Recreation Commission
    • International Educational & Cultural Services
    • Kearny County Senior Center
    • United Methodist Church
    • United Methodist Mexican American Ministries
  • Advisor - Lakin High School
    • Catholic Diocese of Dodge City
    • County of Kearny
    • Emmaus House
    • Girl Scouts of Tumbleweed Council
    • Immanuel Lutheran Church
    • Impact Productions
    • Kearny County Extension Office
    • Kearny County Library
    • Lakin High School

Scholarship Funds ($11,500)

Anonymous Fund #1

  • Renee Yeager - BYU Idaho
  • Susan Strickert - University of Kansas

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Scholarship Fund

  • Sarah Bradstreet - Fort Hays State University
  • Justin Nelson - Kansas State University
  • Ashlea Ann Orrell - Texas Christian University
  • LizBeth Ramerez - University of Kansas

Lee & Joyce Stapleton Scholarship Fund

  • Tina Trujillo - Garden City Community College

Katherine C. Jones Fund

  • Abigail Rivers - Garden City Community College

Ralph & Bessie Gropp Memorial Scholarship

  • Bradford Cardonell - University of Kansas
  • Braeden Johnson - Bethel College
  • Tiana Stebens - Garden City Community College


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