Total WKCF Grants for 2016 - $1,458,487.36

1st Cycle (February) Grants ($9,288)

• EmberHope, Inc.
• Finney County
• Finney County Historical Society
• Miles of Smiles
• Shepherd of the Plains Foundation, Inc.
• USD 457 Robotics

2nd Cycle (May) Grants ($27,508)

• Compass Behavioral Health
• Dudley Township Library
• Family Crisis Services
• Finney County Humane Society
• Finney County Preservation Alliance
• Garden City Recreation Commission
• Greeley County Health Service Long Term Care
• Interfaith Housing Services
• K-State Research & Extension Meade County
• Plains-Kismet United Methodist Church - NOW Committees
• Redhawk Baseball and Softball Academy
• Satanta Arts Council
• Seeds of Hope Church
• Southwest Kansas Live on Stage
• TFI Family Services
• Tigers in Action of Grant County

3rd Cycle (August) Grants ($24,735)

• Jennie Barker PTO
• Kanza Society for High Plains Public Radio
• Lane County HIstorical Society
• Miles of Smiles
• Satanta Area Arts Council
• Tumbleweed Festival
• USD #457 School Foundation - Arts Fusion Initiative
• Youth Entrepreneurs

20th Anniversary Mini-Grant Awards ($2,000)

(Funding for the anniversary grants was provided by Luther and Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund)

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Bad Boyz Boxing Club
• Baker Arts Foundation
• Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
• City on a Hill
• Community & Youth Action Team
• DU Good Events
• Dudley Township Library
• Family Crisis Services
• Finney County Senior Center
• Genesis Family Health
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Kearny County Senior Center - Food Pantry
• Lane County Historical Society 
• Miles of Smiles
• Russell Child Development Center
• Salvation Army
• Shepherd's Center
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Wichita County Health Center

4th Cycle (November) Grants ($14,200)

• Angel Academy - Church of the Nazarene
• Child Care Aware of Kansas
• City on a Hill
• Families Together, Inc.
• Finney County Senior Center
• Hands for Hope
• Morton County Library
• Real Men, Real Leaders
• Russell Child Development Center
• Smoky Hills Public Television
• Western Kasnas Child Advocacy Center
• Wichita County Park and Rec

Christmas Grants ($6,000)

• Genesis Family Health - Ulysses
• Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Assoc.
• Family Crisis Services
• Ministry of Presence
• Garden City Community College - Campus Closet
• International Resuce Committee
• Shepherd's Center - Cimarron
• Habitat for Humanity
• Montezuma Township Library
• Cimarron City Library
• Copeland Public Library
• Haskell township Library
• Dudley Township Library

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($161,752)

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

• KFB Foundation for Agriculture

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

• Garden City Family YMCA

Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

• Dudley Township Library
• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

Esther & Webb Smith-Bennett Fund

• Fallen Horse Rescue
• South Orange County Community Theater

Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

• KSU Foundation

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

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

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

James & Christina Becker Fund

• Russell Child Development Center

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

• Meals on Wheels
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
• Finney County Humane Society

Lee Construction Fund

• Genesis Family Health

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

• High Plains Public Radio
• Lee Richardson Zoo
• Stauth Memorial Museum
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA

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, Inc.

Phil & Sheryl Dick Fund

• Friends of Garden City Arts
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

 

Agency Fund Grants ($11,620)

Builders of Hope Fund

• Builders of Hope

Emmaus House Fund

• Emmaus House

Finney County Humane Society Fund

Finney County Public Library Fund

• Finney County Public Library

Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo Fund 

Garden City Arts Fund

Garden City Public Schools Permanent Fund

• USD #457, Garden City Public Schools

Leadership Garden City Fund

• Leadership Garden City

Russell Child Development Center Fund

Satanta Lions Club Fund

Sublette Public School Fund

• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($55,250)

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

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

Lawrence F. Zant and Marjorie R. Williams Memorial Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Mary Lou Spanier Fund

Pat & Gene LeClerc Fund

Patsy Ruddick Memorial Fund

Women of Purpose Fund

• Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas

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 ($263,897.29)

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

• Hilario Mendez-Vallejo
• Jennifer sandoval Barillaz
• Lucia Saldana

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

• Jessi Williams
• Austin Baalman

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Tina Fehr

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Hannah Horinek

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Tavis Sitka
• Rachel Foreman
• Crystal Gasser
• Grant Holcomb
• Regan Roth

Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College - Endowment Association

Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

• Aaron Lozano
• Michael Prieto

Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Andrea Wagner

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

• Rachel Foreman

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

• Dylan Hawkins

K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College - Endowment Association

Richard Jantz Scholarship Fund

• Southwestern College

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($454,591.73)

Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC Scholarship Fund

• Megan Larkin
• Abril Bueno
• Rylee MItchell
• Frank Sandoval
• Timothy Fitzgerald
• Morgan Barnes
• Ashley Oropeza

Eatinger Family Fund

• Kearny County Senior Center Food Pantry

Exercise Like an Animal Fund

• Lee Richardson Zoo

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

Garden City Charity Classic Golf Tournament Fund

• City of Garden City

Garden City High School Non-Permanent Fund

• Garden City Public Schools, USD 457

Garden City Public Schools Foundation, Non-Permanent Fund

• Garden City Public Schools, USD 457

Healthy Community Design Fund

• Live Well Finney County

Fry Family Trust Fund

• Western Kansas Low Vision
• University of Kansas Endowment Association
• Bethany College
• Garden City Family YMCA

Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) Scholarship Fund

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

O'Brate Scholarships

• Parker Tanner
• Jordyn Cure
• Trae Bleumer
• Winston Ruder
• Kenny Wall
• Kendall Dwyre
• Tiffani Isaac
• Kaisha Batman
• Bryan Cox
• Jacob Daley
• Branson Sandoval
• Dawson Sandoval
• Kevin Marquez
• Reagan Swank
• Baily Smith
• Jorge Martinez
• Erica Nicholson
• Gerald Frayre
• William Mitts
• Linh Le
• Azucena Rosales
• Aaron Lozano
• Loan Trinh
• Peter Keller
• Hope Beach
• Joshua Irsik
• Jasmine Renick
• McKenzie Hanigan
• Bulma Galaviz
• Chanelle Andrews
• David Acosta
• Hannah Leiker

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Maria Klarissa Calvillo
• Nicholas Milligan

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

• Communities in Schools of MidAmerica in Southwest Kansas (Pay-It-Forward Grant)

 

Total Affiliate Grants ($427,645.34)

Grant County Community Foundation ($307,852.17)

Grant County Gives Event ($60,087.45)

• American GI Forum Education Fund
• Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Auxiliary
• Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Endowed Fund
• Compass Behavioral Health - Ulysses
• Domestic Violence Services
• Du Good Events, Inc.
• Grant County Ambulance Fund
• Grant County Chaplaincy Fund
• Grant County Extension Fund
• Grant County Fine Arts Fund
• Grant County Histroical Society
• Grant County Legacy and Park View Fund
• Grant County Recreation Fund
• Grant County Scholarship Foundation
• Grant County Senior Center Fund
• Grant County Community Foundation Grant County Fund
• Grant County Community Foundation Operating Fund
• Genesis Family Health - Ulysses
• High Program, Inc.
• Kansas Children's Service League - Ulysses
• Loaves and Fishes
• Parents as Teachers
• Park View Assisted Living Fund
• Substance Abuse Treatment Fund
• Tigers in Action
• Ulysses Animal Shelter Fund
• Ulysses Boy Scouts
• Ulysses Girl Scouts
• USD #214 Educational Fund
• Women of Purpose - Grant County Fund

Agency Funds ($2,260)

Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital Fund

• Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital

Grant County Ambulance Fund

• Grant County Ambulance Service

Grant County Extension 4-H Fund

Grant County Health Department Fund

Grant County Senior Center Fund

Grant County Recreation Fund

The Legacy and Park View Agency Fund

Ulysses Animal Shelter Fund

Donor Advised Funds ($290)

Keusler Family Fund

• Grant County Community Foundation

Pioneer Communications Community Fund

Designated Funds ($3,070)

David & Amanda Kepley Family Fund

Park View Assisted Living Fund

Substance Abuse Treatment Fund

Ulysses, USD 214 School Fund

• Ulysses Public Schools, USD 214

Women of Purpose - Grant County

• Leave A Legacy Foundation

Non-Permanent Funds ($242,144.72)

Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Foundation

Grant County Community Foundation Operating Fund

Grant County Senior Center Operating Fund

• Grant County Senior Center

Ulysses Animal Shelter Operating Fund

Women of Purpose - Grant County

• Leave A Legacy Foundation

 

Wichita County Community Foundation ($119,793.17)

 

Community Grant Awards ($2,160)

• Russell Child Development Center
• USD #467, Wichita County Schools
• Wichita County Park and Recreation
• Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

Donor Advised Funds ($250)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

Community First Fund

• Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

 Happy One of Leoti Fund

Designated Funds ($4,460)

City of Leoti Fund

Herndon Trust #1 Fund

• Christ Covenant Youth - GAP

Wichita County 4-H & Fair Fund

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 Municipal Golf Course

 

Agency Funds 

 

Field of Interest Fund ($410)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County High School

 

Scholarship Funds ($1,500)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

Spring Semester

• Katie Bailey
• Joshua Clark
• Skyler Hembree

Fall Semester

• Skyler Hembree

WCCF Scholarship Fund

• Tamera Geyer

 

Non-Permanent Funds ($115,213.17)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County High School

Tyler M. Graff Memorial Park Fund

• Wichita County Park and Recreation

WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

Wichita County Track Fund

• Wichita County Economic Development

 

 

 

 

(Page updated on 6/23/16)