GRAND TOTAL WKCF & AFFILIATE GRANTS 2022 - $2,068,750.11

Total WKCF Grants - $2,023,445.11

Urgent Needs Fund Grants ($21,084.50)

• Turning Point Church of the Nazarene
• Stepping Stone Shelter
• Gray County Food Bank
• Satanta Recreation Commission
• Immigrant Connection
• Rolla Recreation Commission

Operating Grants ($50,176.76)

• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Restoration House of Kansas City
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Southwest Health Transport
• Finney County Humane Society
• Magic's HOPE
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• USD #363 - Wiley Elementary School
• Kansas Association of Community Foundations
• Heritage Christian Academy
• Haskell Township Library Foundation
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Finney County Childcare & Early Learning Network
• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Kanza Society

1st Cycle (March) Grants ($72,525)

• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Silver Sage Renaissance Festival
• Jobs for America's Graduates
• Satanta Area Arts Council
• Garden City Arts
• Southwest Kansas Community Concerts
• Garden City Community College Endowment
• Western Kansas Community Foundation
• Ogallala Commons
• Dudley Township Library
• City of Deerfield
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Kanza Society
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• ABC Pregnancy Care Center

2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($48,505.09)

• Meade County Conservation District
• Stepping Up, Inc.
• Turning Point Church of the Nazarene
• American Red Cross
• Finney County Historical Society
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Haskell Township Library
• City of Montezuma
• Finney County Humane Society
• Stanton County Library
• Tumbleweed Festival
• Garden City Recreation Commission

3rd Cycle (November) Grants ($75,080.95)

• Core Community Meade County
• Stanton County Health Coalition
• City of Lakin
• Satanta High School
• Stanton County Recreation Commission
• Grow & Learn Childcare Center
• Stepping Up Inc.
• Cimarron Golf Club
• Scott County Historical Society
• Cimarron City Library
• Silver Sage Renaissance Festival
• Meade County Recreation Commission
• Fowler Arts Council
• USD #217 - Rolla Schools
• USD #102 - Cimarron Preschool
• Ford County Breastfeeding Coalition
• Greeley County Public Library
• Miles of Smiles
• South Church of God
• Atletico Liberal Futbol Club
• Sublette Recreation Commission

Christmas Grants ($40,500)

• City of Cimarron - Animal Control Services
• City of Copeland - Animal Control Services
• City of Elkhart - Animal Control Services
• City of Hugoton - Animal Control Services
• City of Ingalls - Animal Control Services
• City of Johnson - Animal Control Services
• City of Lakin - Animal Control Services
• City of Leoti - Animal Control Services
• City of Liberal - Animal Control Services
• City of Meade - Animal Control Services
• City of Montezuma - Animal Control Services
• City of Satanta - Animal Control Services
• City of Sublette - Animal Control Services
• City of Syracuse - Animal Control Services
• Dominican Sisters Ministry of Presence
• Finney County Humane Society
• Lane County Sheriff's Department - Animal Control Services
• Scott City Police Department - Animal Control Services
• Ulysses Animal Shelter
• Unified Greeley County MSD - Animal Control Services

MatchDay Grants ($672,317.46)

• Benincasa House
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
• Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
• Cimarron City Library
• Community Day Care Center
• Emmaus House
• Family Crisis Services
• Finney County 4-H Foundation
• Finney County Historical Society
• Finney County Humane Society
• Finney County Preservation Alliance
• Finney County Public Library
• Finney County United Way
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
• Garden City Arts
• Garden City Family YMCA
• Garden City Rotary Club
• Genesis Family Health
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• High Plains Public Radio
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Leave a Legacy Foundation
• Magic's HOPE 
• Miles of Smiles
• Mosaic
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Russell Child Development Center
• Shepherd of the Plains Foundation
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA
• St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
• Tumbleweed Festival
• Wichita County 4-H & Fair
• Wichita County Economic Development
• Wichita County Grow & Learn Childcare Center
• Wichita County Health Center
• Wichita County Municipal Golf Course

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($426,930)

Clifford Family Fund

• Finney County Humane Society
• Garden City Family YMCA

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

• First United Methodist Church

Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

• Haskell Township Library

• 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

• A Cup of Love Ministry
• Carter Tough Foundation
• Hope in the Valley

Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

• Finney County Public Library

• Finney County RSVP

• Meals on Wheels

Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

• Finney County Historical Society

• Real Men Real Leaders

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

• Garden City Arts

• Kansas Honor Flight

James & Christina Becker Fund

• Meals on Wheels

Kent & Carol Nanninga Fund

• St. Dominic School

• Fiends of Lee Richardson Zoo

• Finney County Humane Society

• Meals on Wheels 

Lee Construction Fund

• Genesis Family Health

Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

• Stauth Memorial Museum

• Benincasa

• Finney County Committee on Aging

• Meals on Wheels

Matha Sherman Fund

• Garden City Piano Teacher's League

• Southwest Kansas Community Concerts

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

• Garden City Arts

Tony Englert Memorial Fund

• The Land Institute
• National Alliance of Mental Illness, KS

Unruh Family Fund

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Leave a Legacy Foundaiton
• Turning Point Church of the Nazarene

Agency Fund Grants ($49,150)

Community Day Care Center Fund

• Community Day Care Center

Emmaus House Fund

• Emmaus House

Family Crisis Services Fund

• Family Crisis Services

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

Garden City Noon Lions Club Fund

• Garden City Noon Lions Club

Garden City Rotary Club Fund

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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

Leave a Legacy Foundation

• Leave a Legacy Foundation

Magic's HOPE Fund

• Magic's HOPE

Miles of Smiles

• Miles of Smiles

Real Men Real Leaders Fund

• Real Men Real Leaders

Rotary Club of Garden City Fund

• Rotary Club of Garden City

Russell Child Development Center Fund

• Russell Child Development Center

Satanta Lions Club Fund

• Satanta Lions Club

Shepherd of the Plains Foundation Fund

• Shepherd of the Plains Foundation

Spirit of the Plains, CASA Fund

• Spirit of the Plains, CASA

Sublette Public School Fund

• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($217,170)

Anne Dew Brown Fund

• Wasatch Academy

• Lewis & Clark College

• Earlham College

• Friends Academy

• First Presbyterian Church

• Presbyterian Church, Garden City

• Western Kansas Community Foundation

Benincasa House Fund

• Benincasa 

Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center Fund

• Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center

Berniece Fry Fund

• First United Methodist Church

• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo

• Garden City Community College Endowment

• St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation

Carl & Willynda Holmes Fund

• USD #483

Cecil & Frances O'Brate Fund

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Dan & Chris Fankhauser Fund

• Garden city Family YMCA

Dorothy M. and Louise Wampler - Finney County Public Library Fund

• Finney County Public Library

Dr. Stephen Meyers Fund

• St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation

Ellen H. Oswalt Fund

• Finney County Public Library

Garden City Family YMCA Fund

• Garden City Family YMCA

Garden City Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends

• Garden City Catholic Schools

Jeanne B. Corley Hospice Fund

• St. Catherine Hospital Hospice

KHF Operating Fund

• La Comunidad

Lawrence F. Zant and Marjorie R. Williams Memorial Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Mosaic in Garden City

• Mosaic

Otis & Mary Lee Molz Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Pat & Gene LeClerc Fund

• 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

Robert Whippo Memorial Fund

• Southwest Kansas Music Educators Association

Women of Purpose Fund

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center

• Magic's HOPE

 

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:

• Jeanne Beach Corley Fund for Arts and Culture

• Carl & Carolyn Myers Fund for Health

• Kansas Health Foundation Public Health Fund

• Dr. Max & Charlene Teare Fund for Health and Human Services

• Mary Lou Spanier Fund for Health

• WKCF Public Health Fund

• Lee and Joyce Stapleton Fund for Children's Programs

• Our Children, Our Future Fund for Children's Programs

• GC Sunrisers Kiwanis Fund for Education 

• Orville & Pauline Patterson Fund for Education

• Ralph & Marilyn Germann Fund for Education

• Kansas Health Foundation - Children's Fund

• Kansas Health Foundation - Haskell County Fund

• Haskell County Community Fund

 

Scholarship Funds ($157,440)

Anna & May Rosel Scholarship Fund

• McCrae Becker
• Valeria Carrasco
• Tyson Flores
• Kylie Hartman
• Slater Heglin
• RJ Mader
• Karen Montes-Liera
• Elyzabeth Nunez
• Emily Nunez
• Bryan Pena
• CJ Raines
• Becca Rock
• Mia Rock
• Brendan Stejskal
• Luz Tucker
• Jessie Watson
• Allison Wilken

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Rhiley Stoppel

Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

• Joel Contreras

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

• Jada Renner

Cecil & Francis O'Brate Scholarship Fund

• Andrew Bayer
• Nathaniel Beavers
• Tyson Bleumer
• Nathan Daily
• Miah Hackney
• Jorge Hinojosa
• Joselyn Hoff
• Braydon Irsik
• Sara Mills
• Crystal reyes
• Chance Unruh
• Alexia Watson

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Attison Clark

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Alexis Trejo

D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

• Melody Carter
• Nellie Goertzen

Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Kaden Johnson

Erdene Corley Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Garden City Wrestling Alumni Scholarship Fund

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Garrett Doll Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Jan McLeland Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Gysel Najera

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

• Adison George
• Morgan Hammond
• Kaden Johnson
• Nicole Ruda

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

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K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Mallory Worf Hernandez Memorial Fund

• Joel Contreras
• Aedryc Ortiz

Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

• Morgan Hammond

Tonya Wright Memorial Fund

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Wilmer "Bill" & Dorthea Kline Educational Fund

• Mia Rock

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($192,565.35)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

• USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools

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

• Finney County United Way for Ad Astar Soccer

O'Brate Scholarships

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Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC Scholarship Fund

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Earl & Dora Fry Fund

• University of Kansas Endowment Association

Eatinger Family Fund

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Fry Family Trust Fund

• Stauth Memorial Museum
• University of Kansas
• Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

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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

Law Enforcement Explorers Program Fund

• City of Garden City

Norbert "Kevin" Irsik Scholarship Fund

• Troy Hawley
• Luke Janzen
• Alexa Molina
• Crystal Reyes
• Claire Rumford
• Rylee Schrock
• Damian Stanfield
• Eric Heiman

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Grace Reagle

USD #216, Deerfield Scholarship Fund

• Shaylie Hill
• Brenda Houghton
• Audrey Musil
• Alyssa Smith

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

• First Assembly of Garden City

WKCF Temporary Holding Fund

• Right Paths, Inc.
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Garden City Family YMCA

Total Affiliate Grants ($45,305)

Wichita County Community Foundation ($45,305)

Community Grant Awards ($25,245)

• Grow & Learn Childcare Center
• Wichita County Schools
• Wichita County Junior/Senior High
• Wichita County Fair Association
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• K-State Research & Extension 

Donor Advised Funds ($1,350)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

• Quilts of Valor Association

Community First Fund

• Wichita County Economic Development

Designated Funds ($13,210)

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 & Fair

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 ($)

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Field of Interest Funds ($1,750)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County Fair Association

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

Happy One of Leoti, KHF Wichita County Health Fund, and the Whole Health Fund

 

Scholarship Funds ($3,000)

Herndon Trust #2 Scholarship Fund

• Sheldon Whalen

Jim & Judy Biel Memorial Fund

• Tristen Porter

WCCF Scholarship Fund

• Madison Harbin
• Aron Castillo
• Connor Dixon

Non-Permanent Funds ($750)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

• Wichita County Extension

Tyler M. Graff Memorial Park Fund

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WCCF Non-Permanent Operating Fund

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Wichita County Track Fund

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(Page updated on 1/10/23)