GRAND TOTAL WKCF & AFFILIATE GRANTS 2023 - $

Total WKCF Grants - $

Urgent Needs Fund Grants ($)

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Operating Grants ($)

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1st Cycle (March) Grants ($)

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2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($)

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3rd Cycle (November) Grants ($)

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Christmas Grants ($)

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MatchDay Grants ($)

• Benincasa House
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
• Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
• Cimarron City Library
• 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
• 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

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($)

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 ($)

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 ($)

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 ($)

Anna & May Rosel Scholarship Fund

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Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

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Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

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Cecil & Francis O'Brate Scholarship Fund

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Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

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D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

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Duane Nichols Memorial Scholarship Fund

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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

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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

Mallory Worf Hernandez Memorial Fund

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Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

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Tonya Wright Memorial Fund

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Wilmer "Bill" & Dorthea Kline Educational Fund

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Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

• USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools

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

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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

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Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

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USD #216, Deerfield Scholarship Fund

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Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

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WKCF Temporary Holding Fund

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Total Affiliate Grants ($)

Wichita County Community Foundation ($)

Community Grant Awards ($)

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Donor Advised Funds ($)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

• Quilts of Valor Association

Community First Fund

• Wichita County Economic Development

Designated Funds ($)

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 ($)

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 ($)

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 ($)

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 1/10/24)