GRAND TOTAL WKCF & AFFILIATE GRANTS 2024 - $3,610,730.85

TOTAL WKCF GRANTS - $2,054,548.36

Urgent Needs Fund Grants ($11,034)

• Garden City Fire Department
• Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
• Scott County Historical Society
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

"Our Community, Our Future" Grants ($60,000)

• Bluejay Education Foundation
• Lakin Community Empowerment Group
• Pioneer Manor
• Liberal Area Coalition for Families

1st Cycle (March) Grants ($70,225.28)

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Atletico Liberal Futbol Club
• Bluejay Education Foundation
• Cimmaron Community Development
• Community Day Care Center
• Garden City Community College Endowment Association
• Garden City Ministerial Alliance
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• Greeley County Health Department
• Greeley County Health Services
• Immigrant Connection
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Kansas Legal Services
• Magic's HOPE
• Oral Health Kansas
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Red Dog Children's Museum
• Satanta Aging Program
• Seward County United Way
• Southwest Health Transport
• Southwest Kansas Community Concerts
• Tumbleweed Festival
• USD #507 Satanta High School

2nd Cycle (July) Grants ($90,446.50)

• American Red Cross
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• Chains Break
• Cimarron City Library
• Core Community Meade County
• Core Community Ulysses
• Finney County Historical Society
•  Garden City Family YMCA
• Grow & Learn Childcare Center
• Haskell Township Library
• High Plains Public Radio
• Lakin Community Empowerment Group
• Meade County Community Foundation
• Meade County Recreation
• Miles of Smiles
• Russell Child Development Center
• Satanta Area Arts Council
• Satanta Recreation Commission
• Scott County Historical Society
• Smoky Hills Public TV
• Stanton County Public Library
• Stepping Stone Shelter
• United School Administrators Foundation
• USD #102 Preschool
• Valley Hope Association
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
• Wichita County Parks & Rec

3rd Cycle (November) Grants ($81,942)

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• CES Best
• Fowler Arts Center
• Friends of Lee Richardson Zoo
• Garden City Ministerial Alliance
• Gray Co. Over 50 Center
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• High Plains Restoration Foundation
• High Plains Theater
• Melven O. Kuder Senior Center
• Noah's Ark Preschool
• Ogallala Commons
• Peace House Ministries
• Satanta Area Arts Council
• Seward County Safety Council
• Stevens County Library
• Sublette Rotary Foundation
• Stepping Stone Shelter

Christmas Grants ($13,900)

• Bluejay Education Foundation
• CASA - Children Worth Saving
• City of Lakin
• Community Day Care Center
• Dominican Sisters Ministry of Presence
• Finney County Childcare & Early Learning Network
• First Presbyterian Church
• Grow & Learn Childcare Center
• Morton County Childcare Coalition
• Noah's Ark Preschool
• Spirit of the Plains CASA
• Turing Point Church of the Nazarene
• USD #210 - Hugoton Public Schools
• USD #214 - Ulysses Public Schools
• USD #374 - Sublette Public Schools
• USD #482 - Dighton Public Schools

MatchDay Grants ($742,123.05)

• ABC Pregnancy Care Center
• Benincasa House
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fi. & Ke. Counties
• Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas
• Chains Break
• 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
• Friends of the Cimarron City Library
• Garden City Arts
• Garden City Community College Endowment Association
• Garden City Community Mexican Fiesta
• Garden City Downtown Vision
• Garden City Family YMCA
• Garden City Rotary Club
• Genesis Family Health
• Gray County Over 50 Center
• Great Plains MakerSpace
• High Plains Public Radio
• Kansas Children's Service League
• Kansas Oral History Project
• Lakeside Camp
• Leave a Legacy Foundation
• Little Leaders 
• Magic's HOPE 
• Miles of Smiles
• Mosaic
• Real Men Real Leaders
• Red Dog Children's Museum
• Russell Child Development Center
• Shepherd of the Plains Foundation
• Special Olympics Kansas
• Spirit of the Plains, CASA
• St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation
• The Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
• The Community, Inc. 
• Tumbleweed Festival
• Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center

Donor Advised Fund Grants ($381,200)

Clifford Family Fund

• Garden City Downtown Vision

Clifford & Dolores Hope Family Fund

• High Plains Public Radio

Ed & Nelda Lewis Fund

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Eltrude Elliot Hall Fund

• Haskell Township Library
• Pride of Life
• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

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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Finney County Farm Bureau Association - Donor Advised Fund

• Red Dog Children's Museum

Gary & Carolyn Salyer Fund

• Finney County Humane Society

Gerald & Phyllis Greene Fund

• KSU Foundation

Henry & Nellie Hall Fund

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

Herman & Marjorie Cooper Fund

• McPherson Opera House

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

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Luther & Ardis Fry Donor Advised Fund

• Benincasa
• Finney County Commission on Aging
• Finney County Historical Society
• High Plains Public Radio
• Meals on Wheels
• Russell Child Development Center
• Stauth Memorial Museum

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
• Garden City Family YMCA

Agency Fund Grants ($39,670)

Catholic Charities of SWKS Fund

• Catholic Charities of SWKS

Cimarron City Library Fund

• Cimarron City Library

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

• Rotary Club of Garden City

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

Special Olympics Kansas Fund

• Special Olympics Kansas

Spirit of the Plains, CASA Fund

• Spirit of the Plains, CASA

St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation Fund

• St. Catherine Hospital Development Foundation

Sublette Public School Fund

• Sublette Public Schools Foundation

 

Designated Fund Grants ($169,745.05)

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

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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

Ray & Geraldine Mann Family Fund

• Alzheimer's Association of Central & Western KS
• Finney County United Way

Robert Whippo Memorial Fund

• High Plains Public Radio

Women of Purpose Fund

• Chains Break
• Kearny County Senior 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 ($117,220)

Anna & May Rosel Scholarship Fund

• Arabella Ashby
• Chloe Curl
• Baylor Deyoe
• Kerlyn Enamorado Diaz
• Tyson Flores
• Natalie Franco
• Hayden Graber
• Isaiah Gregory
• Slater Heglin
• Lexi Hittle
• Nixon Keeler
• Cami Kenny
• Sydlin Loewen
• Addison Mathes
• Karen Montes-Liera
• Evan Morales
• Elyzabeth Nunez
• Emily Nunez
• Chase Phelps
• Brittany Raines
• CJ Raines
• Bryson Stejskal
• Sara Watson
• Becca Wendt
• Mia Wendt 

Anne Campbell Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Emma Wheeler

Bernadine Sitts Scholarship Fund

• Quang Dang
• Hayley Loya-Ruiz

Bob Krug Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Carson Brown

Bud Ward Family Scholarship Fund

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Cecil & Francis O'Brate Scholarship Fund

• Nayeli Andazola-Marquez
• Tessa Irsik
• Mitchell Lehman
• Jaikub Maestas
• Malachi Meador
• Myron Miller
• Esteban Porras
• Anna Schmeeckle
• Layton Simon

Charles Helfrich Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Layton Simon

Chase Mitchel Webber Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Braxon Blackwood

D & L Hewes Scholarship Fund

• Elizabeth Greene
• Jacelyn Huelskamp
• Kami Whipple

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

• Addilyn Boese

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #1

• Kendall Brungardt

Katherine C. Jones Scholarship #2 - Continuing Education

• Morgan Hammond
• Kaden Johnson

K.O. & Ruth Powell Scholarship Fund

• Garden City Community College Endowment Association

Mallory Worf Hernandez Memorial Fund

• Mauro Lara
• Iliana Valencia

Tanner Dean Born Memorial Fund

• Kendall Brungardt
• Kooper Tiechnor

Tonya Wright Memorial Fund

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Wilmer "Bill" & Dorthea Kline Educational Fund

• Luke Janzen
• Cole Lehman

Non-Permanent Fund Grants ($277,042.48)

Buffalo Living Legacy 

• USD #457 - Garden City Public Schools

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

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O'Brate Scholarships

• Elly Tancayo
• Juan Varelo
• Kami Whipple
• Avery Strecker
• Layton Simon
• Meggie Tate

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

• Kansas Food Bank
• St. Catherine Hospice

GC Catholic Schools Alumni & Friends Association Fund

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Garden City Downtown Vision Non-Permanent Fund

• Garden City Downtown Vision

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

Garret Doll Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Carson Brown

Law Enforcement Explorers Program Fund

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Norbert "Kevin" Irsik Scholarship Fund

• Ciera Depenbusch
• Luke Janzen
• Kiera Buchholz
• Ximen Soltero
• Estephania Anaya-Lopez
• Crystal Reyes
• Clarie Rumford
• Crystal Casas

Ron Peek Memorial Scholarship Fund

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USD #216, Deerfield Scholarship Fund

• Amara Browning
• Nevaeh Guzman
• Addisyn Huband
• Keely Petrus
• Jisselle Saenz

Women of Purpose Non-Permanent Fund

• Finney County Humane Society
• Finney County Senior Center
• Sprit of the Plains CASA

WKCF Temporary Holding Fund

• Finney County Senior Center
• High Plains Theatre
• Melven O. Kuder Senior Center
• Trinity Lutheran Church

TOTAL AFFILIATE GRANTS - $1,556,182.49

Wichita County Community Foundation ($1,556,182.49)

Grants to Wichita County Community Foundation ($1,546,192.49)

Community Grant Awards ($)

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Donor Advised Funds ($)

Al Droste Memorial Fund

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Community First Fund

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Designated Funds ($9,990)

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

• 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

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* 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

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Jim & Judy Biel Memorial Fund

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WCCF Scholarship Fund

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Non-Permanent Funds ($)

Heart Strings to Purse Strings Fund

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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 9/8/26)