Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Kansas

294
foundations
$223.8M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 294 private foundations based in Kansas whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $223.8 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Wichita (54), Overland Park (32) and Smith Center (27).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 746 foundations in Kansas, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 294 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 269 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Kansas
Koch Family FoundationWichita, KS534$2,000$2.3M$250–$500,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Dane G Hansen FoundationLogan, KS335$20,000$27.8M$188–$2.2MDown 30% over 3 yearsFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
O'Brate FoundationGarden City, KS206$4,000$709,029$150–$11,190No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Security Benefit Life InsuranceTopeka, KS142$2,500$844,824$69–$110,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cooper Clark FoundationLiberal, KS111$5,000$1.2M$250–$215,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sarver Charitable TrustSmith Center, KS108$2,200$760,612$250–$78,437No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation IncPrairie Village, KS87$5,000$607,850$1,000–$26,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kelly Family FoundationOlathe, KS76$15,000$4M$200–$1.1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS75$20,000$3.9M$300–$500,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Berry Foundation IncWichita, KS74$5,000$1.8M$500–$250,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Dreiseszun Family FoundationOverland Park, KS71$25,000$7.2M$250–$1.1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable TrustWichita, KS63$5,000$846,577$100–$83,496No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Miller-Mellor AssociationPrairie Village, KS62$5,000$410,400$225–$60,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS61$495,000$102.1M$2,750–$25MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dwane L and Velma Lunt WallaceWichita, KS59$35,000$3.8M$5,000–$500,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
James A & Juliet L Davis Foundation IncHutchinson, KS52$4,000$258,500$1,000–$25,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Belin FoundationWichita, KS50$5,000$409,500$1,000–$40,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Pete Henry FoundationColby, KS49$3,200$524,773$500–$153,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Smoot Charitable FoundationSalina, KS46$3,000$524,862$500–$231,862No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Morrison Foundation TrustSalina, KS46$1,500$297,000$500–$101,500No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Fidelity Bank FoundationWichita, KS41$20,000$1.6M$300–$110,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Coleman Family Foundation IncPittsburg, KS40$10,000$3.1M$1,000–$1MNo grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Leona M Goetz Disabled Veterans' TrustKingman, KS40$1,000$67,000$500–$20,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Norman & Elaine Polsky FamilyOverland Park, KS37$3,000$170,000$1,000–$47,000No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clay Blair FoundationLenexa, KS37$10,000$852,428$1,000–$304,898No grants on file for the year three years back, so there is nothing to compareFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • 3-yr trend compares the latest filing year with the year two before it, so it needs grants on file for both. Most foundations file one year of grants, so most rows show a dash.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.