Medicine Lodge Community Health
Medicine Lodge Community Health is a private foundation, based in Medicine Lodge, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $326K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $9K. Net investment income was $16K.
Medicine Lodge Community Health at a glance
In short: Medicine Lodge Community Health gave $9K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $8,500
- -55.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,063
- -66.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,000
- Total assets
- $325,739
- +0.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Kansas (82% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Medicine Lodge Community Health funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
30 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 30 grants of 30 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
Cities
How Medicine Lodge Community Health gives
- Giving grew 113% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2022 it paid out 30% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2021) to $20K (2020). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $9K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 8 individual scholarships Recipients not named | — | $8,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $325,739 | $20,453 | $18,243 | $8,500 | 8 | — | $16,247 | $14,641 |
| 2024 | $323,529 | $19,393 | $23,698 | $19,145 | 6 | — | $14,039 | $13,795 |
| 2023 | $327,834 | $8,769 | $8,104 | $3,615 | 4 | — | $4,390 | $13,256 |
| 2022 | $327,169 | $14,393 | $9,122 | $4,000 | 8 | $4,000 | $2,964 | $13,240 |
| 2021 | $321,898 | $13,045 | $7,973 | $2,395 | 4 | $2,895 | $2,196 | $13,493 |
| 2020 | $316,826 | $123,107 | $29,167 | $20,345 | 3 | — | $854 | $10,901 |
| 2019 | $222,886 | $20,590 | $13,373 | $4,000 | 3 | — | $654 | $8,599 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Medicine Lodge Community Health reported a distributable amount of $15K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Medicine Lodge Community Health is led by Sara Whelan, Chairman on every filing since 2019; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sara Whelan
Chairman
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dale Lonker
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
George Palmer
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pam Packard
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sue Lee
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Ricke
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Betty Buell
Secretary
Sectreas → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Withrow
Treasurer
Trustee → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (1)
- Former: Marge Rankin (2019–2022) — Vice Chairman
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Medicine Lodge Community Health
How much does Medicine Lodge Community Health give each year?
Medicine Lodge Community Health gave $9K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $19K across 6 grants.
What is Medicine Lodge Community Health's typical grant size?
Medicine Lodge Community Health's median grant in 2025 was $1,000, and its average grant was $1,063, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Medicine Lodge Community Health give grants?
Medicine Lodge Community Health gives mostly in Kansas: 82% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Oklahoma (18%).
Does Medicine Lodge Community Health give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Medicine Lodge Community Health's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (8 grants).
How large is Medicine Lodge Community Health?
Medicine Lodge Community Health reported $326K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $20K.
How much is Medicine Lodge Community Health required to give away each year?
Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Medicine Lodge Community Health reported a distributable amount of $15K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
What is Medicine Lodge Community Health's EIN?
Medicine Lodge Community Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-1000437. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 11, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 5, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 26, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 17, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 24, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 28, 2024)
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