Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation Grant

Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Manhattan Fund Caroline F Peine Charitable Foundation
Amount: More than US $25,000
Last Updated: February 15, 2026

Summary

The Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation Grant aims to enhance the quality of life in Manhattan, Kansas, focusing on projects that benefit the KONZA Prairie and promote recreational development in Keats. The Foundation welcomes applications from local nonprofits addressing various community needs, including the arts, historical preservation, and recreational services. However, it does not fund operating costs for city facilities or religious purposes, ensuring that its support aligns with Caroline Peine's commitment to the community.

Overview

Mission The Manhattan Fund - Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation exists to improve the quality of life in the City of Manhattan, Kansas, to benefit the KONZA Prairie and to provide for recreational development in the town of Keats, Kansas. Caroline Peine had a strong and long lasting attachment to the community of Manhattan, Kansas. She remained a resident of Manhattan after she retired and until her death at age 78. The goal of all distributions made from the Caroline F. Peine Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of life in the City of Manhattan, Kansas. The Foundation will consider funding projects from local organizations that include, but are not limited to; the KONZA Prairie, the Regional Crisis Center, the Sunset Zoo, the Special Olympics, and the UFM. In general, submissions should reflect an intent to improve the quality of life in the City of Manhattan, Kansas, benefit the KONZA Prairie, or provide recreational development in the town of Keats.

Eligibility

We've imported the main document for this grant to give you an overview. You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Foundation will also consider funding projects from any other Manhattan nonprofit organization involving the arts (including theater), energy assistance for low-income individuals and/or family facilities, historical preservation, libraries, parks and recreation, services for the elderly and handicapped, and subsidized child care which enables a parent or parents to be employed or be educated. In addition, grants will be considered for recreational development in the town of Keats. Caroline Peine designated a five-person committee to make grant decisions and is charged to be sensitive to the social, cultural, recreational, and historic needs of the community.

Ineligibility

Operating costs to maintain the City of Manhattan, Kansas or any of its facilitiesIndustrial developmentOrganized athleticsChurch or religious purposes

Application Details

Bank of America Private Bank
Philanthropic Solutions
Grantmaking Procedures – Missouri Office
I. INTRODUCTION
Bank of America, N.A. serves as trustee, co-trustee or agent to numerous private foundations. Many of these
foundations are managed by the Missouri Private Bank, Philanthropic Solutions office. In Missouri, the donors
of 18 of these foundations and charitable trusts have granted discretion to Bank of America Private Bank to
design and execute charitable grantmaking programs to support nonprofit organizations serving vital
community needs.
Working with either an internal distribution committee or in conjunction with a co-trustee, family member,
advisory committee, or external advisors, we carefully evaluate grant proposals to ensure that meaningful grants
are awarded in accordance with the philanthropic mission of each foundation. We have prepared these
grantmaking guidelines as a tool to help the nonprofit community better understand the grantmaking goals and
grant application processes for these foundations.
For the Missouri foundations, there is a combined annual giving of over $20 million dollars awarded to
charitable organizations. The majority of these grants are awarded in Missouri. Please review Section IV of
these guidelines to learn more about the various foundations and their geographic focus areas.
For information on submitting progress reports or final reports, please see pages 5, 9 & 10.
II. PHILANTHROPIC GOALS
Program Focus Areas
Through our support of charitable organizations, we strive both to strengthen the fabric of the community and to
reflect the diverse interests of our donors. We award grants for a broad array of charitable purposes in the
following five areas: arts, culture, and humanities; education; health; human services; and capacity building and
infrastructure development. For more information, please refer to our website,
www.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking, and the respective foundation detail pages for detailed information
about these foundations. You can navigate to the foundations using the Find a Foundation search feature and
research each respective foundation detail page for further details and giving preferences of the foundations.
Arts, Culture, & Humanities. The Trusts support programming that:
• Fosters the enjoyment and appreciation of the visual and performing arts
• Strengthens humanities and arts-related education programs
• Provides affordable access
• Enhances artistic elements in communities
• Nurtures a new generation of artists.
Education. We believe that quality education is fundamental to success and is essential to the continued well-
being of our community. Consequently, we are interested in systemic school improvement, particularly in the
areas of management and teacher quality; academic programs that address the needs of disadvantaged children;
and efforts to better connect schools with their communities.
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Specifically, we fund programming that:
• Promotes effective teaching
• Improves the academic achievement of, or expands educational opportunities for, disadvantaged students
• Improves governance and management
• Strengthens nonprofit organizations, school leadership, and teaching
• Bolsters strategic initiatives of area colleges and universities.
Health. We pay special attention to the needs of society's most vulnerable people, including low-income
children and their families, frail older adults, adults with disabilities, the homeless, and those with debilitating
diseases and illnesses. We fund programming that:
• Improves the delivery of health care to the indigent, uninsured, and other vulnerable populations
• Addresses health and health care problems that intersect with social factors.
Human Services. We fund programming that:
• Strengthens agencies that deliver critical human services and maintains the community’s safety net
• Helps agencies respond to federal, state, and local public policy changes.
Community Improvement & Capacity Building. Recognizing the inherent value in the nonprofit sector, we
support grantmaking that strengthens, raises the profile, and builds excellence in organizations that are critical
to the vitality of the city and the region. We fund capacity building and infrastructure development projects
including:
• Assessments, planning, and implementation of technology for management and programmatic functions
within an organization
• Technical assistance on wide-ranging topics, including grant writing, strategic planning, financial
management services, business development, board and volunteer management, and marketing
• Mergers, affiliations, or other restructuring efforts.
Type of Support
Each foundation has unique giving preferences for the type of support provided (program, operating, capital,
etc.). We ask that you refer to our website to review the respective foundation detail pages for further details.
Grants are 1 year in duration. However, if a project is expected to last longer than 1 year, the project’s budget
may cover a period of up to 3 years, including the agency’s anticipated request of support in subsequent years.
In general, we do not provide grants to individuals; endowments; travel for individuals or groups when travel is
the proposal’s primary focus; municipal and community services, such as police and fire protection; annual
fundraising or membership drives; government staff positions, except in public schools; publications or
audiovisual programs unless they are part of a larger project.
We only support capital requests, such as those for buildings, land, or major equipment, when they meet a
compelling community need and offer a broad social benefit. When we do participate in a capital project, our
support is contingent on funding from other sources. We generally do not authorize payment until the
organization has raised a significant amount of its total dollar goal.
Grantee Lists
You may review each foundation’s most recent list of grantees in the ‘Grant History’ section of each
foundation detail page. The interactive Foundation Maps tool is part of Candid-The Foundation Center’s
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eGrant Reporting Program. To learn more about navigating the Maps, visit Candid-The Foundation Center’s
tour of Foundation Maps. (https://maps.foundationcenter.org/tour.php)
III. APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The Missouri office currently manages a number of separate foundations, each with its own mission statement
and funding parameters. The first step in our streamlined application process is to select a foundation toward
which to apply. This step requires you to determine if there is a match between your organization’s work and
the funding parameters of the selected foundation.
Before You Apply
We recommend that you thoroughly research the information provided at
www.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking. The website provides detailed information about each foundation, and
the Find a Foundation search feature may assist you further in selecting the various foundations. Specifically,
we recommend that you thoroughly read the foundation detail pages, which are 1-page summaries on each
foundation, and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) tab which provides helpful overview information.
After exploring our website, you should be able to determine:
1. An appropriate foundation by entering the Area Served and/or Program Type preference(s) in the search
filter
2. If your organization in fact meets the geographic and/or programmatic parameters of the specific
foundation
3. The proposal deadline of the specific foundation, ensuring that your proposal is submitted at the
appropriate time of the year
Please refer to Section IV for brief details about the geographic focus area(s) and proposal due dates of each
foundation.
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Submitting an Application
In general, only 1 application may be submitted per organization, per calendar year, for requests to the
discretionary foundations listed below, specifically if the requests support the same geographic region. There
are 2 exceptions to this rule noted below.
For example, if your organization submits an application to the Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy
Charitable Trust in support of programs in KS, an additional application cannot be submitted within the same
calendar year to the Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation in support of programs in KS.
In addition, if you submit a proposal to Victor E. Speas Foundation for the March deadline and your
organization’s request is declined, your organization is not eligible to submit another proposal to any of the
other foundations listed below (for the same geographic region) until the start of the following calendar year.
Similarly, if your organization receives a grant award from one of the foundations below, your organization is
ineligible to re-apply toward any of the foundations noted below for the same geographic region until the end of
your grant period.
• Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
• William J. Brace Charitable Trust Kansas City, MO
• Guy I. Bromley Trust Atchison, KS, Greater Kansas City Metro Area: MO
• Louetta M. Cowden Foundation Kansas City, MO
• Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
• Walter S. & Evan C. Jones Testamentary Trust Coffey, Lyon, Osage Counties, KS
• Lewis H. Humphreys Charitable Trust KS
• Carrie J. Loose Trust Kansas City, MO
• Edward F. Swinney Trust Kansas City, MO
• John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
• Victor E. Speas Foundation Kansas City, MO
There are 2 exceptions to this rule, however.
Exception 1: You may submit an additional application to 1 of the 3 foundations named below even if an
application has been submitted within the same calendar year to another Missouri foundation from the list
above. This is because the 3 foundations below serve very specific geographic regions. For example, if you
submit an application to the John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust in support of a program
benefitting Kansas City, MO, and another application within the same calendar year to the Davis Family Trusts
supporting Protestant Churches in MO, that is acceptable.
• George & Elizabeth Davis Family Trusts Protestant Churches and religious institutions, MO
• Christine and Katharina Pauly Charitable Trust Springfield, MO and surrounding SW Missouri
• The Manhattan Fund – Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation City of Manhattan, Kansas
• K.D. & M.L. Steadley Memorial Trust Carthage, MO
• Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust Atchison, KS
Exception 2: You may submit an additional application to one of the 4 foundations named below even if an
application has been submitted within the same calendar year to another Missouri foundation from the list
above. However, your additional request must be to support an alternative geographic area. For example, if you
submit an application to the Lewis Humphreys to impact individuals in Topeka, KS and another application to
the John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust in support of a program benefitting Kansas City, MO, that
is acceptable.
• Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
• Guy I. Bromley Trust Atchison, KS; Greater Kansas City Metro Area: MO
• Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
• John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust Greater Kansas City Metro Area: KS, MO
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All of the foundations now require online applications. Please refer to each foundation’s detail page to access
the online application. www.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking.
Please submit online applications by 11:59 p.m. on the day of the foundation’s deadline date. If the application
deadline date falls on a weekend or a federally recognized holiday, we do not extend the deadline, therefore
applications must be submitted on the prior business day by 11:59 p.m.
Online grant applications will be accepted 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, generally on, or prior to the proposal
due date. However, applicant inquiries can only be answered during normal business hours, Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT. Please be advised that technical support is not provided on weekends for password
resets or general technical inquiries. Therefore, it is best to start your application early, seek technical support
during business hours, and to submit your application in advance of the due date.
Post Grant Reporting
A grant report is required within 1 year of the grant application date, regardless of whether all of the funds have
been spent. You will be ineligible for future grant funding if this report is not received within a year of the grant
award. Organizations receiving a multi-year award are required to submit reports annually until the end of the
grant term.
Online grant report forms for approved requests submitted online, will be published in your MyAccount portal
in the Requirement tab. If the online grant report form is not yet visible, please let us know via email
mo.grantmaking@bofa.com, and we will publish an online form to your account.
If you submitted a hard copy application for one of our foundations that does not use an online application
process, please use our post grant evaluation form on pages 5, 9 & 10. Your completed grant report may be
emailed to mo.philanthropic@bofa.com. Be sure to include in the email subject line the following information:
Post Grant Evaluation for the [Note the Foundation Name] and [Name of your organization].
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IV. LIST OF FOUNDATIONS
Below is a list of the major foundations managed by the Missouri office with geographic and program focus
areas and application deadlines. All of the foundations below are now accepting proposal applications online.
For more information, please review the foundation details page for each individual foundation at
www.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking.
Foundation Name Geographic Program Type Application Decision Timeframe
Focus of Deadline
Foundation
Lewis H. KS* Arts, Culture, & March 31 June 30
Humphreys Humanities; Community
Charitable Trust Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
The Manhattan Fund City of Arts, Culture, & LOI LOI – 30 days
– Caroline Peine Manhattan, Humanities; Community
April 1, or
Charitable Kansas; The Improvement & Capacity
October 1
Foundation KONZA Building; Education; 2nd Stage application – 2-
Prairie, Employment; 3 months
Kansas; and Environment; Food,
the town of Agriculture, & Nutrition;
Keats, Kansas* Health; Housing &
Shelter; Human Services;
Youth Development
K.D. and M.L. MO* Animal-Related; Arts, May 15; Rolling
Steadley Memorial Culture, & Humanities; November 15
Trust Health; Housing &
Shelter; Human Services;
Youth Development
Courtney S. Turner Atchison, KS Community Improvement April 30 July 31
Charitable Trust & Capacity Building;
Education; & Health and
Human Services
Taylor S. Abernathy KS, MO* Arts, Culture, & May 31 September 31
& Patti Harding Humanities; Community
Abernathy Improvement & Capacity
Charitable Trust Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
Guy I. Bromley KS, MO* Arts, Culture, & May 31 September 31
Trust Humanities; Community
Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
Louis & Elizabeth KS, MO* Arts, Culture, & March 31 June 30
Nave Flarsheim Humanities; Community
Charitable Improvement & Capacity
Foundation Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
Carrie J. Loose Trust MO Community Improvement June 30 October 31
& Capacity Building;
Education; Health; Human
Services; Research
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Foundation Name Geographic Program Type Application Decision Timeframe
Focus of Deadline
Foundation
Edward F. Swinney MO Community Improvement June 30 October 31
Trust & Capacity Building;
Education; Health; Human
Services
Louetta M. Cowden MO* Arts, Culture, & July 31 October 31
Foundation Humanities; Community
Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
John W. Speas & KS, MO* Arts, Culture, & July 31 October 31
Effie E. Speas Humanities; Community
Memorial Trust Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
Victor E. Speas MO* Arts, Culture, & July 31 October 31
Foundation Humanities; Community
Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
Christine and MO* Education; Health; Human September 1 December 31
Katharina Pauly Services
Charitable Trust
Herbert A. and Saint Louis, Animal-Related Arts, September 1 December 31
Adrian W. Woods MO* Culture, & Humanities;
Foundation Health; Human Services;
Religion-Related
Ina Calkins Board MO* Education; Health Human September 1 December 31
Services
John C. Lasko National Religion-Related September 30 Phase I Applicants will
Foundation Trust be notified of decisions in
October
William J. Brace MO* Arts, Culture, & October 31 January 31
Charitable Trust Humanities; Community
Improvement & Capacity
Building; Education;
Health; Human Services
George & Elizabeth MO* Human Services; October 31 January 31
Davis Trusts Religion-Related
Walter S. & Evan C. KS* Education; Health; Human Rolling Prior to the next calendar
Jones Testamentary Services; Community quarter end
Trust Improvement & Capacity
Building
*Indicates a further geographic restriction.
Please submit online applications by 11:59 p.m. on the day of the foundation’s deadline date. If the application
deadline date falls on a weekend or holiday, proposals must be submitted on the prior business day by 11:59 p.m.
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V. CONTACTS
Please feel free to email us to discuss your grant request before preparing a formal proposal.
Name Email Address
Tony Twyman tony.twyman@bofa.com
SVP, Sr. Philanthropic Client Manager 1.816.292.4342
Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust
Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation
William J. Brace Charitable Trust
Guy I. Bromley Trust
Ina Calkins Board
Louetta M. Cowden Foundation
George & Elizabeth Davis Trusts
Lewis H. Humphreys Charitable Trust
Walter S. & Evan C. Jones Testamentary Trust
John C. Lasko Foundation Trust
Carrie J. Loose Trust
The Manhattan Fund – Caroline Peine Charitable Foundation
Christine and Katharina Pauly Charitable Trust
John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust
Victor E. Speas Foundation
K.D. and M.L. Steadley Memorial Trust
Edward F. Swinney Trust
Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust
Herbert A. and Adrian W. Woods Foundation
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Missouri Post Grant Evaluation Report
Private Bank - Philanthropic Solutions
Agency name/grantee: _________________________________________________________________
Name of Foundation: _________________________________________________________________
We look forward to receiving a report on the progress of the funded program within one year of the grant
award date. Please include brief responses to the following questions:
1. How did you fulfill the goals set by your organization in the grant application?
2. What are the lasting benefits of the project?
3. What problems did you encounter during the course of this project?
4. Please provide an itemized income and expense summary for the total project. Please
indicate specific sources of all income. If there is a remaining grant balance, please explain here.
5. If this project is on-going, please list the sources for future funding.
6. What are the specific plans, if any, for continuing the work started by this project?
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Grant Expenditures
Please provide an itemized breakdown of grant expenditures.
Amount Awarded $__________________ Date of Award: __________________________
Item/Program/Service Expenditure Amount
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Total Spent:_____________________________ Remaining Balance:_____________________________
Prepared by:_____________________________ _______________________________________
Print Name Signature
Title: ___________________________________ Date:__________________________________
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VI. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
The following FAQs provide Missouri-specific guidance, but we encourage you to also review the FAQ tab at
www.bankofamerica.com/grantmaking for a complete understanding of the grantmaking process. On the FAQ
tab, we provide more nationally oriented FAQs.
Grantmaking Process
1. Which foundation should we choose? Do I need to direct my proposal to a particular one?
The foundations managed by the Kansas City, MO office represented on the website have overlapping interest
areas—arts, culture, & humanities; community improvement and capacity building; education; health; and
human services. When the foundation’s interest areas are identical, there is no advantage (or disadvantage) to
applying to one foundation over another. After reviewing the geographic or programmatic restrictions, please
select a particular foundation to direct your application. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact
us. Organizations are generally limited to one proposal per calendar year.
2. I applied to a particular foundation, but funding came from a different foundation. Why did this
happen?
We will act in your best interest and may redirect the proposal if we believe there is a stronger chance of
receiving funding elsewhere. For instance, sometimes there may be a better match in funding interests with
another foundation, or the competition for dollars for that particular foundation may be higher than normal, and
we want to give a strong proposal a “second chance.”
3. Who reviews my proposal and makes the final funding decision?
After the proposal is received, the Philanthropic Administrator will conduct a preliminary check to ensure it is
complete and meets with the funding parameters for the foundation. If complete, additional staff may review
the proposal, conduct site visits, and request additional information if needed. Once the due diligence process is
complete, the Philanthropic Client Manager and staff may meet to discuss the merits of all proposals and make
recommendations in the context of all pending requests. These recommendations are then submitted to our
Discretionary Action Committee, which makes the final funding decisions. In some instances, we work closely
with Co-Trustees in making the funding decisions for certain foundations.
As part of the review process, staff may contact other agencies, foundations, or individuals who have
knowledge of the grant-seeking organization, conduct site visits, or invite you to discuss your proposal at the
Bank. During this time, our staff may also suggest ways to refine your proposal.
Proposals that request significant amounts of funding, those that deal with complex or new programs, or those
where significant questions remain unanswered will likely require longer review times. Staff will be able to
advise you about the timetable for making a decision on your request.
Applying for a Grant
4. How do I identify an appropriate dollar request?
We do not pre-determine funding levels. Foundations consider several factors when reviewing a request,
including the significance of the need being addressed by the organization/project; how effectively the
organization is working toward meeting that need; the organization and/or project budget size; and the
connection of the organization/budget to the foundation’s mission. Applicants should request the amount that
meets the needs of the program, is consistent with the organization’s capacity, and accounts for other
anticipated or received support. Grants generally range from $5,000 to $50,000.
5. Should I apply for operating, program, or capital support?
We place emphasis on the quality of the work being done and understand that organizations need various forms
of support. We will consider many types of requests. Capital requests are rarely supported and must meet a
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compelling community need and offer a broad social benefit. We would advise organizations seeking capital
support to contact us before submitting an application. Please review the individual foundation detail pages on
the website for details about the types of support provided.
6. Are there other Missouri-focused funding opportunities available from foundations beyond those
described in this document and on the website?
Yes. There are many private foundations managed at Private Bank and the Missouri Philanthropic Solutions
Team. We have provided background and application information for certain foundations that support the
Greater Kansas City Metropolitan or Saint Louis areas, where Private Bank associates are involved in the
discretionary grantmaking aspects of managing the foundation.
7. Should I apply for single or multi-year support?
All grants awarded by the Missouri Philanthropic Solutions office are 1 year in duration. However, if a project
is expected to last longer than one year, the project’s budget may cover a period of up to three years, including
the agency’s anticipated request of support in subsequent years.
8. Do you invest in start-up nonprofits or in programs that are not yet off the ground?
We typically do not provide support for start-ups.
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