Community Impact Grants: Fund for Greater Salina
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Non-profit organizations and individuals or groups of individuals are considered.
- Grants are limited to projects that fall within the greater Salina area defined as: Saline County and charitable organizations outside Saline County that are founding donors in the Foundation.
Other requirements
- Applications are not limited to a particular issue or target population.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: For-profit organizations are not considered as grant recipients unless the request is for a charitable project.
- Not eligible: The following grant requests will NOT be considered:Incomplete, incorrect or late applications.
- Not eligible: Political projects of any kind.
- Not eligible: Organizations or projects that practice discrimination of any kind.
- Not eligible: Operating deficits or retirement of debt (if the project has already happened or been paid for, this is considered funding debt).
Overview
The Community Impact Grants: Fund for Greater Salina provides unrestricted funding to meet various charitable needs in the Salina area. Organizations can apply for grants up to $15,000 annually, with a maximum of $10,000 from the Community Impact Grant. This fund is supported by generous donors and aims to address evolving community challenges while prioritizing non-profit projects. Applications are open to diverse groups, ensuring flexibility in funding allocation.
The Fund for Greater Salina is an unrestricted community grant fund. The Fund was created and is supported by generous donors who have contributed money to the Foundation without restriction. These gifts offer the most flexibility for meeting charitable community needs. Because donations to the fund are permanently endowed, they will always be there to meet current, and often changing, needs.
Eligibility
Applications are not limited to a particular issue or target population.For-profit organizations are not considered as grant recipients unless the request is for a charitable project.Non-profit organizations and individuals or groups of individuals are considered.Grants are limited to projects that fall within the greater Salina area defined as: Saline County and charitable organizations outside Saline County that are founding donors in the Foundation.
Ineligibility
The following grant requests will NOT be considered:Incomplete, incorrect or late applicationsPolitical projects of any kindOrganizations or projects that practice discrimination of any kindOperating deficits or retirement of debt (if the project has already happened or been paid for, this is considered funding debt).
What Greater Salina Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 328
- Total given
- $24.09M
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,057–$4.27M
- By dollars: Kansas 91%, Illinois 4%, District of Columbia <1%. Top recipient cities: Salina, KS; Concordia, KS; Hays, KS.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 25% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Bethany College · Lindsborg, KS
Education
$4.27M
Rolling Hills Zoo · Salina, KS
Conservation & Environment
$3.06M
Salina Presbyterian Manor · Salina, KS
Human Services
$2.37M
Teentown Inc · Salina, KS
Youth Services
$2.13M
Greater Salina Community Foundation · Salina, KS
Internal
$1.01M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Unrestricted nonprofits
- Small grants
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