Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Geography

  • In the Crawford County, Kansas, area possible
  • Within the Crawford County, Kansas, area

Overview

The Future Fund Giving Circle, part of the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, unites friends and family from the Pittsburg area to support local nonprofits, schools, and government institutions in Crawford County. Since its inception in 2006, it has awarded over $179,000 in grants, including nearly $18,500 in 2023. The fund encourages charitable giving to enhance the quality of life in the region, with grant applications available each August.

The Community Foundation offers a wide range of funding tools to help support churches, schools, nonprofit organizations, and government programs in Southeast Kansas and throughout the United States.
Our designated, field-of-interest, and donor-advised funds provide grants to nonprofits according to the fund creator’s instructions. Several of our funds hold annual grant cycles during which eligible organizations can apply for funding.
The Future Fund is a philanthropic giving circle comprising friends and family of the Pittsburg area who pool their resources to make a difference in Crawford County. Contributors’ gifts make grants in the Crawford County, Kansas, area possible for nonprofit organizations, schools, and religious and governmental institutions.
Since 2006, the Future Fund Giving Circle has awarded over $179,000 in grants, including $18,478 in 2023 alone. Future Fund grant applications are available during August.

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations, schools, and religious and governmental institutions are eligible for grants within the Crawford County, Kansas, area.

What Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
81
Total given
$2.45M
Median grant
$14K
Range
$5,023–$255K
  • By dollars: Kansas 93%, Missouri 7%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburg, KS; Fort Scott, KS; Girard, KS.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas · Pittsburg, KS

    Operating Support

    $255K

  • Point Forward Inc · Pittsburg, KS

    Operating Support

    $250K

  • Support Local Journalism Project · Pittsburg, KS

    Operating Support

    $222K

  • Mercy Health Foundation Southwest Missouri Kansas · Joplin, MO

    Operating Support

    $122K

  • First Church of the Nazarene- Pittsburg · Pittsburg, KS

    Operating Support

    $100K

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Community services
  • Foundation

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