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Overview

Girard Area Community Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation Of Southeast Kansas
Last Updated: August 19, 2025

Summary

The Girard Area Community Foundation Grant supports nonprofit organizations in the Girard area, including schools, churches, and public charities. Established in 2010, this foundation was created by a group of community-minded individuals aiming to leave a lasting legacy. With various funds available, it provides financial assistance to enhance the quality of life for residents today and for future generations, ensuring that local needs are met in a sustainable way.

Overview

About In late 2010, a group of caring people who saw the importance of planning for the future gathered to establish a way for people to leave a legacy for our proud communities. The Girard Area Community Foundation is the result, a simple and effective way to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. Granting GACF offers funding for Girard area nonprofit organizations, including churches, schools, public charities, and government agencies. The Foundation is home to designated funds, field-of-interest funds, and donor-advised funds that provide grants to such organizations according to the instructions of the person who established the fund with us.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.

What Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
67
Total given
$1.57M
Median grant
$14K
Range
$5,010–$220K
  • By dollars: Kansas 98%, Alabama 2%, Missouri <1%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburg, KS; Fort Scott, KS; Girard, KS.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 43% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas · Pittsburg, KS

    General Operations

    $220K

  • Support Local Journalism Project · Pittsburg, KS

    General Operations

    $117K

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

    General Operations

    $100K

  • City of Pittsburg · Pittsburg, KS

    General Operations

    $81K

  • Frontenac Education Foundation · Frontenac, KS

    General Operations

    $69K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

nonprofitsk-12-schoolschurchescommunity-services

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