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Grant Funders in Lawrence, KS

Bespoke Grants indexes 16 grant-making foundations headquartered in Lawrence, Kansas — together $188.8M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, higher education, education and environment & conservation. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Lawrence nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

16
Foundations in Lawrence
$188.8M
Combined annual giving
16
Listed below
KS
State

Foundations headquartered in Lawrence

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1The Kansas University Endowment Association$160.0M2024
2University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$9.6M2023
3Douglas County Community Foundation$4.2M2024
4Lmh Health Foundation$3.9M2024
5Cinelli Family Foundation$1.7M2024
6Gcsaa Foundation$1.3M2024
7Kansas Head Start Association$1.2M2022
8United Way of Douglas County Inc$1.1M2022
9Assists Foundation$987K2017
10Success by 6 Coalition of Douglas County$805K2024
11Ethel & Raymond F Rice Foundation$745K2024
12Freedoms Frontier National Heritage$742K2023
13Lawrence Schools Foundation$679K2024
14The Mcintyre Foundation$649K2025
15Evah C Cray Residuary Charitable Tr$596K2025
16Haskell Foundation$512K2018

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What Lawrence funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Lawrence, KS address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Lawrence nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.