Grants awarded
Who does Russ and Helen Meyer Charitable Trust fund?
Russ and Helen Meyer Charitable Trust has awarded $2.1 million across 168 grants to 80 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $1,500 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $3,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.1M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
80
Grants
168
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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United Way of the Plains INC
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$553K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| U United Way of the Plains | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wichita Collegiate School
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$150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $70K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Giving the Basics Wichita | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Lord's Diner | $65K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wichita Family Crisis Center
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$56K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Schwab Charitable Fund | $45K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L League 42 | $40K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Guadalupe Clinic INC
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$35K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| T The First Tee of Greater Wichita | $34K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Empower | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Wichita Collegiate School | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Envision INC | $30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kansas Humane Society | $30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Child Advocacy Center of Sg County | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kansas Health Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters INC
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$22K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | KS | |
| L League 42 Foundation | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | KS | |
| S Schwab Charitable Fund Co Mrs Elizabeth Ferrari | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Arnold Palmer Education Fund | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation | $15K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Music Theatre Wichita
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$15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
The Wichita Children's Home
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$14K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | KS | |
| C Co-Immunity Foundation | $13K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Wichita Family Crisis Center | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$11K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| W We Treat Kids Right | $10K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| B Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas | $10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Music Theatre Wichita | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Guadalupe Clinic | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First Tee - Greater Wichita | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Kansas African American Museum | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | KS | |
Doc's Friends INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KS | |
Skidmore College
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$10K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Duke University
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mark Arts INC
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KS | |
Wellington Humane Society INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| C Children's Charter Trauma Clinic | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Botanica INC
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$5K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| K Kansas Fellowship of Christian | $4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Victory in the Valley INC
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$4K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | KS | |
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$3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | KS | |
| W We Treat Kids Rightfuture All-American Basketball Camp | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W We Treat Kids Right | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Iowa Quad-City Rotary Club | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| E Episcopal Diocese of Kansas | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dick Polich Internship Fund | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St George Cathedral | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wichita Educational Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KS | |
| S Skidmore College | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Women of Wichita | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Salvation Army | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| K Ksu Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wsu Foundation and Alumni | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Wichita Top Children's Fund | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Wichita-Sg Co Historical Museum | $500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Wichita-Sedgwick County | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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