The mission of Lane County Community Foundation (the Foundation) is to improve the quality of life in Lane County, Kansas and communities within Lane County, and to ensure that the communities in and around Lane County will forever remain the type of community that will attract people of all ages to live, work and raise a family.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
33¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $108K a year · 36% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
33%
of spending
Concern: 33% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$68K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 13.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $20K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$727K
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$281K
To programs
33%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$727K
FY2025▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$221K
FY2021$105K
FY2022$109K
FY2023$98K
FY2024$540K
FY2025$727K
Expenses
$281K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$92K
FY2021$50K
FY2022$392K
FY2023$51K
FY2024$288K
FY2025$281K
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2025▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$3.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2019.

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Where the money goes

33 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 33% · $93K Management & general 67% · $188K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$68,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Casey Venters’s $68K as Executive Director is at the 64th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1265 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Casey Venters$68,000$51,000——
Logan Campbell——$21,600$10,800

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Lane County Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Dighton, KS, formed in 2018.

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1 program · $93K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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We want organizations working together to accomplish goals that are beneficial to the Lane County community. We provide necessary funding for scholarships and grants, which benefit charitable, religious, and governmental organizations, as well as to individuals for the furtherance of education and for basic needs for individuals facing a…

$93Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Chs FoundationFY2024$15K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$20K
Grants paid · 11 grants · $582K · 2020–2025
Dighton Usd 482FY2025$25,000
City of Dighton Fire DepartmentFY2025$16,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$11,960
Unitemized GrantFY2025$5,000
Lane County Rural Fire DepartmentFY2024$129,999
Lane County Fire DepartmentFY2022$341,192
Individual RecipientFY2021$22,995
Lane County Fire DepartmentFY2021$6,169
Lane County Fire DepartmentFY2020$8,658
Brothers Sports Bar & GrillFY2020$7,690
Black Dog Bar & GrillFY2020$7,690

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$727K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$701K
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Money outPt IX
$281K
Ln 25
Programscol B$93K
Managementcol C$188K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$326K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$701K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$30K
Investment incomeLn 3$62K
Total revenueLn 12$727K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$325K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$326K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$152K
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$357K$326K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M$2.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$84K$152K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M$3.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$935$0
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$56K$56K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$17K$17K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$61K$6K$55K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8K$778$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$364$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$23K$2K$21K
Legal feesLn 11b$25$2$23
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$821$7K
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$1K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10K$957$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$28K$3K$25K
Office expensesLn 13$24K$2K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$434$4K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$1K$10K
TravelLn 17$3K$345$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$101$913
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$219$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$676$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2K$212$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$281K$93K$188K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $727K$281K$446K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $540K$288K$252K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $98K$51K$47K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $109K$392K−$283K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $105K$50K$55K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $221K$92K$129K$2.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $727,300 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $456,541$701,181
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $81,516$61,926
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,350−$35,807
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $540,407$727,300
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $151,370$72,519
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $72,114$95,847
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $64,652$112,972
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $288,136$281,338
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $252,271$445,962
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $727,300 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$701,181
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$30,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$701,181
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $61,926$61,926
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $3,699$3,699
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$39,506−$39,506
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,119$727,300
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $281,338 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $55,559$55,559
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $16,960$16,960
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $6,137 · Management $55,238$61,375
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $778 · Management $7,000$7,778
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $364 · Management $3,281$3,645
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,305 · Management $20,744$23,049
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2 · Management $23$25
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $821 · Management $7,391$8,212
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $1,187 · Management $10,681$11,868
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $957 · Management $8,617$9,574
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,774 · Management $24,966$27,740
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,428 · Management $21,855$24,283
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $434 · Management $3,905$4,339
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,138 · Management $10,242$11,380
IX-17 TravelPrograms $345 · Management $3,109$3,454
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $101 · Management $913$1,014
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $219 · Management $1,974$2,193
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $676 · Management $6,089$6,765
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $212 · Management $1,913$2,125
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $93,397 · Management $187,941 · Fundraising $0$281,338
Part X · Balance sheet $3,159,771 assets, 11 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $83,837; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $355,540$324,951
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,287$1,303
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $83,530$152,386
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,032,096$2,562,294
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $5,000$35,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,577,139$3,159,771
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $935$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $513,614$0
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,062,590$3,159,771
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,576,204$3,159,771
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,577,139$3,159,771
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,159,771 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$727,300
XI-2 Total expenses$281,338
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$445,962
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,576,204
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$167,904
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$30,299
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,159,771

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