Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$49.2m
$707k liabilities
Net assets
$48.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.1 years on average
Staff
4
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas' network
10 people7 organisationsi10 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (9) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Golliher Chair | Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Carol Sibley | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Craig Mock | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dan Harris | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dana Waters | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Daniel Love | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Kerri Baker | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Michael Hitz (also filed as Mike Hitz) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Mariche | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robert Neidhart | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Patric Hamit | Executive director | since 2018 |
| Ryan Ausmus | Assistant Executive Director | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Ausmus | Executive director | 40 | $114k | ||
| Patric Hamit | Former Executive director | 1 | $114k | ||
| Robert Neidhart | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lu Ann Wetmore | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Darin Golliher | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carol Sibley | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daniel Love | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mike Hitz | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kerri Baker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael Mariche | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Craig Mock | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dana Waters | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lori Bone | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
- EIN
- 481117413
- Address
- Po Box 1313, Dodge City, KS, 67801-1313
- State
- Kansas
- Mission
- The mission of the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas is to improve the quality of life in the Southwest Kansas area by providing ongoing philanthropic leadership and maintaining and enhancing the educational, social, cultural, health, and civic resources of the community. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T31 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1991
- Principal officer
- Ryan Ausmus (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 1992
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDan Harris
≥8years on the filingsDana Waters
≥8years on the filingsMichael Hitz
≥7years on the filingsCraig Mock
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $49.2m
- Total liabilities
- $707k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $48.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $603k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.4m
- Employees
- 4
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dodge City Community College Foundation | project support | $64k |
| Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation | CFSK Endowment | $50k |
| Quivira Council Boy Scouts of America | $35k | |
| Dodge City Family YMCA | $30k | |
| Manor of the Plains | Good Samaritan Fund | $28k |
| Arrowhead West Inc | Operating support | $28k |
| Kansas Food Bank Warehouse | Garden City warehouse construction | $25k |
| Kansas Food Bank Warehouse | Garden City warehouse Construction Tom & Donna Shirley donor advised funds | $25k |
| First United Methodist Church | operating support | $20k |
| Ford County Humane Society | operating support | $20k |
| Hospice of the Prairie Inc | $20k | |
| First United Methodist Church | project support | $18k |
| New Chance | James Blakely endowment operating support | $18k |
| Santa Fe Trail Council -- BSA | Unrestricted | $18k |
| Bethel Home Inc | Operating suport | $17k |
| SunPorch of Dodge City | wander guard/egress | $17k |
| Hospice of the Prairie Inc | Circle of Hope fund - project support | $15k |
| Boot Hill Museum Inc | 2024 open grant | $15k |
| Youth Core Ministries - Meade County | $15k | |
| Bucklin Community Better Life Foundation | 2024 open grant | $15k |
| Ford County Humane Society | care for abused animals | $15k |
| Emberhope dba Youthville | project/operating support | $14k |
| First United Methodist Church | operating support | $14k |
| Dodge City Special Olympics | $13k | |
| Compass Behavioral Health | organizational support | $12k |