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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3225892

V J Wilkins Foundation

A private foundation in Arkansas City, KS. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $459,059 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $459,059

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $8,568,705
  • Tax year 2024

    $205,207

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $8,384,017
  • Tax year 2023

    $474,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $7,829,716
  • Tax year 2022

    $455,465

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,845,162
  • Tax year 2021

    $499,474

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $8,591,892
  • Tax year 2020

    $437,365

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $7,710,721
  • Tax year 2019

    $552,001

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $7,704,751
  • Tax year 2018

    $609,244

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $7,430,090

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Contribution

    $200,000
  2. Individual

    2025 grant

    $75,192
  3. Ark City Area Arts CouncilArkansas City, KS

    Contribution

    $50,000
  4. Wichita State UniversityWichita, KS

    2025 grant

    $35,271
  5. Chaplin Nature Center-Audobon SocieArkansas City, KS

    2025 grant

    $29,500
  6. Music Theatre of WichitaWichita, KS

    2025 grant

    $20,300
  7. Winfield Public LibraryWinfield, KS

    2025 grant

    $10,000
  8. Arkansas City Public LibraryArkansas City, KS

    2025 grant

    $9,625
  9. South Kansas SymphonyWinfield, KS

    2025 grant

    $5,000
  10. Cowley County Farmers MarketWinfield, KS

    2025 grant

    $5,000
  11. Kansas Big Brothers Big SistersWichita, KS

    2025 grant

    $5,000
  12. Individual

    2025 grant

    $5,000
  13. Individual

    Merchants in motion

    $4,500
  14. Rooted Women's MinistryArkansas City, KS

    Donation-tasha bucher

    $4,000
  15. Marquee Performing Arts CenterWinfield, KS

    2025 grant

    $3,288
  16. SCK Health FoundationArkansas City, KS

    2025 grant

    $3,000
  17. Arkalalah FestivalArkansas City, KS

    2025 grant

    $3,000
  18. Individual

    2025 grant

    $2,500
  19. Southwestern CollegeWinfield, KS

    Refund

    -$11,117

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00062% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $3,00038% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas14 grants $171,867

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Karen ZellerTrustee Hours 8Pay $4,000
  • David WilkinsTrustee Hours 8Pay $4,000
  • James WilkinsTrustee Hours 8Pay $4,000
  • Jennifer MunsonTrustee Hours 8Pay $14,000
  • Tasha BucherTrustee Hours 8Pay $0

The return

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