How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Steve Bell Esb Financial
801 Merchant St, PO Box 807
Emporia, KS 66801
(620) 342-3454
- Form and materials
- No specified form.
- Deadlines
- Applications are accepted at any time.
- Restrictions
- The recipient must be a qualified public charity under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the internal revenue code of 1986.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$200,009
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $3,399,756
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Tax year 2024
$193,063
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $3,511,874
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Tax year 2023
$185,563
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $3,574,172
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Tax year 2022
$46,363
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $3,652,819
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Tax year 2021
$34,863
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $1,293,514
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Tax year 2020
$39,363
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $968,167
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Esu Foundation IncEmporia, KS
Athletic trusler facility impr
$130,000 -
City of EskridgeEskridge, KS
Lake wabaunsee sign project
$13,946 -
Esu Foundation IncEmporia, KS
Baseball scholarships
$13,000 -
Emporia Community FoundationEmporia, KS
Turnbull facade grant program
$10,000 -
Eskridge Park FoundationEskridge, KS
Park improvement fund
$8,000 -
Esu Foundation IncEmporia, KS
Baseball salary enhancement
$8,000 -
Individual
Spartan stop - secret santa
$6,500 -
Cemetery District 5Eskridge, KS
Cemetery improvements
$6,000 -
St Patricks CommitteeKansas City, MO
Pipes & drums
$2,700 -
Esu Foundation IncEmporia, KS
Creating champions
$1,863
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,000100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Esb FinancialTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $22,429
The return
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