Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 86-3210986Community development

Who funds Grow Hays?

3 private foundations gave Grow Hays in Hays, KS $1.7 million across 14 grants, in tax years 2021 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2021 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

14 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2024

    General operations

    $250,000
  2. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2024

    General operations

    $25,000
  3. Commerce Bancshares FoundationKansas City, MO 2024

    Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization

    $2,500
  4. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2023

    General operations

    $250,000
  5. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2023

    General operations

    $250,000
  6. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2023

    General operations

    $50,000
  7. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2023

    General operations

    $25,000
  8. Commerce Bancshares FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization

    $2,500
  9. The Patterson Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Economic opportunity / capital grant

    $500,000
  10. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2022

    General operations

    $250,000
  11. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2022

    General operations

    $42,000
  12. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2022

    General operations

    $25,000
  13. Commerce Bancshares FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization.

    $2,500
  14. Robert E and Patricia Schmidt FoundationHays, KS 2021

    Imagine ellis co. Project

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Kansas and are not among Grow Hays’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 194 grants Preselected only $13,665 to similar organizations
  2. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 73 grants Accepts applications $12,318,542 to similar organizations
  3. Dane G Hansen FoundationLogan, KS 12 grants Accepts applications $950,072 to similar organizations
  4. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 27 grants Accepts applications $175,250 to similar organizations
  5. Patterson Family FoundationKansas City, MO 10 grants Preselected only $1,321,070 to similar organizations
  6. The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS 9 grants Accepts applications $855,078 to similar organizations
  7. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 7 grants Accepts applications $84,000 to similar organizations
  8. Beach Family Foundation IncScottsdale, AZ 8 grants Accepts applications $93,568 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 86-3210986 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.