Riverside Health Foundation concentrates its giving on local health-related services in the Wichita area, primarily funding institutional health infrastructure and senior behavioral-health supports. The foundation makes a small number of fairly large grants, frequently renewing support to the same organizations, indicating a preference for sustained partnerships rather than broad, one-time giving.
Highly concentrated: four grants totaling $686,000, dominated by two repeat recipients. Large, multi-grant commitments to a small set of local health and senior-service organizations rather than many small or geographically dispersed gifts.
Riverside Health Foundation’s largest recent commitments go to Kansas Health Science Center, including $376,000 in 2023 and $210,000 in 2025, signaling a sustained relationship around general health and welfare. The foundation’s grantmaking is tightly local and centered in Wichita, with every recent grant in Kansas. Its portfolio points to health infrastructure, services for older adults, and operating support for community nonprofits rather than broad thematic diversification. A second recurring relationship is with Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, which received $50,000 in both 2023 and 2025 for services for seniors. Guadalupe Clinic Inc also appears twice, with $30,000 grants in 2023 and 2025 for general health and welfare. Those repeated awards, alongside smaller gifts to organizations such as United Methodist Open Door, Cairn Health Inc, and A Better Choice Inc., show a pattern of renewing support for established Wichita-area providers. The foundation’s recent record suggests a preference for larger, fewer grants that reinforce local service capacity, especially for health-related work and older-adult support.
In health-related institutional support, Riverside Health Foundation gave $210,000 in 2025 to Kansas Health Science Center for general health and welfare, following a $376,000 grant in 2023 for the same broad purpose. That pattern indicates continuing support for a regional health institution. Older-adult services are another visible thread. The foundation awarded $50,000 in 2025 to Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas for services for seniors, matching a $50,000 grant in 2023 for the same purpose. Community health and welfare operating support also appears in smaller awards. Guadalupe Clinic Inc received $30,000 in 2025 for general health and welfare, and United Methodist Open Door received $10,000 in 2025 under the same category. Cairn Health Inc and A Better Choice Inc each received $10,000 in 2025 as well.
Riverside Health Foundation gives in relatively large increments: the grant-size distribution is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record shows a small number of awards rather than a wide spread of recipients, with repeated grants to the same organizations across 2023 and 2025. That repeat pattern points to ongoing support relationships. The foundation is not structured around individual giving or program-related investments, and the grant list suggests direct institutional support for local nonprofits.
$170K
$1.5M
$67K
$210K
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Notable grantees: Kansas Health Science Center, Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, Other local health and senior-service nonprofits (representative of the foundation's focus)
All recent grants in the provided record went to recipients in Kansas, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. Wichita dominates the map of giving: Kansas Health Science Center, Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, Guadalupe Clinic Inc, United Methodist Open Door, Cairn Health Inc, and A Better Choice Inc are all in Wichita. The foundation’s giving is therefore concentrated in one city and one state, with no non-U.S. recipients in the recent grants list.
The recent grants point to health-related institutions and service providers in Wichita, including a regional health science center, a mental health nonprofit serving seniors, a clinic, and other community health and welfare organizations. The stated focus areas also include senior behavioral-health supports and general health and welfare operating support.
The recent grant record is entirely local: 100% of the listed grants went to recipients in Kansas, and all nine recent grants were to U.S. organizations. The grants are concentrated in Wichita.
The typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards include both smaller $10,000 grants and larger multi-year-style commitments in the $30,000 to $50,000 range.
Yes. The recent grants show repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023 and 2025, including Kansas Health Science Center, Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas, and Guadalupe Clinic Inc. That pattern suggests ongoing partnerships rather than one-time gifts.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | WICHITA, KS | $170,000 | 2026 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | WICHITA, KS | $210,000 | 2025 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS | WICHITA, KS | $50,000 | 2025 | SERVICES FOR SENIORS |
| GUADALUPE CLINIC INC | WICHITA, KS | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| CAIRN HEALTH INC | WICHITA, KS | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| UNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR | WICHITA, KS | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| A BETTER CHOICE INC | WICHITA, KS | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE |
| KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | WICHITA, KS | $376,000 | 2023 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | WICHITA, KS | $250,000 | 2023 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS | WICHITA, KS | $75,000 | 2023 | SERVICES FOR SENIORS |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS | WICHITA, KS | $50,000 | 2023 | SERVICES FOR SENIORS |
| GUADALUPE CLINIC INC | WICHITA, KS | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| GUADALUPE CLINIC INC | WICHITA, KS | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE |
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
$170,000GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
$210,000GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
$50,000SERVICES FOR SENIORS
GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE
A BETTER CHOICE INC
$10,000GENERAL HEALTH & WELFARE
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
$376,000GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
$250,000GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
$75,000SERVICES FOR SENIORS
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
$50,000SERVICES FOR SENIORS
GUADALUPE CLINIC INC
$20,000GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE