The Grace Townsend Foundation concentrates its giving on local human-service and faith‑based social service organizations in the Wichita area, providing mostly unrestricted/general operating support. A large share of funding goes to a small set of repeat grantees—particularly neighborhood outreach and Presbyterian children/family services—indicating a preference for sustaining established community service providers rather than broad exploratory funding.
Concentrated, repeat support: relatively few grants with large amounts directed to the same organizations (multiple grants to The Neighboring Movement and PCHAS), favoring general funds over project‑restricted awards.
Grace Townsend Foundation Inc. centers its recent giving on a small circle of human-service organizations, with repeated general-funds support going to The Neighboring Movement and Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services. The pattern points to a funder that backs established community providers rather than one-off projects. Its recent grants are written as general funds, and the largest reported awards in the file are $30,000 grants, including one to The Neighboring Movement in Wichita and one to Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services in Austin. The foundation’s giving profile is especially visible in Wichita-area neighborhood outreach and in faith-based child welfare and residential or foster-care services. The Neighboring Movement appears multiple times in the recent grants list, with support in 2023, 2024, and 2025, which suggests continuity in its relationship with that organization. Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services also appears in the record, showing that the foundation extends support to service providers beyond its Wichita base while keeping the same general-funds approach. The overall picture is of a regional grantmaker that favors core support for organizations working in direct service and community-building roles.
Neighborhood outreach is a clear theme in the foundation’s giving. In 2024 and 2025, it gave $30,000 to The Neighboring Movement in Wichita for general funds, and it also made a $22,500 general-funds grant to the same organization in 2023. That repeated support shows an ongoing relationship with a community-building group. Faith-based child welfare is another visible area. The foundation awarded $30,000 to Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services in Austin for general funds in 2025, and a $15,000 general-funds grant went to Pchas in Austin in 2024. Across these examples, the grants are framed as unrestricted support rather than project-specific awards, which is consistent with the foundation’s broader pattern of backing operating capacity for service organizations.
Typical grants cluster tightly around a core amount: the p25 is $22,500, the median is $30,000, and the p75 is also $30,000. That distribution shows a strong concentration at the upper end of the observed range. The recent grants list also suggests repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially The Neighboring Movement, which appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a private foundation; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Grants in the record are described as general funds, indicating flexible operating support rather than restricted project funding.
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$63K
Most grants fall between $23K and $30K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$30K
About 60% of grants go to recipients in TX.
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Notable grantees: The Neighboring Movement, Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services (PCHAS), PCHAS (duplicate entry/related grant)
Grant recipients are located entirely in the United States in the provided record. Wichita, Kansas, appears repeatedly through support to The Neighboring Movement, while Austin, Texas, also receives multiple grants through Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services and Pchas. Kansas is the HQ state, and 60% of grants go to recipients there. The top state by grant count is Texas, which reflects the Austin-based recipients in the recent grants list rather than the foundation’s headquarters.
The recent grants show support for neighborhood outreach and community-building work, along with faith-based child welfare and residential or foster care services. The foundation’s grants are written as general funds, which points to flexible support for established service organizations rather than project-only funding.
Yes. The Neighboring Movement appears in the recent grants list in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with grants of $22,500 and $30,000. Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services also appears more than once through entries in Austin.
The grant-size distribution is tightly grouped around $30,000. The p25 is $22,500, the median is $30,000, and the p75 is also $30,000, so most observed grants fall near that level.
Texas is the top state by grant count in the data, while 60% of grants go to recipients in Kansas. Recent recipient cities include Wichita, Kansas, and Austin, Texas.
The grants in the recent file are described as general funds, and the foundation’s profile flags unrestricted or general operating support. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES AND SERVICES | AUSTIN, TX | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDS |
| THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT | WICHITA, KS | $30,000 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDS |
| THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT | WICHITA, KS | $30,000 | 2024 | GENERAL FUNDS |
| PCHAS | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2024 | GENERAL FUNDS |
| THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT | WICHITA, KS | $22,500 | 2023 | GENERAL FUNDS |
PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN'S HOMES AND SERVICES
$30,000GENERAL FUNDS
THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT
$30,000GENERAL FUNDS
THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT
$30,000GENERAL FUNDS
PCHAS
$15,000GENERAL FUNDS
THE NEIGHBORING MOVEMENT
$22,500GENERAL FUNDS