Koch Cultural Trust
The Koch Cultural Trust (originally the Kansas Cultural Trust) was created by Elizabeth Koch, wife of Charles Koch. It is a nonprofit that awards scholarships to students interested in careers in the performing or visual arts.
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Background
Koch Cultural Trust grantees are supposed to “have a connection with Kansas” and are chosen by “a committee of Wichita arts leaders.” 1 In 2019, the trust awarded 32 grants of between $1,000 and $5,000. 2
The Koch Cultural Trust is funded by a grant from the Koch Family Foundation. 2
Recipients
Grantees include Anna Kimmel, who in 2014 was valedictorian of her class at Hutchinson High School and had already spent summers in three states taking dance classes. She planned to go to Princeton and major in economics and minor in dance. 3
Ernest Vincent Wood III, after winning a Koch Cultural Trust grant, subsequently had a painting that won second place in the Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition. 4
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
Expenses Detail
Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $2,532,765
- Number of Grants: 18
- Number of Funders: 2
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | 2024 | Koch Family Foundation | General Operating Support |
| $120,000 | 2023 | Koch Family Foundation | General Operations Support |
| $120,000 | 2022 | Koch Family Foundation | 2022 General Support |
| $120,000 | 2020 | Koch Family Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| $110,000 | 2021 | Koch Family Foundation | 2021 General Support |
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $197,287
- Number of Grants: 66
- Number of Recipients: 16
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 2022 | Carpenter Place Inc | DANCE STUDY |
| $1,250 | 2023 | Judith and Jean Adams Charitable Foundation | Art Study |