Open Foundations · Kansas

Berry Foundation Inc

Wichita, Kansas · EIN 203942107. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.8M across 74 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

All Kansas foundations · All states

$1.8M
paid in 2025
74
grants paid
$5K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$2.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
OFFICERS OF THE FOUNDATION
Address
2402 E 37TH ST N, WICHITA, KS, 67219
Phone
3168320171
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE BERRY FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO EXPEND FUNDS TO RECOGNIZED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE FOUNDATION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611269349101901. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 74 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Sedgwick County ZooKS$250,000ANNUAL GIFT
2Music Theatre WichitaKS$230,000ANNUAL GIFT
3Quivira Council BsaKS$126,000ANNUAL GIFT
4Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick CountyKS$125,000ANNUAL GIFT
5HeartspringKS$125,000ANNUAL GIFT
6Hunter HealthKS$125,000ANNUAL GIFT
7The Orpheum TheatreKS$125,000ANNUAL GIFT
8Eastminster Presbyterian ChurchKS$80,000ANNUAL GIFT
9United Way of the PlainsKS$55,000ANNUAL GIFT
10HumankindVA$50,000ANNUAL GIFT
11Friends UniversityKS$40,000ANNUAL GIFT
12Aed FoundationIL$37,000ANNUAL GIFT
13Texas EquusearchTX$35,000ANNUAL GIFT
14Empower EvergreenKS$25,000ANNUAL GIFT
15Pittsburg State University FoundationKS$25,000ANNUAL GIFT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20191$527K
2020102$598K
2021102$644K
202282$387K
202399$741K
202467$1.4M
2025 (partial year)74$1.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Kansas66%
Missouri8%
Texas5%
Virginia4%
Illinois3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Daniel J ScheerDIRECTOR · 2022
Fred F Berry JrPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · 2022
Walter T BerrySECRETARY/TREASURER/DIRECTOR · 2022

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

Get matched against every grant these foundations actually paid

One foundation is a start. Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and hands back every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees attached.

See Grant Matching