Fund 316 and the Fund for Wichita work together to strengthen our community. One invests in the Wichita Foundation's ability to lead today, and the other builds a permanent resource for Wichita's future.
WF stewards two mission-driven community funds that power meaningful impact across our city. Together, these funds help Wichita adapt to emerging needs, advance bold ideas and create opportunities for a vibrant, sustainable future.
Fund 316 powers WF's ability to lead, convene, innovate and respond to urgent needs right now.
The Fund for Wichita is a long-term, sustainable resource that strengthens our city's future.
Strengthening Wichita Today
Fund 316 powers the Wichita Foundation’s ability to lead conversations, convene partners, and move important initiatives forward. It gives us the flexibility and tools needed to respond quickly, pilot new ideas, and make meaningful progress across Wichita.
Investing in Wichita's Future
The Fund for Wichita is the Foundation’s permanent endowment — a future-focused resource that ensures Wichita can adapt, innovate, and pursue transformational opportunities. As the fund grows, so does Wichita’s capacity to elevate bold ideas and support projects that benefit our community for generations.
Fund 316 supports the Wichita Foundation’s (WF) ability to lead, convene, and invest in community leadership initiatives that spark meaningful change in Wichita today. It fuels strategic projects and priority programs, such as Press Forward Wichita and Nonprofit Elevation, while also strengthening the internal infrastructure needed to respond to emerging opportunities and advance social sector innovation.
Fund 316 gives WF the capacity, tools, and flexibility to strengthen Wichita right now.
The Fund for Wichita supports initiatives that create lasting, citywide impact. As a permanent endowment, it provides flexible resources that can be directed toward opportunities and challenges as they emerge. Support may include catalytic projects, innovative ideas, community leadership efforts, and long-term investments that help Wichita grow stronger, more resilient, and more vibrant over time.
This fund ensures that Wichita has the capacity to move bold ideas forward for generations to come.
In short, Fund 316 invests in the Wichita Foundation’s ability to serve the community today, while the Fund for Wichita invests in the future of our community.
Not at this time. Fund 316 and Fund for Wichita are not competitive grant programs and do not have an application or award process.
Gifts to Fund 316 strengthen the Wichita Foundation’s ability to act on the issues and opportunities facing our community right now. Your support helps advance leadership, convene partners, test new ideas, and keep important initiatives moving forward.
You can make a gift online or contact our Director of Philanthropic Growth at jessica@wichitafoundation.org to explore giving options and learn more.
Gifts to the Fund for Wichita help build a permanent resource that strengthens Wichita for generations. Your support fuels long-term investments, creates stability for future opportunities, and ensures bold ideas can move forward as needs change.
You can give online or contact our Director of Philanthropic Growth at jessica@wichitafoundation.org to learn more.
Join us in supporting our community’s emerging needs.
