GROW Decatur County Foundation

GROW Decatur County Foundation was founded in 2016 to enhance the opportunities within Decatur County. GROW is an affiliate of Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation*. Since their funding, GROW has put a million dollars into Decatur County through various projects and programs to ensure a future for the coming generations.

How to Give

Match Month

Grants

There are multiple ways to give to GROW. If you are interested visit the "Donate" tab or for more information email [email protected]. Donations may be mailed to:
GROW Decatur County Foundation
PO Box 153
​Oberlin, KS  67749

Join us for our 10th annual GROW Decatur Match Month during December 2025. The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will again be offering a dollar for dollar match up to $50,000 to be added to the GROW Endowment Fund, $45,000 to the GROW Operating Endowment and $5,000 to the GROW Operating Fund. Along with that the Patterson Family Foundation will be matching all funds that are raised up to $100,000. This gives the GROW Decatur County Foundation the opportunity to raise a grand total of $300,000 when $100,000 in donations is raised.​

GROW grants are available to nonprofit organizations exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and Educational, Governmental, and Religious Institutions. Grants are not made to individuals or businesses.
​*GROW Decatur County Foundation, an affiliate of Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation, is an organization exempt from Federal income tax under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a public charity, and a nonprofit corporation organized in the State of Kansas.

Foundations like ours will be the difference makers for communities that survive and those that don't.

Decatur County Communities

GROW serves all communities located within Decatur County including Oberlin, Norcatur, Jennings, and Dresden.