The Schowalter Foundation is a Kansas-based
Mennonite
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...
philanthropic
foundation formed in 1954 from the estate of
Jacob A. Schowalter of
Newton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. The city of North ...
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Initially funded with an estate of $1,157,000, the foundation's assets reached $10,298,000 in 2003 ranking among the top thirty Kansas foundations. Income from the foundation's assets are used for relief work, training of missionaries and ministers and promotion of peace.
Grants totaled $425,950 in 2003.
The foundation was originally overseen by two representatives from each of the large Kansas Mennonite denominations:
General Conference Mennonite Church
The General Conference Mennonite Church (GCMC) was a mainline association of Mennonite congregations based in North America from 1860 to 2002. The conference was formed in 1860 when congregations in Iowa invited North American Mennonites to join ...
, (Old) Mennonite Church and
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, also called Holdeman Mennonite, is a Christian Church of Anabaptist heritage. A man named John Holdeman (1832–1900), who was a baptized Mennonite, was instrumental in establishing the church in 1859. ...
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Notes
References
*Kaufman, Edmund G. (1973), ''General Conference Mennonite Pioneers'', Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas.
*Krahn, Cornelius, Gingerich, Melvin & Harms, Orlando (Eds.) (1955). ''The Mennonite Encyclopedia'', Volume IV. Mennoniite Publishing House.
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Foundations based in the United States
Mennonitism in Kansas