The Schowalter Foundation is a Kansas-based Mennonite philanthropic foundation formed in 1954 from the estate of Jacob A. Schowalter of Newton, Kansas.
Initially funded with an estate of $1,157,000,Kaufman 411. the foundation's assets reached $10,298,000 in 2003 ranking among the top thirty Kansas foundations.Top 50 Kansas Foundations by Assets 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.Top 50 Kansas Foundations by Total Giving
The foundation was originally overseen by two representatives from each of the large Kansas Mennonite denominations: General Conference Mennonite Church, (Old) Mennonite Church and Church of God in Christ, Mennonite.Krahn p. 480.
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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.