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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$835k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
212
Grants FY2024
197
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
176 to 224
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$13M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving210$835k37%
FY2023197$762k48%
FY2022176$659k48%
FY2021224$705k46%
FY2020222$683kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.3MHealth$1.1MPhilanthropy$395kArts & Culture$200kPublic Safety & Disaster$140kHuman Services$126kYouth Development$117kFood & Nutrition$62kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 137 grantees
All grantees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Kaw Valley Inc$250,00051%
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation$210,000523%
Girl Scouts of Ne Kansas and Nw Missouri Inc$90,00030%
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc$80,00022%
Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation$80,000216%
United Way of the Plains Inc$75,00050%
Kansas Fairgrounds Foundation$60,50042%
Central Plains Health Care Partnership Inc$60,00032%
Exploration Place Inc$50,00011%
Valeo Behavioral Health Care Inc$43,00040%
Humanities Kansas Inc$35,00013%
Benedictine College$25,00050%
Salina Area United Way Inc$25,00051%
Baker University$25,00050%
United Way of Reno County$25,00050%
Bethel College$25,00050%
Kansas Wesleyan University$25,00050%
Kansas Casa Association Inc$20,771114%
Kansas Childrens Service League$20,00010%
Big Lakes Developmental Center Inc$20,00030%
Caney Valley Agape Network Inc$19,00046%
Community Behavioral Health Inc$14,7701n/a
Children First Ceo Kansas Inc$14,57031%
Independence Community College Foundation$14,01451%
Health Ministries Clinic Inc$12,00050%
Prairie View Inc$12,00050%
Fort Hays State University Foundation$10,00020%
Guidance Center Inc$10,00050%
University of Saint Mary Inc$10,00020%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311)$10,00020%
The Race Against Breast Cancer Inc$10,00017%
Four County Mental Health Center Inc$10,00050%
South Central Mental Health Center Inc$10,00050%
Guadalupe Clinic Inc$10,00050%
The Center for Counseling & Consultation$10,00050%
Ktwu$10,0005n/a
Konza Prairie Community Health Center Inc$10,00050%
Elizabeth Layton Center Inc$10,00050%
Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas$10,00050%
Washburn University Foundation$10,00020%
Atchison Community Health Clinic Inc$10,00050%
Salina Health Education Foundation$10,00050%
Hesston College$10,00020%
Horizons Mental Health Center Inc$10,00050%
Central Kansas Mental Health Center$10,00050%
Garden City Community College Endowment Association$10,00050%
Compass Behavioral Health$10,00050%
Prairiestar Health Center Inc$10,00050%
Pawnee Mental Health Services Inc$10,00050%
Envision Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Newman University Inc$10,00020%
Greeley County Health Services Inc$10,00050%
Southwest Guidance Center Inc$8,00040%
Butler Community College Foundation$8,00040%
Labette Community College Foundation and Alumni Association$8,00041%
First Care Clinic Inc$8,00040%
Flint Hills Community Clinic Inc$8,00042%
Agape Health Clinic$8,0004n/a
Community Health Center in Cowley County Inc$8,00040%
Highland Community College Foundation$8,00040%
Extension Education Foundation Inc$7,00021%
The Treehouse Inc$6,00021%
Healthcore Clinic Inc$6,00030%
Hunter Health Clinic$6,00030%
Carearc Inc$6,00030%
Iroquois Center for Human Development Inc$6,00030%
High Plains Mental Health Center$6,00030%
Heart of Kansas Family Health Care Inc$6,00030%
Holy Family Medical Inc$6,00030%
Allen County Community College Endowment Association$6,00030%
Lawrence Community Food Alliance Inc$6,00023%
Spring River Mental Health & Wellness Inc$5,00010%
Girls on the Run of Sedgwick County$5,00013%
American Diabetes Association$5,00010%
Sunflower State Dance Alliance$5,0001n/a
AbilityPoint Inc$5,00010%
American Baptist Estates Inc$5,00010%
Jewell County Strong Inc$5,00011%
Girls on the Run of the Flint Hills$5,00012%
Numana Inc$5,00011%
Heartland Rural Counseling Service$5,00013%
Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc$5,00010%
Claires Community Inc$5,00013%
Flinthills Breadbasket Inc$5,00010%
The Arc of Central Plains Inc$5,00011%
United Methodist Open Door$5,00010%
Partnership for All Cherokee County Children Inc$5,0001n/a
Ict Sos$5,00011%
Van Go Inc$5,00010%
Lawrence Habitat for Humanity$5,00011%
East Topeka Council on Aging Inc$5,00013%
Bread of Life Inc$5,0001n/a
Starfish Project Foundation$5,00014%
Valley Hope Association$5,00010%
Breakthrough House Inc$5,00010%
Special Olympics Kansas Inc$5,00010%
Melven O Kuder Senior Center Association$5,00017%
Cairn Health Inc$4,99911%
Episcopal Social Services Inc Dba Breakthrough$4,94010%
Coffeyville Neighborhood Initiative Inc$4,86018%
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center$4,06010%
Cimarron Golf Club Inc$4,00011%
Manhattan Area Technical College Foundation$4,0002n/a
WSU Tech Foundation$4,00020%
Fort Scott Community College Foundation$4,00020%
Salina Area Technical College Foundation$4,00020%
Rainbows United Inc$3,85010%
Wheels of Hope Inc$3,5001n/a
Topeka Lulac Multi-Purpose Senior Center Inc$3,50012%
Wichita Women's Initiative Network Inc$3,30211%
Tfi Family Services Inc$3,21010%
First Call for Help of Ellis County Inc$3,00020%
Real Men Real Leaders Inc$2,64012%
Banner Creek Science Center Inc$2,6201n/a
Konza United Way Inc$2,50011%
United Way of Ellis County Inc$2,50011%
Finney County United Way Inc$2,50011%
United Way of Dodge City Inc$2,50011%
Paxtons Blessing Box Inc$2,5001n/a
Project Laundry$2,5001n/a
Independent School Inc$2,00010%
Cloud County Community College Foundation$2,00010%
Allen County Community College$2,0001n/a
Community Care Ministries Inc$2,00010%
Seward County Community College Foundation$2,00010%
Coffeyville Community College$2,0001n/a
Topeka Doula Project Inc$2,0001n/a
Rise Up Reno Prevention Network$2,00010%
United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican- American Ministries Inc$2,00010%
Friends of the Wamego Public Library Inc$1,89010%
Scott City Christian School$1,8501n/a
St Joseph Catholic School$1,4881n/a
Journey to Recover Inc of Butler County$1,20012%
Hayden High School$1,0001n/a
Cornerstone Classical School Inc$1,00010%
Finney County Committee on Aging Inc$67210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 446 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Kaw Valley Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetKansas Dental Charitable Foundation: $210,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetGirl Scouts of Ne Kansas and Nw Missouri Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKansas Children's Discovery Center Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFlint Hills Discovery Center Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetUnited Way of the Plains Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKansas Fairgrounds Foundation: $60,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCentral Plains Health Care Partnership Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetExploration Place Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetValeo Behavioral Health Care Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumanities Kansas Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBenedictine College: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSalina Area United Way Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBaker University: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Reno County: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBethel College: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Wesleyan University: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Casa Association Inc: $20,771 over 1y, 14% of budgetKansas Childrens Service League: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Lakes Developmental Center Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCaney Valley Agape Network Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetChildren First Ceo Kansas Inc: $14,570 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIndependence Community College Foundation: $14,014 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHealth Ministries Clinic Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrairie View Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFort Hays State University Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuidance Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Saint Mary Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311): $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Race Against Breast Cancer Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetFour County Mental Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Central Mental Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Counseling & Consultation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKonza Prairie Community Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Layton Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Center of East Central Kansas: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWashburn University Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtchison Community Health Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSalina Health Education Foundation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHesston College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHorizons Mental Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Kansas Mental Health Center: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGarden City Community College Endowment Association: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCompass Behavioral Health: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrairiestar Health Center Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPawnee Mental Health Services Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvision Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 120.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kansas Health FoundationKS108.6× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kansas Health Foundation · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · Wichita Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Topeka Community Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Belin Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc

How much does Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc give?
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc reported 212 grants totaling $834,542 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 176 and 224 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (31%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: United Way of Kaw Valley Inc ($250k), Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation ($210k), Girl Scouts of Ne Kansas and Nw Missouri Inc ($90k).
Does Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kansas Health Foundation, Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans, Wichita Foundation.
Where is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc based?
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc is based in KS.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 584 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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