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Humanities Kansas Inc

Humanities kansas connects kansans with stories, ideas, and each other to strengthen our communities.

$295k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MEducation$203kPublic Benefit$35kScience & Tech$27kFood & Nutrition$20kRecreation & Sports$19kCivil Rights$15kEnvironment$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $98,594, the rows itemized in this filing. The $294,958 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $196,364 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$13,420
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KANSAS BOOK FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$20,000
FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION$15,000
FORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY$15,000
BLACK HISTORY TRAIL OF GEARY COUNTY$13,420
DO GOOD PRODUCTIONS$13,400
SALINA ART CENTER INC$11,774
MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE SEED HOUSE: $9k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Humanities Kansas Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in KS; by stated purpose, 94%.

Humanities Kansas Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 41 repeat orgs$709k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
76

Total granted

$1.0M
$678k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+1%

Still filing today

71%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsScience & TechHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DG
    DO GOOD PRODUCTIONS INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue +812% · 26% of their budget
  • UO
    University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    4× · 2018–2022 · $44k · revenue +40%
  • FL
    FORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $43k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SP
    SALINA PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE FREE STATE CAPITOL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue -84%
  • BA
    BLACK AMERICAN BLUEPRINT COLLECTIVE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $14k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Cowley County Historical Society

The museum collects and preserves memorabilia of cowley county, kansas. the museum is open to the public during scheduled hours, and is staffed by a combination of volunteers and staff.

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2
Wasco Co Historical Museum
Arts & Culture
3
Platte County Historical Society

The mission of the Platte County Historical society is to discover memorialize and share the history of Platte County.

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4
Dawson County Historical Society

Operation of Historical Museum for the collection, preparation and display of artifacts from Dawson County Nebraska and disseminate and educate the public about Dawson County and it's historical treasures.

Arts & Culture
5
Morton County Historical Society Inc

Preservation of historical records and artifacts of morton county, kansas

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6
Mitchell County Historical Society Inc

Operate the mitchell county museum to preserve the historical and cultural artifacts of mitchell county

Arts & Culture
7
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
8
Kittson County Historical Society

Dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge which will esstablish and illustrate the history of kittson county.

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9
Osage County Historical Society & Museum

Operate museum

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10
Haskell County Historical Society Haskell County Historical Society

To restore and preserve historical structures and memorabilia

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11
Richardson County Historical Society Inc

Museum depicting history of richardson county, nebraska

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12
Holt county historical society

Holt co history

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thomas County Historical Society in; the most unlike its peers is Flint Hills Counterpoint Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 120 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/75
Grantees still filing
44/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $43,403 · OtherDouglas County Historical Society: $41,296 · OtherKTWU: $34,000 · OtherSALINA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $29,991 · Other+64 more: $733,702 · Other+64 moreKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $40,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATION…THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $32,400 · Arts & CultureTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUS…RENO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $26,298 · Arts & CultureRENO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY …LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFREEDOMS FRONTIER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC: $22,400 · Arts & CultureFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,473 · Arts & Culture+30 more: $314,749 · Arts & Culture+30 moreWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $62,327 · EducationWICHITA STATE U…DO GOOD PRODUCTIONS INC: $47,600 · EducationDO GOOD PRODUCT…STORYTIME VILLAGE INC: $36,416 · EducationSTORYTIME VILLA…BETHEL COLLEGE: $24,988 · EducationBETHEL COLLEGEMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $24,050 · EducationMIDAMERICA NAZA…The Kansas University Endowment Association: $19,950 · EducationThe Kansas Univ…WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,987 · Education+2 more: $10,000 · EducationTOPEKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $38,422 · PhilanthropyLawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation: $26,860 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $43,615 · Science & TechMIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $11,800 · Civil RightsJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS BUREAU INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsCOMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION OF SALINA INC dba Salina Media Connection: $10,146 · Community Improvement
Other$882,392Arts & Culture$481,320Education$245,318Philanthropy$65,282Science & Tech$43,615Civil Rights$21,800Community Improvement$10,146

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $62,327 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDO GOOD PRODUCTIONS INC: $47,600 over 5y, 26% of budgetUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $43,615 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $43,403 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetDouglas County Historical Society: $41,296 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTOPEKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $38,422 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSTORYTIME VILLAGE INC: $36,416 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $32,400 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMid-America All-Indian Center Inc: $28,065 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE FINNEY COUNTY KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $26,908 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetLawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation: $26,860 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetRENO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $26,298 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBETHEL COLLEGE: $24,988 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $24,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOMS FRONTIER NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA INC: $22,400 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $20,637 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,473 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $19,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATCHISON AMELIA EARHART FOUNDATION: $15,875 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE MUSEUM INC: $15,400 over 2y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FREE STATE CAPITOL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Pioneer Bluffs Foundation Inc: $14,988 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetLYON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $14,526 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTALLGRASS FILM ASSOCIATION: $13,750 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTHE MARTIN AND OSA JOHNSON SAFARI MUSEUM INC: $13,680 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $13,175 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFranklin County Historical Society: $13,014 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF WORLD TREASURES INC: $12,400 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEXPLORATION PLACE INC: $12,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKANZA Society Inc: $12,400 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOSMOSPHERE INC: $12,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH TOPEKA ARTS DISTRICT INC: $12,235 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGORDON PARKS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $12,150 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetKANSAS AVIATION MUSEUM INC: $11,890 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMIDWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: $11,800 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSALINA ART CENTER INC: $11,774 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11,560 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetOZ MUSEUM - COLUMBIAN THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $11,400 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEDICINE LODGE INDIAN PEACE TREATY: $11,150 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWYANDOTTE NATION OF KANSAS: $10,850 over 1y, 14% of budgetWASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS BUREAU INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetARTSCONNECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKansas State Historical Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Sunderland Founda…Greater Salina Commun…Greater Kansas City C…Dane G Hansen Foundat…Lattner Family Founda…Topeka Community Foun…Wichita FoundationGreater Manhattan Com…Kansas Health Foundat…Emporia Community Fou…Textron Charitable Tr…Beach-Edwards Family …
The Sunderland FoundationKS24.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sunderland Foundation · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Dane G Hansen Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Topeka Community Foundation · Wichita Foundation · Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Emporia Community Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Beach-Edwards Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Humanities Kansas Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Humanities Kansas Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 120 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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