Kansas · Public charity
Kansas Independent College Association
KICA seeks to strengthen Kansas's non-profit colleges and universities through collaborative programming and statewide advocacy. The Association develops, promotes, and directs unified approaches to selected corporations, foundations, and individuals for financial support of member institutions.
- $109k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $69k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $8,412
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,351
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Kansas Independent College Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $98k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $43k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $77k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman University Inc | $50,013 | 8 | 0% |
| Benedictine College | $42,262 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends University | $37,185 | 6 | 0% |
| Midamerica Nazarene University | $35,788 | 6 | 0% |
| McPherson College | $34,068 | 7 | 0% |
| Tabor College | $32,012 | 6 | 0% |
| Ottawa University | $31,023 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Saint Mary Inc | $30,292 | 6 | 0% |
| Baker University | $29,097 | 6 | 0% |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | $24,063 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman University Inc | $50,013 | 8 | 0% |
| Benedictine College | $42,262 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends University | $37,185 | 6 | 0% |
| Midamerica Nazarene University | $35,788 | 6 | 0% |
| McPherson College | $34,068 | 7 | 0% |
| Tabor College | $32,012 | 6 | 0% |
| Ottawa University | $31,023 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Saint Mary Inc | $30,292 | 6 | 0% |
| Baker University | $29,097 | 6 | 0% |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | $24,063 | 6 | 0% |
| The Southwestern College | $19,134 | 5 | 0% |
| Manhattan Christian College Inc | $13,752 | 4 | 0% |
| Sterling College | $13,056 | 4 | 0% |
| Bethel College | $12,611 | 4 | 0% |
| Bethany College | $11,916 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | $11,317 | 4 | 0% |
| Donnelly College | $10,656 | 4 | 0% |
| Hesston College | $9,855 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland University - Kansas City | $9,049 | 4 | 0% |
| Barclay College | $3,113 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Independent College Association | $2,950 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kansas Independent College Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Jellison Benevolent Society Inc · The Pete Henry Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust · McFadden Charitable Trust · The Sunderland Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lending Help For Students Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Greater Horizons
How this is measured
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About Kansas Independent College Association
- How much does Kansas Independent College Association give?
- Kansas Independent College Association reported 8 itemized grants totaling $69,101, out of $109,488 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does Kansas Independent College Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (98%), Health (2%).
- Who are Kansas Independent College Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Newman University Inc ($50k), Benedictine College ($42k), Friends University ($37k).
- Does Kansas Independent College Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kansas Independent College Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc, Jellison Benevolent Society Inc, The Pete Henry Foundation.
- Where is Kansas Independent College Association based?
- Kansas Independent College Association is based in KS.
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