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Kansas Independent College Association

KICA seeks to strengthen Kansas's non-profit colleges and universities through collaborative programming and statewide advocacy.

$109k
Granted FY2026still arriving
8
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$385kHealth$9k
02FY2026 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $69,101, the rows itemized in this filing. The $109,488 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,387 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.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k6 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
$8,412
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends University$15,351
MidAmerica Nazarene University$13,511
McPherson College$9,035
Newman University$8,412
Benedictine College$6,549
University of Saint Mary$5,712
Kansas Wesleyan University$5,337
Ottawa University$5,194
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Bethel College: $5k → 9%University of Saint Mary: $7k → 10%Ottawa University: $8k → 10%Tabor College: $12k → 10%McPherson College: $9k → 10%Sterling College: $5k → 11%Kansas Wesleyan University: $6k → 13%Central Christian College of Kansas: $4k → 14%Benedictine College: $8k → 15%Baker University: $6k → 15%Friends University: $15k → 16%Southwestern College: $6k → 16%Manhattan Christian College: $7k → 20%University of Saint Mary: $6k → 10%Ottawa University: $8k → 10%Tabor College: $5k → 10%McPherson College: $6k → 10%Kansas Wesleyan University: $5k → 13%Benedictine College: $7k → 15%Baker University: $5k → 15%Newman University: $11k → 16%Southwestern College: $5k → 16%University of Saint Mary: $5k → 10%Ottawa University: $5k → 10%Tabor College: $5k → 10%McPherson College: $6k → 10%Benedictine College: $7k → 15%Baker University: $5k → 15%Newman University: $9k → 16%University of Saint Mary: $5k → 10%McPherson College: $4k → 10%Benedictine College: $6k → 15%Baker University: $5k → 15%Newman University: $8k → 16%MidAmerica Nazarene University: $14k → 5%Benedictine College: $5k → 15%Baker University: $4k → 15%Friends University: $7k → 16%MidAmerica Nazarene University: $7k → 5%Benedictine College: $5k → 15%Newman University: $6k → 16%MidAmerica Nazarene University: $5k → 5%Benedictine College: $4k → 15%Newman University: $5k → 16%MidAmerica Nazarene University: $5k → 5%Newman University: $5k → 16%Friends University: $5k → 16%Newman University: $4k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 19 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
2

Total granted

$457k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+6%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’24’25’26
EducationHealthOther
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

  • NU
    NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • BC
    Benedictine College
    7× · 2017–2026 · $42k · revenue +90%
  • FU
    Friends University
    6× · 2017–2026 · $37k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • BC
    BARCLAY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +6%
  • KI
    Kansas Independent College Association
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -93%
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
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
2
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
3
Bethany Lutheran College Inc

Bethany lutheran college provides christian higher education in a challenging academic environment where personal mentoring guides students to pursue knowledge, truth, and discernment for productive and fulfilling lives.

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education
7
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
8
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
9
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
10
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
11
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
12
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Christian College of Kansas; the most unlike its peers is Newman University Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $50,013 · EducationNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INCBenedictine College: $42,262 · EducationBenedictine CollegeFriends University: $37,185 · EducationFriends UniversityMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $35,788 · EducationMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITYMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $34,068 · EducationMCPHERSON COLLEGETabor College: $32,012 · EducationTabor CollegeOTTAWA UNIVERSITY: $31,023 · EducationOTTAWA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC: $30,292 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INCBAKER UNIVERSITY: $29,097 · EducationBAKER UNIVERSITYKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $24,063 · EducationTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $19,134 · Education+8 more: $86,276 · Education+8 moreCLEVELAND UNIVERSITY - KANSAS CITY: $9,049 · HealthKansas Independent College Association: $2,950 · Other
Education$451,213Health$9,049Other$2,950

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $50,013 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine College: $42,262 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends University: $37,185 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $35,788 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $34,068 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTabor College: $32,012 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOTTAWA UNIVERSITY: $31,023 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC: $30,292 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER UNIVERSITY: $29,097 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $24,063 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $19,134 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE INC: $13,752 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE: $13,056 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL COLLEGE: $12,611 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETHANY COLLEGE: $11,916 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS: $11,317 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDonnelly College: $10,656 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHESSTON COLLEGE: $9,855 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND UNIVERSITY - KANSAS CITY: $9,049 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBARCLAY COLLEGE: $3,113 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas Independent College Association: $2,950 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine College ↗
  • Who funds Friends University ↗
  • Who funds MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Tabor College ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY INC ↗
  • Who funds BAKER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds STERLING COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF KANSAS ↗
  • Who funds Donnelly College ↗
  • Who funds HESSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND UNIVERSITY - KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds BARCLAY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Kansas Independent College Association ↗

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.

Je and le Mabee Found…Jellison Benevolent S…The Pete Henry Founda…Council of Independen…Margaret Nelson Castl…McFadden Charitable T…The Sunderland Founda…Ibm International Fou…Textron Charitable Tr…Lending Help For Stud…Greater Kansas City C…Greater Horizons
Je and le Mabee Foundation IncTX38.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Kansas Independent College Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kansas Independent College Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 21 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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