Kansas · Public charity
Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc
The kansas masonic foundation benefits kansans by funding charitable organizations.
- $976k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $664k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $664k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $815k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $825k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $354k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University Foundation | $1,950,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $1,249,334 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $1,100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $251,750 | 5 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shrine Bowl of Kansas Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Sunflower State Games Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners International Dba Arab Shriners | $22,410 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University Foundation | $1,950,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | $1,249,334 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $1,100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $251,750 | 5 | 0% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shrine Bowl of Kansas Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Sunflower State Games Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shriners International Dba Arab Shriners | $22,410 | 2 | 3% |
| Kansas Masonic Historical Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ararat Shriners | $6,825 | 1 | 1% |
| Royal Arch Masons of Kansas | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| International Order of the Rainbow Girls | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc
- How much does Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc give?
- Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $664,334, out of $975,900 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Health (41%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kansas State University Foundation ($1.9M), University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute ($1.2M), Kansas Athletics Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc based?
- Kansas Masonic Foundation Inc is based in KS.
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