Kansas · Private foundation
Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc
TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS AND PROPERTY AND CONDUCT ACTIVITIES EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREAS OF KANSAS, PRIMARILY IN THE 26 COUNTIES COMPRISING NORTHWEST KANSAS. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds…
- $413k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 141
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 18
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 140 | $413k | 93% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $385k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth County Economic Development Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Graham County Economic Development Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakley Childcare Coalition | $16,064 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Stockton | $16,064 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Osborne | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Smith Center | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bull City Community Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Russell | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 151 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
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: Greater Salina Community Foundation · Dane G Hansen Foundation · Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc
- How much does Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc give?
- Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc reported 141 grants totaling $412,560 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 18 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Employment (28%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Ellsworth County Economic Development Corporation ($30k), Graham County Economic Development Corporation ($30k), Oakley Childcare Coalition ($16k).
- Does Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Salina Community Foundation, Dane G Hansen Foundation, Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation.
- Where is Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc based?
- Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center Inc is based in KS.
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