How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Kansas?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Kansas, currently Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Kansas?

Greater Manhattan Community Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Kansas, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Kansas?

$68M reached 242 arts and culture organizations in Kansas, from 353 funders. 71% came from funders also based in Kansas.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Kansas · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Kansas

Arts and culture funding in Kansas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Museum of Automotive Icons Inc leads, and the money reaches 242 groups.

$68M

granted

242

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

353 funders gave $68M to 242 arts and culture organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Kansas is Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, at $10M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Museum of Automotive Icons Inc, at $8M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Kansas

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Kansas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Greater Manhattan Community Foundation$10M 2Greater Salina Community Foundation$8M 3Corporation for Public Broadcasting$6M 4Wichita Foundation$3M 5Movement Musick Inc$3M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 7Douglas County Community Foundation$2M 8The Sunderland Foundation$2M 9Salina Art Center Inc$2M 10Cosmosphere Foundation$1M

Arts and culture organizations in Kansas that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

232 other arts and culture organizations$30M

Museum of Automotive Icons Inc$8M Rolling Hills Zoo Foundation$6M Music Ecosystems and Artist Development$4M Kansas Public Telecommunications Service$4M Cosmosphere Inc$3M Wichita Art Museum Inc$3M Smoky Hills Public Television Corp$3M Lawrence Arts Center Inc$3M Salina Art Center Inc$2M Exploration Place Inc$2M

How to find arts and culture funders in Kansas

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Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Kansas are Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
29% of arts and culture money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Kansas, currently Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Kansas?: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Kansas, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Kansas?: $68M reached 242 arts and culture organizations in Kansas, from 353 funders. 71% came from funders also based in Kansas.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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Strange bedfellows

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The camps

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State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

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Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.