How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Kansas?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Kansas, currently America Works USA, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Kansas?

$62M reached 123 community development organizations in Kansas, from 210 funders. 38% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Kansas

$62M reached 123 community development organizations in Kansas, from 210 funders, with no single one dominating.

$62M

granted

123

organizations

38%

from in-state

The short version

210 funders gave $62M to 123 community development organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
38% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Kansas is America Works USA, at $17M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Kansas Values Institute, at $18M.

Largest funders of community development in Kansas

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

1America Works USA$17M 2Greater Salina Community Foundation$6M 3Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$5M 4Silicon Valley Community Foundation$2M 5Avalon Foundation$2M 6Western Kansas Community Foundation$2M 7The Patterson Family Foundation$2M 8Health Care Foundation of Greater Kc$1M 9Kansas Association of Child Care$1M 10Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$1M

Community development organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

Kansas Values Institute$18M

113 other community development organizations$17M

Greater Northwest Kansas Community$8M El Centro Inc$5M Right To Start$4M Pipeline Inc$3M Urban Scholastic Center$2M Wichita County Community Foundation$2M

How to find community development funders in Kansas

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Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to community development in Kansas are America Works USA, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
62% of community development money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Kansas, currently America Works USA, Greater Salina Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Kansas?: America Works USA gives the most to community development organizations in Kansas, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Kansas?: $62M reached 123 community development organizations in Kansas, from 210 funders. 38% 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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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

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The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

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.