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, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Servant 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?

$128M reached 331 community development organizations in Kansas, from 365 funders. 52% 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

Funders are thin on the ground: 331 community development organizations share only 365 funders between them.

$128M

granted

331

organizations

52%

from in-state

The short version

365 funders gave $128M to 331 community development organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
52% 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 $19M.

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 2Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation$10M 3Servant Foundation$9M 4Greater Salina Community Foundation$7M 5Flint Hills Coordianted Transit Council Inc$4M 6Greater Topeka Partnership Inc$4M 7Silicon Valley Community Foundation$3M 8Greater Kansas City Community Foundation$3M 9Health Forward Foundation$3M 10Kansas Health Foundation$3M

Community development organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

321 other community development organizations$60M

Kansas Values Institute$19M El Centro Inc$9M Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc$8M Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency$6M Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation$6M Pipeline Inc$6M

How to find community development funders in Kansas

1
Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to community development in Kansas are America Works USA, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Servant Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
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.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
48% 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, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Servant 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?: $128M reached 331 community development organizations in Kansas, from 365 funders. 52% 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.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.