Who funds health in Kansas
Health funding in Kansas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute leads, and the money reaches 807 groups.
The short version
- 1,682 funders gave $974M to 807 health 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 health in Kansas is Tenacre Foundation, at $52M.
- The health organization drawing the most is University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, at $73M.
Largest funders of health in Kansas
The funders giving the most to health organizations in Kansas, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Health organizations in Kansas that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find health funders in Kansas
- 1Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to health in Kansas are Tenacre Foundation, AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation, Health Forward Foundation. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
48% of health money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Kansas?
- Start with the funders already giving to health in Kansas, currently Tenacre Foundation, AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation, Health Forward Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
- Who is the largest health funder in Kansas?
- Tenacre Foundation gives the most to health organizations in Kansas, $52M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to health in Kansas?
- $974M reached 807 health organizations in Kansas, from 1,682 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
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.