How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Kansas?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Kansas, currently Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, International Rescue Committee INC, United Way of the Plains Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

Who is the largest human services funder in Kansas?

Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies gives the most to human services organizations in Kansas, $39M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Kansas?

$555M reached 701 human services organizations in Kansas, from 1,179 funders. 61% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Kansas

Human services funding in Kansas is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc leads, and the money reaches 701 groups.

$555M

granted

701

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

1,179 funders gave $555M to 701 human services organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Kansas is Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, at $39M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc, at $45M.

Largest funders of human services in Kansas

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

1Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies$39M 2International Rescue Committee INC$25M 3United Way of the Plains Inc$23M 4The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc$23M 5Catholic Charities Foundation of Northeast Kansas Inc$20M 6United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc$16M 7The Sunderland Foundation$14M 8United Way of Kaw Valley Inc$14M 9Jewish Community Center Charitable Supporting Foundation$14M 10Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc$13M

Human services organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

691 other human services organizations$346M

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc$45M Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City$28M Mtf Fund$23M

How to find human services funders in Kansas

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Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to human services in Kansas are Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, International Rescue Committee INC, United Way of the Plains Inc. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
39% of human services money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Kansas, currently Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, International Rescue Committee INC, United Way of the Plains Inc. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Kansas?: Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies gives the most to human services organizations in Kansas, $39M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Kansas?: $555M reached 701 human services organizations in Kansas, from 1,179 funders. 61% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

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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

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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.