How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Kansas?

Start with the funders already giving to science in Kansas, currently Gates Foundation, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Kansas?

Gates Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Kansas, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Kansas?

$78M reached 28 science organizations in Kansas, from 215 funders. 36% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Kansas

Funding is concentrated: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc alone draws 71% of every science grant dollar in Kansas. Kansas's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$78M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

215 funders gave $78M to 28 science organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Kansas; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Kansas is Gates Foundation, at $12M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Kansas Center for Research Inc, at $56M.

Largest funders of science in Kansas

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

1Gates Foundation$12M 2University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute$9M 3University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$7M 4Cosmosphere Foundation$4M 5Institute of International Education Inc$3M 6The Heising-Simons Foundation$3M 7Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$2M 8The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust$2M 9Alfred P Sloan Foundation$2M 10American Lung Association$2M

Science organizations in Kansas that draw the most

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

University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$56M Ku Center for Technology Commercialization Inc$9M Cosmosphere Inc$7M

How to find science funders in Kansas

1
Start with the funders already active in Kansas
The funders giving the most to science in Kansas are Gates Foundation, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
64% of science money in Kansas comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kansas.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Kansas?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Kansas, currently Gates Foundation, University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kansas from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Kansas?: Gates Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Kansas, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Kansas?: $78M reached 28 science organizations in Kansas, from 215 funders. 36% 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.