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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Kansas, currently Gates Foundation, Institute of International Education Inc, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. 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, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Kansas?

$27M reached 5 science organizations in Kansas, from 77 funders. 4% 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 96% of every science grant dollar in Kansas. Most of it comes from outside Kansas: only 4% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$27M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

77 funders gave $27M to 5 science organizations in Kansas across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
4% 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 $6M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Kansas Center for Research Inc, at $26M.

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$6M 2Institute of International Education Inc$4M 3Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$2M 4The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley$2M 5Seattle Children's Hospital$2M 6American Lung Association$1M 7Alfred P Sloan Foundation$943k 8Vanderbilt University Medical Center$848k 9The Heising-Simons Foundation$681k 10Howard Hughes Medical Institute$530k

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$26M

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, Institute of International Education Inc, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. 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
96% 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, Institute of International Education Inc, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. 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, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Kansas?: $27M reached 5 science organizations in Kansas, from 77 funders. 4% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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.