Kansas · Nonprofit
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI (Kansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,350). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $124k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $451k
What Astronomical Society of Kansas Ci does
Mission
To provide for the support, education, observation and research opportunities and resources for members and guests in increasing interest in astronomy and allied sciences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Powell observatory
$13,959 spentof which $2,640 as grants$22,511 earned by the program26% of program spendingDark sky observing site
$5,703 spent10% of program spendingMembership services
$7,087 spent13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$27,851 spent$24,085 earned by the program51% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,600.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $392k to $451k (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $414.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 54% · 2021 64% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
75% of ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI?
- ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI (Kansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,350). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $9,745 in grants to ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF KANSAS CI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing