Missouri · Nonprofit
BIONEXUS KC
BIONEXUS KC (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,693,499 to it, the largest being MISSOURI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ($1,061,050). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $716k
What Bionexus Kc does
Mission
We inspire thinkers from different disciplines to combine their efforts for a common purpose: healthcare innovation.(continued on schedule o)from bioinformatics to cancer research and beyond, we stimulate collaboration and help bring emerging technologies from concept to reality.the kc region is a global leader at the nexus of human and animal health benefiting all our citizens and the economy. Our mission is to highlight life sciences resources and their value to the community through collaboration and commercialization. Bionexus Kc creates opportunities at the nexus of:-human and animal health-urban and rural health-academia and industry-kansas and missouri
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The kansas city biosecure manufacturing tech hub (kc biohub) serves as a backbone organization for the region's biologics and biomanufacturing cluster, and our activities are designed to meet the needs of industry, entrepreneurs, and our community. One of 31 tech hubs designated by the u.s. Department of commerce's economic development administration (eda), kc biohub has been endorsed by the federal government as an ecosystem with the potential to achieve global industry leadership within ten years.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
2024 was an incredibly impactful year for Bionexus Kc, marked by expanded programs and a continued commitment to drive collaboration and innovation in the region. These efforts further solidified kansas city's position as a life sciences hub driven by cutting-edge research and technology. Through key initiatives, strategic partnerships, and community engagement, the organization continues to make an impact on the regional life sciences and healthcare ecosystems. With the growth of the Bionexus Kc team, the organization has expanded its capacity to lead and support innovation. (continued on schedule o)these efforts position the community to accelerate innovation, attract top talent, and cement the kc region's reputation as the premier destination for life sciences and digital health advancements.2024 accomplishments:1. Advancing the kc region's life sciences ecosystem: "path to 2025"2. Digital health kc and digital health day3. Kc biohub4. Workforce development5. Research and development grants6. Sciecne 2 art7. Bionexus Kc annual event8. Kc one health day9. Nexus informatics conference
$1,816,429 spentof which $103,710 as grants$205,376 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,816,429.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.8M to $1.3M (−29%).
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: 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 5% · 2022 9% · 2023 16% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of BIONEXUS KC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Dennis Ridenour
President & CEO
Board chair
William S Berkley
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $306k → $319k.
1 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.8M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City). These are real filings, and they are not money BIONEXUS KC raised.
From the IRS filings of BIONEXUS KC’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
BIONEXUS KC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 BIONEXUS KC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 45% · 2019 42% · 2020 75% · 2021 36% · 2022 43% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of BIONEXUS KC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of BIONEXUS KC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
BIONEXUS KC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BIONEXUS KC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $861k on record.
- Department of Commerce$861k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BIONEXUS KC
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIONEXUS KC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIONEXUS KC?
- BIONEXUS KC (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,693,499 to it, the largest being MISSOURI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ($1,061,050). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIONEXUS KC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $3,693,499 in grants to BIONEXUS KC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIONEXUS KC?
- MISSOURI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,061,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIONEXUS KC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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