Kansas · Nonprofit
BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC
BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,050,000 to it, the largest being University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($1,050,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Bioscience & Technology Business Center Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to create, recruit, grow and retain technology and bioscience businesses in northeast kansas with the ultimate vision to build a more modern, resilient and diverse regional economy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, the bioscience and technology business center (btbc), doing business as ku innovation park (the park), continued its efforts to create, recruit, grow, and retain technology and bioscience companies in northeast kansas, with the goal of building a more modern, resilient, and diverse regional economy. In march, adam courtney, a longtime employee and chief financial officer, was named ceo after serving as interim ceo for several months. The park secured 22 million in federal funding for its next facility, the phase iv building, which will house the kansas national security innovation center, among other entities. The park expanded its staff by hiring chris rehkamp as the director of business services, providing an immediate boost to support for startup and established companies within its facilities and beyond. The phase iii facility reached capacity in may, housing 11 companies from various industries, including engineering and architecture, bioscience and animal health, and government agencies. The park launched multiple new programs, including free monthly lunch-and-learns on topics aimed at entrepreneurs, a capital raise boot camp, and laid the groundwork for an…
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 2021 to 2022, from $30M to $44M (+48%).
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: 2017 34% · 2018 25% · 2020 25% · 2021 3% · 2022 74% · 2023 4% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $225k → $400k.
From the IRS filings of BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $32.0M on record.
- Department of Commerce$31.1M
- Small Business Administration$958k
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 BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Lawrence Regional Technology Center · exempt
- Kaw Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC: 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 BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC?
- BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,050,000 to it, the largest being University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($1,050,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,050,000 in grants to BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC?
- University of Kansas Center for Research Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS CENTER INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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