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ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY

ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,269,725 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($2,605,224). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.9M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$3.3M
Net assets
$773k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Enterprise Center of Johnson County does

Mission

Designed to provide high quality value-added consulting services, administrative support, and low-cost flexible facilities for start-up and growth-oriented companies that will result in positive business activity and job creation in johnson county, kansas.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing johnson county, kansas a business incubator program targeting industries involved in the development of innovative technologies and other start-up companies, the Enterprise Center of Johnson County (ecjc) is a hub of entrepreneurial activity with the women's business center, the mid- america angels and the women's capital connection investment networks, and the growth mentoring service and launchu programs. Ecjc is a valuable resource in helping entrepreneurs and start-ups navigate the many resources available to help them grow their businesses.

    $1,221,655 spentof which $81,500 as grants$29,382 earned by the program
    47% of program spending

  2. Through the johnson county government, ecjc was a recipient of federal dollars to pass to businesses in johnson county for childcare businesses in order to expand and create more childcare places in johnson county. Twenty-nine grants were given out to assist childcare businesses in developing much needed additional childcare places in johnson county.

    $1,378,969 spentof which $1,064,028 as grants
    53% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,600,624.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 88 ($2.0M) Expenses 131 ($2.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2019 Revenue 72 ($1.7M) Expenses 130 ($2.0M) Net assets 77 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 85 ($2.0M) Expenses 132 ($2.0M) Net assets 73 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 72 ($1.7M) Expenses 124 ($1.9M) Net assets 56 ($820k)2022 Revenue 88 ($2.0M) Expenses 97 ($1.5M) Net assets 93 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 265 ($6.1M) Expenses 430 ($6.6M) Net assets 60 ($881k)2024 Revenue 125 ($2.9M) Expenses 195 ($3.0M) Net assets 53 ($773k)
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Revenue (125)Expenses (195)Net assets (53)Peer revenue range

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 $1.0M to $2.2M (+110%).

$2.1M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$1.7M
$1.0M
$2.2M
$1.1M
$901k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 36% · 2018 44% · 2019 53% · 2020 61% · 2021 61% · 2022 60% · 2023 98% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$775k
’17
$4k
’18
−$338k
’19
−$68k
’20
−$245k
’21
$544k
’22
−$483k
’23
−$108k
’24
1.8
months of
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.

Board chair

John Brandmeyer

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1214151013131214
Joined·+4+1+1+6+0+1+5
No longer listed·2063023
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $478k → $200k.

Funder
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total
funders
3
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3
1
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2
1

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY’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

ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

80%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 71% · 2019 78% · 2020 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 67% · 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

ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 3 states in all.

NY
MO
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Kansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $360k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY's revenue grew 25% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.

Federal$2.1M
grants $2.1Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Small Business Administration$1.9M
  • Department of Commerce$150k

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 ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY

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

Stafford County Economic Development Inc80%Wichita County Economic Development79%Jefferson County Service Organization Inc78%Chamber of Commerce77%North Central Kansas Community Network77%Economic Development Corporation of Lawrence and Douglas County77%Lincoln County Economic Dev Foundation76%Cheyenne Center for Creativity Inc76%

Nationally

The Enterprise Center81%Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Association Inc81%Stafford County Economic Development Inc80%Knoxville Entrepreneur Center80%Wichita County Economic Development79%Entrepreneurial and Education Center Inc79%Mayfield Entrepreneurial Center79%The Economic Dev Alliance of Jefferson Co Ar79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mid-America Angels Investment LLC · disregarded

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY: 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 ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY?
ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,269,725 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($2,605,224). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $3,269,725 in grants to ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY?
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,605,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ENTERPRISE CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY 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.

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 6 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