Kansas · Nonprofit
FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,521 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($199,214). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $312k
- Net assets
- $12M
What Fort Hays State Athletic Association does
Mission
To promote and encourage the physical education, development and well being of the students in harmony with the general education policy of fort hays state university
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Manage intercollegiate football program for fort hays state university; 11 regular season games played
$2,391,668 spentof which $157,970 as grants$3,701,612 earned by the program31% of program spendingManage intercollegiate men's and women's basketball programs for fort hays state university; men played 29 games, women played 34 games
$1,307,980 spentof which $245,865 as grants$1,942,154 earned by the program17% of program spendingManage intercollegiate volleyball program for fort hays state university; 30 regular season games played
$527,643 spentof which $36,202 as grants$889,843 earned by the program7% of program spendingManage intercollegiate baseball program for fort hays state university; 45 games played
$560,808 spentof which $30,636 as grants$884,047 earned by the program7% of program spendingProvide and manage minor sports programs for fort hays state university; this includes softball, wrestling (men's and women's), golf (men's and women's), soccer (men's and women's), track (men's and women's), and tennis
$2,502,671 spentof which $162,963 as grants$3,550,332 earned by the program33% of program spendingProvide support services for program sports such as cheerleaders, sports information, training, medical injury insurance, transportation, etc.
$333,614 spentof which $22,968 as grants4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,624,384.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.3M to $9.9M (+35%).
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.
63% of FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $26k → $22k.
1 of 3 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 FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION’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
FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 42% · 2019 85% · 2020 78% · 2021 75% · 2022 42% · 2023 66% — 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
FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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
FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
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
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
- Fort Hays State University · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: 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 FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION?
- FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,521 to it, the largest being National Collegiate Athletic Association ($199,214). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $311,521 in grants to FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION?
- National Collegiate Athletic Association is the largest funder on record, with $199,214 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORT HAYS STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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