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FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,595,271 to it, the largest being SARVER CHARITABLE TRUST ($586,551). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$27M
Funders on record
55
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$194M
35/55 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Fort Hays State University Foundation does

Mission

Fort Hays State University Foundation is created primarily to aid, foster, and promote the educational enhancement of the students of fort hays state university and to promote the continuing education of former students of the university.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Higher education funds used by fort hays state university for growth and development.

    $7,493,302 spent
    67% of program spending
  2. Scholarship programs: scholarships are awarded to qualified recipients via scholarhip committee selection. Scholarships were awarded to students attending fort hays state university. The average scholarship amount awarded is approximately $500. Scholarships are based on criteria established through donor gift instruments.

    $3,615,177 spent
    32% of program spending
  3. Student loan program: loan expenses. Funds available to students to enable them to continue their education at fort hays state university.

    $110,763 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,219,242.

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 ($24M) Expenses 100 ($7.6M) Net assets 100 ($91M)2018 Revenue 55 ($13M) Expenses 109 ($8.2M) Net assets 107 ($98M)2019 Revenue 133 ($31M) Expenses 114 ($8.6M) Net assets 125 ($115M)2020 Revenue 80 ($19M) Expenses 168 ($13M) Net assets 127 ($117M)2021 Revenue 70 ($17M) Expenses 132 ($10.0M) Net assets 159 ($145M)2022 Revenue 87 ($20M) Expenses 127 ($9.6M) Net assets 150 ($137M)2023 Revenue 70 ($17M) Expenses 135 ($10M) Net assets 167 ($153M)2024 Revenue 92 ($22M) Expenses 149 ($11M) Net assets 191 ($175M)2025 Revenue 113 ($27M) Expenses 206 ($16M) Net assets 212 ($194M)
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Revenue (113)Expenses (206)Net assets (212)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 2020 to 2021, from $117M to $146M (+25%).

$92M
$98M
$115M
$117M
$146M
$137M
$153M
$175M
$194M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

48% of FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,254 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16M
’17
$4.8M
’18
$23M
’19
$6.3M
’20
$6.6M
’21
$11M
’22
$6.4M
’23
$11M
’24
$11M
’25
12
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.

Chief executive

Jason Williby

President & CEO

Board chair

Ryan Bickle

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131212131415121317
Joined·+1+0+4+2+2+0+2+5
No longer listed·20311311
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $324k → $401k.

22 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 funders by total. 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 UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

53% 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 UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION.

16%
largest funder
40%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 54% · 2019 22% · 2020 24% · 2021 27% · 2022 20% · 2023 15% — 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

65% of FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

87% of FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.

MN
NY
PA
CT
RI
CO
NE
MO
KS
OK
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. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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

FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

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In Kansas

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 13%Fundraising 15%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

55%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,595,271 to it, the largest being SARVER CHARITABLE TRUST ($586,551). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $3,595,271 in grants to FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
SARVER CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $586,551 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION find more funders?
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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 55 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing