Kansas · Nonprofit
Kansas Independent College Association
Kansas Independent College Association (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $286,750 to it, the largest being BAUGHMAN FOUNDATION ($260,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $287k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Kansas Independent College Association does
Mission
KICA seeks to strengthen Kansas's non-profit colleges and universities through collaborative programming and statewide advocacy. The Association develops, promotes, and directs unified approaches to selected corporations, foundations, and individuals for financial support of member institutions.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
A range of activities to strengthen 21 member colleges, including financial support, student aid, improved administrative services, professional development for faculty/staff.
$917,490 spentof which $109,488 as grants$724,187 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $917,490.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $2.6M (+36%).
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.
39% of Kansas Independent College Association’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
Chief executive
Matthew E Lindsey
Executive Director
Board chair
Msgr Stuart Swetland
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of Kansas Independent College 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
Kansas Independent College Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 91% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 86% · 2022 89% · 2023 87% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of Kansas Independent College Association'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
Kansas Independent College Association has grown faster than three-quarters of the 204 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 204 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like Kansas Independent College 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 21 related entities
- Baker University · exempt
- Benedictine College · exempt
- Bethany College · exempt
- Bethel College · exempt
- Central Christian College · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Kansas Independent College 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 Kansas Independent College Association?
- Kansas Independent College Association (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $286,750 to it, the largest being BAUGHMAN FOUNDATION ($260,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Kansas Independent College Association have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $286,750 in grants to Kansas Independent College Association, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kansas Independent College Association?
- BAUGHMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kansas Independent College 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing