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Kansas State Historical Society Inc

Kansas State Historical Society Inc (Kansas) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,343,254 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$890k
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$7.2M
18/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What Kansas State Historical Society Inc does

Mission

To support and promote Kansas history education through the Kansas Historical Society.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education/outreach - create an understanding and appreciation of kansas history through the following: scripts for tours at the kansas museum of history, the 16-state owned historic sites and at the capitol, developing k-12 educational curriculum and materials for kansas classrooms and work on special events such as kansas day (more than 2,000 4th & 7th graders visit the museum), history and environmental day.

    $19,317 spent
    3% of program spending
  2. Library & archives - provide funding for the basic processingactivities to preserve thousands of newspapers, documents andphotographs in the collections of the state archives & library.

    $29,973 spent
    4% of program spending
  3. Membership - expend funds to provide benefits to organization members. Funds support the staff, printing, and postage involved with the production and distribution of up to eight publications per year.

    $31,107 spent$48,010 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $615,986 spentof which $13,612 as grants$134,635 earned by the program
    88% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $696,383.

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 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($916k) Net assets 100 ($5.4M)2018 Revenue 108 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($917k) Net assets 103 ($5.6M)2019 Revenue 138 ($1.4M) Expenses 101 ($928k) Net assets 114 ($6.2M)2020 Revenue 148 ($1.6M) Expenses 84 ($770k) Net assets 128 ($6.9M)2021 Revenue 209 ($2.2M) Expenses 101 ($926k) Net assets 169 ($9.1M)2022 Revenue 110 ($1.1M) Expenses 77 ($703k) Net assets 160 ($8.7M)2023 Revenue 74 ($770k) Expenses 114 ($1.0M) Net assets 161 ($8.7M)2024 Revenue 62 ($650k) Expenses 114 ($1.0M) Net assets 161 ($8.7M)2025 Revenue 85 ($890k) Expenses 317 ($2.9M) Net assets 132 ($7.2M)
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Revenue (85)Expenses (317)Net assets (132)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 $7.0M to $9.1M (+32%).

$5.4M
$5.6M
$6.2M
$7.0M
$9.1M
$8.7M
$8.7M
$8.7M
$7.2M
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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: 2017 2% · 2018 0% · 2019 3% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

78% of Kansas State Historical Society Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$130k
’17
$217k
’18
$518k
’19
$784k
’20
$1.3M
’21
$445k
’22
−$278k
’23
−$390k
’24
−$2.0M
’25
0.4
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

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Listed636565595854534642
Joined·+7+5+0+3+6+2+6+4
No longer listed·5564103138
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $42k → $160k.

7 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Kansas State Historical Society Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

Kansas State Historical Society Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

51%
largest funder
69%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 40% · 2019 48% · 2020 77% · 2021 55% · 2022 31% · 2023 31% — 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

41% of Kansas State Historical Society Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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

79% of Kansas State Historical Society Inc's grant income comes from Kansas funders.

MA
CT
CO
KS
DC
OK
TX

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

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’23
Kansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Kansas State Historical Society Inc's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−226% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Kansas State Historical Society Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $163k on record.

Federal$163k
grants $163kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Archives and Records Administration$163k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

40
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

52%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Kansas State Historical Society Inc?
Kansas State Historical Society Inc (Kansas) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,343,254 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($1,200,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Kansas State Historical Society Inc have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,343,254 in grants to Kansas State Historical Society Inc, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Kansas State Historical Society Inc?
THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Kansas State Historical Society 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.

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 35 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