Kansas · Nonprofit
KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,021 to it, the largest being ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION ($90,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $158k
- Net assets
- $34M
What Kansas Wesleyan University Foundation does
Mission
The foundation is organized to secure gifts of money or property in efforts of advancing education and/or research; therefore, providing assistance in furthering the mission of kansas wesleyan university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation's mission is to secure gifts of money or property to advance the educational mission of kansas wesleyan university.
$1,333,217 spentof which $1,327,008 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,333,217.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $18M to $27M (+53%).
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.
40% of KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’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. 2 of the last 7 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
Dr Matthew Thompson
President and CEO, kwu
Board chair
Robert Meyer
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION’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 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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
“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
77% of KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
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 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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
- Kansas Wesleyan University · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: 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 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $158,021 to it, the largest being ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION ($90,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $158,021 in grants to KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION?
- ROBERT E AND PATRICIA SCHMIDT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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 2019–2025), 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