Kansas · Nonprofit
KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC
KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,400,577 to it, the largest being University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($7,400,577). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Ku Center for Technology Commercialization Inc does
Mission
Kuctc is organized to facilitate and support the research and technology transfer operations of the university of kansas and its affiliated tax-exempt research corporations or other tax exempt organizations qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the irs code.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Promoting and aiding in the fulfillment of the scientific research, educational, and service functions of the university of kansas medical center.
$3,623,753 spent$2,417,657 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,623,753.
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 2017 to 2018, from $822k to $1.8M (+118%).
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.
33% of KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC’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. 1 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
Clifford Michaels
Executive director, kuctc
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $740k → $1.2M.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute). These are real filings, and they are not money KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC'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
KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC 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 KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 11 related entities
- University of Kansas · exempt
- Univ of Ks Med Ctr Research Insitute · exempt
- Student Union Corp of Univ of Ks Med Ctr · exempt
- Univ of Ks Med Ctr Research Properties · exempt
- University of Kansas Memorial Corp · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC: 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 KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC?
- KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,400,577 to it, the largest being University of Kansas Center for Research Inc ($7,400,577). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,400,577 in grants to KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION INC?
- University of Kansas Center for Research Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,400,577 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KU CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION 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.
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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 1 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