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Foundations That Fund Education in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 480 funders that made 4,184 grants totaling $712.8M to 361 education organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Kansas

Total granted $712.8M
Funders 480
Grants 4,184
Organizations funded 361

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Western Kansas Community Foundation
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 14.5% of their giving
$1.5M
27. Heartland Works Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $307K · through 2022 · 44.6% of their giving
$1.0M
28. South Central Community Foundation
24 grants to 6 organizations · largest $185K · through 2025 · 21.8% of their giving
$883K
29. Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
70 grants to 29 organizations · largest $245K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$5.1M
30. Topeka Community Foundation
34 grants to 13 organizations · largest $304K · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$2.0M
31. Freeman Health System
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $575K · through 2023 · 11.5% of their giving
$1.2M
32. Legacy a Regional Community Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $503K · through 2024 · 23.0% of their giving
$654K
33. Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas
45 grants to 13 organizations · largest $106K · through 2025 · 11.2% of their giving
$1.1M
34. Golden Belt Community Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 11.8% of their giving
$976K
35. The R Michael Rhoades Foundation
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2025 · 73.0% of their giving
$554K
36. TCS Education System
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$500K
37. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
41 grants to 7 organizations · largest $648K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$2.1M
38. Kimball Educational Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$439K
39. Central Kansas Community Foundation
26 grants to 9 organizations · largest $490K · through 2025 · 7.9% of their giving
$1.1M
40. Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$3.0M
41. Emporia Community Foundation
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $293K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$995K
42. Cooperative Development Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $249K · through 2025 · 9.2% of their giving
$738K
43. Menorah Heritage Foundation
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $179K · through 2025 · 6.4% of their giving
$1.0M
44. Kansas Methodist Foundation Inc
30 grants to 6 organizations · largest $59K · through 2025 · 9.5% of their giving
$683K
45. Kansas Independent College Association
62 grants to 19 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025 · 97.8% of their giving
$318K
46. Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 90.9% of their giving
$300K
47. Great Jobs KC Inc
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$2.6M
48. Interhab Innovation Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $252K · through 2024 · 42.5% of their giving
$252K
49. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $6.4M · through 2024
$26.5M
50. Wichita Industrial Trade Show Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $88K · through 2025 · 50.0% of their giving
$232K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education work in Kansas, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 21 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering education work, with an address in Kansas. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable education funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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