Kansas · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Kansas

Imperigo has identified 458 funders that made 4,019 grants totaling $297.2M to 449 human services organizations in Kansas, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Kansas

Total granted $297.2M
Funders 458
Grants 4,019
Organizations funded 449

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of the Plains Inc
82 grants to 28 organizations · largest $893K · through 2024 · 37.6% of their giving
$14.9M
2. United Way of Kaw Valley Inc
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $846K · through 2024 · 47.3% of their giving
$11.1M
3. YMCA Foundation of Wichita Inc (2311-SO)
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.2M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.7M
4. Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
164 grants to 67 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$13.7M
5. Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $864K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$6.3M
6. Southwest Kansas Coordinated Transit Council Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 49.8% of their giving
$5.5M
7. Menorah Heritage Foundation
63 grants to 13 organizations · largest $661K · through 2024 · 38.6% of their giving
$5.1M
8. Wesley Towers Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.8M
9. Central Kansas Coordinated Transit Council Inc
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $537K · through 2024 · 33.8% of their giving
$4.0M
10. Kansas Health Foundation
76 grants to 55 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$6.8M
11. Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
63 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$4.7M
12. Northwest Kansas Area Transit Coordinating Council Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $632K · through 2024 · 46.5% of their giving
$2.3M
13. Wichita Foundation
84 grants to 30 organizations · largest $453K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$3.4M
14. Kansas Methodist Foundation Inc
30 grants to 7 organizations · largest $402K · through 2025 · 19.9% of their giving
$1.4M
15. Finnup Foundation
52 grants to 9 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$1.3M
16. Children's Equity Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$2.3M
17. Topeka Community Foundation
57 grants to 21 organizations · largest $769K · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$2.4M
18. Riley County Council on Aging Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $154K · through 2025 · 64.9% of their giving
$1.1M
19. Good Shepherd Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $542K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
20. Salina Area United Way Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024 · 47.2% of their giving
$952K
21. Western Kansas Community Foundation
50 grants to 13 organizations · largest $74K · through 2024 · 12.4% of their giving
$1.3M
22. Sunflower Diversified Services Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $287K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$758K
23. Greater Salina Community Foundation
85 grants to 27 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$4.3M
24. Golden Belt Community Foundation
34 grants to 10 organizations · largest $350K · through 2025 · 12.4% of their giving
$1.0M
25. North Central Kansas Coordinated Transit Council Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $292K · through 2023 · 8.8% of their giving
$1.3M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 15 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 human services 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 human services funding in Kansas, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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