Public Charity

Kansas Foundation For Excellence In Education

Kansas Foundation For Excellence In Education, of Topeka, KS, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $112K in revenue, $83K in expenses, $883K in total assets. IRS filings disclose 7 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $56K.

EIN: 481074433 Topeka, KS Latest filing: 2025

Total Revenue$112K

Total Expenses$83K

Total Assets$883K

Grants Given7

Grant Total$56K

Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

The primary purpose of the Foundation is to provide financial support for charitable and educational purposes by making distributions and grants to elementary, secondary and post secondary students, teachers, professors, administrators and educators.

Sample Grants Given

Kansas State Department of Education

Topeka, KS · 2024

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$8,000

Kansas State Department of Education

Topeka, KS · 2023

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$8,000

Kansas State Department of Education

Topeka, KS · 2020

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$8,000

Kansas State Department of Education

Topeka, KS · 2019

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$8,000

Kansas State Department of Education

Topeka, KS · 2018

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$8,000

Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Blanche Parks

Director Carol Strickland

Director Dr Deena Horst

Director Dr Randy D Watson

Secretary Jeanne Cohorst

Director Jeanne Hoferer

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

To provide Horizon Grant Awards to 32 individuals. The award program recognizes outstanding first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms. The mission of the program is to recognize exemplary first-year teachers who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

$56,000 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$112K	$83K	$883K
2024	$77K	$78K	$854K
2023	$65K	$91K	$855K
2021	$132K	$38K	$836K
2020	$95K	$73K	$742K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $95K to $112K (+19%), with total assets most recently reported at $883K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in KS.

KS

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