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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 48-0800085

Humanities Kansas Inc

TOPEKA, KSNTEE: A70ZFounded 1972Website

mission statement

Humanities kansas provides leadership, resources, and programs that promote the understanding of the history, traditions, and ideas that shape our lives and strengthen our sense of community.

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Total Revenue

$1.3M

FY 2023

Program Spending

64.3%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$1.5M

Total Assets

$1.2M net

11.28 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

+0%

Revenue Growth

YoY

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 9 Institutional Funders

$194K raised across 16 grants · +$6K committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 7 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Federation of State Humanities Councils	ARLINGTON, VA	$49,200
Network for Good Inc	Washington, DC	$42,965
David Woods Kemper Veterans Foundation	KANSAS CITY, MO	$35,500
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation Inc	Topeka, KS	$35,000
Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust	DALLAS, TX	$10,000
The Mariah Fund Inc	Enoch, UT	$10,000 +$6,000 committed
Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans	TOPEKA, KS	$8,700
The Patterson Family Foundation	KANSAS CITY, MO	$2,800
Amazonsmile Foundation	SEATTLE, WA	$168

Total tracked: $194,333 across 16 grants · +$6,000 committed across 1 commitment (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$579K in expenses

Competitive regrant programhumanities kansas, INC. Provides humanities grants to kansas non-profits that fund public programming for lectures, symposia, exhibitions and documentary and short films. Heritage grants are awarded for projects that preserve local history through research, oral histories, the digitization of photos and records, and for the care of collections.

$102K in expenses

Talk - talk about literature in kansastalk is comprised of several series of reading and discussion programs on topics of popular interest. These series of 3-4 books are developed around a central theme with the books providing insight into different perspectives on the topic. Grant awards are made to libraries and senior centers to cover the cost of the honorarium and travel of each scholar/discussion leader. The books for the series are delivered to the venue through a grant provided to the northwest kansas library system.

$148K in expenses

Speakers bureauspeakers bureau awards are provided for one hour programs on kansas, american and world history, as well as other topics of local or current interest. Each presentation is followed by discussion led by the scholar. The kansas humanities council provides funding to museums, libraries, and non-profit organizations to cover the cost of the honorarium and travel of the scholar.

Financial History