Kansas Geological Foundation

Analysis

Kansas Geological Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Wichita, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2026. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2021, Kansas Geological Foundation reported income of $102k and spending of $52k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $85k to $102k (+20%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kansas Geological Foundation sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum ($102k), Pacific Arts Association ($102k) and Compton Kidz Club ($102k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 18% of the total. At year end it held assets of $533k against liabilities of $343k, net assets of $190k.