Totals
- Total revenue
- $22,960,798
- Total expenses
- $23,402,289
- Contributions and grants received
- $22,959,481
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,317
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $548,892
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $548,892
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $23,053,797
- Management and general expenses
- $348,492
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $23,053,797
Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$22,959,481
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3 · Investment income
total $1,317 · related or exempt $1,317
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11a · Fees: management
total $101,500 · management and general $101,500
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,499 · management and general $19,499
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,145 · management and general $2,145
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11g · Fees: other
total $23,058,537 · program services $23,053,797 · management and general $4,740
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,418 · management and general $1,418
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13 · Office expenses
total $734 · management and general $734
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14 · Information technology
total $12,924 · management and general $12,924
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,473 · management and general $3,473
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17 · Travel
total $30,457 · management and general $30,457
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24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $9,517 · management and general $9,517
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24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $180 · management and general $180
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24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $338 · management and general $338
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24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & PRINTING
total $1,309 · management and general $1,309
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24e · All other expenses
total $160,258 · management and general $160,258
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $740,383 · end of year $297,575
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $251,317
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,435
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,435
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $990,383 · end of year $548,892
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
TO PROMOTE TRADITIONAL KANSAS VALUES THROUGH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION PROJECTS THAT REACH THE PUBLIC AND OPINION LEADERS.
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PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY-THE INSTITUTE UNDERTOOK SEVERAL ISSUE ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECTS IN 2022. THE METHODS USED FOR REACHING OPINION LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC INCLUDED GRASSROOTS OUTREACH, TARGETED ISSUE AWARENESS EFFORTS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND WORK WITH PRINT/BROADCAST MEDIA. SOME OF THE POLICY TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED THE NEED FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THE CONTINUED IMPACT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HOSPITALS, A STRONG PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MERIT SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ENSURING FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ADDRESSED A NUMBER OF PUBLIC FISCAL ISSUES, INCLUDING: RESPONSIBLE TAX POLICY, KEEPING JOBS IN KANSAS AND THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING. THE TOTAL EXPENSES ALLOCABLE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WERE APPROXIMATELY $22,757,923. THERE WAS NO REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
Expenses $22,757,923
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RESEARCH-THE INSTITUTE UNDERTOOK LIMITED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC OPINION POLLING ON THE PUBLICS ATTITUTE TOWARD A NUMBER OF PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUES SUCH AS: THE NEED FOR INCREASED EDUCATION FUNDING, THE STATE OF KANSAS ECONOMY AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SPECIFIC BUDGET AND TAX POLICIES ON KANSANS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO RESEARCHED THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MERIT SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ENSURING FAIR AND IMPARTIAL COURTS AND THE NEED FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION AND HOW IT IMPACTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND HOSPITALS. THE RESEARCH SUPPORTED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES NOTED ABOVE. THE TOTAL EXPENSES ALLOCABLE FOR THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WERE APPROXIMATELY $295,874. THERE WAS NO REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
Expenses $295,874
As filed on the 2022 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ann GatesANN GATES
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sharon RoseSHARON ROSE
VICE-CHAIRSECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dan WatkinsDAN WATKINS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 10 November 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202303199349319165
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