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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HUMANITIES KANSAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,703,965
Total expenses
$1,050,804
Contributions and grants received
$1,293,744
Grants paid
$294,958
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$409,176
Other revenue
$1,045
Total assets, end of year
$1,641,507
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,128
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,515,379
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$617,492
Management and general expenses
$313,055
Fundraising expenses
$120,257
Program service expenses (Part III)
$617,492

Program services were 58.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $519,626

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $774,118

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,225 · excluded $5,225

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $448,817

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $44,866

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $403,951

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $403,951 · excluded $403,951

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,045 · related or exempt $1,045

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,045

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $294,958 · program services $294,958

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $127,591 · program services $89,314 · management and general $25,518 · fundraising $12,759

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $285,950 · program services $83,401 · management and general $153,823 · fundraising $48,726

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,137 · program services $3,304 · management and general $6,724 · fundraising $2,109

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,019 · program services $12,458 · management and general $16,202 · fundraising $5,359

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,464 · program services $12,080 · management and general $12,964 · fundraising $4,420

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,500 · program services $11,273 · management and general $8,046 · fundraising $3,181

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,798 · management and general $2,798

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $100,984 · program services $50,592 · management and general $36,113 · fundraising $14,279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,270 · program services $23,209 · management and general $15,841 · fundraising $8,220

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,521 · program services $10,464 · management and general $11,229 · fundraising $3,828

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,101 · program services $12,638 · management and general $9,221 · fundraising $5,242

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $737 · program services $302 · management and general $324 · fundraising $111

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,241 · program services $2,149 · management and general $2,306 · fundraising $786

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & DUES

    total $25,389 · program services $9,697 · management and general $10,172 · fundraising $5,520

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADVOCACY

    total $4,880 · fundraising $4,880

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN FEES

    total $4,264 · program services $1,653 · management and general $1,774 · fundraising $837

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $30,494 · end of year $12,379

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $400,380 · end of year $1,271,830

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $491,390 · end of year $326,115

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,042 · end of year $1,299

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $62,662

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $62,662

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $737 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $441,654 · end of year $26,992

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $101,059 · end of year $2,892

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,050 · end of year $33,006

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $89,505 · end of year $45,650

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,229 · end of year $44,580

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $103,663 · end of year $2,892

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $905,235 · end of year $1,160,335

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $306,074 · end of year $355,044

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HUMANITIES KANSAS CONNECTS KANSANS WITH STORIES, IDEAS, AND EACH OTHER TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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.

  • 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.

    Expenses $363,426 · Grants $173,598 · Revenue $1,045

  • 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.

    Expenses $41,503 · Grants $19,825

  • 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 HUMANITIES KANSAS PROVIDES FUNDING TO MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COVER THE COST OF THE HONORARIUM AND TRAVEL OF THE SCHOLAR.

    Expenses $212,563 · Grants $101,535

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Spiegel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brad Allen

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brandon West

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caryl Hale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Conny Bogaard

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Deisy Pam Saenz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ginger Williams

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • James Lane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Sands

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Jose Enrique Navarro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Bell

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Trent Dansel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Kent Blansett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Renee Duxler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Goodnight

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Shawn Naccarato

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sheila Philip

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lisa Sisley

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Julie Mulvihill

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,496
    From this org
    $112,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,905
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

  • KANSAS BOOK FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

    $20,000

    SUPPORT FOR THE KANSAS BOOK FESTIVAL HOSTED AT WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FEATURING HISTORICAL DISPLAYS OF KANSAS LITERATURE AND MODERATED CONVERSATIONS AMONG AUTHORS.

  • FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION

    $15,000

    LECTURES AND A "HUMANITIES HIKE" THAT EXPLORES RURAL VALUES, HISTORY, AND THE MANY WAYS PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO THE LAND IN THE FLINT HILLS.

  • FORT LARNED HISTORICAL SOCIETY

    $15,000

    A THREE-DAY SYMPOSIUM THAT WILL EXAMINE THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY AND THE CONQUEST AND DESTRUCTION RESULTING FROM THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

  • BLACK HISTORY TRAIL OF GEARY COUNTY

    $13,420

    OUTDOOR SIGNAGE PROJECT THAT ELEVATES THE STORIES OF BLACK RESIDENTS IN GEARY COUNTY AND EXPLORES THE MULTIETHNICITY THAT INFLUENCED ALL RELATIONSHIPS, FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE ECONOMIC, FROM THE SOCIAL TO THE POLITICAL.

  • DO GOOD PRODUCTIONS

    $13,400

    PODCAST SERIES THAT EXPLORES THE LIFE OF QUEEN BEY, WHO GREW UP IN POVERTY IN KANSAS CITY AND LATER BECAME ONE OF THE GREAT JAZZ SINGERS OF HER TIME.

  • SALINA ART CENTER INC

    $11,774

    EXHIBITION AND EVENTS THAT WILL CONNECT AUDIENCES WITH FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF UFOS, UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA, AND "HIGH STRANGENESS" INCIDENTS IN KANSAS AND EXPLORE THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON THESE PHENOMENA.

  • MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

    $10,000

    RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF THE MADAM C.J. WALKER SCHOOL IN MERRIAM AND ITS INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN THE WEBB V. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 90 CASE (1949), WHICH SET THE STAGE FOR BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE DESEGREGATION OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202622539349301912

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