Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,248,747

Total expenses

$1,140,229

Contributions and grants received

$1,228,473

Grants paid

$299,326

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$6,415

Other revenue

$13,859

Total assets, end of year

$1,465,037

Total liabilities, end of year

$308,866

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,156,171

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$638,828

Management and general expenses

$328,895

Fundraising expenses

$172,506

Program service expenses (Part III)

$638,828

Program services were 56.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• 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 $417,081 · Grants $195,425

• 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 $84,651 · Grants $39,664

• 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.

  Expenses $137,096 · Grants $64,237

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• TOPEKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION KANSAS BOOK FESTIVAL

  $20,000

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

• KAUFFMAN MUSEUM (BETHEL COLLEGE)

  $12,000

  EXHIBIT AND EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALSTEAD-NEWTON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT AND WEAVES TOGETHER STORIES OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND PLACE.

• PBS KANSAS

  $10,000

  DOCUMENTARY FILM THAT LOOKS AT BASEBALL IN KANSAS AND THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GAME WITHIN KANSAS COMMUNITIES. DOCUMENTARY FILM THAT EXPLORES STORIES OF THE RISE AND FALL OF NOW-ABANDONED TOWNS IN KANSAS.

• LUCILLE M HALL MUSEUM

  $10,000

  ONGOING FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT THAT USES GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO EXPAND WHO IS REPRESENTED IN THE HISTORY OF STAFFORD COUNTY.

• ARTS CONNECT

  $10,000

  DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT THAT WORKS TO RECLAIM THE STORIES OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES DISPLACED THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL IN THE 1950S AND 1960S.

• STORYTIME VILLAGE

  $10,000

  ORAL HISTORY PROJECT AND PODCAST SERIES THAT EXPLORES AMERICA'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL STUDENT-LED LUNCH COUNTER SIT-IN, WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE WICHITA NAACP YOUTH COUNCIL.

• MUNSEE TRIBE OF KANSAS

  $9,993

  PRESERVATION, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION PROJECT THAT WILL PROTECT THE STORIES OF THE MUNSEE TRIBE OF KANSAS AND SHARE THEIR HISTORY THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC EVENTS.

• KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM

  $9,987

  EXHIBITION THAT EXPLORES THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ART COLLECTING BY KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1950, INCLUDING ART ACQUIRED TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES.

• KU ENDOWMENT

  $9,950

  A FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY EVENT THAT BRINGS HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. A SCIENCE FAIR FOR THE HUMANITIES, WITH A HALLOWEEN TWIST!

• BLACK HISTORY TRAIL OF GREAT COUNTY

  $9,610

  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.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 September 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202432549349300743

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