- Revenue 2024
- $22,251,692
- Expenses 2024
- $4,257,219
Program services were 76.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 04
- NTEE code
- W19
- Classification
- 3000
- Street
- PO BOX 20585
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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C CHASE KOCH
DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 7 related
-
BRANDON BAKER
ASSISTANT TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 3 related
-
DOUGLAS L JOHNS
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20 + 3 related
-
ELAINE KOHLER RESIGNED
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jessica Stafford
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
KELLY A KENNEY
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20 + 2 related
-
Raffaele G Fazio
Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10 + 2 related
-
Sierra Whitmore
Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $22,251,692
- Expenses
- $4,257,219
- Contributions
- $20,000,000
- Grants paid
- $3,245,000
-
2023
- Revenue
- $16,241,492
- Expenses
- $2,729,404
- Contributions
- $15,000,000
- Grants paid
- $2,500,000
-
2022
- Revenue
- $45,000,000
- Expenses
- $0
- Contributions
- $45,000,000
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021
- Tax period
- 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
- Principal officer
- Brian Menkes
- Mailing address
- 4111 E 37th St NWichita KS 67220
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 12 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
Grants made
-
2024 Music Festival Funding & General Operation Funding
-
2023 SUPPORT FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
-
$100,000
2024 EP2 Initiative, including construction of Amphitheater Plaza
Grants received
-
$45,000,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$20,000,000
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$15,000,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
-
501(c)(4) · GRANT MAKING · DE · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · GRANT MAKING · DE · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · GRANT MAKING · KS
-
501(c)(3) · EDUCATION · DE
-
501(c)(3) · GRANT MAKING · DE
-
501(c)(3) · PUBLIC CHARITY · DE
-
501(c)(3) · GRANT MAKING · KS
-
501(c)(4) · GRANT MAKING · DE
-
501(c)(3) · GRANT MAKING · DE
-
Center for Classical Liberal Education Inc
501(c)(3) · Public Education · DE
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
-
On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
-
On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
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On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
-
On its 2024 return as a controlled entity
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
-
INVESTMENTS · KS · income $0 · assets $0
-
INVESTMENTS · KS · income $368,235 · assets $5,994,623
-
Investments · KS · income $0 · assets $9,274,136
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EMPORIA INVESTMENTS LLC
Investments · KS · income $8,200 · assets $3,648,167
-
Investments · KS · income $42,166 · assets $3,786,583
Related partnerships on its 2024 return
-
N/A · INVESTMENTS · DE
-
N/A · INVESTMENTS · DE
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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C Corporation · CONSULTING · DE · controlled entity
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C Corporation · HOLDING COMPANY · DE · 100% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $100 · controlled entity
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.