Kansas Values Institute
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What it says it does
TO PROMOTE TRADITIONAL KANSAS VALUES THROUGH RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION PROJECTS THAT REACH THE PUBLIC AND OPINION LEADERS.
- Income
- $2.4 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Employees
- 2
- Highest pay
- $131,000, employee
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $2.3 million spent. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY-THE INSTITUTE UNDERTOOK SEVERAL ISSUE ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECTS IN 2024. 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 $2,300,616. THERE WAS NO REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
- $270,140 spent. 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 $270,140. THERE WAS NO REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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