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Kansas FFA Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Manhattan, KS EIN: 48-0939673 Website

Enable the Kansas agriculture education and ffa programs to empower future leaders and their passions. The Kansas FFA Foundation will do this by developing and sustaining collaborative relationships resulting in financial support and service opportunities.

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Kansas FFA Foundation Inc gave $77K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $38K). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$76,650
+0.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$38,325
+50.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$38,325
Total assets
$3,008,428
+57.5% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Kansas FFA Foundation Inc

Next open deadline
November 15, 2026 (Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) Grants)

Who Kansas FFA Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Kansas FFA Association (10): $46KKansas FFA Association (10)$46KFFA Chapters (50): $31KFFA Chapters (50)$31K

The largest 2025 recipient was Kansas FFA Association (10) ($46K). Together the top 2 received $77K.

Grant Size Distribution

12 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 12 (100%).

How Kansas FFA Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving grew 75% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K3 grants2019 2 grants2020 1 grant2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 3 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2021) to $78K (2019). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $77K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Kansas FFA Association (10) —$46,050
FFA Chapters (50) —$30,600
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$3,008,428$1,688,098$887,957$76,6502$140,884
2024$1,910,082$1,186,777$744,217$76,4253$51,001
2023$1,250,613$1,013,155$621,951$71,7153$7,759
2022$793,517$546,786$606,391$43,7863$37,455
2021$1,038,000$486,073$438,240$19,8751$48,200
2020$961,590$442,210$331,408$43,4602$11,731
2019$802,848$407,870$372,137$78,4193$20,905

About Kansas FFA Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Manhattan, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $77K. Net investment income was $141K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc is led by Yancy Wright, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 4 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Yancy Wright

    Chair

    Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Gaines

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2019) → $148K (2025)

  • Shelly Turner

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Sturgis

    Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: Mike Smith (2022–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Loy James (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Halley Nett (2019–2023) — Chair
  • Former: Kevin Harris (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Randy Galle (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Greg Krissek (2019) — Chair

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Beth Gaines — Executive Di: $148KBeth GainesExecutive Di$148K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $148K, to Beth Gaines (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Kansas FFA Foundation Inc

How much does Kansas FFA Foundation Inc give each year?

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc gave $77K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $76K across 3 grants.

How large is Kansas FFA Foundation Inc?

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc reported $3.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.

What is Kansas FFA Foundation Inc's EIN?

Kansas FFA Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-0939673. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 22, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 29, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 11, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 18, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 15, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 28, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 31, 2026)

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