Kansas Livestock Foundation
To operate solely and exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes that advance the interests of the beef industry.
Kansas Livestock Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $627,614
- +11.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $425,888
- +28.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $14,294
- -14.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $389,257
- +11.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Kansas Livestock Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
20 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 20 (65%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Kansas Livestock Foundation gives
- Giving grew 1560% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2020) to $701K (2022). In 2024 it reported $13K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas State University Foundation Manhattan, KS | Promote food & grain innovation and agronomy research | $107,288 |
| AMF Farm Properties Larned, KS | Provide relief to families affected by major drought and wildfires | $13,627 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $627,614 | $425,888 | $389,257 | — | — | $14,294 |
| 2024 | $565,652 | $332,437 | $348,086 | $12,500 | Total only | $16,743 |
| 2023 | $581,781 | $309,901 | $593,273 | $120,915 | 2 | $14,034 |
| 2022 | $863,927 | $1,452,734 | $2,310,407 | $700,697 | 16 | $4,288 |
| 2021 | $1,723,435 | $1,401,836 | $300,922 | $15,240 | 2 | $633 |
| 2020 | $623,812 | $206,035 | $253,943 | $7,282 | 1 | $741 |
| 2019 | $687,698 | $274,923 | $276,063 | $16,280 | 2 | $1,522 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Kansas Livestock Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Kansas Livestock Foundation is a public charity, based in Topeka, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $628K in total assets. Net investment income was $14K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kansas Livestock Foundation is led by Shawn Tiffany, President since 2024 (on filings since 2023); none of the 40 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Shawn Tiffany
President
Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Philip Weltmer
President
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Alan J Hess
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Barb Downey
Director
Vice President → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Dana R Hauck
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
David Clawson
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
David R Cross
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Don Hineman
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Frank Harper
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Gene Brinkman
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Harlan Oltjen
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jack D Frick
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jan Lyons
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jaret Moyer
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jeff Sternberger
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jerry Bohn
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jon Ferguson
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Ken Stielow
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Kendal Grecian
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Larry Jones
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Larry Oltjen
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Lee Borck
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Lee Reeve
Director
President → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Lyle Gray
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Mark E Smith
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Mark Harms
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Matt Perrier
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Mike Collinge
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Ron Estes
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Steve L Mangan
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Terry Handke
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Thomas Toll
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Todd Allen
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Tracy Brunner
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Warren Weibert
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Harry Moser
Director
Director → President, 2021
President → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
No compensation reported
Jerry Kuckelman
Director
Vice President → President, 2022
President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
No compensation reported
Philip Perry
Director
Vice President → President, 2023
President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Matt Teagarden
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Troy Sander
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (6)
- Former: Jack Vanier (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Don Smith (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Harold Koehn (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: D Warren Weibert (2021) — Director
- Former: Kenneth Knight (2021) — Director
- Former: Ken Knight (2019–2020) — Director
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.
Frequently asked questions about Kansas Livestock Foundation
How large is Kansas Livestock Foundation?
Kansas Livestock Foundation reported $628K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $426K.
Where does Kansas Livestock Foundation operate?
Kansas Livestock Foundation has awarded grants in Kansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma.
What is Kansas Livestock Foundation's EIN?
Kansas Livestock Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-1042792. 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
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 20, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 19, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 1, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 5, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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