Kansas State Historical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 486102800
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Topeka, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7852728681
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $890,051
- Expenses
- $2,903,303
- Assets
- $7,169,344
- Liabilities
- $13,008
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
42 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gaye Leonard (Executive Director (Aug - Apr))
- Gennifer Golden House (President)
- Ted Ayres (President Elect)
- Linda Jeffrey (Past President)
Highest reported compensation
- Gaye Leonard (Executive Director (Aug - Apr)): $63,360 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support and promote Kansas history education through the Kansas Historical Society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Create an understanding and appreciation of Kansas history through the following: scripts for tours and exhibits at the Kansas Museum of History, the 17 state-owned historic sites, and the Capitol Visitors Center; development of PK-12 curriculum materials for Kansas classrooms, including educational videos and Traveling Resource Trunks; and hosting of special events such as Kansas Day (with roughly 2,000 in-person attendees and over 10,000 virtual participants), standards-aligned guided tours, and living history programs at our one-room 1920s Stach Schoolhouse.Provide funding for the management, acquisition, preservation and online publication of the enduring records of Kansas state and local governments, newspapers, manuscripts, photographs, maps and plans, websites and audio and visual records, in analog and digital formats, in the collections and through the programs of the State Archives.Expend funds to provide benefits to organization members. Funds support the staff, printing, and postage involved with the production and distribution of up to four publications per year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $49.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -226.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 40 of 40 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 42 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.