Supporting Kansas Entrepreneurs
Celebrating 20 Years
Network Kansas has a long history of empowering entrepreneurs by offering essential financial resources, valuable relationships, expert knowledge, and experience.
Statewide Impact
To acknowledge and celebrate this important milestone, we crafted an annual report filled with stories and photos from rural and urban communities throughout Kansas.
Spotlighting eCommunities
Montgomery County
Discover how Montgomery County built a thriving eCommunity, fueling $2M+ in business growth.
Cloud County
See how CloudCorp unites small towns, funds entrepreneurs, preserves culture, and boosts community pride.
Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills
Discover how this ePartner empowers black entrepreneurs with capital, coaching, and wellness support.
Funding Features
GrowKS Loan Recipient
The Bake Shoppe and Downtown Coffeehouse
See how a family bakery and coffeehouse in Cimarron became a community cornerstone.
GrowKS Equity Recipient
Spinal Simplicity
Discover how Spinal Simplicity is transforming spinal care and fueling global innovation.
20 Years of Impact
Impact Investment Center
The Impact Investment Center helps entrepreneurs navigate systems to connect with the right resources at the right stage of their business.
656
Active Resource Partners in our network to assist small businesses
36k
Entrepreneurs contacted our Impact Investment Center for assistance with their business needs
74k
Referrals made to our Resource Partners to ensure entrepreneurs get the help they need
Top Inquiries
○ Startup assistance
○ Managing a business
○ Forming a business
○ Funding
○ Tax planning
○ Business plan assistance
Capital
Mobilizing assets to help entrepreneurs and local economies thrive through impact investing, gap financing, and equity investments.
Equity Investments
88
Investments since inception
$14.9M
Equity funded
$276.1M
Private capital leveraged
Jobs created and retained
239
Full time created
121
Part time created
463
Full time retained
89
Part time retained
Loan Programs
1,980
Loans made to Kansas entrepreneurs
$90M
Total loan dollars
$520M
Total dollars leveraged
Jobs created and retained
1,466
Full time created
1,965
Part time created
2,386
Full time retained
3,230
Part time retained
Measuring the Impact of Gap Financing
KSU Capstone Report
In fiscal year 2025, students from the Kansas State University Business Capstone course partnered with Network Kansas to analyze the long-term impact of our gap financing programs. Their final report, The Economic Impact of the Gap Financing Program of Network Kansas, highlights the ripple effect these dollars have on local economies.
Using a sample of four diverse counties (Atchison, Leavenworth, Phillips, and Pottawatomie) the student team shows how each dollar loaned through Network Kansas programs contributes to local and statewide economic growth.
The report found that every $1.00 loaned generates:
$7.89
in wages
$3.73
in state tax revenue
$.57
in county tax revenue
$.07
in interest revenue to the bank
$185.79
total gross output
About our Annual Report
The Network Kansas annual report provides strategic data that captures specific benchmarks that programs and partnerships are yielding. The intent of the Network Kansas annual report is to provide data that reflects the activities of the fiscal year and is relevant to policymakers, private citizens, and the resource partner network. Users can learn more about the overall organization, strategic activity of current programs and partnerships, and notable initiatives.
This Network Kansas annual report covers our fiscal year period, which encompasses a cycle of July 1 – June 30.
