Associations USA: Kansas

ASSOCIATIONS NOW, October 2012 , Money & Business

16,999: Number of registered nonprofit organizations (membership and nonmembership) as of March 2012¹

1,337: Members of the National Association of Social Workers, Kansas Chapter (Topeka)

5: Members of the Kansas Board of Examiners in Optometry (Lawrence)²

7,361: Number of people employed by membership associations

22,305: Number of volunteers in membership associations

$361,353,732: Total revenue of membership organizations

34: Percentage of membership organizations with a written whistleblower policy³

Who you'll find there:⁴

• American Association for the History of Medicine (Kansas City)
• Association of Real Estate Women (Lawrence)
• Sports Turf Managers Association (Lawrence)
• World War II Studies Association (Manhattan)
• World Waterpark Association (Overland Park)
• Professional Association of Volleyball Officials (Oxford)
• National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (Topeka)
• American Bonanza Society (Wichita)
• Society of Decorative Painters (Wichita)

Sources:

1. Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, IRS, Exempt Organizations Business Master File
2. Gale Directory Library
3. National Trade and Professional Associations of the U.S., 2011