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Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$8.6MHuman Services$5.1MHealth$3.7MAnimals$2.2MArts & Culture$2.0MCrime & Legal$1.3MYouth Development$1.1MRecreation & Sports$612kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $653k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KU ENDOWMENT ASSN$500,000
WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$300,000
ORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LTD$250,000
FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC$214,286
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$125,000
FIRST TEE-GREATER WICHITA$125,000
EMPOWER EVERGREEN INC$125,000
HUNTER HEALTH CLINIC INC$100,000
NEWTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION$100,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA$100,000
KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE$100,000
FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$100,000
STARKEY INC$100,000
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$100,000
THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $15k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%HUMANITY HOUSE FOUNDATION: $14k → 16%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $15k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS: $30k → 15%EMBERHOPE YOUTHVILLE: $75k → 9%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%EMBERHOPE INC: $40k → 9%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%EMBERHOPE INC: $20k → 9%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1.7M → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $800k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $50k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $40k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $35k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $26k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $25k → 16%EMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $125k → 16%KETCH: $75k → 16%KETCH INC: $47k → 16%KETCH INC: $28k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $25k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $200k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $175k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $125k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA: $100k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $48k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $30k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $25k → 16%BREAD OF LIFE DISTRIBUTION CENTER: $17k → 16%THE PANDO INITIATIVE: $30k → 16%WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK: $21k → 16%THE PANDO INITIATIVE: $20k → 16%ENVISION FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $352k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $117k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $117k → 16%STARKEY INC: $100k → 16%STARKEY INC: $75k → 16%STARKEY INC: $100k → 16%SIMPLY HYGIENE INC: $14k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 70 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

70 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
44

Total granted

$23M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+36%

Still filing today

86%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PF
    PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +179% · 41% of their budget
  • SC
    SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2.0M · revenue +75%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +379% · 25% of their budget

Funded once

  • CP
    CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • E
    EMPOWER
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • FU
    Friends University
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +4%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
2
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc

The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.

Arts & Culture
3
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation

The mission of Downtown Wichita is to cultivate opportunities that revitalize and enhance Wichita's urban core.

Community Improvement
4
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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5
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc

At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…

Housing & Shelter
6
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

—
7
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
8
Kansas Hospital Association

The vision of the Association is optimal health for Kansans. The Association's mission is to be the leading advocate and resource for members.

—
9
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
10
Kansas Health Institute

Improve the health of all kansans through nonpartisan research, education and engagement that support effective policymaking.

Science & Tech
11
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Out vision is: all communities across kansas value and support a high-quality early childhood care and education system.

Environment
12
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita; the most unlike its peers is Newman University Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

105 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 105 of the 131 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/105
Grantees still filing
72/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $2,456,212 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER …WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,400,000 · EducationWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $1,134,335 · EducationThe Kansas University Endowment Assoc…WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $995,700 · EducationWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $707,000 · EducationNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INCKansas Health Science University Inc: $600,000 · EducationKansas Health Science University Inc+6 more: $468,271 · Education+6 moreSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $2,676,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC OF…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $586,500 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S…WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $500,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS …STARKEY INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $220,000 · Human Services+18 more: $1,027,142 · Human Services+18 moreHUNTER HEALTH CLINIC: $400,000 · OtherHUNTER HEALTH CLINICBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $296,650 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SO…AMERICAN RED CROSS: $264,284 · OtherCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherEMPOWER: $250,000 · OtherLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION: $337,000 · OtherLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATIONKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $420,000 · OtherKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOU…CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH INC: $323,200 · OtherCENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL A…Bike Walk Wichita Inc: $251,491 · OtherINTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGIES INC: $200,000 · Other+53 more: $2,503,064 · Other+53 moreSEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000,000 · AnimalsSEDGWICK …KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $101,250 · Animals+2 more: $50,000 · AnimalsKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $331,065 · Arts & CultureTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureMARK ARTS INC: $285,000 · Arts & CultureORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LTD: $250,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $172,500 · Arts & CultureDOC'S FRIENDS INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS AVIATION MUSEUM INC: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $85,500 · Arts & CultureKVC HOSPITALS INC: $500,000 · HealthEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH: $236,145 · HealthGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC: $200,000 · HealthFREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $175,800 · HealthHEARTSPRING INC: $160,000 · HealthCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 · HealthKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $117,500 · HealthKVC FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthNEWTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION: $100,000 · Health+5 more: $135,000 · HealthCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY: $1,200,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $23,500 · Crime & Legal
Education$8,761,518Human Services$5,284,642Other$5,495,689Animals$2,151,250Arts & Culture$1,929,065Health$1,874,445Crime & Legal$1,223,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $2,676,000 over 7y, 28% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $2,456,212 over 8y, 41% of budgetWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,400,000 over 8y, 55% of budgetSEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY: $1,200,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $1,134,335 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $995,700 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $707,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKansas Health Science University Inc: $600,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $586,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetKVC HOSPITALS INC: $500,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $500,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $420,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHUNTER HEALTH CLINIC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION: $337,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $331,065 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH INC: $323,200 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC: $300,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $296,650 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMARK ARTS INC: $285,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetSTARKEY INC: $275,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBike Walk Wichita Inc: $251,491 over 2y, 42% of budgetORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LTD: $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH: $236,145 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCAMP WOOD YMCA INC: $220,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetFriends University: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGIES INC: $200,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $175,800 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetWICHITA SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $172,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetKANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC: $149,840 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC: $135,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $131,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $125,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDOC'S FRIENDS INC: $120,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC: $120,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $117,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetUNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR: $111,161 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCAIRN HEALTH INC: $110,040 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC: $103,302 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $101,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetKVC FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA: $100,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Wichita FoundationBerry Foundation IncUnited Way of the Pla…Textron Charitable Tr…Lattner Family Founda…Kansas Health Foundat…The Fidelity Bank Fou…Goebel Family-Star Lu…Ima FoundationBelin FoundationK T Wiedemann Foundat…Daniel J Taylor Famil…
Wichita FoundationKS130× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · United Way of the Plains Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Ima Foundation · Belin Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 131 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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