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The Decarsky Foundation at a glance

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The Decarsky Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$261k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.5MHealth$319kAnimals$155kPublic Benefit$74kEducation$66kHuman Services$26kReligion$19kYouth Development$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,816
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$250,000
COMMUNITY GIVING$5,816
BLUESTEM EQUINE & LIVESTOCK$5,000
DERBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$24
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, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN: $3k → 8%FREEDOM GATES BOYS RANCH: $15k → 12%HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN: $3k → 8%THE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $3k → 10%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $2k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $2k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $1k → 16%THE HONORE ADVERSIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%RAISE MY HEAD FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$997k · 22 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
16

Total granted

$997k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+3%

Still filing today

27%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • KH
    KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS
    7× · 2017–2023 · $78k · revenue +20%
  • WA
    WICHITA ANIMAL ACTION LEAGUE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $38k · revenue +255%
  • LM
    LEGACY MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $18k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CG
    COMMUNITY GIVING (DONATION OF STOCK)
    one grant, 2024 · $1.3M
  • FG
    FREEDOM GATES BOYS RANCH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • SR
    SOUTH ROCK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Humane Society of Wichita County

The organization is dedicated to promoting the humane treatment of animals and addressing the issues and problems related to overpopulation of domestic animals.

Animals
2
Kershaw County Humane Society

The kershaw county humane society is dedicated to providing food, housing and medical care to all lost or homeless animals. our goal is to reunite pets with their owners and to address the root causes of animal abuse and overpopulation…

Animals
3
Fix'em Kc

Reduce the homeless animal population in the Greater KC area by subsidizing spay/neuter surgery for pet owners who cannot afford the cost.

Animals
4
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
5
Watauga Humane Society

The purpose of the watauga humane society is to provide the following: a well-equipped and appropriately staffed facility where the citizens of watauga county can bring unwanted or abandoned animals; relief of suffering among animals;…

Animals
6
Heart of America Humane Society

To promote kindness to animals, prevent cruelty to animals, extend humane education, encourage spay/neuter programs among individual pet owners and animals shelters, and encourage programs designed to adopt approved animals held at…

Animals
7
Lawrence Humane Society

The lawrence humane society nurtures the human-animal bond by providing shelter, care and advocacy for homeless and abused animals, as well as resource for the pets and people in our community

Animals
8
The Rescue Project

Our mission is to raise awareness through community education programs of animal overpopulation, disease control, and provide resources for veterinary services in order to help abandoned and neglected animals in kansas city and it's…

Animals
9
Heartland Humane Society Ltd

Heartland humane society is a no-kill shelter for dogs and cats. the mission is to provide temporary shelter and care to homeless/lost animals, to educate the public on proper care of animals, and to promote neuter and spay programs.

Animals
10
Humane Society of the Black Hills

Animal protection and welfare

Animals
11
Humane Society of Richland Wilkin Co

To improve the qulity of life for companion animals, to place homeless cats & dogs in suitable homes, & to provide programs to reduce the overpopulation and euthanasia of companion animals.

Animals
12
Humane Society of Cherokee County

Rescue, rehab, provide pet adoptions, etc in cherokee county okincluding veterinary care, spay and neuter, vaccinationstreatment boarding and shelter care

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Ranch for Women Inc; the most unlike its peers is Derby Historical Society. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY GIVING (DONATION OF STOCK): $1,336,135 · OtherCOMMUNITY GIVING (DONATION OF STOCK)DERBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $531,424 · OtherDERBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCITY OF DERBY: $73,500 · Other+26 more: $258,510 · Other+26 moreCOMMUNITYGIVING: $1,667,633 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITYGIVINGFREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $250,000 · HealthKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $78,200 · AnimalsWICHITA ANIMAL ACTION LEAGUE: $37,675 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsFREEDOM GATES BOYS RANCH INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE HONORE ADVERSIS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human ServicesRAISE MY HEAD FOUNDATION: $1,450 · Human ServicesLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 · ReligionDERBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,950 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,199,569Philanthropy$1,667,633Health$250,000Animals$116,375Human Services$35,950Religion$17,500Arts & Culture$9,950

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 budgetCOMMUNITYGIVING: $1,667,633 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS: $78,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWICHITA ANIMAL ACTION LEAGUE: $37,675 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLEGACY MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFREEDOM GATES BOYS RANCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC: $10,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetDERBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,950 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetHOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HONORE ADVERSIS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAISE MY HEAD FOUNDATION: $1,450 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF FELINES KS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITYGIVING ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA ANIMAL ACTION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM GATES BOYS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC ↗
  • Who funds DERBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE RANCH FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE HONORE ADVERSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RAISE MY HEAD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FELINES KS INC ↗

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 FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…Bruce G Cochener Foun…United Way of the Pla…Beach Family Foundati…Dwane L and Velma Lun…Lattner Family Founda…Berry Foundation IncThe Walser FoundationMosby Lincoln Foundat…The Fidelity Bank Fou…Goebel Family-Star Lu…
Wichita FoundationKS28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Beach Family Foundation Inc · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Berry Foundation Inc · The Walser Foundation · Mosby Lincoln Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust

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 The Decarsky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Decarsky Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 42 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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