Kansas · Nonprofit
ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND
ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND (Kansas) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,293,959 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland does
Mission
The purpose of the Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland park is development and promotion of recreational, aesthetic, educational, scientific and cultural potential of the parks and recreation department of the city of overland park, kansas. Funding initiatives include support of the overland park arboretum & botanical gardens, deanna rose children's farmstead and overland park arts programs. The foundation manages three membership groups - friends of the arboretum, friends of the farmstead and friends of overland park arts - each led by an advisory board comprised of community volunteers who assist the foundation board of directors and foundation staff with the membership program, educational programming, fundraising and promotion of the cultural amenities of overland park, kansas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Arboretum & botanical gardens -the overland park arboretum & botanical gardens exists for the advancement of environmental education, recreation, and the appreciation of nature. It provides both a cultural center and a nature preserve for everyone in the community. The arts & recreationfoundation, by supporting the opabg, is investing in the quality of life of residents and visitors by developing programs, conducting special events, and raising funds for capital improvements at the opabg. The arts & recreation foundation is assisted by the friends of the arboretum (fota) advisory board to foster, promote and develop the aesthetic, educational, recreational, cultural, environmental, and scientific aspects of the opabg so as to realize its long term full potential.
$369,300 spentof which $295,321 as grants$790,110 earned by the program10% of program spendingDeanna rose children's farmstead -deanna rose children's farmstead was established in 1978 to depict a turn of the century farm. Family-oriented activities, attractions and programs are provided april 1 through october 31 in a 12-acre educational farm environment that cultivates an appreciation of farmlife, wildlife and kansas heritage. The arts & recreation foundation, by supporting deanna rose children's farmstead, is investing in the quality of life of residents and visitors by developing programs, conducting special events, and raising funds for capital improvementsat the drcf. The arts & recreation foundation is assisted by the friends of the farmstead (fof) advisory board to foster, promote and develop the scientific, educational, recreational, environmental, and aesthetic aspects of the opabg so as to realize its long term full potential.
$2,285,714 spentof which $1,827,839 as grants$267,933 earned by the program60% of program spendingCity of overland park arts program -the arts & recreation foundation, by supporting the arts in overland park, is investing in the quality of life of residents and visitors by developing programs, conducting special events, and raising funds for installations of public art and presentation of arts programming. Thearts & recreation foundation is assisted by the friends of overland park (foa) advisory board to educate and enrich the lives of the residents of overland park by fostering, promoting and developing cultural and aesthetic activities and installations of art in overlandpark.
$1,156,687 spentof which $924,979 as grants$155,275 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,811,701.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $7.3M to $5.3M (−28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Vicki Lilly
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $181k → $86k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 40% · 2019 53% · 2020 43% · 2021 75% · 2022 31% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $517k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- City of Overland Park · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND?
- ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND (Kansas) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,293,959 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,293,959 in grants to ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND?
- THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS & RECREATION FOUNDATION OF OVERLAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing