Kansas · Nonprofit
BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC
BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $201,200 to it, the largest being KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES ($201,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $363k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $201k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Big Top Education Centerinc does
Mission
To provide a safe and nurturing environment, as well as age-appropriate education for the children and families enrolled.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Big top education center is a licensed daycare for children age 2 weeks to 5 years of age. The center also offers an after school program for children up to the beginning of third grade. There were no allocations or grants to others.
$350,705 spent$317,560 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $350,705.
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 $157k to $253k (+61%).
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: 2017 13% · 2018 14% · 2019 14% · 2020 15% · 2021 24% · 2022 37% · 2023 24% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Julie Vogel
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $60k → $60k.
From the IRS filings of BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC?
- BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $201,200 to it, the largest being KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES ($201,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $201,200 in grants to BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC?
- KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES is the largest funder on record, with $201,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG TOP EDUCATION CENTERINC 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.
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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 1 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