Kansas · Nonprofit
Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children
Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $262 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($262). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $976k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $262
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children does
Mission
It is the collective responsibility of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children to center the needs and realities of those who are most negatively impacted by systemic inequity. See Schedule O for full mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference: Annually, DEC brings together a passionate group of dedicated individuals who work with or on behalf of young children (0-8) with special needs and their families. Leading experts gather from all over the world to unite with other participants and attendees who are intimately invested in early intervention, early childhood special education, and related disciplines.Our conference program is designed to develop the skills and knowledge of those who work with or on behalf of young children with special needs and their families.
$362,320 spent$668,923 earned by the program43% of program spendingEducation and publications:The Journal of Early Intervention (JEI) is a peer-reviewed publication produced by DEC quarterly. It is the leading early childhood research journal focused on issues related to young children with special needs. It is a must-have for researchers, practitioners, Higher-Ed faculty, and students.Young Exceptional Children (YEC) is a peer-reviewed publication produced quarterly by DEC. It is a practical resource designed for teachers, administrators, therapists, family members, and others who work with young children with special needs.See Schedule O for continuation
$276,802 spent$114,966 earned by the program33% of program spendingMembership:Outreach and advocacy services to 2,800 members, associates, families, students, sponsored state subdivision members, and underrepresented groups regarding the promotion of quality services for young children and their families.DEC is the voice for early intervention/early childhood special education. DEC is also the home of the DEC Recommended Practices, which support the implementation of evidence based practices across the field of early intervention/early childhood special education.
$211,088 spent$186,628 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $850,210.
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 2020 to 2021, from $702k to $1.1M (+59%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children’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. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $59 → $56.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children’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 Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $262 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- Educ & Training For Employees$3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children: 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 Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children?
- Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children (Kansas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $262 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($262). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $262 in grants to Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $262 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Division for Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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