Kansas · Nonprofit
DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC
DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC (Kansas) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,701 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $359k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $391k
- Net assets
- $419k
What Down Syndrome Society of Wichita Inc does
Mission
The mission of down syndrome society of wichita, inc. Is to provide programs and services that educate, connect, develop and advocate to improve the lives of the down syndrome community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Adult skills and lifestyle program. Includes: exploreict- exploreict that serves adults with down syndrome. Its initiatives are independence skills building, volunteerism in the community and health and wellness. This program includes learning technology and community exploration on a weekly basis. Parents engage in culinary development, and life skills in a format and setting that is comfortable and relaxed. Individuals participate in at least 90 hours annually in fitness classes and activities, along with over 90 hours of volunteerism in the community with other area agencies.
$46,979 spent$41,375 earned by the program48% of program spendingDevelopment and wellness program that includes: summer of discovery and school break. Summer of discovery and school break programs provide participants with an option that caters to their needs and abilities. Attendees have a chance at a camp like experience, while altering plans and activities to fit specific needs. Participants engage in fun physical activity, while creative writing and exploration is included. Participants are able to build long lasting relationships and continue to express and hone their desires and abilities.
$25,999 spent$2,614 earned by the program27% of program spendingEngagement and advocacy program. New parent outreach - each year, the organization welcomes over 20 new families in the area or new parents. The organization provides educational literature, along with brochures and contacts for a plethora of area agencies that will support and assist them in their journey.
$25,129 spent$126 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,107.
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 2022 to 2023, from $224k to $558k (+149%).
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.
80% of DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Natalie Rolfe
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $111k.
7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC’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
DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
48% 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 DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 97% · 2021 53% · 2022 92% · 2023 90% — 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
0% of DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
100% of DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC?
- DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC (Kansas) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $390,701 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($100,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $390,701 in grants to DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC?
- DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC 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 16 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