Kansas · Nonprofit
Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc
Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc (Kansas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,812 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($603,899). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $890k
- Net assets
- $380k
What Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc does
Mission
Early Childhood Collective connects the coalition of early childhood resources that serves growing families in Douglas County. ECCo serves as the fiscal agent and administrative hub for community-based early childhood programs that provide education support and resources to families from pregnancy through early childhood.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
ECCos Early Care and Education program funded by Early Childhood Block Grant from the KS Childrens Cabinet and Trust Fund KCCTF was implemented by our partners Positive Bright Start PBS and Brown Like Me Infant Toddler Care LLC BLM. PBSs Childcare Financial Aid Fund enabled 23 families ineligible to receive governmental childcare subsidies or other funded programs such as Head Start or Early Head Start to access quality early learning opportunities. These families were able to apply financial aid vouchers to enroll children in programs that are engaged in data informed continuous quality improvement by participation in PBSs Peer Mentoring group funded by ECCo. ECCo also paid PBS to provide on-site coaching and classroom administration. Brown Like Me Infant Toddler Care received funding through ECCo to provide low cost quality racially sensitive infant toddler care for Black and Brown families served by Doulas of Douglas County which is a program also funded through ECCo.
$536,933 spentof which $536,933 as grants$536,933 earned by the program48% of program spendingECCos Care Coordination & Case Management Program also funded by an ECBG as well as other sources was implemented by Centro Hispano and Doulas of Douglas County. Centro Hispanos staff of three bilingual Care Coordinators with lived experience provide culturally and linguistically accessible services and parenting education to 130 recently arrived Spanish and Indigenous peoples primarily from Southern Mexico and Central America. Doulas of Douglas County provided advocacy emotional and concrete support to 46 BIPOC families through pregnancy birth and post natal adjustments. Positive outcomes for families served by Centro Hispano and the Doulas were measured using Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale and Parent Stress Index. Children were screened using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires.
$327,150 spentof which $231,804 as grants$44,066 earned by the program29% of program spendingECCos Emotional and Behavioral Health program funded primarily through ECBG funds from the KCCTF was implemented by partners Positive Bright Start and a private bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker in collaboration with Centro Hispanos Care Coordinators. PBSs therapists diagnose and treat children and families using a variety of treatment modalities that focus on either the child or the parent caregiver child relationship or both. Sometimes the therapists involve others in the life of the child and family such as early childhood teachers early interventionists etc. Centro Hispanos bilingual LCSW also uses a variety of treatment modalities to address the ongoing trauma and recovery work of immigrant families who are pregnant or parenting young children. 56% of the children with social emotional risk at time 1 were proficient in time 2.
$220,723 spentof which $220,723 as grants$220,723 earned by the program20% of program spendingEarly Childhood Collective of Douglas County is the local affiliate of the Dollywood Foundation. Our affiliation resulted in approximately 2,700 age appropriate books mailed monthly to individual children birth to age 60 months in Douglas County at no cost to the childrens families.
$30,769 spentof which $30,769 as grants$30,769 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,115,575.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $538k to $1.0M (+92%).
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: 2020 89% · 2021 81% · 2022 86% · 2023 78% · 2024 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Richard Minder
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $27k → $213k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County 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
Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 64% · 2020 82% · 2021 59% · 2022 85% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
69% of Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc'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. Of the $276k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $614k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County 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
85% 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 Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc: 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 Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc?
- Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc (Kansas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,812 to it, the largest being DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($603,899). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $889,812 in grants to Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc?
- DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $603,899 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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