Kansas · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,680,751 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $56M
What Goodwill Industries of Kansas Inc does
Mission
The mission of goodwill industries of kansas is to transform lives and communities through the power of education, training, and employment. Goodwill industries of kansas strives to be the leading resource for individuals seeking their fullest potential, and to improve the quality of life for people of all ages, regardless of disability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Goodwill industries of kansas utilizes its retail stores to provide training and employment opportunities to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Employment opportunities are available in every community store location. Goodwill accepts clothing and household wares from the public and sells these items in our retail stores. The net revenue from these items provides financial support for ongoing and development of education and vocational programs.
$23,607,198 spentof which $159,788 as grants$27,505,634 earned by the program95% of program spendingThe education program consists of both adult basic education for adults (16+), english as a second language (esl) training for adults (16+), and citizenship classes. The adult basic education program helps students earn their kansas high school diploma and explore in-demand careers. The esl program helps non-english-speaking individuals to learn the english language and explore in-demand career options as well. Students are guided through these programs by licensed instructors either virtually or in-person preparing them to pass the required state exams to earn their kansas high school diploma.
$1,211,763 spentof which $1,973 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,818,961.
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 $38M to $48M (+25%).
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 0% · 2018 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Laura Ritterbush
President and CEO
Board chair
Raymond Dondlinger
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $129k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $604k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries International Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 funders by total. 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
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 93% · 2019 96% · 2020 76% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 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
67% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
88% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS 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 $664k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC's revenue grew 50% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 290 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $122k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$122k
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.
Organizations like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,680,751 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $5,680,751 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF KANSAS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing