Kansas · Nonprofit
KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC
KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,724,076 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($703,100). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Inc does
Mission
Ksbbbs defines success by measuring positive youth outcomes (proven predictors of long-term success, such as school attendance and engagement), the number of youth served, and the duration of match relationships. Bbbs is an evidence-based, one-to-one mentoring program endorsed by blueprints for health youth development, crime solutions, the office of juvenile justice delinquency prevention model programs, and the substance abuse and mental health services administration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community-based volunteers (bigs) in the community-based program are required to make a 12-month commitment (minimum) and will spend time with the youth (littles) typically outside of school hours. These matches routinely meet, on average, a minimum of two times per month to enjoy a variety of activities and outings, such as attending a community event, going to a museum, playing catch, sharing a meal, or just hanging out and talking. Additionally, each quarter, a new topic is discussed between the youth and mentor that correlates to self-worth, self-confidence, healthy choices, adulting 101, and career and life. As of december 31, 2024, 1,654 youth were matched in ksbbbs' community-based program. The following outcomes were reported for youth who were matched more than one year in the community-based program: 87% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of educational success; 94% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of avoidance of risky behaviors; 80% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of socio-emotional competencies.
$2,509,341 spent85% of program spendingSite based - site-based mentoring allows the volunteer to meet with the child at their school each week during the lunch period when they can do homework, read together, play games, or just talk. Volunteers in the site-based program are asked to make a 9-month commitment (minimum). As of december 31, 2024, 219 youth were matched in ksbbbs' site-based program. The following outcomes were reported for youth who were matched more than one year in the site-based program: 92% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of educational success; 82% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of avoidance of risky behaviors; 96% maintained an average or above average score or indicated improvement in the area of socio-emotional competencies.
$442,825 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,952,166.
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.
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 $7.4M to $11M (+52%).
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 24% · 2018 17% · 2019 17% · 2020 21% · 2021 17% · 2022 11% · 2023 30% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Mary Shannon
CEO
Board chair
Gene Camarena
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $285k → $514k.
21 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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: $5.8M from 11 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
71% 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 KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 44% · 2019 37% · 2020 46% · 2021 29% · 2022 20% · 2023 17% — broadly stable.
“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
41% of KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
55% of KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS 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. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Government funding KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$20k
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 KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS 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
42% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC?
- KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC (Kansas) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,724,076 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($703,100). 50 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $4,724,076 in grants to KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC, 50 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $703,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KANSAS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS 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 79 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