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KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC

KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC (Kansas) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,205 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($149,840). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$14M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$439k
Net assets
$5.1M
12/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped Inc does

Mission

To promote independence for persons with disabilities through innovative learning experiences that support the individual's choice for working, living, and playing in their community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. KETCH provides a full range of day services that can accommodate all programming needs for all levels of disabilities. KETCH offers several vocational opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities. An integrated WORK program and Community Job Coaching was provided for 80 persons. KETCH also provided programs that offer a variety of life experiences including leisure, social sensory relaxation, cultural, recreation, health, entertainment, communication, and educational and volunteer opportunities. This is realized through the following: Adult Life Skills which is designed for individuals with disabilities who cannot physically tolerate a full-time vocational training program. PACE or Program for Adaptive Care and Environment is developed to meet the unique needs of persons with Autism, and designed to help reduce anxiety and stress from daily distractions and high levels of sensory stimulation. Adult Life Skills/PACE was provided for 71 persons. In addition, Osage is designed to provide a community integrated day activity program centered around community outings, structured educational, social and physical activities, and community…

    $4,543,646 spent$2,893,290 earned by the program
    37% of program spending
  2. Services for individuals with Disabilities: KETCH provided Residential care for 140 persons. Support for training and supervision is provided in the home setting based on an individual's specific needs. Training is focused on learning new skills to help individuals live and work in the community.

    $7,718,623 spent$8,624,403 earned by the program
    63% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,262,269.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($12M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 100 ($8.3M)2018 Revenue 97 ($12M) Expenses 95 ($12M) Net assets 73 ($6.0M)2019 Revenue 96 ($12M) Expenses 90 ($12M) Net assets 73 ($6.0M)2020 Revenue 91 ($11M) Expenses 91 ($12M) Net assets 64 ($5.3M)2021 Revenue 108 ($13M) Expenses 93 ($12M) Net assets 77 ($6.4M)2022 Revenue 110 ($13M) Expenses 98 ($13M) Net assets 83 ($6.9M)2023 Revenue 118 ($14M) Expenses 114 ($15M) Net assets 77 ($6.4M)2024 Revenue 113 ($14M) Expenses 116 ($15M) Net assets 64 ($5.3M)2025 Revenue 114 ($14M) Expenses 109 ($14M) Net assets 62 ($5.1M)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (109)Net assets (62)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $10M to $9.4M (−9%).

$10M
$9.4M
$9.4M
$10M
$9.8M
$10M
$9.6M
$9.3M
$8.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 7% · 2019 8% · 2020 10% · 2021 23% · 2022 7% · 2023 9% · 2024 6% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

8% of KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,400 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$846k
’17
−$574k
’18
−$34k
’19
−$741k
’20
$977k
’21
$568k
’22
−$535k
’23
−$1.3M
’24
−$271k
’25
0.4
months of
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

Sheila Brown

President & CEO

Board chair

Suzanne Meeker

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+2+3+3+2+2+3+3+3
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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $72k.

4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 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 ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

34%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 35% · 2019 100% · 2020 34% · 2021 61% · 2022 55% · 2023 69% — 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

33% of KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

94% of KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.

MN
NY
RI
KS
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Kansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−2% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 12%Fundraising 1%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KS

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Questions and answers

Who funds KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC?
KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC (Kansas) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,205 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($149,840). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $439,205 in grants to KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC?
DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $149,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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