Kansas · Nonprofit
KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS
KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS (Kansas) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,245,825 to it, the largest being J RICHARD AND GEORGIA ANN FOSTER SMITH ($221,367). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 85
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas does
Mission
The kansas humane society is a community resource for pets and people, dedicated to enhancing the welfare of all companion animals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter program:the kansas humane society is a non-profit animal welfare organization providing shelter and care for homeless animals, pet adoption services, donor-subsidized spay/neuter services for the pets of low income families, youth education, community outreach, volunteer opportunities and end of life services such as private pet cremation. In fiscal year 2025, khs provided services for 10,664 animals. Of those animals, 2,087 were surrendered by their owners who were no longer able to care for them, and 6,730 were stray animals transferred for adoption from wichita animal services, the kansas humane society's municipal partner at the murfin animal care campus.of the 10,664 animals served by khs, 6,730 were homeless animals needing shelter and 1,220 visited khs for ancillary services such as spay/neuter or end of life services.of the 10,664 animals needing shelter services, 7,079 were saved through adoption, transfer to regional adoption partners or returned to their owner. In fiscal year 2025, khs' live release rate for canines was 93%; for felines 84%; and overall 89% due to health, behavior or lack of organization resources, 563 animals were euthanized.
$3,094,834 spent$1,417,025 earned by the program73% of program spendingVeterinary medical center services:the khs veterinary medical center provides high- quality medical care to shelter animals including examination, evaluation, vaccination, and spay/neuter surgery prior to adoption. Khs conducted 5,325 surgeries in fiscal year 2025. The spay/neuter surgery program is designed for low income pet owners. Every dog and cat adopted from khs is spayed/neutered and microchipped prior to adoption ultimately decreasing the number of animals entering our facility in the future.
$1,103,191 spent$98,597 earned by the program26% of program spendingCommunity and educational services:youth education is a key building block to reaching out vision and reducing our community's distressing pet overpopulation. In fiscal year 2025 khs reached over 4,639 children to teach invaluable lessons of compassion and respect for other living things. Khs helped 2,496 grieving families memorialize their pet through private pet cremation in fiscal year 2025. Nearly 580 volunteers helped fulfill the mission of khs, providing care, support, enrichment, socialization, compassion and love to its temporary residents. More than 221 volunteer foster families provided specialized care for 1,021 ill or underage pets in fiscal year 2025.
$33,106 spent$6,489 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,231,131.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $16M (+45%).
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.
59% of KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Aaron Walker
President/CEO
Board chair
Sarah J Hampton
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $134k → $332k.
20 of 85 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 85 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
60% 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 51% · 2019 25% · 2020 16% · 2021 10% · 2022 12% · 2023 24% — 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
50% of KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
59% of KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS's funding base is broadening — from 15 funders to 45 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS?
- KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS (Kansas) receives grants from 85 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,245,825 to it, the largest being J RICHARD AND GEORGIA ANN FOSTER SMITH ($221,367). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS have?
- IRS filings report 85 organizations giving $2,245,825 in grants to KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS?
- J RICHARD AND GEORGIA ANN FOSTER SMITH is the largest funder on record, with $221,367 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS 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 85 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