Kansas · Nonprofit
KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION
KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,778 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($283,449). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $276k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $542k
- Net assets
- $429k
What Kc Blind All-Stars Foundation does
Mission
Kc blind all stars supports the kansas state school for the blind and is dedicated to providing assistance and support for low vision and blind students in education, technology, and career programs. Kc blind all stars provides assistive technology, scholarship opportunities, athletic events and extra-curriculur sports, along with experience in music and performing arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programming: kc blind all-stars provides assistance to educators for early childhood educational resources, literacy in the form of brailled books, instruments for music education and accessible curriculum for low vision and blind students.
$34,924 spent17% of program spendingStem events and accessible programs; including, immersive week long experiences at space camp, make48 competition to develop a marketable prototype, kssb stem mobile unit that travels across the state to bring accessible technology to schools, podcasting club and makerspace program. These community programs allow students to explore technology, develop critical life skills, practice problem solving and foster an enviornment of enpowerment.
$32,309 spentof which $13,000 as grants15% of program spendingAthletics: the organization sponsors an annual 5k walk and run to promote low vision and blind awareness while raising funds for critical programs at kssb. Kcbas supports visually impaired students' participation in accessible sports including blind soccer, track and field, swimming, and goal ball. Kc blind all-stars sponsors high school students competing and attending state competiions through out their school conference while providing needed equipment and funds necessary for long distance travel. Kcbas provides needed supplies for extra-curriculur sports and after-school activities
$10,290 spent5% of program spendingEducational support and experiences: the kc blind all-stars provides support for students to have a varied and diverse educational experiences that include scholarships for job training and higher education, celebrate access events, extended school year, development of a sensory garden at kssb. Scholarships for those attending training programs and college, low vision exams and equipment and inclusive entrepreneurship through the cafe and coffee bean roasting business. This year included establishing a restricted fund for funding educator and student educational resources
$133,063 spentof which $108,554 as grants63% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,586.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $243k to $495k (+104%).
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.
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
Tara Clevenger
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $143k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION’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
KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
45% 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 KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 88% · 2019 45% · 2020 84% · 2021 50% · 2022 91% · 2023 41% — 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
50% of KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
80% of KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
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In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION: 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 KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION?
- KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,778 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($283,449). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $541,778 in grants to KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION?
- THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $283,449 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KC BLIND ALL-STARS FOUNDATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 14 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