Texas · Nonprofit
KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL
KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,332,246 to it, the largest being MCCARTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($960,871). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $785k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $60k
What Kids Matter International does
Mission
Helping children in need through programs that empower them and enhance their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Around the block is a Kids Matter International program whose mission is to address the clothing needs of disadvantaged and underprivileged school age children. It is accomplished through a partnership with kohl's department stores, local title I schools, and agencies that help identify those children in need. Funds are provided through individuals, businesses, and other local organizations. For a majority of children, it is the first time they are receiving new clothes as opposed to hand-me-downs. School counselors have informed us that this program is the only known available program meeting the clothing needs of these children and that it positively impacts the self-esteem of the children. Around the block served 1,693 children who live in poverty.
$655,130 spentof which $398,394 as grants97% of program spendingRamp up reading/literacy is a Kids Matter International program whose mission is to improve comprehension and reading skills of disadvantaged and underprivileged school age children. It raises awareness and excitement about the importance of reading and literacy. It is accomplished through a partnership with employees of kohl's department stores and volunteers who distribute thousands of books annually on a variety of topics to these children. Each child selects a book of interest that they get to keep. Volunteers spend hours reading with and to the children with the goal of helping them improve their reading and comprehension skills thus improving the child's overall self-confidence and learning abilities. In 2024-2025, 10,000 books were distributed to title 1 schools in texas. In addition to title 1 schools, books are distributed to boys/girls clubs, orphanages, and womens shelters.
$17,228 spentof which $17,228 as grants3% of program spendingKids Matter International typically supports the victory christian center in tanzania which provides food, clothing and a school education to children. In 2024-2025, kmi sent $2,000 funding to support children's education.
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants0% of program spending3)COMMUNITY PROGRAMS As part of the Southlake, TX annual Art in the Square festival, KMI supports the youth art contest. This contest is open to any public, private or home-schooled student in grades 9-12 (or home-school equivalent) who lives in NE Tarrant County, Texas. The Grand Prize Winner receives the "Lone Star Artist Award and has their work placed in the Texas State Capitol building for one week. The winner receives hotel accommodations for two nights in Austin and a VIP tour of the Texas Capitol, courtesy of a local state representative and Kids Matter International.
$1,250 spentof which $1,250 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $675,608.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $149k to $290k (+94%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
109% of KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Marti Conner
President & CEO
Board chair
Lisa Harrington
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $88k → $188k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL’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
KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 76% · 2022 72% · 2023 72% — 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
30% of KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
97% of KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $321k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL: 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 KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL?
- KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,332,246 to it, the largest being MCCARTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($960,871). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,332,246 in grants to KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL?
- MCCARTY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $960,871 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIDS MATTER INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 20 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