Kansas · Nonprofit
STITCHING CHANGE INC
STITCHING CHANGE INC (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being WYANDOTTE HEALTH FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $89k
What Stitching Change Inc does
Mission
We bring women together to teach them sewing skills, work collaboratively, market their products, and provide them with supplemental income. We also work to repurpose surplus and scrap fabrics into beautiful, handcrafted products, keeping them out of the landfill and preventing pollution.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sewing classesin 2024 we provided 236 hours of free sewing and clothing repair classes to people from our community and refugees. In 2024 we filled 597 student spots. Our curriculum starts and the beginning skill level. Supplies and patterns are provided free of charge from our
$19,551 spent$14,609 earned by the program64% of program spendingReclaiming textiles and sewing projects we partner with organizations in the community to collect reclaimed textiles that would otherwise go to landfills. The reclaimed textiles are used for sewing classes and home projects. Students participated in making hundreds of bags for attendees at the presbyterian womens conference.
$11,110 spent36% of program spendingCommunity out reach events we presented five workshops at churches and community events on how to repurpose and reclaim textiles to give them a second use and keep them out of landfills. We also participated in 14 community events.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,661.
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
Rakmila Shaiza
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STITCHING CHANGE INC’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
STITCHING CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
69% of STITCHING CHANGE INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
STITCHING CHANGE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,527 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,527 employment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like STITCHING CHANGE 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
38% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 STITCHING CHANGE INC: 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 STITCHING CHANGE INC?
- STITCHING CHANGE INC (Kansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being WYANDOTTE HEALTH FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STITCHING CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $16,000 in grants to STITCHING CHANGE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of STITCHING CHANGE INC?
- WYANDOTTE HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STITCHING CHANGE 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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