Kansas · Nonprofit
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC (Kansas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $975,173 to it, the largest being WICHITA FOUNDATION ($425,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $386k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $975k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What The Junior League of Wichita Inc does
Mission
Junior league of wichita, incorporated, is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. Junior league of wichita, inc. Reaches out to women of all races, creeds, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community projects-junior league of wichita, inc. (jlw) has many community projects and has given numerous gifts to our community. During the year ended june 30, 2024, jlw formally pledged to give the amount of $2,000,000 to exploration place as the sole presenting sponsor of the water play features of the ep2 initiative at exploration place. The junior league of wichita water play cascade will open in the junior league's 100th anniversary year in 2025. Jlw is pleased to partner with exploration place for a project which is going to not only transform the arkansas river and exploration place, but also change the lives of wichita children for generations to come.
$2,035,005 spent95% of program spendingTraining & education of members is vital to the core mission of the junior league of wichita by developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
$9,927 spent0% of program spendingGeneral activities of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
$99,131 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,144,063.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.8M to $1.8M (−53%).
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.
38% of THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $30k → $182k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA 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
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 78% · 2023 47% — 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
40% of THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
66% of THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $329k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $646k 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.
Against its field
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Association of Junior Leagues International · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC?
- THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC (Kansas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $975,173 to it, the largest being WICHITA FOUNDATION ($425,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $975,173 in grants to THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA INC?
- WICHITA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA 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 17 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