Kansas · Nonprofit
THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME
THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME (Kansas) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,463,402 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC ($3,303,843). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 115
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $26M
What The Wichita Children's Home does
Mission
To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Every child safe, every family supportedat The Wichita Children's Home, our primary commitment is to create a safe place for children and youth in crisis. Our programs and services include personalized therapeutic interventions, thorough case management, and holistic care crafted to address the unique needs of each child. These services ensure that every child receives personalized support and specialized attention using a shared decision-making model. Our goal is to instill in them the courage and confidence needed to build a brighter future, inspired by the hope and support they found at wichita children's home. (continue on schedule o)wch approachrecognizing the profound effects trauma has on a child's emotional well-being, behavior, and ability to form healthy relationships, our approach is rooted in the rich relationship model of care. The rich model emphasizes respect, information, connection, and hope, guiding our staff to build relationships grounded in empathy, trust, and compassion. These rich relationships are essential for children and youth who have experienced past betrayal and trauma as they provide a safe space for healing and growth. We are committed to creating…
$11,184,978 spentof which $411,606 as grants$6,354,921 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $11,184,978.
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 2023 to 2024, from $23M to $26M (+11%).
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: 2017 19% · 2018 12% · 2019 11% · 2020 14% · 2021 26% · 2022 15% · 2023 17% · 2024 9% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Deborah Kennedy
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 58 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $1.2M.
25 of 115 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 115 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
THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
62% 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 WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 53% · 2019 43% · 2020 31% · 2021 42% · 2022 23% · 2023 24% — 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
55% of THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
91% of THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.5M
- Department of Justice$2.2M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$103k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME?
- THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME (Kansas) receives grants from 115 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,463,402 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC ($3,303,843). 76 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME have?
- IRS filings report 115 organizations giving $10,463,402 in grants to THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME, 76 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME?
- UNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,303,843 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME 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 115 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