Kansas · Nonprofit
URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER
URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER (Kansas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,720,009 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,812,982). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $568k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $57k
What Urban Scholastic Center does
Mission
Our mission is building leaders from here for here through Jesus and education. We provide wholistic wrap around services to underrepresented and low SES students and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Literacy Program: One of the largest programs of the USC is our literacy program. This program is designed to address the book deficit and literacy gaps present in Wyandotte County. Research indicates that there are six (6) students for every one book title in KCK, Wyandotte County. As opposed to six (6) book titles per student in more affluent districts. The USC was able to address this gap by giving away over 13,000 books to elementary and pre-k school students in Wyandotte County.
$348,475 spent76% of program spendingLife Enrichment- The USC Life Enrichment program is our most comprehensive program. Geared toward the physical, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, social and emotional growth of our students, this program provides a number of experiences, resources, and support for students. Through this program, the USC provided over 10,000 meals to students and over 20,000 hours of tutoring. In addition, students participated in over 400 hours of exercise activities, attended and engaged in over 200 Bible Studies, had over 400 hours of supplemental educational activities, and heard from over 15+ different professionals.
$92,309 spent20% of program spendingFree Food Store- The USC held a weekly free food store for the community. The store is stocked with shelves of shelf stable foods, fresh produce, refrigerators and freezers of dairy and meat products, and more. Unlike a traditional food pantry where individuals are told what to take, our clients come in and shop from the shelves and refrigerators choosing what they think their family needs. Our staff and volunteers then carry their bags/boxes and help load them for the customers or transport them home if they are without a vehicle. The store has served over 2,000 individuals since it started.
$17,788 spent4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $458,572.
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 $988k to $568k (−43%).
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 17% · 2020 34% · 2021 32% · 2022 43% · 2023 35% · 2024 45% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
George Williams
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $164k → $478k.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 71% · 2021 56% · 2022 66% · 2023 56% — 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
67% of URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
77% of URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER'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 $617k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from funders outside Kansas, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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
URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.7M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
- USC Mission Houses LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER?
- URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER (Kansas) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,720,009 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($1,812,982). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $2,720,009 in grants to URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,812,982 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN SCHOLASTIC CENTER 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 22 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