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WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER
WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $911,731 to it, the largest being Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation ($494,185). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $341k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $912k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Wichita County Heritage Society Dba Kell House Heritage Center does
Mission
Inspire and educate the community to engage in preservation through the kell house heritage center.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Historic preservation-the organization continues to operate and care for the kell house museum in order to preserve it for future generations. At over 110 years old, this historic home and its grounds require ongoing maintenance and repairs in order to preserve this local treasure. The organization also encourages historic preservation by recognizing those who have preserved historic structures in wichita county and provides representation on the city's landmark commission.community events - the organization hosts numerous public events during the year to draw attention and interest in this historic home. The two largest are santa house and the 4th of july celebration. The historic home is also available for rent for private parties and functions.education - the organization continues to provide educational events and activities aimed toward educating the public about the kell house museum, the kell family, as well as the local community through guided tours, special exhibits, living history days for local schools etc. It also supports the eduction and training for the rehabilitation of local texas historical markers.
$76,782 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $76,782.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $1.8M (+34%).
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 7% · 2022 4% · 2023 53% · 2024 13% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $229k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER’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
WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
60% 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 WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 95% · 2019 95% · 2020 54% · 2021 34% · 2022 46% · 2023 91% — 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
50% of WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
55% of WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE 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 $412k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $499k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER?
- WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $911,731 to it, the largest being Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation ($494,185). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $911,731 in grants to WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER?
- Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $494,185 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WICHITA COUNTY HERITAGE SOCIETY DBA KELL HOUSE HERITAGE CENTER 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.
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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 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 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