Kansas · Nonprofit
WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,550 to it, the largest being THE FIDELITY BANK FOUNDATION ($110,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $212k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $143k
- Net assets
- $188k
What Wichita Public Schools Foundation does
Mission
To fill the gap between what public funding provides and what students need to succeed both inside and beyond the classroom.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To seek out resources to provide innovative and impactful educational services to wichita public schools beyond what federal, state, and local tax revenue can support.
$24,222 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $24,222.
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
Greer Cowley
Executive director
Board chair
Frank Shoffner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 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 WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’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 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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
100% of WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION'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
WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: 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 WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,550 to it, the largest being THE FIDELITY BANK FOUNDATION ($110,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $142,550 in grants to WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- THE FIDELITY BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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