Kansas · Nonprofit
WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $707,400 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($650,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $707k
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association does
Mission
To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Our vision: to provide a world class museum experience, advancing the understanding and exploration of the rich historical and cultural heritage of wichita and sedgwick county kansas.our core values:discovery, creativity, empathy, authenticity, integrity, service and collaborationthese values are primary factors guiding the organization's actions in meeting the mission and fulfilling the vision set for the museum. By adhering to these simple tenets, the museum is able to provide experiences which orient the visitor to the past, define the present, and help chart the course for the future.our statement of ethics: the museum's policies and procedures are intended to reflect the values in the code of ethics for museums of the american association of museums and the wichita-sedgwick county historical museum statement of ethics.
$456,628 spent$61,837 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $456,628.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.6M to $7.2M (−17%).
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 51% · 2020 13% · 2021 37% · 2022 52% · 2023 18% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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 held at 3 funders, grant income fell $26k → $2k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $41k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Wichita Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION’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-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 72% · 2021 67% · 2022 53% · 2023 44% — 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
33% of WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
93% of WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION'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 $49k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $658k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$1k
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 WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: 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-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (Kansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $707,400 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($650,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $707,400 in grants to WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION?
- RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WICHITA-SEDGWICK COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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