Kansas · Nonprofit
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,000 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $51k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $393k
What William Allen White Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation has three goals: to encourage better journalism in Kansas, to extend White's principles into the future, and to strengthen freedom of speech, press and communication.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
William Allen White Day which includes lectures and institutes.
$4,796 spent15% of program spendingNational Citation Honorarium and travel for award winners.
$6,100 spent19% of program spendingEducational Support in the form of scholarships and professorships.
$19,870 spent63% of program spendingOther administrative fees
$798 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,564.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $440k to $349k (−21%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Eric Nelson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $34k.
From the IRS filings of WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC’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
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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
54% of WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Kansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC
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In Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC?
- WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC (Kansas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,000 to it, the largest being DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $74,000 in grants to WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC?
- DWANE L AND VELMA LUNT WALLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE FOUNDATION INC 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 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