Western Kansas Community Foundation

Analysis

Western Kansas Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Garden City, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Western Kansas Community Foundation reported income of $2.7m and spending of $2.4m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.7m to $2.7m (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Western Kansas Community Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Madison County Inc ($2.7m), Flintridge Center ($2.7m) and Golden Belt Community Foundation ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $209k. At year end it held assets of $48.5m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $46.6m. It reported 5 employees.