Kansas Public Health Headquarters

Legal name: Headquarters Kansas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480778435
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Topeka, KS, US
Phone
(785) 354-8559
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,465,732
Expenses
$4,250,614
Assets
$1,822,680
Liabilities
$1,643,684

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL WATKINS (CUSTODIAN): $104,280 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kansas headquarters, inc. Is the suicide prevention leader in Kansas dedicated to providing support, education, and crisis services for all to improve public health by preventing suicide and saving lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Headquarters Kansas (hqk) is dedicated to the delivery of the 988 suicide & crisis lifeline serving as the primary call center for 102 of the 105 Kansas counties. Throughout 2025, hqk received 31,264 calls and 12,431 chats/texts. Whether by call, text, or chat, hq was available 24/7 to meet kansans in crisis through whichever format felt right for them. Attended 91 tabling events with approximately 21,730 people engaged. Provided 36 presentations with over 1,100 people better understanding the crisis services available in their communities. Collaborated with over fifty partner organizations to promote and expand 988 services. Reached over 4.5 million impressions through digital campaigns to promote 988. Promotion and awareness for our organization became even more important in 2025. At the end of the year, hqs longstanding local crisis line transitioned to the national 988 line. Help seekers calling the local line (785-841-2345) were prompted to press 2 to be connected to an hq counselor or another 988-call center if the call originated outside of the hq service area. New research from the university of chicago revealed that 988 remains largely unknown with only 10% of adults reporting that they are very or extremely familiar with 988. Knowing that familiarity drives action, the promotion and education started in 2025 will continue to be a focus for our organization in 2026.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 26
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.9%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $836.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 94.9% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 1 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $510K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.