Wichita Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200666242
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Wichita, KS, United States
Phone
316.264.4880
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Assets
$225
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHELLY PRICHARD (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

People named in this filing

  • AMY WILLIAMS (BOARD CHAIR)
  • DEBBIE GANN (PAST CHAIR)
  • MIKE RAMSEY (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We invest in people and ideas to spark change. More than specialists in their fields, WF staff are active participants in our community – as parents, volunteers, neighbors, and enthusiasts of all sorts. We’re community builders with a passion for Wichita. Contact Shelly to explore our mission, partnerships & overall goals. Shelly Prichard. In November 2023, the WF Board adopted an Anti-hate Funding Policy that ensures no funding will be directed to organizations that engage in hateful speech or activities. This policy applies to all Foundation grantmaking and impact investments, including donor-advised recommendations. Our pledge to anti-hate is not just words; it’s a commitment to stop discrimination. _The Wichita Foundation will not make grants or impact investments to organizations the WF knows or has reason to believe support or engage in hateful activities that promote violence...

What it reported doing in 2024

To receive and accept property to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes, primarily in connection with the promotion and support of the charitable purposes, programs and activities of the wichita foundation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -35.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.