Wichitas Littlest Heroes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471833024
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Wichita, KS, USA
- Phone
- 3163644163
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $371,868
- Expenses
- $319,721
- Assets
- $197,219
- Liabilities
- $10,650
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIANNA BASKERVILLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- TONY LYNCH (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BRIANNA BASKERVILLE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $65,889 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) exists to provide hope, help, and happiness to families of children ages 0-18 in the Kansas area who are battling life-threatening medical conditions. Wlh strives to accomplish this be being a physical and emotional presence for the family.
What it reported doing in 2024
Family assistance program: with the support of our generous sponsors, wichita's littlest heroes (wlh) is dedicated to providing essential aid to families when they need it most. Funds are provided to families facing financial hardship due to their child's medical needs. This assistance covered vital expenses like trips to specialists in Kansas city, groceries, and utility bills, easing the financial burden for families in crisis.in addition, wlh collaborates with partners to build wheelchair ramps, complete necessary home modifications, and make vehicle repairs, ensuring that families have safe, accessible spaces. We recognize that insurance often falls short and employers may not fully understand the high demands these families face. Wlh steps in to provide vital support, filling these gaps and helping parents, grandparents, siblings, and especially our young heroes, find relief and resilience during challenging times.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.3%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 44.3%; rating input score 44
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.3% of revenue deployed · 44.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $142K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.