Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
IT IS THE MISSION OF KVC TO ENRICH AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION.
- Income
- $64.6 million
- Spending
- $64.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- 0.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Employees
- 588
- Volunteers
- 490
- Highest pay
- $453,597, director/ceo hsi
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 48 out of 100. Higher than 24% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.3 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 83% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 7% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 7 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $34.2 million spent. Permanency: KVC Kansas represents one of the strongest and broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums in the nation. KVC is responsible for the care of all Kansas children who enter foster care in the Kansas City and East catchment areas (3 and 6). KVC provides ongoing case management, therapy, family education, advocacy, and support, transportation and six months of aftercare services following permanency to children, young adults and families. KVC uses evidence-based assessments and interventions such as Trauma Therapy, Structured Decision-Making Assessments, Team Decision Making (TDM), Connect Attachment Groups, and Safe & Connected to ensure family engagement and services delivered to the family match the level of need. Reunification: Whenever possible, timely reunification is always the goal when children enter foster care. KVC strongly believes that children belong with their family whenever safely possible; therefore, reunification work begins immediately with the family as Case Managers/Family Support Workers assess for strengths and needs related to risk and safety of the child using evidence-based assessments. Case plan tasks are individualized to meet the needs of each family served by KVC. Adoption: When children cannot be reunified with their parents, reaching permanency through adoption becomes the goal for that child. KVC understands that children can't wait; therefore, it is important to begin recruiting adoptive resources for children as soon as it becomes evident that a child will not be able to safely reunify with his/her parent. Adoptive resources are often relatives of that child, foster parents that have been caring for the child while he/she is in foster care, or community connections the child has made during his/her lifetime (schoolteachers, coaches, neighbors, etc.). For those children who do not have an identified adoptive resource, KVC ensures continued outreach to family and connections and placement of the child on both KVC's Adoption website and Adopt-KS-Kids. Independent Living: KVC provides all children 16 years and older with independent living skills even if the child's case plan goal remains reunification or adoption. These services include budgeting, housekeeping, cooking, driver's education information, and continued educational options (college, vo-tech, Job Corp, etc.). Aftercare: After children or young adults exit the foster care system, KVC provides six months of post-permanency support services to ensure children and young adults remain safe at home and in their community. KVC provides continued education, advocacy, therapy, and support for 6 months following the date of permanency for the child. Services include parenting education, case management, outreach to community supports, in addition to 24-hour crisis support to the child and family. Mental Health Services: KVC provides specialized mental health assessment and treatment including, individual, couple and family therapy, medication management, substance abuse assessment and treatment, and a batterer's intervention program.
- $20.6 million spent. Child Placing Agency: KVC believes that children grow best in families. KVC is the largest Child Placing Agency in the state of Kansas. Family Service Coordinators provide service to foster families that includes 24/7 crisis support, continuing education programs, mentoring coordination, support groups and educational publications and forums. KVC provides trauma education and therapeutic support to foster parents to ensure a better understanding of children's behaviors and appropriate parenting intervention. Outpatient Services: KVC Kansas's Outpatient Department provides in-home, office-based and tele-therapy (individual and family), assessment, psychological testing, peer support, substance abuse treatment and medication management to children and families. KVC therapists receive training in trauma work in addition to other treatment modalities including TF-CBT (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Connect Attachment groups, Seeking Safety, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), PMTO and other evidence-based interventions. The Outpatient Department also provides the initial trauma and functioning mental health screening for all youth and their families upon entry into foster care as well as the ongoing assessments. They also coordinate all external mental health referrals. PMTO Services: KVC Kansas provides Parent Management Training, the Oregon model to families being served in our foster care case management program and as a prevention service for youth at risk of entering the juvenile corrections system. PMTO is an evidenced based intervention to help teach parents how to manage their children's behaviors. PMTO provides intensive in-home parent and family skill building aimed at improving parental and child functioning, reducing negative behaviors, and improving pro social behaviors. 2Gen: KVC Kansas provides prevention services to families in the northeast and southeast regions of the state to prevent out of home placement. Interventions include skill building in the areas of parent-child relationship, co-parenting and financial literacy.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1969.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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