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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
364
Grants FY2024
324
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$75,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,475,583
Organizations funded a year
309 to 448
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
22
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving290$89M15%
FY2023324$88M12%
FY2022448$113M27%
FY2021441$76M36%
FY2020394$67M34%
FY2019360$56M35%
FY2018355$67M51%
FY2017309$58Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$224MEmployment$139MPhilanthropy$137MCommunity Improvement$126MArts & Culture$22MHuman Services$19MPublic Benefit$16MSocial Science$16MOther$0

Where its grants go

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Great Jobs Kc Inc$120,623,785895%
Kauffman Scholars Inc$46,772,3528100%
Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc$38,511,400831%
School Smart Kc Inc$14,950,000563%
Real Estate Charitable Foundation$10,484,121273%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$8,011,899710%
Skilled Kc Technical Institute Inc$7,750,8014100%
Altcap$6,750,000834%
National Opinion Research Center$5,755,25931%
Pipeline Inc$5,401,687888%
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All grantees of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Great Jobs Kc Inc$120,623,785895%
Kauffman Scholars Inc$46,772,3528100%
Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc$38,511,400831%
School Smart Kc Inc$14,950,000563%
Real Estate Charitable Foundation$10,484,121273%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$8,011,899710%
Skilled Kc Technical Institute Inc$7,750,8014100%
Altcap$6,750,000834%
National Opinion Research Center$5,755,25931%
Pipeline Inc$5,401,687888%
Global Entrepreneurship Network$5,178,620517%
Real World Initiatives Inc$5,124,138177%
The Educator Academy Inc$4,941,025551%
Dreamspring$4,300,000129%
Global Entrepreneurship Week$4,274,9955100%
Forward Cities Inc$4,196,621651%
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc$3,801,22486%
Biostl$3,767,025812%
Kansas City Public Library$3,317,5158n/a
Holy Rosary Credit Union$3,300,000338%
Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship Inc$3,243,0007n/a
Union Station Kansas City Inc$2,863,18386%
National Bureau of Economic Research Inc$2,701,07142%
Enterprise Center of Johnson County$2,605,224735%
The Family Conservancy$2,328,65074%
National Public Radio Inc$2,285,00080%
Kansas City Public Schools$2,214,8437n/a
Kansas City Startup Foundation$2,128,750846%
The Lean Lab Inc Lean Lab Education$2,082,740665%
Public Television 19 Inc$2,015,00083%
Center for American Entrepreneurship$2,000,000576%
City Year Inc$1,995,00040%
National Main Street Center Inc$1,936,674511%
Community Builders of Kansas City$1,900,67575%
Interise Inc$1,859,577327%
City of Kansas City Missouri$1,835,0006n/a
Accelerator for America$1,830,000645%
The Urban Institute$1,740,00050%
Vilcap Inc$1,732,400319%
Teach for America Inc$1,717,50050%
Tntp Inc$1,683,50061%
National Wwi Museum and Memorial$1,622,50066%
De la Salle Education Center$1,620,000616%
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City$1,581,32884%
Support Kansas City Inc$1,578,502818%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$1,578,01062%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,554,0167n/a
Umkc Foundation$1,489,01253%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City$1,445,00085%
Urban Libraries Council$1,431,890611%
Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow$1,409,895828%
The Brookings Institution$1,370,00070%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation$1,362,107736%
Center School District #58 and #59$1,327,9027n/a
Community Services League of Jackson County$1,225,00062%
Center for Venture Education$1,185,00049%
The Nelson Gallery Foundation$1,184,02081%
International Economic Development Council$1,178,70059%
New York University$1,165,04750%
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc$1,165,000616%
International Business Innovation Association Inc$1,150,775446%
Urban Manufacturing Alliance Inc$1,142,850459%
Guadalupe Centers Inc$1,133,53083%
The Milken Institute$1,125,00030%
Hickman Mills C-1school District$1,108,0277n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$1,055,1485n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,039,30580%
Kansas State University$1,011,2255n/a
Greater Kc Linc Inc$990,00071%
Belton School District #124$969,9776n/a
Mo Kan 2020 Vision Inc$960,620880%
North Kansas City School District$952,0004n/a
Washington University$939,42870%
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative$935,63525%
Community Initiatives$930,00031%
United Inner City Services Inc$908,32066%
Crossroads Charter Schools$896,14873%
Pennsylvania State University$895,1933n/a
University Academy$895,00071%
4point0 Schools$890,000231%
Aligned$885,000547%
Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc$882,500618%
Fort Osage R-1 School District$865,7287n/a
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$864,24050%
Urban League of Kansas City Mo$857,420428%
Grace United Community Ministries Inc$852,800834%
Turn the Page Kc Inc$840,500842%
Unified School District No 233$830,0003n/a
The Center for Better Schools$826,500225%
Black Innovation Alliance$825,000221%
Kc Digital Drive Inc$823,680728%
Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc$822,30052%
Nesta US inc$797,4074100%
The Literacy Lab$790,00042%
The Big Picture Company$787,80044%
Kids Win Missouri$786,000424%
Literacy Kansas City$783,17587%
William Marsh Rice University$778,44260%
Donorschooseorg$750,40060%
Beacon Media Inc$750,000423%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$749,98450%
Association of Women's Business Centers$738,950724%
Academy for Integrated Arts$736,50047%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$723,9364n/a
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$706,455421%
Cooperating School Districts of Greater Kansas City Foundation Inc$700,1251n/a
Girl Scouts of Ne Kansas and Nw Missouri Inc$700,00071%
Johnson County Library Foundation$700,000729%
United We$697,610822%
The Launchcode Foundation$680,00052%
Rural Economic Development Center Inc$664,12743%
Linda Hall Library Foundation$662,500427%
Federation of American Scientists$659,00032%
Association of Missouri Charter Schools$650,000620%
Kc Common Good Inc$650,000336%
Neighborhood Development Center Inc$650,00045%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City$647,98241%
Prospect Business Association$645,000450%
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation$642,62042%
Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America$615,00062%
Celebrate Edu$610,400546%
Beloved Community Inc$610,000410%
Institute for Justice$609,31041%
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center$608,980716%
Kansas Leadership Center$600,000313%
El Centro Inc$589,63175%
Kauffman Fasttrac Inc$582,833598%
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc$580,00045%
Syracuse University$578,44360%
The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City$575,000213%
Whatsoever Community Center In$572,332736%
Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services$571,50057%
American Public Square Inc$571,250818%
Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc$569,000413%
Generating Income for Tomorrow$562,000417%
Core Skills Institute$556,277439%
Wepower$555,000414%
Venture for America Inc$555,00063%
Partnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc$550,000312%
Hatch$532,500433%
Kc International Academy$531,00061%
Kansas City Urban Youth Academy Inc$528,193519%
Reconciliation Services$526,50056%
Northeastern University$525,88350%
University of Utah$525,0004n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$521,06230%
Teachers Like Me$520,000379%
Drexel University$519,52660%
Trustees of Boston University$517,72540%
Central Avenue Betterment Association$517,000653%
Metropolitan Economic Development Association$515,25043%
The New School$507,74930%
The Rand Corporation$500,85840%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$500,00040%
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$500,00011%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$500,00051%
Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans$485,02546%
Kipp Kansas City$484,83461%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$484,00038%
Greater St Louis Inc Foundation$481,550710%
AARP Foundation$481,00020%
Youth Ambassadors Inc$480,000819%
National Community Reinvestment Coalition Inc$475,00022%
Aleria Research Corp$470,050399%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$460,00040%
Venture Noire Inc Venture Noire$455,000390%
Center for Rural Affairs$450,00042%
Elemental Excelerator Inc$450,00022%
Vibrant Memphis Inc$450,00026%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber$450,00022%
American Economic Liberties Project$450,00028%
Johns Hopkins University$450,00040%
Black Girl Ventures Foundation$449,988377%
High Aspirations Incorporated$448,650817%
Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center & Emergency Shelter for Childr$446,57053%
Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc$446,26528%
New Profit Inc$443,00040%
United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc$439,20022%
Mortar Cincinnati$435,000222%
Rural Development Initiatives Inc$433,636319%
Guadalupe Educational System Inc$432,73851%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$429,6933n/a
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team Corp$429,36928%
Upper Room Kc$429,31444%
KC Healthy Kids$427,780514%
Access Ventures Inc$425,950215%
Amethyst Place Inc$425,00033%
Della Lamb Community Services$422,42655%
Astia$420,000218%
Didtechnology Inc$414,000220%
United Believers Community Baptist Church$412,0006n/a
Flint Hills Regional Council Inc$410,000328%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$410,00041%
Newbo City Market$410,000317%
Economic Empowerment Center$410,000314%
No More Empty Pots$410,00036%
Latinx Education Collaborative$410,000224%
Small Business Empowerment Center$410,000319%
Texas State University Development Foundation$406,68232%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$405,1245n/a
Urban Scholastic Center$404,70058%
Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated$404,46051%
Defy Ventures Inc$400,00034%
Old Dominion University Research Foundation$400,00040%
The Sewing Labs$400,000439%
Heartland Forward Inc$400,00023%
Technology Entrepreneur Center Inc$400,000217%
Avenue of Life Inc$400,00034%
Community Assistance Council Inc$400,000219%
University City Science Center$400,00021%
Lincoln University$400,0004n/a
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$400,00024%
Unamesa Association$400,000230%
Stillman College$399,70021%
Kean University Foundation Inc$399,05032%
Duke University$393,00050%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$392,04430%
Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society D/B/A Mattie Rhodes Center$390,19544%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$389,04540%
Pawsperity Inc$386,17757%
Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute$375,000621%
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative Inc$370,00039%
Nxtus Inc$370,000328%
Blue Valley Usd#229$368,0003n/a
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City Foundation$363,006410%
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative Inc$360,81336%
Climate Action KC Inc$360,000360%
Catalyst Education Inc$360,00036%
FUSE Corps$360,00022%
Start Small Think Big Inc$360,00037%
Olathe Wesleyan Church Inc$355,3834n/a
Babson College$352,47580%
The Transition Academy$350,000226%
Linda Hall Library Trusts$350,00022%
Cortex$350,00021%
Business Education Fund$350,000214%
Association for Enterprise Opportunity$350,00022%
America Achieves Inc$350,00011%
Tennessee Technology Development Corp$350,00033%
Rockhurst University$349,70050%
Wellesley College$347,83540%
Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc$347,50031%
Rosedale Development Association$345,175618%
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc$341,80031%
William Jewell College$339,90070%
African American Mayors Assocation$335,600312%
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City$330,55086%
Empower Evergreen Inc$329,72029%
Open Markets Institute$325,00045%
Association for Information Systems$322,610610%
Lindenwood Education System$318,86930%
The American Conservative$318,70046%
Regents of the University of California$316,6664n/a
Community Capital Fund$315,000511%
Data Quality Campaign Inc$313,191139%
The Rabbit Hole Kc$310,00049%
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center$310,00045%
Center on Rural Innovation Inc$310,00028%
Black Archives of Mid-America Inc$308,600713%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$305,00025%
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation$305,000213%
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management$300,000310%
Mission Adelante Inc$300,0003n/a
Build Institute$300,000230%
Surge Institute$300,00022%
Metro Ideas Project$300,0003n/a
Justine Petersen Housing And Reinvestment Corporation$300,00024%
The Gem Theater Cultural and Performing Arts Center$300,0002n/a
Hispanic Business Initiative Fund Inc$300,00025%
Drake University$300,00030%
Seward County Community College Foundation$300,00036%
Employee Ownership Expansion Network$300,000320%
Plaza Academy$300,00066%
Pathway Financial Education$300,000246%
Engine Foundation$300,000227%
Filene Research Institute Inc$300,00014%
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City$300,00023%
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$300,00017%
OAK RIDGE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP dba OAK RIDGE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL$295,000624%
aSTEAM VILLAGE INC$295,000424%
Uncover KC$294,367452%
Iowa Center for Economic Success$294,306213%
The Academy of Management Inc$294,05071%
Michigan State University$293,8722n/a
Bridge Leadership Academy$290,000332%
Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry$285,00051%
Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation$281,616845%
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council$272,80058%
Carnegie Mellon University$270,25030%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$270,00032%
Mid America Assistance Coalition$270,00023%
The Children's Place Inc$267,91142%
Wake Forest University$267,26240%
St Louis University$265,93630%
Art as Mentorship Inc$263,350348%
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inc$262,00022%
Jane Boyd Community House$260,000221%
Connections to Success$259,77527%
Journey to New Life INC$255,000211%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$254,00071%
Cornell University$253,28040%
Bionexus Kc$253,27077%
Cambiar Education$250,00010%
National Institute of Minority Economic Development$250,00023%
University of Pittsburgh$250,00020%
Bsds Inc Brookside Charter School$250,00021%
Collider Foundation$250,000340%
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development$250,00022%
The Barstow School$250,00021%
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland$250,000113%
Rural Community Assistance Corporation$250,00020%
The Future Project Inc$250,000213%
California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity$250,00025%
Nawbo Institute for Entrepreneurial Development$250,000175%
New Frontier Educational Foundation$250,000291%
The Foundation for Delta Educational & Economic Development$250,000141%
Kc Can Compost$250,000126%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$250,00010%
Invest Nebraska Corporation$250,00022%
Mid-Coast Radio Project Inc$250,000120%
Kansas City Local Organizing Committee$250,000119%
Council on Foundations Inc$247,50071%
Credential Engine Inc$247,50018%
School Leader Lab$245,000210%
Learn a Lot Academy$240,00029%
Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Corporation$240,00027%
Make Startups Institute Inc$239,600142%
Goodwill of Western Missouri & Eastern Kansas$235,15040%
Brothers Liberating Our Communities Inc$235,000313%
The Reinvestment Fund Inc$235,00030%
Connecting for Good$234,750411%
Bike Walk Kc$233,500114%
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute$233,30330%
KC Social Innovation Center Inc$232,000323%
Institute for Women's Policy Research$231,54533%
Endeavor Global Inc (F/K/A the Endeavor Initiative Inc)$230,65622%
Citizens of the World Charter Schools$230,00018%
National Institute for Construction Excellence$227,244236%
State Science & Technology Institute$226,100210%
Principalsconnect$225,00037%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$225,00022%
SoGaL Foundation$225,000232%
Build From Within Alliance$225,000119%
Toolbox Inc$225,000231%
Cleveland State University Foundation$225,00041%
Trustees of Clark University$223,98420%
The Third Way Foundation Inc$220,00022%
United States Conference of Mayors$219,5004n/a
Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network$218,18424%
Mid-America Arts Alliance$217,50025%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$217,2504n/a
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc$216,42034%
Southern Windsor County Incubator Inc Dba Black River Innovation Campus$215,000259%
Association for Women in Science Inc$214,71427%
Coastal Enterprises Inc$212,40021%
Launch Inc$211,580227%
Kansas Action for Children Inc$210,00044%
Northeast Community Center$210,000210%
Mitchell Kapor Foundation$209,52522%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$209,52524%
Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc$206,40040%
Web Dubois Learning Center$204,900259%
Neighborhoods of Hope Community Housing$204,745236%
United Way of Wyandotte County$200,00033%
Common Future$200,00021%
Sisters in Christ$200,000110%
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce Foundation$200,0002n/a
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$200,00020%
W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation$200,00020%
Red Tail Academy Inc$200,000182%
Pembroke Hill School$200,00020%
Education Cities Inc$200,00017%
Southern Capital Project$199,4003100%
National Public Education Support Fund$195,00032%
Womens Employment Network$188,51979%
Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc$187,98849%
Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network$186,788314%
Nest Inc$181,29232%
Children's Center for the Visually Impai$179,90032%
Kansas City Kansas School Foundation of Excellence$178,560134%
Essential Families Midwest Inc$175,000272%
Urban Financial Services Coalition Foundation Inc$175,000296%
Growing Futures Early Education Center Inc$174,27232%
Charitable Communications$170,0006n/a
Omaha Community Broadcasting$170,0002n/a
University of Chicago$169,54620%
Tolbert Educational Services Inc$167,6682n/a
Education Pioneers$167,50821%
TEACHorg Inc$165,00022%
Franklin & Marshall College$163,50020%
Kansas Newspaper Foundation$159,650235%
Georgetown University$158,79630%
Bright Futures Fund$156,43424%
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy$155,00043%
Cornerstones of Care$154,99430%
National Association of Counties Research Foundation$151,12012%
Prosperity Now$150,00021%
Global Detroit$150,00024%
Financial Health Network Inc$150,00011%
Police Athletic League of Kcks$150,000116%
Ventures$150,00023%
United Way of Greater St Joseph$150,00014%
The Directors Council$150,000215%
Wecode Kc$150,000116%
Strategic Workforce Development Inc$150,0001n/a
Accelerate 500 Inc$145,00022%
Center for Economic Inclusion$144,36011%
Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School$144,00031%
Frontier Schools Inc$140,50030%
National Urban Fellows Inc$140,00015%
Computer History Museum$139,00021%
Angels of Grace Family Service Center$138,0002n/a
Springboard 2000 Enterprises Inc$136,08025%
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon$135,00021%
Suburban Balance$135,000269%
Kemper Museum Operating Foundation$131,16083%
Center for American Progress$130,00010%
Justice & Dignity Center Coalition$129,8774n/a
Startup Champions Network Inc$129,416351%
Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce$127,000144%
Start at Zero Inc$126,60046%
Opportunity America Educational Fund$126,500213%
Show Me KC Schools Inc$125,015310%
The Idea Village Inc$125,00015%
McEl United Inc$125,000114%
City Startup Labs Inc$125,000163%
Poc Collaborative Community Resource Center$125,000226%
Youth Volunteer Corps$125,00017%
Masschallenge Inc$125,00011%
The Roosevelt Institute$125,0001n/a
Right to Start$125,00026%
Citizens of the World Charter School-Kansas City$125,00012%
The Hope Center Inc$123,96026%
Tom Tom Foundation$123,00027%
Missouri Main Street Connection Inc$122,98043%
Association for Psychological Science$121,02060%
Genesis School Inc$120,55231%
Wonderscope Inc$120,00022%
Emerging Builders Inc$120,000267%
Chicago Urban League$118,07031%
Industry Studies Association Wharton School Univ of Pennsylvania$116,000539%
Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program$115,116116%
Newhouse Inc$113,44761%
Indiana University School of Medicine$107,0001n/a
The Kansas University Endowment Association$106,98060%
The National Foundation for American Policy Inc$105,000412%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$103,97240%
Mercy Corps$103,44320%
Leila Janah Foundation$103,438112%
United Community Services of Johnson County Inc$102,50034%
University of Central Ar Foundation Inc$102,50021%
American Jazz Museum$101,41026%
Petes Garden$100,61047%
Saint Lukes Foundation$100,60020%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$100,00010%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$100,00010%
Independence Regional Ennovati$100,000126%
People of All Colors Succeed Organization$100,000214%
247 Blac$100,000132%
Center for Conflict Resolution$100,000211%
Nurture Kc$100,00017%
Startout$100,00026%
Iowa State University Foundation$100,00020%
Transition Zone Inc$100,000241%
Sundance Institute$100,00010%
The Fund for Teachers$100,00013%
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts$99,00011%
Fractured Atlas Inc$98,76020%
National Center for Resource Development$98,000130%
Bare Essentials Home Care Inc$98,00025%
Resurrection Catholic School at the Cathedral$96,7622n/a
The Eisenhower Foundation$95,00022%
Sharing Community in Rosedale Inc$95,000246%
Policylink$95,00010%
Black Tech Mecca$94,8401n/a
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship$93,31537%
Iiij Foundation$92,750138%
Determination Incorporated$91,200367%
The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation$90,000119%
Interurban Arthouse$87,15037%
Independence Community College Foundation$87,000318%
Association of American Geographers$85,10051%
Independent Sector$85,00050%
Linwood Property Inc$85,000215%
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Inc$85,00033%
Giving USA Foundation Inc$85,00024%
Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation$85,00022%
Friends of the Zoo Inc of Kansas City Missouri C/O Linda Falk$84,85050%
The Central Exchange Education Found$84,570857%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$83,85020%
Emory University$81,00010%
Champlain College Incorporated$80,74710%
Northwest Native Chamber$80,000256%
Destiny Life Center Ministries$77,9392n/a
The American Prospect Inc$77,00022%
The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation$75,72530%
Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission$75,00013%
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center$75,000111%
Community Linc$75,00023%
Conway Foundation Inc$75,0001n/a
Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion$75,00015%
Smithville R-Ii School District$75,0001n/a
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$75,00010%
Grain Valley R-5 School District$75,0001n/a
Donnelly College$73,47351%
Calvary Community Outreach Network$73,334312%
Network Connectors Inc$71,0002n/a
Kansas City Symphony$70,16280%
Mesner Puppet Theater$70,00026%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$69,61830%
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center$68,75030%
Camelback Ventures$65,00021%
Greater Ozarks Cooperating School Districts$64,11028%
Church of the Resurrection United Methodist$63,4202n/a
Create Campaign Inc$63,00038%
Engine Research Foundation$62,500149%
University of Washington Foundation$61,50020%
Rose Brooks Center Inc$61,12560%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$60,00021%
Edc Strategic Initiatives Fund$60,000353%
Omni Circle Group Inc$60,000110%
Sevenstars America$60,000287%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$60,00051%
Kansas Association of Community Foundations$59,60124%
Wested$59,1431n/a
Uncharted Learning Nfp$57,50021%
New City Church$56,7602n/a
Black Excellence$55,000270%
The Children's Campus of Kansas City Inc$54,84022%
Kansas City Ballet Association$54,10080%
Philanthropy Missouri$54,00063%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$53,75080%
American Anthropological Association$53,12731%
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey$52,69472%
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology$50,5062n/a
Native360 Loan Fund Inc$50,00012%
U S Black Chamber of Commerce EDC$50,00012%
Keystone Community Corporation$50,000211%
Laguna Community Foundation$50,0001n/a
The Sadie Collective$50,000113%
Ho-Chunk Community Capital$50,000121%
2Gether-International Inc$50,00017%
The Conference Board Inc$50,00010%
Yale University$50,0001n/a
Ohub Foundation Inc$50,000130%
The Prospect Kc$50,00024%
Gordon Parks Elementary School$50,00011%
Greater Des Moines Partnership$50,00011%
Camps for Kids$50,000120%
Nebraska Enterprise Fund$50,00011%
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc$50,000110%
Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus$50,00013%
Multicultural Business Coalition$50,0002n/a
Native American Community Development Institute$50,00012%
Innovate Public Schools$50,00011%
Kansas City Black Urban Growers Inc$50,000276%
Racial & Gender Equity Enterprises Inc$50,0001n/a
Central Missouri Community Action$50,00020%
Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills$50,000230%
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City$50,0001n/a
Student Voice Inc$50,000113%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$50,00021%
American Sociological Association$48,76930%
The Fellowship Bmec Inc$47,21323%
New Schools Fund$46,02020%
The Communications Network$45,50412%
Greater Kansas City Sports Foundation$45,03451%
Novel City Chamber of Innovation$45,0002n/a
Council of State Governments$45,00020%
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$45,00010%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$45,00010%
Phi Theta Kappa Foundation$43,55511%
Holy Cross$42,0002n/a
Evolution Institute Inc$42,00026%
ETHICS PROJECT The Ethics Project$41,000152%
North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance Inc$40,5504n/a
Dsst Public Schools Foundation$40,00011%
Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation Inc$40,0003n/a
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning$40,00042%
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc$40,00070%
Matthew 19 14$40,00018%
Hope House Inc$39,10080%
Police Foundation of Kansas City$38,50062%
Economic Club of Kansas City$37,88586%
Powell Gardens Inc$36,17961%
University Economic Development Association Inc$35,92027%
Usd 202 Turner School District$35,5792n/a
Academie Lafayette$35,52510%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$35,00020%
National Urban League Inc$35,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$35,00020%
Northwestern University$35,00020%
Mercy University$34,55010%
Lyriks Institution$34,200224%
Missouri Budget Project$34,08614%
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc$33,00070%
Lehigh University$32,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$31,67960%
House of Refuge Non-Denominational Church$31,1322n/a
National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Inc$30,70420%
Colab$30,70023%
America Succeeds$30,00012%
University of Richmond$30,00010%
kansas city women in technology inc$30,0001n/a
Tax Foundation$30,00011%
Emily Griffith Foundation$30,00012%
The George Washington University$30,00010%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$30,00060%
Board of the University of Alabama$30,0001n/a
1million Project Foundation$28,22810%
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime$27,99061%
Westminster University$27,59520%
University Academy Foundation$27,20070%
The Gifted Education Corporation$27,000211%
Candid$26,50050%
Kc Farm School Inc$26,00025%
Pahara Institute Inc$26,00011%
Kansas City the R O C K$25,8781n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,75050%
American Political Science Association$25,20020%
Baker University$25,00010%
Claremont Graduate University$25,00010%
Juneteenthkc$25,0001n/a
HBCU Walking Billboard$25,000121%
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church$25,0001n/a
Avila University$25,00010%
Multiplier$25,00010%
Youth Guidance$25,00010%
Wnet$25,00010%
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute$25,00010%
Providence School of Arts Inc$25,0001n/a
Union Sharewaves Foundation$25,000116%
Imatter Experience$25,0001n/a
Achievement First Kc Foundation$25,000138%
Advocates for Immigration Rights & Reconciliation Inc$25,00019%
Street Medicine Kc (Smkc)$25,000119%
Park University$25,00010%
Mo Hives Kc$25,000173%
Foundation for Louisiana$25,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$24,70070%
Missouri College and Career Attainment Network$24,53012%
Black and Brown Founders Inc$24,30214%
Illinois Institute of Technology$24,01010%
The Institute for New Economic Thinking Inc$23,00012%
The Leadership Academy Inc$23,00010%
Naleo Educational Fund$23,00010%
Urban Age Institute$22,36022%
Jewish Community Relations Bureau Inc$22,24042%
Jefferson East Inc$22,00010%
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Inc$21,76523%
Jackson County Casa$21,47870%
State Policy Network$21,41010%
Awesome Ambitions$21,28856%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc$20,56540%
Next Wave Foundation Inc$20,000212%
Queens College Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Oregon State University Foundation$20,00020%
Washington Monthly Institute$20,00012%
Center for Black Innovation Inc$19,77521%
Kansas City Campus for Animal Care$19,50010%
Hannah Grimes Center$19,48421%
Jewish Family Services$19,28020%
Lake Champlain Opportunity Fund Inc$18,63617%
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities$18,40010%
Jewish Vocational Service Bureau of Kansas City$18,05070%
Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church$18,0001n/a
Sparrow Community Development Corporation$18,0001n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$17,6772n/a
Shawnee Mission Education Foundation$17,22051%
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival$16,55460%
Vermont Law School$16,25510%
Grand Valley State University$16,0001n/a
Minddrive Incorporated$16,00022%
Englewood Arts$16,00021%
Uzazi Village$16,00023%
Urban Affairs Association$15,04012%
The Harbor Entrepreneur Center$15,00013%
University of California Santa Barbara$15,0001n/a
Burnett Music Foundation$15,000131%
SFMade Inc$15,00011%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$15,00010%
Applied Information Management Institute$15,0001n/a
Kansas City Art Institute$15,00010%
Emerging Prairie$15,00011%
Metro Organization for Racial Economic Equity Inc$15,00013%
The League of Intrapreneurs$14,40019%
Epic Immersive Labs$14,01017%
Sunflower House Inc$13,83050%
Giving Hope & Help Inc$12,510211%
Kansas City Regional Destination Develop Ment Foundation$12,39041%
Reaching Out From Within Inc$11,75025%
Baylor University$11,70110%
Gilda's Club Kansas City$11,50031%
The Kansas City Royals Foundation$11,50030%
Association of Fundraising Professionals$11,2503n/a
Olathe Public Schools Foundation$11,22830%
Happybottoms$10,88080%
Restart Inc$10,40040%
Nourishkc$10,21020%
Kc Tenants$10,0001n/a
Belton Educational Foundation$10,00022%
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Special Olympics Missouri Inc$10,00010%
School Board Partners$10,00011%
Kansas City Young Audiences Inc$10,00020%
Beta Lambda Educational Foundation$10,00024%
Mount Royal Community Development$10,00014%
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$10,00010%
Mill Race Center for Entrepreneuership and Innovation$10,00013%
Mindspark Learning$10,00010%
Sevendays Inc$10,00022%
Kansas City Diversity Coalition$9,9554n/a
Destination Imagination Inc$9,91020%
Camp Encourage$9,88080%
Lead to Read Inc$9,85021%
Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation$9,81010%
Swope Health Services$9,68020%
The Parks and Recreation Foundation of Johnson County$9,56013%
Kansas City Sclc Foundation for Human Development$8,25023%
Charlotte Street Foundation$8,15040%
Greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative$7,97542%
Poetry for Personal Power Inc$7,75031%
Theta Educational Foundation of Kansas City$7,500130%
Cass County Historical Society Inc$7,5003n/a
Latino Foundation for the Arts$7,5002n/a
Partnership for Cures$7,50011%
Our Spot Kc$7,50012%
High Tech High Graduate School of Education$7,15010%
Boys Grow Corp$7,10031%
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City$7,00022%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$6,96010%
Jazz District Renaissance Corporation$6,80041%
International Relations Council$6,18031%
Center for Practical Bioethics Inc$6,00020%
After the Harvest$5,70030%
Kansas Bioscience Organization Inc$5,62611%
Troost Market Collective$5,30024%
Black Owned Business Kansas City Foundation$5,3002n/a
YEP Kansas City$5,00015%
Hospital Hill Run Inc$5,00011%
National Museum of Toys and Miniatures$5,00010%
Heart of America Indian Center$5,00010%
University of Colorado Foundation$5,00010%
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation$5,00010%
National Association of Asian American Professionals-Greater Kan$5,0002n/a
RVA Works Enterprise Support Inc$5,0001n/a
Pursuit of Innovation$5,00013%
The Howard University$5,00010%
Northland Therapeutic Riding Center$5,00011%
Reinvent Stockton Foundation$4,76010%
Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City$4,70020%
Fosteradopt Connect Inc$4,58430%
Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet$4,5003n/a
Aspire Community Capital$4,50012%
Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City Missouri$4,44010%
Rightfully Sewn Inc$4,31210%
American Royal Association Inc$4,25010%
Midwest Center for Holocaust Education$4,25011%
MRIGlobal$4,15010%
Kansas City Children's Assistance Network$4,12912%
National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools$4,00212%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$4,00010%
Made Men Inc$4,0002n/a
Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City Inc$3,9001n/a
Kck Womens Chamber Foundation$3,8002n/a
Urban Ranger Corps$3,75011%
The Single Mom Kc$3,75031%
Christian Community Development Association$3,64520%
Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation Inc$3,60021%
Center for Disability Inclusion Inc$3,50011%
Charlies House Inc$3,50021%
Child Abuse Prevention Association$3,20020%
Sherwood Center for the Exceptional Child$3,10030%
Winners Circle Collective$3,0001n/a
The Kansas City Boys Choir$3,00023%
Association of the United States Army$3,00020%
Stems on the Vines$3,0001n/a
Hispanic Economic Development Corporation$3,00011%
Midwest Innocence Project Inc$2,84010%
Transformations Youth Group$2,50011%
Love Fund for Children Inc$2,50011%
Iten$2,50010%
The 1866 Alumni Association Inc$2,50013%
The Learning Cooperative Dba Kansas City Academy$2,5001n/a
Global Fc$2,50012%
Blaque Promise Project$2,50011%
Joshua Center for Neurological Disorders$2,50011%
Alexandras House$2,50012%
Rainbow Center for Communicative Disorders$2,50010%
Plaza Rotary Club of Kansas City Charitable Foundation$2,30014%
Full Steam Ahead$2,3001n/a
Foundation for Center Education$2,2503n/a
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy Foundation$2,12020%
Friends of Bruce R Watkins Cultural Heritage Center & Museum$2,1041n/a
The Culture House Inc$2,10010%
Mount Pleasant Education and Development Corp$2,00011%
Band of Angels Corp$1,92020%
Umkc Alumni Association$1,91011%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$1,90010%
Hickman Mills Education Foundation$1,50031%
Kansas Association for Conservation$1,50011%
Hub Argentine Inc$1,50010%
Creative Emajinations$1,5001n/a
Rediscover$1,50010%
Nodaway County Economic Development Corp$1,50011%
Marlenes Kaleidoscope$1,5001n/a
Urban Technology Empowered Communities$1,50011%
Christain Fellowship Baptist Church Inc$1,5001n/a
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson Inc$1,00010%
Black Men United$1,00010%
The Help$1,00011%
Oxbow Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment$1,00010%
Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City$84010%
Artists Helping the Homeless Inc$60010%
New Mexico Community Capital$50010%
Key Coalition Incorporated$5001n/a
Inncuvate Community Development Partners Inc$50014%
Kansas City Consensus$50011%
Giving the Basics Inc$44810%
Turning Point the Center for Hope and Healing$3601n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 291 recipients with no EIN on record ($74M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 107 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreat Jobs Kc Inc: $120,623,785 over 8y, 95% of budgetKauffman Scholars Inc: $46,772,352 over 8y, 100% of budgetEwing Marion Kauffman School Inc: $38,511,400 over 8y, 31% of budgetSchool Smart Kc Inc: $14,950,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetReal Estate Charitable Foundation: $10,484,121 over 2y, 73% of budgetNational League of Cities Institute Inc: $8,011,899 over 7y, 9.9% of budgetSkilled Kc Technical Institute Inc: $7,750,801 over 4y, 100% of budgetAltcap: $6,750,000 over 8y, 34% of budgetNational Opinion Research Center: $5,755,259 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPipeline Inc: $5,401,687 over 8y, 88% of budgetGlobal Entrepreneurship Network: $5,178,620 over 5y, 17% of budgetReal World Initiatives Inc: $5,124,138 over 1y, 77% of budgetThe Educator Academy Inc: $4,941,025 over 5y, 51% of budgetDreamspring: $4,300,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetGlobal Entrepreneurship Week: $4,274,995 over 5y, 100% of budgetForward Cities Inc: $4,196,621 over 6y, 51% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $3,801,224 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetBiostl: $3,767,025 over 8y, 12% of budgetHoly Rosary Credit Union: $3,300,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetUnion Station Kansas City Inc: $2,863,183 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetNational Bureau of Economic Research Inc: $2,701,071 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEnterprise Center of Johnson County: $2,605,224 over 7y, 35% of budgetThe Family Conservancy: $2,328,650 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $2,285,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKansas City Startup Foundation: $2,128,750 over 8y, 46% of budgetThe Lean Lab Inc Lean Lab Education: $2,082,740 over 6y, 65% of budgetPublic Television 19 Inc: $2,015,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for American Entrepreneurship: $2,000,000 over 5y, 76% of budgetCity Year Inc: $1,995,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNational Main Street Center Inc: $1,936,674 over 5y, 11% of budgetCommunity Builders of Kansas City: $1,900,675 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetInterise Inc: $1,859,577 over 3y, 27% of budgetAccelerator for America: $1,830,000 over 6y, 45% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $1,740,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVilcap Inc: $1,732,400 over 3y, 19% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,717,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTntp Inc: $1,683,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNational Wwi Museum and Memorial: $1,622,500 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetDe la Salle Education Center: $1,620,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetBoys Club of Greater Kansas City: $1,581,328 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetSupport Kansas City Inc: $1,578,502 over 8y, 18% of budgetOperation Breakthrough Inc: $1,578,010 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetUmkc Foundation: $1,489,012 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City: $1,445,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetUrban Libraries Council: $1,431,890 over 6y, 11% of budgetNonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow: $1,409,895 over 8y, 28% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $1,370,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMetropolitan Community College Foundation: $1,362,107 over 7y, 36% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Health Forward FoundationMO172.3× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Health Forward Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund · The H & R Block Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · The Francis Family Foundation · The Sherman Family Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · The Shumaker Family Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

How much does Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation give?
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation reported 364 grants totaling $95,048,595 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 309 and 448 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Employment (19%), Philanthropy (19%).
Who are Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Great Jobs Kc Inc ($121M), Kauffman Scholars Inc ($47M), Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc ($39M).
Does Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Health Forward Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund.
Where is Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation based?
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1136 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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