Missouri · Public charity
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
The mission of the arts council of metropolitan kansas city (dba artskc - regional arts council) is to advance lives through the arts. It does this through key initiatives that support our work: we bring together people, resources and ideas, we imagine, and we lead.
- $325k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $176k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 39
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $176k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $193k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $144k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $890k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $70k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $129k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $193k | 5% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Kansas Hospital Authority | $283,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-America Regional Council | $118,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Altcap | $118,274 | 1 | 2% |
| Kansas City Regional Destination Develop Ment Foundation | $118,203 | 1 | 25% |
| The Nelson Gallery Foundation | $82,129 | 4 | 0% |
| Johnson County Community College Foundation | $61,966 | 3 | 1% |
| Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc | $61,713 | 4 | 0% |
| Kansas City Symphony | $54,407 | 4 | 0% |
| Kansas City Ballet Association | $40,040 | 4 | 0% |
| American Jazz Museum | $39,325 | 6 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Francis Family Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts Commerce Bank Trustee · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · The Estelle S and Robert a Long Ellis Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · George & Ada Ultch Memorial Fund · Copaken Family Foundation · Hall Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
- How much does Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City give?
- Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City reported 32 itemized grants totaling $176,000, out of $324,987 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Community Improvement (17%), Health (14%).
- Who are Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The University of Kansas Hospital Authority ($284k), Mid-America Regional Council ($118k), Altcap ($118k).
- Does Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Francis Family Foundation, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
- Where is Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City based?
- Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City is based in MO.
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