Missouri · Nonprofit
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,791 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Utah ($11,791). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $197M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $2.5B
What Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation does
Programs
Real world learning:the foundation directly supports the real world learning initiative, a regional effort in the kansas city area to ensure all high school students graduate with both a diploma and a "market value asset", an authentic, employer or postsecondary-recognized experience such as an internship, client-connected project, college credit, industry credential, or entrepreneurial experience. The foundation convenes and collaborates with school districts to adopt and scale these immersive learning opportunities by providing planning, implementation, professional learning, and technical-assistance support. Through this initiative, the foundation helps prepare students for meaningful postsecondary and career pathways while fostering collaboration among educators, employers, and community organizations.
$11,204,288 spent1mc and kauffman fasttrac:the foundation directly supports entrepreneurship education through programs such as 1 million cups and kauffman fasttrac, to foster learning, connection, and opportunity for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs. 1 million cups is a free weekly program held in communities across the united states where entrepreneurs present their ideas to peers and mentors to receive feedback, share experiences, and build supportive networks. Kauffman fasttrac provides free access to structured, hands-on training that helps participants develop business plans, strengthen financial and operational skills, and turn ideas into sustainable ventures. Through these programs, the foundation advances its charitable mission to promote education, economic mobility, and community vitality by equipping individuals with the knowledge and relationships needed to start and grow successful businesses.
$1,252,903 spentConvening:the foundation's 40,000-square-foot conference center serves as a community resource, providing meeting facilities, state-of-the-art technology and amenities for a wide range of local, regional, and national gatherings. We provide the space at no charge for nonprofits to use for their charitable programs and activities. In addition, the foundation uses the space to further its own convening purposes as well.
$1,638,815 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $2.2B to $2.5B (+12%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Deangela Burns Wallace
President & CEO
Board chair
Esther George
Trustee, chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
54% of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 696 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 696 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION (Missouri) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,791 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Utah ($11,791). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $21,791 in grants to EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION?
- The Community Foundation of Utah is the largest funder on record, with $11,791 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing