Missouri · Nonprofit
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,625 to it, the largest being SCHOOL SMART KC INC ($19,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc does
Mission
The mission of the kauffman school is to prepare students to excel academically, graduate from college and apply their unique talents in the world to create economically independent and personally fulfilling lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
About: the ewing marion kauffman school opened its doors in the fall of 2011. A new fifth grade class of about 200 students is added each year. The kauffman school currently serves students in grades 5-12. As a public charter school, the kauffman school is free and open to all students residing within the district boundaries of kansas city, missouri public schools (kcps). The kauffman school cannot and does not selectively admit students based on academic aptitude, race, ethnicity, income level, special education needs, prior school record or almost any other personal characteristic. The kauffman school admits students until its enrollment threshold is met. If there are more applications than seats, a lottery is used to give every applicant an equal chance of admission. The kauffman school provides a geographical enrollment preference to students living in six very high risk and high need zip codes: 64123, 64124, 64127, 64128, 64130 and 64132. The kauffman school also provides an enrollment preference to siblings of enrolled students and children whose parents/guardians work at the school and also reside within the kcps boundaries. Mission: the mission of the kauffman school is to…
$17,985,145 spent$247,428 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,985,145.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $8.5M to $12M (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 70% · 2019 75% · 2020 74% · 2021 71% · 2022 71% · 2023 83% · 2024 73% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Hannah Lofthus
CEO
Board chair
Jerry Williams
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $25.
Left out of every figure on this page: $39M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC’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 SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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 SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
66% of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 SCHOOL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC
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.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Blue Knights Transportation LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,625 to it, the largest being SCHOOL SMART KC INC ($19,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $29,625 in grants to EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC?
- SCHOOL SMART KC INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 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