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JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION

JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,800 to it, the largest being KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN MINORITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$59k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$517k
Net assets
$4.9M
2/3 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Jazz District Renaissance Corporation does

Mission

Revitalization of the historic 18th & vine jazz district and preserve the official historic designation through the completion of rehabilitation and preservation with the

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The american jazz walk of fame and free summer concert series serves to educate guests by highlighting the history, talent, and cultural attributes of many musicians lives and contributions. The program attracts over 300,000 visitors to the historic 18th & vine jazz district and aims to enhance the rich, cultural legacy of the museums and other heritage sites.

    $44,713 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $44,713.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($164k) Expenses 100 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($4.8M)2018 Revenue 148 ($244k) Expenses 96 ($170k) Net assets 104 ($4.9M)2019 Revenue 164 ($269k) Expenses 167 ($296k) Net assets 103 ($4.9M)2020 Revenue 129 ($211k) Expenses 126 ($223k) Net assets 103 ($4.9M)2021 Revenue 460 ($755k) Expenses 128 ($227k) Net assets 114 ($5.4M)2022 Revenue 84 ($138k) Expenses 80 ($142k) Net assets 114 ($5.4M)2023 Revenue 146 ($240k) Expenses 100 ($178k) Net assets 105 ($5.0M)2024 Revenue 215 ($353k) Expenses 203 ($359k) Net assets 0 ($0)2025 Revenue 36 ($59k) Expenses 66 ($118k) Net assets 102 ($4.9M)
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Revenue (36)Expenses (66)Net assets (102)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $5.0M to $0 (−100%).

$5.2M
$5.2M
$5.1M
$5.1M
$5.7M
$5.7M
$5.0M
$0
$4.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 59% · 2019 40% · 2020 83% · 2021 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$13k
’17
$74k
’18
−$27k
’19
−$11k
’20
$528k
’21
−$4k
’22
$62k
’23
−$6k
’24
−$59k
’25
47
months of
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.

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Listed999888888
Joined·+0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·01100000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.

From the IRS filings of JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION’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

JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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

99% 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 JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION.

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 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

100% of JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’23
Missouri out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION is better cushioned than half of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−99% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve47.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 62%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MO

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Jazz District Redevelopment Corporation · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION?
JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,800 to it, the largest being KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN MINORITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $516,800 in grants to JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION?
KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN MINORITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JAZZ DISTRICT RENAISSANCE CORPORATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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