Missouri · Nonprofit
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,630 to it, the largest being THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($41,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $307k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $174k
What Kansas City Artists Coalition Inc does
Mission
The kansas city atrtists coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes visual arts awareness
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Kansas City Artists Coalition KCAC is respected nationally as a vital, alternative exhibition space. As the oldest and largest artist run contemporary art organization in Kansas City, KCAC has a long history of excellence and stability. Since 1975, we have presented over 750 exhibitions, showcasing 6,901 artists from local talents to internationally recognized figures from countries such as Argentina, Canada, Germany, South Africa, and Turkey. This rich legacy underpins our credibility and highlights our commitment to sustaining a vibrant cultural dialogue that both reflects and challenges the communitys artistic sensibilities.
$76,656 spent$10,166 earned by the program53% of program spendingWorkshops and lectures provide opportunites for artists to learn professional skills and network with other artists. In November 2019, the KCAC began providing 10 artist studio spaces to tenants at below market cost. This opportunity has provided artists with low cost and safe studio space which they can access 24/7/365. These studios give artists space to grow and create their business as they endeavor to become career artists.
$63,313 spent$21,239 earned by the program44% of program spendingAudience education on the importance of the arts and support for artists is a core part of KCACs mission. We work to elevate contemporary art and demonstrate its essential role in shaping a vibrant and dynamic Kansas City. All of our exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public, ensuring accessibility for all. In addition, we intentionally collaborate with a wide range of artists and community members to ensure that our galleries reflect the diversity of voices and experiences that define our region.
$5,357 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $145,326.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $126k to $176k (+40%).
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: 2019 4% · 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Courtney Wasson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $11k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION 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
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% 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 KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 50% · 2022 58% · 2023 75% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
78% of KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION 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. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION 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
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC?
- KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,630 to it, the largest being THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($41,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $187,630 in grants to KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION INC?
- THE FRANCIS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $41,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KANSAS CITY ARTISTS COALITION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 12 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