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KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC

KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,192,239 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($1,165,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$6.8M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$3.2M
Net assets
$13M
11/22 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc does

Mission

The kansas city museum foundation preserves, interprets, and celebrates kansas city through collections, exhibitions, and bold programs that reflect the city's evolution and spirit, and engage visitors in unfolding stories about kansas city's vibrant history, cultural heritage, and pride.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. For the calendar year 2025, the kansas city museum foundation (foundation) continued its mission of providing financial and strategic support to the museum of kansas city (museum). Throughout the year, the foundation supported the museum's rebranding initiative, which resulted in the museum changing its name from the kansas city museum to the museum of kansas city.the foundation also played a critical role in advancing the museum's longterm restoration and rehabilitation plan. In 2025, the museum began construction on stage ii of its multiphase property restoration, which includes the full interior and exterior restoration and renovation of the lodge (formerly the horse trainer's home) and the exterior restoration of the carriage house.

    $2,702,086 spentof which $27,311 as grants$117,511 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,702,086.

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 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($97k) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 63 ($930k) Expenses 116 ($112k) Net assets 155 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 155 ($2.3M) Expenses 98 ($95k) Net assets 305 ($4.5M)2020 Revenue 91 ($1.4M) Expenses 108 ($105k) Net assets 390 ($5.7M)2021 Revenue 1 ($8k) Expenses 58 ($56k) Net assets 386 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 279 ($4.1M) Expenses 2026 ($2.0M) Net assets 513 ($7.6M)2023 Revenue 283 ($4.2M) Expenses 2184 ($2.1M) Net assets 655 ($9.7M)2024 Revenue 185 ($2.7M) Expenses 2549 ($2.5M) Net assets 693 ($10M)2025 Revenue 455 ($6.8M) Expenses 3570 ($3.5M) Net assets 900 ($13M)
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Revenue (455)Expenses (3570)Net assets (900)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 2024 to 2025, from $11M to $14M (+27%).

$1.5M
$2.3M
$4.5M
$5.8M
$5.7M
$7.6M
$9.9M
$11M
$14M
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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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 67% · 2023 34% · 2024 69% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’17
$818k
’18
$2.2M
’19
$1.2M
’20
−$48k
’21
$2.2M
’22
$2.1M
’23
$273k
’24
$3.3M
’25
20
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.

Chief executive

Anna Marie Tutera

Executive director

Board chair

Rosana Privitera-Biondo

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed8610101012141314
Joined·+1+4+1+1+4+2+1+3
No longer listed·30112022
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $115k → $252k.

4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 MUSEUM FOUNDATION 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 MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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

36%
largest funder
57%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 50% · 2019 35% · 2020 38% · 2021 53% · 2022 72% · 2023 40% — 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

25% of KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

64% of KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

NY
CA
MO
KS
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TX

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

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Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $310k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin49% · top quartile
Months of reserve20.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 11%Fundraising 11%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • City of Kansas City Missouri · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC (Missouri) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,192,239 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($1,165,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $3,192,239 in grants to KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC?
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,165,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION 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.

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 22 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