Form990-PF

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Return of Private Foundation
or Section 4947(a)(1) Trust Treated as Private Foundation
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OMB No. 1545-0052
2019
Open to Public Inspection
For calendar year 2019, or tax year beginning 01-01-2019 , and ending 12-31-2019
Name of foundation
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
 
% KRISTIN BECHARD
Number and street (or P.O. box number if mail is not delivered to street address)4801 Rockhill Road
 
Room/suite
City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code
Kansas City, MO641102046
A Employer identification number

43-6064859
B Telephone number (see instructions)

(816) 932-1000
C bullet
G Check all that apply:

D 1. Foreign organizations, check here............. bullet
2. Foreign organizations meeting the 85%
test, check here and attach computation ...
bullet
E bullet
H Check type of organization:
F bullet
I Fair market value of all assets at end
of year (from Part II, col. (c),
line 16)bullet$2,664,615,979
J Accounting method:
 
(Part I, column (d) must be on cash basis.)
Part I Analysis of Revenue and Expenses (The total of amounts in columns (b), (c), and (d) may not necessarily equal the amounts in column (a) (see instructions).) (a) Revenue and
expenses per
books
(b) Net investment
income
(c) Adjusted net
income
(d) Disbursements
for charitable
purposes
(cash basis only)
Revenue 1 Contributions, gifts, grants, etc., received (attach schedule) 0
2 Check bullet.............
3 Interest on savings and temporary cash investments      
4 Dividends and interest from securities... 31,628,762 46,324,182  
5a Gross rents............      
b Net rental income or (loss)  
6a Net gain or (loss) from sale of assets not on line 10 209,967,304
b Gross sales price for all assets on line 6a 1,233,601,970
7 Capital gain net income (from Part IV, line 2)... 268,927,289
8 Net short-term capital gain.........  
9 Income modifications...........  
10a Gross sales less returns and allowances  
b Less: Cost of goods sold....  
c Gross profit or (loss) (attach schedule).....    
11 Other income (attach schedule)....... 3,687,877 8,339,411 1,080,240
12 Total. Add lines 1 through 11........ 245,283,943 323,590,882 1,080,240
Operating and Administrative Expenses 13 Compensation of officers, directors, trustees, etc. 2,040,546     2,040,546
14 Other employee salaries and wages...... 12,940,762 893,372   12,047,390
15 Pension plans, employee benefits....... 4,781,424 261,201   4,520,224
16a Legal fees (attach schedule)......... 178,026 49,138 0 128,888
b Accounting fees (attach schedule)....... 167,363 2,533 0 164,830
c Other professional fees (attach schedule).... 30,454,098 11,350,221   19,103,877
17 Interest...............        
18 Taxes (attach schedule) (see instructions)... 2,495,925     212,824
19 Depreciation (attach schedule) and depletion...      
20 Occupancy.............. 3,287,554 46,466   3,241,088
21 Travel, conferences, and meetings....... 5,274,028 54,269   5,213,698
22 Printing and publications.......... 36,185     36,185
23 Other expenses (attach schedule)....... 4,303,633 10,730,238   4,111,330
24 Total operating and administrative expenses.
Add lines 13 through 23.......... 65,959,544 23,387,438 0 50,820,880
25 Contributions, gifts, grants paid....... 74,769,559 74,769,559
26 Total expenses and disbursements. Add lines 24 and 25 140,729,103 23,387,438 0 125,590,439
27 Subtract line 26 from line 12:
a Excess of revenue over expenses and disbursements 104,554,840
b Net investment income (if negative, enter -0-) 300,203,444
c Adjusted net income (if negative, enter -0-)... 1,080,240
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions.
Cat. No. 11289X Form 990-PF (2019)
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Part II Balance Sheets Attached schedules and amounts in the description column
should be for end-of-year amounts only. (See instructions.)
Beginning of year End of year
(a) Book Value (b) Book Value (c) Fair Market Value
Assets 1 Cash—non-interest-bearing.............      
2 Savings and temporary cash investments......... 169,817,398 147,013,440 147,037,298
3 Accounts receivable bullet26,210
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet   10,635 26,210 26,210
4 Pledges receivable bullet  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet        
5 Grants receivable.................      
6 Receivables due from officers, directors, trustees, and other
disqualified persons (attach schedule) (see instructions).....      
7 Other notes and loans receivable (attach schedule) bullet  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet        
8 Inventories for sale or use..............      
9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges..........      
10a Investments—U.S. and state government obligations (attach schedule) 21,380,199 15,628,661 15,709,393
b Investments—corporate stock (attach schedule)....... 984,621,829 1,028,799,905 1,330,367,501
c Investments—corporate bonds (attach schedule)....... 582,619 582,619  
11 Investments—land, buildings, and equipment: basis bullet  
Less: accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) bullet        
12 Investments—mortgage loans.............      
13 Investments—other (attach schedule).......... 828,184,083 917,107,752 1,166,475,577
14 Land, buildings, and equipment: basis bullet  
Less: accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) bullet        
15 Other assets (describe bullet) 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
16 Total assets (to be completed by all filers—see the
instructions. Also, see page 1, item I) 2,009,596,763 2,114,158,587 2,664,615,979
Liabilities 17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses..........    
18 Grants payable.................    
19 Deferred revenue.................    
20 Loans from officers, directors, trustees, and other disqualified persons    
21 Mortgages and other notes payable (attach schedule)......    
22 Other liabilities (describe bullet) 60,248 67,232
23 Total liabilities (add lines 17 through 22)......... 60,248 67,232
Net Assets or Fund Balances Foundations that follow FASB ASC 958, check here bullet
and complete lines 24, 25, 29 and 30.
24 Net assets without donor restrictions...........    
25 Net assets with donor restrictions............    
Foundations that do not follow FASB ASC 958, check here bullet
and complete lines 26 through 30.
26 Capital stock, trust principal, or current funds........    
27 Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, bldg., and equipment fund    
28 Retained earnings, accumulated income, endowment, or other funds 2,009,536,515 2,114,091,355
29 Total net assets or fund balances (see instructions)..... 2,009,536,515 2,114,091,355
30 Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances (see instructions). 2,009,596,763 2,114,158,587
Part III
Analysis of Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances
1
Total net assets or fund balances at beginning of year—Part II, column (a), line 29 (must agree with end-of-year figure reported on prior year’s return) ...............
1
2,009,536,515
2
Enter amount from Part I, line 27a .....................
2
104,554,840
3
Other increases not included in line 2 (itemize) bullet
3
 
4
Add lines 1, 2, and 3 ..........................
4
2,114,091,355
5
Decreases not included in line 2 (itemize) bullet
5
 
6
Total net assets or fund balances at end of year (line 4 minus line 5)—Part II, column (b), line 29 .
6
2,114,091,355
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Part IV
Capital Gains and Losses for Tax on Investment Income
(a) List and describe the kind(s) of property sold (e.g., real estate,
2-story brick warehouse; or common stock, 200 shs. MLC Co.)
(b)
How acquired
P—Purchase
D—Donation
(c)
Date acquired
(mo., day, yr.)
(d)
Date sold
(mo., day, yr.)
1 a CUSTODIED ACCOUNTS:      
b CASH ACCOUNT      
c HARRIS ASSOCIATES      
d FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT      
e VANGUARD      
DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT      
NUANCE INVESTMENTS      
CONESTOGA CAPITAL ADVISORS      
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT      
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT      
BLS CAPITAL      
BROKER ACCOUNTS:      
JP MORGAN DISTRIBUTION      
PARTNERSHIPS:      
ABINGWORTH III B LP      
ANGELLIST LLC      
ARCH VENTURE FUND VI, LP      
ATALAN PARTNERS, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS V, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VI, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VII, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VII (AIV), LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VII-ANNEX, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII, LP      
BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VII INSTITUTIONAL LP      
BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VIII INSTITUTIONAL, LP      
BRENNER WEST CAPITAL QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LP      
CIPEF IV (CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FUND IV) 6/30 YE      
COURT SQUARE VENTURES II      
CS CAPITAL PARTNERS III, LP (K-1 EQUIVALENT, NOT FILED WITH IRS- FOREI      
DBAG IV (FOREIGN, NO K-1 - CONSISTENT WITH PY)      
DBAG VI (FOREIGN - K-1 EQUIVALENT PROVIDED)      
EEIF X-B, LP (AKA ENERVEST FUND X-B, LP)      
ENCAP ENERGY CAPITAL FUND V-B, LP      
ENCAP ENERGY CAPITAL FUND VI-B, LP      
EUROPEAN SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT FUND IV, LP (FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP)      
FLYWHEEL I LP      
FRANCE PRIVATE EQUITY III, AKA BUTLER CAPITAL PARTNERS (FOREIGN PARTNE      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 88, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 92G, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 93, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 97D, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 100, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS AIV-1 A, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) II L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) III L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) IV L.P.      
GREAT POINT DEVELOPERS      
HAWKEYE CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL LP      
HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL IV LP      
INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VI      
INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VII      
LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP      
LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS II LP      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND III      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND IV, LP      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND V, LP      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND VI, LP      
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES III      
MPGOP III THRIFT AV-I LP      
MATRIX PARTNERS VII, L.P.      
MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS E-II, LP      
MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS F-II, LP      
MPM BIOVENTURES III QP, LP      
MPM BIOVENTURES IV QP, LP      
OCEANWOOD GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (NO K-1 - OFFSHORE FUND)      
OCEANWOOD PERIPHERAL EUROPEAN SELECT OPPORTUNITIES FUND LTD (NO K-1 OF      
OHA STRATEGIC FUND II, LP      
PIMCO BRAVO FUND III ONSHORE FEEDER TE, LP      
QUANTUM ENERGY PARTNERS VII, LP      
QUANTUM ENERGY PARTNERS VII CO-INVESTMENT, LP      
RIVERSIDE FUND IV      
RIVERSIDE FUND V      
SOMA PARTNERS, LP      
TURNER-AGASSI CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES FUND, LP      
USPF FEEDER II LEVERAGED FEEDER      
USPF FEEDER III LEVERAGED FEEDER      
USPF IV LEVERAGED FEEDER LP      
WINGATE PARTNERS IV, LP      
(e)
Gross sales price
(f)
Depreciation allowed
(or allowable)
(g)
Cost or other basis
plus expense of sale
(h)
Gain or (loss)
(e) plus (f) minus (g)
a        
b 16,006,129   16,309,068 -302,939
c 64,061,814   61,418,768 2,643,046
d 270,024,969   264,492,046 5,532,923
e 95,000,000   78,203,237 16,796,763
244,174,852   234,283,903 9,890,949
110,953,538   99,387,765 11,565,773
18,058,557   10,759,979 7,298,578
28,365,885   22,223,294 6,142,591
15,589,663   12,463,811 3,125,852
86,645,435   84,842,104 1,803,331
       
70,588,721   68,341,725 2,246,996
       
447,338     447,338
79,803     79,803
    776,705 -776,705
128,630     128,630
    98,606 -98,606
2,435,005     2,435,005
549,921     549,921
19,307,899     19,307,899
1,104,000     1,104,000
    28,019 -28,019
    186,718 -186,718
12,931,683     12,931,683
15,492,774     15,492,774
    1,560,072 -1,560,072
    1,085,692 -1,085,692
    1,578,935 -1,578,935
    643,668 -643,668
268,242     268,242
1,625,428     1,625,428
    472,572 -472,572
    3,613,210 -3,613,210
148,704     148,704
    87,431 -87,431
1,076,002     1,076,002
    54,556 -54,556
    54,512 -54,512
4,243,094     4,243,094
1,861,720     1,861,720
1,499,518     1,499,518
982,232     982,232
1,790,189     1,790,189
    2 -2
    155,464 -155,464
16,434,033     16,434,033
319,856     319,856
24,903     24,903
577,236     577,236
35,048,080     35,048,080
    40,746 -40,746
    130,768 -130,768
892     892
33,939     33,939
42,348,268     42,348,268
7,431,056     7,431,056
726,860     726,860
53,581     53,581
    962,529 -962,529
260,267     260,267
    25,068 -25,068
    181,044 -181,044
    212,664 -212,664
176,800     176,800
92,096     92,096
28,313,326     28,313,326
3,641,003     3,641,003
47,481     47,481
217,682     217,682
221,266     221,266
569     569
67,394     67,394
2,257,629     2,257,629
3,661,069     3,661,069
359,766     359,766
4,633,439     4,633,439
20,031     20,031
1,154,726     1,154,726
36,977     36,977
Complete only for assets showing gain in column (h) and owned by the foundation on 12/31/69 (l)
Gains (Col. (h) gain minus
col. (k), but not less than -0-) or
Losses (from col.(h))
(i)
F.M.V. as of 12/31/69
(j)
Adjusted basis
as of 12/31/69
(k)
Excess of col. (i)
over col. (j), if any
a        
b       -302,939
c       2,643,046
d       5,532,923
e       16,796,763
      9,890,949
      11,565,773
      7,298,578
      6,142,591
      3,125,852
      1,803,331
       
      2,246,996
       
      447,338
      79,803
      -776,705
      128,630
      -98,606
      2,435,005
      549,921
      19,307,899
      1,104,000
      -28,019
      -186,718
      12,931,683
      15,492,774
      -1,560,072
      -1,085,692
      -1,578,935
      -643,668
      268,242
      1,625,428
      -472,572
      -3,613,210
      148,704
      -87,431
      1,076,002
      -54,556
      -54,512
      4,243,094
      1,861,720
      1,499,518
      982,232
      1,790,189
      -2
      -155,464
      16,434,033
      319,856
      24,903
      577,236
      35,048,080
      -40,746
      -130,768
      892
      33,939
      42,348,268
      7,431,056
      726,860
      53,581
      -962,529
      260,267
      -25,068
      -181,044
      -212,664
      176,800
      92,096
      28,313,326
      3,641,003
      47,481
      217,682
      221,266
      569
      67,394
      2,257,629
      3,661,069
      359,766
      4,633,439
      20,031
      1,154,726
      36,977
2 Capital gain net income or (net capital loss) Bracket If gain, also enter in Part I, line 7
If (loss), enter -0- in Part I, line 7
Bracket 2 268,927,289
3 Net short-term capital gain or (loss) as defined in sections 1222(5) and (6):
If gain, also enter in Part I, line 8, column (c) (see instructions). If (loss), enter -0-
in Part I, line 8 ...................
Bracket 3  
Part V
Qualification Under Section 4940(e) for Reduced Tax on Net Investment Income
(For optional use by domestic private foundations subject to the section 4940(a) tax on net investment income.)

If section 4940(d)(2) applies, leave this part blank.
Was the foundation liable for the section 4942 tax on the distributable amount of any year in the base period?
If "Yes," the foundation does not qualify under section 4940(e). Do not complete this part.
1 Enter the appropriate amount in each column for each year; see instructions before making any entries.
(a)
Base period years Calendar
year (or tax year beginning in)
(b)
Adjusted qualifying distributions
(c)
Net value of noncharitable-use assets
(d)
Distribution ratio
(col. (b) divided by col. (c))
2018 118,528,139 2,364,730,735 0.050123
2017 109,695,911 2,222,676,865 0.049353
2016 100,692,615 2,004,453,106 0.050234
2015 101,889,169 2,096,802,849 0.048593
2014 102,363,241 2,072,908,255 0.049381
2
Total of line 1, column (d) .....................
2
0.247684
3
Average distribution ratio for the 5-year base period—divide the total on line 2 by 5.0, or by the number of years the foundation has been in existence if less than 5 years ......
3
0.049537
4
Enter the net value of noncharitable-use assets for 2019 from Part X, line 5......
4
2,474,195,212
5
Multiply line 4 by line 3......................
5
122,564,208
6
Enter 1% of net investment income (1% of Part I, line 27b)...........
6
3,002,034
7
Add lines 5 and 6........................
7
125,566,242
8
Enter qualifying distributions from Part XII, line 4,.............
8
125,590,439
If line 8 is equal to or greater than line 7, check the box in Part VI, line 1b, and complete that part using a 1% tax rate. See the Part VI instructions.
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Part VI
Excise Tax Based on Investment Income (Section 4940(a), 4940(b), 4940(e), or 4948—see instructions)
1a Exempt operating foundations described in section 4940(d)(2), check here Bullet and enter “N/A" on line 1. Bracket includes lines 1a and 1b
Date of ruling or determination letter:   (attach copy of letter if necessary–see instructions)
b Domestic foundations that meet the section 4940(e) requirements in Part V, check 1 3,002,034
hereBulletand enter 1% of Part I, line 27b...................
c All other domestic foundations enter 2% of line 27b. Exempt foreign organizations enter 4% of Part I, line 12, col. (b)
2 Tax under section 511 (domestic section 4947(a)(1) trusts and taxable foundations only. Others enter -0-) 2  
3 Add lines 1 and 2........................... 3 3,002,034
4 Subtitle A (income) tax (domestic section 4947(a)(1) trusts and taxable foundations only. Others enter -0-) 4  
5 Tax based on investment income. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If zero or less, enter -0- ..... 5 3,002,034
6 Credits/Payments:
a 2019 estimated tax payments and 2018 overpayment credited to 2019 6a 2,715,375
b Exempt foreign organizations—tax withheld at source...... 6b
c Tax paid with application for extension of time to file (Form 8868)... 6c 4,375,000
d Backup withholding erroneously withheld ........... 6d  
7 Total credits and payments. Add lines 6a through 6d.............. 7 7,090,375
8 Enter any penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. Check here if Form 2220 is attached. 8  
9 Tax due. If the total of lines 5 and 8 is more than line 7, enter amount owed.......Bullet 9  
10 Overpayment. If line 7 is more than the total of lines 5 and 8, enter the amount overpaid...Bullet 10 4,088,341
11 Enter the amount of line 10 to be: Credited to 2020 estimated taxBullet4,088,341 RefundedBullet 11  
Part VII-A
Statements Regarding Activities
1a
During the tax year, did the foundation attempt to influence any national, state, or local legislation or did
Yes
No
it participate or intervene in any political campaign? ....................
1a
 
No
b
Did it spend more than $100 during the year (either directly or indirectly) for political purposes? (see Instructions
for definition).................................
1b
 
No
If the answer is "Yes" to 1a or 1b, attach a detailed description of the activities and copies of any materials
published or distributed by the foundation in connection with the activities.
c
Did the foundation file Form 1120-POL for this year?.....................
1c
 
No
d
Enter the amount (if any) of tax on political expenditures (section 4955) imposed during the year:
(1) On the foundation. bullet$   (2) On foundation managers.bullet$  
e
Enter the reimbursement (if any) paid by the foundation during the year for political expenditure tax imposed
on foundation managers.bullet$  
2
Has the foundation engaged in any activities that have not previously been reported to the IRS?.......
2
 
No
If "Yes," attach a detailed description of the activities.
3
Has the foundation made any changes, not previously reported to the IRS, in its governing instrument, articles
of incorporation, or bylaws, or other similar instruments? If "Yes," attach a conformed copy of the changes....
3
 
No
4a
Did the foundation have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year?........
4a
Yes
 
b
If "Yes," has it filed a tax return on Form 990-T for this year?...................
4b
Yes
 
5
Was there a liquidation, termination, dissolution, or substantial contraction during the year?.........
5
 
No
If "Yes," attach the statement required by General Instruction T.
6
Are the requirements of section 508(e) (relating to sections 4941 through 4945) satisfied either:
  • By language in the governing instrument, or
  • By state legislation that effectively amends the governing instrument so that no mandatory directions
  • that conflict with the state law remain in the governing instrument?................
    6
    Yes
     
    7
    Did the foundation have at least $5,000 in assets at any time during the year? If "Yes," complete Part II, col. (c),
    and Part XV..................................
    7
    Yes
     
    8a
    Enter the states to which the foundation reports or with which it is registered (see instructions)
    bulletAL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, RI, SC, TN, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI
    b
    If the answer is "Yes" to line 7, has the foundation furnished a copy of Form 990-PF to the Attorney
    General (or designate) of each state as required by General Instruction G? If "No," attach explanation .
    8b
    Yes
     
    9
    Is the foundation claiming status as a private operating foundation within the meaning of section 4942(j)(3)
    or 4942(j)(5) for calendar year 2019 or the taxable year beginning in 2019? See the instructions for Part XIV.
    If "Yes," complete Part XIV .............................
    9
     
    No
    10
    Did any persons become substantial contributors during the tax year? If "Yes," attach a schedule listing their names
    and addresses. ...............................
    10
     
    No
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    Part VII-A
    Statements Regarding Activities (continued)
    11
    At any time during the year, did the foundation, directly or indirectly, own a controlled entity within the
    meaning of section 512(b)(13)? If "Yes," attach schedule. See instructions .............
    11
     
    No
    12
    Did the foundation make a distribution to a donor advised fund over which the foundation or a disqualified person had
    advisory privileges? If "Yes," attach statement. See instructions.................
    12
    Yes
     
    13
    Did the foundation comply with the public inspection requirements for its annual returns and exemption application?
    13
    Yes
     
    Website addressbulletwww.kauffman.org
    14
    The books are in care ofbulletKRISTIN BECHARD Telephone no.bullet (816) 932-1000

    Located atbullet4801 ROCKHILL ROADKANSAS CITYMO ZIP+4bullet641102046
    15
    Section 4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trusts filing Form 990-PF in lieu of Form 1041 —check here .........bullet
    and enter the amount of tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the year ........bullet
    15
     
    16 At any time during calendar year 2019, did the foundation have an interest in or a signature or other authority over YesNo
    a bank, securities, or other financial account in a foreign country? .................
    16Yes  
    See the instructions for exceptions and filing requirements for FinCEN Form 114. If "Yes", enter the name of the foreign
    country bullet
    Part VII-B
    Statements Regarding Activities for Which Form 4720 May Be Required
    File Form 4720 if any item is checked in the "Yes" column, unless an exception applies.
    Yes
    No
    1a
    During the year did the foundation (either directly or indirectly):
    (1) Engage in the sale or exchange, or leasing of property with a disqualified person?
    (2) Borrow money from, lend money to, or otherwise extend credit to (or accept it from)
    a disqualified person?......................
    (3) Furnish goods, services, or facilities to (or accept them from) a disqualified person?
    (4) Pay compensation to, or pay or reimburse the expenses of, a disqualified person?
    (5) Transfer any income or assets to a disqualified person (or make any of either available
    for the benefit or use of a disqualified person)?...............
    (6) Agree to pay money or property to a government official? (Exception. Check "No"
    if the foundation agreed to make a grant to or to employ the official for a period
    after termination of government service, if terminating within 90 days.).......
    b
    If any answer is "Yes" to 1a(1)–(6), did any of the acts fail to qualify under the exceptions described in Regulations
    section 53.4941(d)-3 or in a current notice regarding disaster assistance? See instructions ........
    1b
     
    No
    ........bullet
    c
    Did the foundation engage in a prior year in any of the acts described in 1a, other than excepted acts,
    that were not corrected before the first day of the tax year beginning in 2019?.............
    1c
     
    No
    2
    Taxes on failure to distribute income (section 4942) (does not apply for years the foundation was a private
    operating foundation defined in section 4942(j)(3) or 4942(j)(5)):
    a
    At the end of tax year 2019, did the foundation have any undistributed income (lines 6d
    and 6e, Part XIII) for tax year(s) beginning before 2019?.............
    If "Yes," list the years bullet20, 20, 20, 20
    b
    Are there any years listed in 2a for which the foundation is not applying the provisions of section 4942(a)(2)
    (relating to incorrect valuation of assets) to the year’s undistributed income? (If applying section 4942(a)(2)
    to all years listed, answer "No" and attach statement—see instructions.) ..............
    2b
     
     
    c
    If the provisions of section 4942(a)(2) are being applied to any of the years listed in 2a, list the years here.
    bullet20, 20, 20, 20
    3a
    Did the foundation hold more than a 2% direct or indirect interest in any business enterprise at
    any time during the year?......................
    b
    If "Yes," did it have excess business holdings in 2019 as a result of (1) any purchase by the foundation
    or disqualified persons after May 26, 1969; (2) the lapse of the 5-year period (or longer period approved
    by the Commissioner under section 4943(c)(7)) to dispose of holdings acquired by gift or bequest; or (3)
    the lapse of the 10-, 15-, or 20-year first phase holding period? (Use Schedule C, Form 4720, to determine
    if the foundation had excess business holdings in 2019.)..................
    3b
     
    No
    4a
    Did the foundation invest during the year any amount in a manner that would jeopardize its charitable purposes?
    4a
     
    No
    b
    Did the foundation make any investment in a prior year (but after December 31, 1969) that could jeopardize its
    charitable purpose that had not been removed from jeopardy before the first day of the tax year beginning in 2019?
    4b
     
    No
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 6
    Part VII-B
    Statements Regarding Activities for Which Form 4720 May Be Required (continued)
    5a
    During the year did the foundation pay or incur any amount to:
    Yes
    No
    (1) Carry on propaganda, or otherwise attempt to influence legislation (section 4945(e))?
    (2) Influence the outcome of any specific public election (see section 4955); or to carry
    on, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive?.............
    (3) Provide a grant to an individual for travel, study, or other similar purposes?
    (4) Provide a grant to an organization other than a charitable, etc., organization described
    in section 4945(d)(4)(A)? See instructions................
    (5) Provide for any purpose other than religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or
    educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals?.....
    b
    If any answer is "Yes" to 5a(1)–(5), did any of the transactions fail to qualify under the exceptions described in
    Regulations section 53.4945 or in a current notice regarding disaster assistance? See instructions ......
    5b
     
    No
    .........bullet
    c
    If the answer is "Yes" to question 5a(4), does the foundation claim exemption from the
    tax because it maintained expenditure responsibility for the grant?..........
    If "Yes," attach the statement required by Regulations section 53.4945–5(d).
    6a
    Did the foundation, during the year, receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to pay premiums on
    a personal benefit contract?.....................
    b
    Did the foundation, during the year, pay premiums, directly or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract? ....
    6b
     
    No
    If "Yes" to 6b, file Form 8870.
    7a
    At any time during the tax year, was the foundation a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction?
    b
    If "Yes", did the foundation receive any proceeds or have any net income attributable to the transaction? ....
    7b
     
     
    8
    Is the foundation subject to the section 4960 tax on payment(s) of more than $1,000,000 in remuneration or
    excess parachute payment during the year? .................
    Part VIII
    Information About Officers, Directors, Trustees, Foundation Managers, Highly Paid Employees,
    and Contractors
    1 List all officers, directors, trustees, foundation managers and their compensation. See instructions
    (a) Name and address (b) Title, and average
    hours per week
    devoted to position
    (c) Compensation
    (If not paid, enter
    -0-)
    (d) Contributions to employee benefit plans and deferred compensation (e) Expense account,
    other allowances
    Kristin Bechard Treasurer
    40.0
    332,224 62,973 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Mary Susan Chambers Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Matt Condon Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Esther George Trustee
    8.0
    0 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Wendy Guillies President & CEO
    40.0
    660,247 62,480 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Julia Kauffman Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Janice Kreamer Trustee, Chair
    12.0
    100,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Barbara Mowry Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Earl Martin Phalen Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Miriam Rivera Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Michael Schultz Trustee
    8.0
    0 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    John Sherman Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Michael Stolper TRUSTEE
    8.0
    15,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Jeannine Strandjord Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    John E Tyler III General Counsel & Secretary
    40.0
    453,075 41,537 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    2 Compensation of five highest-paid employees (other than those included on line 1—see instructions). If none, enter “NONE."
    (a) Name and address of each employee paid more than $50,000 (b) Title, and average
    hours per week
    devoted to position
    (c) Compensation (d) Contributions to
    employee benefit
    plans and deferred
    compensation
    (e) Expense account,
    other allowances
    LISA MURRAY CHIEF INV. OFFICER
    40.0
    541,018 62,936 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    VICTOR HWANG VICE PRESIDENT
    40.0
    408,240 58,529 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    AARON NORTH VICE PRESIDENT
    40.0
    344,790 63,021 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    BRIAN SCHARF MANAGING DIRECTOR
    40.0
    277,593 59,525 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    LARRY JACOB VICE PRESIDENT
    40.0
    263,515 61,567 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    Total number of other employees paid over $50,000...................bullet 103
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 7
    Part VIII
    Information About Officers, Directors, Trustees, Foundation Managers, Highly Paid Employees,
    and Contractors (continued)
    3 Five highest-paid independent contractors for professional services (see instructions). If none, enter "NONE".
    (a) Name and address of each person paid more than $50,000 (b) Type of service (c) Compensation
    General Atlantic Partners Investment Mgmt Serv 2,257,715
    55 East 52nd St 32 Floor
    NEW YORK,NY10055
    First Eagle Investment Management LLC Investment Mgmt Serv 1,315,622
    1345 Avenue of the Americas
    NEW YORK,NY10105
    Driehaus Capital Management LLC Investment Mgmt Serv 1,050,336
    25 E Erie Street
    CHICAGO,IL60611
    Sands Capital Management LLC investment mngt serv 1,035,490
    1000 Wilson Blvd Suite 3000
    ARLINGTON,VA22209
    HARRIS ASSOCIATES LP INVESTMENT MGMT SERV 999,147
    111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 4600
    CHICAGO,IL60606
    Total number of others receiving over $50,000 for professional services.............bullet117
    Part IX-A
    Summary of Direct Charitable Activities
    List the foundation’s four largest direct charitable activities during the tax year. Include relevant statistical information such as the number of organizations and other beneficiaries served, conferences convened, research papers produced, etc. Expenses
    1  
    2  
    3  
    4  
    Part IX-B
    Summary of Program-Related Investments (see instructions)
    Describe the two largest program-related investments made by the foundation during the tax year on lines 1 and 2. Amount
    1 NONE  
    2  
    All other program-related investments. See instructions.
    3  
    Total. Add lines 1 through 3.........................bullet  
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 8
    Part X
    Minimum Investment Return (All domestic foundations must complete this part. Foreign foundations, see instructions.)
    1
    Fair market value of assets not used (or held for use) directly in carrying out charitable, etc.,
    purposes:
    a
    Average monthly fair market value of securities...................
    1a
    1,243,865,902
    b
    Average of monthly cash balances.......................
    1b
    175,759,869
    c
    Fair market value of all other assets (see instructions)................
    1c
    1,092,247,541
    d
    Total (add lines 1a, b, and c).........................
    1d
    2,511,873,312
    e
    Reduction claimed for blockage or other factors reported on lines 1a and
    1c (attach detailed explanation) .............
    1e
     
    2
    Acquisition indebtedness applicable to line 1 assets..................
    2
    0
    3
    Subtract line 2 from line 1d.........................
    3
    2,511,873,312
    4
    Cash deemed held for charitable activities. Enter 1 1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see
    instructions) .............................
    4
    37,678,100
    5
    Net value of noncharitable-use assets. Subtract line 4 from line 3. Enter here and on Part V, line 4
    5
    2,474,195,212
    6
    Minimum investment return. Enter 5% of line 5..................
    6
    123,709,761
    Part XI
    Distributable Amount (see instructions) (Section 4942(j)(3) and (j)(5) private operating foundations and certain foreign organizations check here right arrow and do not complete this part.)
    1
    Minimum investment return from Part X, line 6....................
    1
    123,709,761
    2a
    Tax on investment income for 2019 from Part VI, line 5......
    2a
    3,002,034
    b
    Income tax for 2019. (This does not include the tax from Part VI.)...
    2b
     
    c
    Add lines 2a and 2b............................
    2c
    3,002,034
    3
    Distributable amount before adjustments. Subtract line 2c from line 1............
    3
    120,707,727
    4
    Recoveries of amounts treated as qualifying distributions................
    4
    787,886
    5
    Add lines 3 and 4............................
    5
    121,495,613
    6
    Deduction from distributable amount (see instructions).................
    6
     
    7
    Distributable amount as adjusted. Subtract line 6 from line 5. Enter here and on Part XIII, line 1 ...
    7
    121,495,613
    Part XII
    Qualifying Distributions (see instructions)
    1
    Amounts paid (including administrative expenses) to accomplish charitable, etc., purposes:
    a
    Expenses, contributions, gifts, etc.—total from Part I, column (d), line 26 ..........
    1a
    125,590,439
    b
    Program-related investments—total from Part IX-B..................
    1b
    0
    2
    Amounts paid to acquire assets used (or held for use) directly in carrying out charitable, etc.,
    purposes...............................
    2
    0
    3
    Amounts set aside for specific charitable projects that satisfy the:
    a
    Suitability test (prior IRS approval required)....................
    3a
    0
    b
    Cash distribution test (attach the required schedule) .................
    3b
    0
    4
    Qualifying distributions. Add lines 1a through 3b. Enter here and on Part V, line 8, and Part XIII, line 4
    4
    125,590,439
    5
    Foundations that qualify under section 4940(e) for the reduced rate of tax on net investment
    income. Enter 1% of Part I, line 27b. See instructions.................
    5
    3,002,034
    6
    Adjusted qualifying distributions. Subtract line 5 from line 4..............
    6
    122,588,405
    Note: The amount on line 6 will be used in Part V, column (b), in subsequent years when calculating whether the foundation qualifies for
    the section 4940(e) reduction of tax in those years.
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 9
    Part XIII
    Undistributed Income (see instructions)
    (a)
    Corpus
    (b)
    Years prior to 2018
    (c)
    2018
    (d)
    2019
    1 Distributable amount for 2019 from Part XI, line 7 121,495,613
    2 Undistributed income, if any, as of the end of 2019:
    a Enter amount for 2018 only....... 0
    b Total for prior years:2017, 2016, 2015 0
    3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2019:
    a From 2014...... 395,214
    b From 2015......  
    c From 2016...... 1,854,438
    d From 2017......  
    e From 2018...... 831,977
    fTotal of lines 3a through e........ 3,081,629
    4Qualifying distributions for 2019 from Part
    XII, line 4: bullet$ 125,590,439
    a Applied to 2018, but not more than line 2a 0
    b Applied to undistributed income of prior years
    (Election required—see instructions).....
     
    c Treated as distributions out of corpus (Election
    required—see instructions)........
     
    d Applied to 2019 distributable amount..... 121,495,613
    e Remaining amount distributed out of corpus 4,094,826
    5 Excess distributions carryover applied to 2019.    
    (If an amount appears in column (d), the
    same amount must be shown in column (a).)
    6Enter the net total of each column as
    indicated below:
    a Corpus. Add lines 3f, 4c, and 4e. Subtract line 5 7,176,455
    b Prior years’ undistributed income. Subtract
    line 4b from line 2b ..........
    0
    c Enter the amount of prior years’ undistributed
    income for which a notice of deficiency has
    been issued, or on which the section 4942(a)
    tax has been previously assessed......
     
    d Subtract line 6c from line 6b. Taxable amount
    —see instructions ...........
    0
    e Undistributed income for 2018. Subtract line
    4a from line 2a. Taxable amount—see
    instructions .............
    0
    f Undistributed income for 2019. Subtract
    lines 4d and 5 from line 1. This amount must
    be distributed in 2020 ..........
    0
    7 Amounts treated as distributions out of
    corpus to satisfy requirements imposed by
    section 170(b)(1)(F) or 4942(g)(3) (Election may
    be required - see instructions) .......
     
    8 Excess distributions carryover from 2014 not
    applied on line 5 or line 7 (see instructions) ...
    395,214
    9Excess distributions carryover to 2020.
    Subtract lines 7 and 8 from line 6a ......
    6,781,241
    10 Analysis of line 9:
    a Excess from 2015....  
    b Excess from 2016.... 1,854,438
    c Excess from 2017....  
    d Excess from 2018.... 831,977
    e Excess from 2019.... 4,094,826
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 10
    Part XIV
    Private Operating Foundations (see instructions and Part VII-A, question 9)
    1a If the foundation has received a ruling or determination letter that it is a private operating
    foundation, and the ruling is effective for 2019, enter the date of the ruling....... bullet
     
    b Check box to indicate whether the organization is a private operating foundation described in section or
    2a Enter the lesser of the adjusted net
    income from Part I or the minimum
    investment return from Part X for each
    year listed ..........
    Tax year Prior 3 years (e) Total
    (a) 2019 (b) 2018 (c) 2017 (d) 2016
             
    b 85% of line 2a .........          
    c Qualifying distributions from Part XII,
    line 4 for each year listed .....
             
    d Amounts included in line 2c not used directly
    for active conduct of exempt activities ..........
             
    e Qualifying distributions made directly
    for active conduct of exempt activities.
    Subtract line 2d from line 2c ....
             
    3 Complete 3a, b, or c for the
    alternative test relied upon:
    a “Assets" alternative test—enter:
    (1) Value of all assets ......          
    (2) Value of assets qualifying
    under section 4942(j)(3)(B)(i)
             
    b “Endowment" alternative test— enter 2/3
    of minimum investment return shown in
    Part X, line 6 for each year listed...
             
    c “Support" alternative test—enter:
    (1) Total support other than gross
    investment income (interest,
    dividends, rents, payments
    on securities loans (section
    512(a)(5)), or royalties) ....
             
    (2) Support from general public
    and 5 or more exempt
    organizations as provided in
    section 4942(j)(3)(B)(iii)....
             
    (3) Largest amount of support
    from an exempt organization
             
    (4) Gross investment income          
    Part XV
    Supplementary Information (Complete this part only if the foundation had $5,000 or more in
    assets at any time during the year—see instructions.)
    1Information Regarding Foundation Managers:
    aList any managers of the foundation who have contributed more than 2% of the total contributions received by the foundation
    before the close of any tax year (but only if they have contributed more than $5,000). (See section 507(d)(2).)
    NON
    bList any managers of the foundation who own 10% or more of the stock of a corporation (or an equally large portion of the
    ownership of a partnership or other entity) of which the foundation has a 10% or greater interest.
    NON
    2Information Regarding Contribution, Grant, Gift, Loan, Scholarship, etc., Programs:
    Check here bullet
    aThe name, address, and telephone number or e-mail address of the person to whom applications should be addressed:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    (816) 932-1000
    bThe form in which applications should be submitted and information and materials they should include:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    cAny submission deadlines:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    dAny restrictions or limitations on awards, such as by geographical areas, charitable fields, kinds of institutions, or other
    factors:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 11
    Part XV
    Supplementary Information (continued)
    3 Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment
    Recipient If recipient is an individual,
    show any relationship to
    any foundation manager
    or substantial contributor
    Foundation
    status of
    recipient
    Purpose of grant or
    contribution
    Amount
    Name and address (home or business)
    aPaid during the year
    National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
    1050 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Support for a research platform for entrepreneurship and innovation through multiple projects such as working group meetings, conferences, working papers, Boot Camp, and other emerging scholars initiatives. 20140669 680,305
    William Marsh Rice University
    6100 Main Street
    Houston,TX77005
    none PC Support research on the effectiveness of accelerators, incubators and other seed-stage entrepreneurship support organizations. 201508-20151274 43,000
    University of Massachusetts
    333 South Street
    Shrewsbury,MA015454169
    none NC Support to study inter-firm connectivity by tracking the movement of workers across different employers, which serves as a conduit for the transmission of knowledge and organizational learning. 201509-20151408 6,041
    The Nashville Entrepreneur Center
    41 Peabody Street
    Nashville,TN37210
    none PC Support to design and implement a resource navigator that connects local entrepreneurs with the education, resources, and support services available within the Nashville entrepreneurial ecosystem. 201510-20151705 100,000
    Liberty Memorial Association
    100 W 26th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for building the financial and technological capacity of the National WWI Museum and Memorial located at Liberty Memorial. 201602-0084 370,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the KC Great Schools Fund to provide coordinated investments that will build and fortify a system of high-quality schools in Kansas City. 201604-0303 5,000,000
    Kansas City Teacher Residency Inc
    415 Delaware Suite 4E
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support KCTR's programming and operations, creating a new teacher preparation and certification program that contributes to the human capital pipeline in Kansas City. 201606-0512 1,188,561
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    104 Airport Drive Suite 2200 CB 1
    Chapel Hill,NC275991350
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201607-0738 10,000
    Center for Venture Education Inc
    855 El Camino Real Suite 12
    Palo Alto,CA94301
    none PC This grant funds the creation of 12 scholarships - 6 focused on the KC Metro, 3 on the surrounding four-state heartland region (Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska) and 3 from the Mid-Continent (between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountain ranges) - for the education of fund managers in neglected areas to participate in the Kauffman Fellows program as Foundation Fellows. 201607-0770 160,000
    Oregon State University Foundation
    850 SW 35th Street
    Corvallis,OR973334015
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201607-0773 10,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Week
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none SO I Support to grow and increase results of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) by expanding its current footprint (which reaches all 50 U.S. states and 160+ countries) and learning from communities throughout the world to support American entrepreneurship. 201607-0825 374,999
    Kansas City Scholars Inc
    8080 Ward Parkway Suite 402
    Kansas City,MO64114
    none PC Support scholarships, financial incentives to promote college savings, and support services for low- and modest-income students and adults needing access and support to pursue and complete a postsecondary credit-bearing credential or degree. 201607-0836 7,800,000
    Venture for America Inc
    40 West 29th Street Suite 301
    New York,NY10001
    none PC Support for the expansion of the Venture for America Fellows Program to Kansas City. The program will provide the participants with experiential education in a two-year fellowship with entrepreneurial firms in Kansas City. 201608-0906 50,000
    Jin-Woo Chang
    21 E Huron Street 1507
    Chicago,IL60611
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201610-1315 3,000
    Andrea Contigiani
    1616 Walnut Street Apartment 1811
    Philadelphia,PA19103
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201610-1316 4,200
    Jose Maria Barrero Sanclemente
    47 Olmstead Road Apt 415
    Stanford,CA94305
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201611-1355 3,000
    Kate Leigh Maxwell Koegel
    82 Pocono Drive
    Durham,NC27705
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201611-1358 3,000
    Hyoseok Kang
    725 Kula Gulf Way Apt 300
    Albany,CA94706
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201611-1369 3,000
    TNTP Inc
    500 7th Avenue 8th Floor
    New York,NY10018
    none PC Support for the launch of a new principal certification program that will increase the number of high-quality leaders in Kansas City's urban schools. 201701-1548 370,000
    Academy of Management Inc
    555 Pleasantville Road Suite N 200
    Briarcliff Manor,NY10510
    none PC Support for the annual doctoral consortia(s) for the years 2017-2019. 201701-1648 28,250
    University of Washington Foundation
    Box 353200
    Seattle,WA98195
    none PC Support for the West Coast Research Symposium and Doctoral Consortium on Technology Entrepreneurship for the years 2017-2019. 201703-1907 21,500
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    505 10th Street NW
    Atlanta,GA30318
    none SO III FI Support for the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) annual conference on technology entrepreneurship for the years 2017-2019. 201703-1957 20,000
    MoKan 2020 Vision Inc
    4223 North 127th Street
    Kansas City,KS66109
    none PC Programmatic and capacity building support for the 20/20 Leadership program, including the 20/20 Olympics competition. 201704-2017 17,290
    Pipeline Inc
    1919 W 45th Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66103
    none PC Support for educating entrepreneurs in Kansas City and the Midwest region. 201704-2029 489,250
    Opportunity America Educational Fund
    737 8th Street SE Suite 201
    Washington,DC20003
    none PC Support for three regional meetings of immigrant entrepreneurs and business association leaders to explore the barriers they face in launching and growing new businesses. 201704-2074 63,250
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201704-2086 5,000
    Trustees of Columbia University in the
    City of New York
    615 West 131st Street 3rd Fl
    New York,NY10027
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201704-2088 8,000
    The Aspen Institute Inc
    2300 N Street NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC200371122
    none PC Support for the Mid-America Foundation CEOs seminar in Aspen, Colorado, for the years 2017 through 2019. 201705-2221 15,000
    Startup Champions Network Inc
    311 N Market Street Suite 200
    Dallas,TX75202
    none PC Support for the development of a national organization that will educate, train, and increase access to the tools and best practices of ecosystem building. 201705-2258 230,395
    Harry S Truman Library Institute for National
    and International Affairs
    500 W US Highway 24
    Independence,MO640501798
    none PC Support to build the financial capacity of Truman Library Institute for the benefit of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. 201706-2274 440,176
    United Way of Wyandotte County
    434 Minnesota Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66117
    none PC Capacity building support to increase the organization's evaluation, fundraising, communications, and strategic capacities. 201707-2426 50,950
    Nesta US Inc
    235 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco,CA94104
    none PC Support for the development of a network of researchers to identify and conduct randomized control trials to inform what works in entrepreneurship and innovation. 201708-2743 184,010
    Board of Regents of the University of
    Wisconsin System
    21 N Park Street Suite 6401
    Madison,WI537151218
    none NC Support to establish causality (or disprove causality) between university interventions and resulting entrepreneurial activity. 201708-2797 140,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Support for a combination of datasets (private and public) to identify firm start and the processes that led to entrepreneurial success. 201708-2801 158,245
    Regents of the University of California
    at Berkeley
    2195 Hearst Avenue Room 130F
    Berkeley,CA947201103
    none PC Support to develop a unique and publicly available dataset that will track firms from innovation, to crowdfunding, and to later entrepreneurial success. 201708-2803 82,999
    University of Massachusetts
    333 South Street
    Shrewsbury,MA015454169
    none NC Support to develop new mechanisms to measure entrepreneurial ecosystems with an increased accessible manner, focusing on the interplay between policy and social connections to identify implicit biases within the modeling frameworks. 201708-2804 110,000
    National League of Cities Institute Inc
    660 North Capitol Street 450
    Washington,DC20001
    none SO I Support to establish local controls critical to the support of new business creation and that allows cities to experiment within the constraints and opportunities of their local economies. 201708-2806 125,000
    Metro Ideas Project
    1216 E Main Street Suite 102
    Chattanooga,TN37408
    none PC Support to develop a detailed and quantified understanding of place-based economic development, starting with collisions and physical proximities. 201708-2810 100,000
    Defy Ventures Inc
    154 Grand Street 6th Floor
    New York,NY10013
    none PC Support to expand a 12-month post-release incubator program for formerly incarcerated people with the goal of creating legitimate start-ups and careers. 201709-2847 100,000
    Saigon Broadcasting Television Network Inc
    10517 Garden Grove Blvd
    Garden Grove,CA92843
    none NC Support to pilot an educational program for Vietnamese entrepreneurs focused on critical business skills. 201709-2857 70,000
    The Aspen Institute Inc
    2300 N Street NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC200371122
    none PC Support for the Global Accelerator Learning Initiative, to evaluate the effectiveness of accelerators for early-stage entrepreneurs. 201709-2945 80,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to develop an educational program for prospective startup board members and to engage corporate leaders. 201709-2962 100,000
    Erez Aharon Marantz
    315 11th Street
    Jersey City,NJ767047993
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3086 3,000
    American Prospect Inc
    1225 Eye Street NW Suite 600
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support to produce a series of articles about economic concentration and its impact on entrepreneurship. 201710-3090 25,000
    Kyungmin Lee
    4105 3rd Road N 2
    Arlington,VA22203
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3097 3,000
    Kevin Charles Todd
    6367 Telegraph Ave Apt 1
    Oakland,CA94609
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3098 3,000
    Alessandra Peter
    443 Ventura Avenue Apt 14
    Palo Alto,CA94306
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3109 3,000
    Stefan Dimitriadis
    8A Chauncy St Apt 6
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3111 3,000
    Stephanie Johnson
    733 Chicago Ave Apt 314
    Evanston,IL60202
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3115 3,000
    Chiara Maggi
    856 Hinman Ave Apt 1N
    Evanston,IL60202
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3117 3,000
    Sina Khoshsokhan
    22 Magazine Street Apt 3
    Cambridge,MA02139
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3118 3,000
    Alicia T DeSantola
    393 Broadway 28
    Cambridge,MA02139
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3125 3,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support for a mentor training program to support entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. 201710-3147 147,208
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater
    Kansas City
    3100 Broadway Suite 1020
    Kansas City,MO641112413
    none PC Support for afterschool and summer programming in the Center School District. 201710-3189 100,741
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support to increase state support for entrepreneurship and lower barriers to new business creation and entrepreneurial success by forming a broad-based, non-partisan coalition of Kansas entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem leaders. 201710-3225 157,042
    Bunker Labs NFP Inc
    125 S Clark St WeWork 17th Fl
    Chicago,IL60603
    none PC Support to reduce barriers to new business creation and entrepreneurial success by training and activating veteran entrepreneurs served by local chapters in 12 states and the District of Columbia. 201710-3227 105,000
    Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
    222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza Suit
    Chicago,IL60654
    none PC Support to organize two policy forums a year for three years in which entrepreneurs and investors will educate policymakers about entrepreneurial challenges. 201710-3228 25,000
    Tennessee Technology Development Corporation
    211 7th Avenue North Suite 205
    Nashville,TN37219
    none PC Support for a more entrepreneur-friendly Tennessee by mobilizing and equipping entrepreneurs with the tools needed to effectively advocate for the mitigation of barriers to new business creation. 201710-3230 133,333
    Metropolitan Economic Development Association
    250 Second Avenue South Suite 106
    Minneapolis,MN55401
    none PC Support to build the capacity of the Minority Business Advisory Council in an effort to increase support for minority entrepreneurs, reduce barriers that limit their creation of new businesses, and educate Minnesota policymakers. 201710-3263 112,250
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    none PC Support to expand the VilCap Communities initiative to additional locations. This network will test new inclusive recruitment and investment tools developed by Village Capital. 201711-3366 375,000
    Interise Inc
    197 Portland Street Suite 200
    Boston,MA02114
    none PC Support to expand the StreetWise MBA program and deploy complementary programs to support Latino business owners and small businesses as they build diverse teams. 201711-3368 1,299,545
    Regents of the University of California
    1156 High Street
    Santa Cruz,CA95064
    none PC Support to develop the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurship Report. 201711-3372 100,000
    StartOut
    One Embarcadero Center Suite 1650
    San Francisco,CA94111
    none PC Support to migrate and improve StartOut's existing web-based entrepreneurial support and ecosystem building platform to be able to scale to serve more entrepreneurs and the people who support them. 201712-3430 50,000
    Southern Windsor County Incubator Inc
    14 Clinton Street Suite 7
    Springfield,VT05156
    none PC Support for the establishment of an accelerator to educate tech-based entrepreneurs and demonstrate viability of ecosystem building in rural communities. 201712-3439 115,000
    United States Association for Small Business
    and Entrepreneurship
    1214 Hyland Hall 800 W Main Stree
    Whitewater,WI53190
    none PC Support for the annual USASBE 2019 conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida, January 23-27, 2019 and the annual USASBE 2020 conference in 2020. 201712-3451 30,000
    Whatsoever Community Center
    1201 Ewing Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64126
    none PC Support for academically enriching afterschool and summer programs in Kansas City, Missouri. 201801-3562 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC General support for the UMKC Innovation Centers Digital Sandbox KC program. 201801-3573 225,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support KC SourceLink to increase communications and access to entrepreneurial resources. 201801-3593 200,000
    Johnson County Library Foundation
    PO Box 2933
    Shawnee Mission,KS662011333
    none PC Support for youth and family educational programming for the Johnson County Library system. 201801-3647 110,000
    Support Kansas City Inc
    5960 Dearborn Suite 200
    Mission,KS662023316
    none PC Capacity building support to improve direct services and programs, increase staff retention and to plan for leadership succession, and, as amended, to provide capacity building services to Connecting for Good and a cohort of three early education nonprofits. 201802-3696 164,806
    North Kansas City Schools
    2000 NE 46th Street
    Kansas City,MO64116
    none NC Support Linden West Elementary School's work to improve education outcomes for students experiencing severe emotional trauma. 201802-3817 72,000
    Community Services League of Jackson County
    404 North Noland Road
    Independence,MO64050
    none PC Support to expand the Family Stability Initiative to reduce student transiency in Independence, Missouri. 201802-3838 100,000
    Tolbert Educational Services Inc
    3400 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy's partnership with Discover Education to integrate effective instructional technology practices throughout the school. 201802-3845 83,834
    Belton School District #124
    110 W Walnut
    Belton,MO64012
    none NC Support the transformation of Belton High School into wall-to-wall career academies using the Ford Next Generation Learning framework with the goal of improving the college- and career-readiness of its high school students. 201803-3882 225,000
    KC Social Innovation Center
    1712 Main Street 4th Floor
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Capacity building and programmatic support for Hire KC initiatives, serving youth ages 16-24. 201803-3927 107,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5211 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none NC Support for the programs and capacity of the KC STEM Alliance. 201803-3969 350,000
    Brookings Institution
    1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for a network of metropolitan leaders, including representatives of at least two organizations from Kansas City, to share research, best practices, and strategies for promoting inclusive economic growth in cities and regions. 201803-3999 50,000
    Forward Cities Inc
    112 S Duke Street
    Durham,NC27701
    none PC Support to pilot a community driven process for designing and building the Kansas City entrepreneurial ecosystem. 201803-4000 44,621
    National Foundation for American Policy
    2111 Wilson Blvd Suite 700
    Arlington,VA22201
    none PC Support to educate policymakers about barriers to immigrant entrepreneurship and to create an advocacy toolkit. 201804-4040 17,500
    The School District of the City of Independence
    201 N Forest Avenue
    Independence,MO64050
    none NC Support to fortify the existing Career Academies and expand capstone experiences so that more students can engage in meaningful, real-world and hands-on learning. 201804-4041 200,000
    Mercy Corps
    45 SW Ankeny Street
    Portland,OR97204
    none PC Support for research to understand the effectiveness of virtual mentorship programs in fostering entrepreneurship and improving entrepreneurial outcomes. 201804-4084 36,369
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5211 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none NC Support for education programming at the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 201804-4108 132,660
    Trustees of Columbia University in the
    City of New York
    615 West 131st Street 3rd Fl
    New York,NY10027
    none PC Support for research on entrepreneurial ecosystems and local economies. 201804-4133 200,000
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support for the Kauffman Schools continued operations in FY2019 to develop, manage, and operate a charter school of excellence. 201804-4164 1,999,814
    Computer History Museum
    1401 N Shoreline Blvd
    Mountain View,CA94043
    none PC Support to create a traveling exhibit on entrepreneurship and related educational programming. 201804-4193 89,000
    Candid
    4801 Courthouse Street Suite 220
    Williamsburg,VA23188
    none PC Support for the Foundation Center's programs and resources, launch the Nonprofit Start-Up Assessment Tool, and for the Kauffman Foundation's 2018 and 2019 membership dues. 201804-4194 26,636
    Access Ventures Inc
    PO Box 4572
    Louisville,KY40204
    none POF Support to increase access to micro-loans for entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank financing and left out of the financial markets. 201804-4211 199,272
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4243 10,000
    University of Utah
    332 South 1400 East Suite 150
    Salt Lake City,UT841120300
    none PC Support the expansion of the University of Utah's experiential entrepreneurship and high-growth venture development program to college students in Kansas City. 201805-4263 225,000
    Texas Tech University
    2500 Broadway
    Lubbock,TX79409
    none NC Support advancement of the University of Missouri-Kansas Citys teacher preparation program to create classroom-ready teachers for Kansas Citys urban schools. 201805-4264 188,243
    Living Cities Inc The National Community
    Development Initiative
    1040 Avenue of the Americas 17th F
    New York,NY10018
    none PC General operating support to improve the economic well-being of people of color and low-income individuals. 201805-4296 200,000
    Cass County Historical Society
    400 East Mechanic Street
    Harrisonville,MO64701
    none PC General operating support. 201805-4345 2,500
    Washington University
    Campus Box 1082 One Brookings Driv
    St Louis,MO63130
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4364 10,000
    Chuan Chen
    9041 West Swan Circle
    St Louis,MO63144
    none NC Support for the assessment of two channels in accelerators and how specific program channels in accelerators create value for entrepreneurs. 201806-4403 2,000
    Start Small Think Big Inc
    8 West 126th Street 3rd Floor
    New York,NY10027
    none PC Support for research to pilot tools to assess the financial viability of ventures started by low-income entrepreneurs. 201806-4407 150,000
    Zhao Jin
    208 University Park
    Rochester,NY14620
    none NC Support to quantify the impact of large companies on entrepreneurial entry in the industry, as well as the specific channels where this takes place. 201806-4434 6,000
    American Ideas Institute
    910 17th Street NW Suite 312
    Washington,DC20006
    none PC Support to produce a series of articles and host an event about economic concentration and its impact on entrepreneurship. 201806-4440 25,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    none PC Support for a nationally representative survey of adults in U.S. households to better understand trends and barriers unique to entrepreneurship among older adults. 201806-4444 198,994
    Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America
    10210 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO641314212
    none PC Provide quality afterschool programs for over 3,100 youth in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. 201806-4473 150,000
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue Warner Hall 6
    Pittsburgh,PA15213
    none PC Support for research to understand the various effects of increasing industry concentration on entrepreneurship. 201806-4477 112,125
    St Louis University
    One North Grand Blvd DuBourg Hall
    St Louis,MO63103
    none PC Support for research on the role of financial capabilities for low-income entrepreneurs, and on the impact of financial capability interventions on their businesses in order to understand if these can mitigate barriers to entrepreneurship among low-income individuals. 201806-4478 124,973
    Regents of the University of California
    at Berkeley
    2195 Hearst Avenue Room 130F
    Berkeley,CA947201103
    none PC Support for research using California tax data to determine how workers combine various sources of income to understand the characteristics of micro-entrepreneurship. 201806-4480 211,343
    Travis Howell
    1800 Baity Hill Dr Apt 320
    Chapel HIll,NC27514
    none NC Support for firm-level research on key milestones, growth and survival outcomes of firms participating in co-working spaces. 201806-4485 15,000
    Trustees of Boston University
    595 Commonwealth Avenue Suite 700
    Boston,MA02215
    none PC Support to measure how new information technologies, including AI technologies, affect firm growth, productivity, and survival including differences between startups and established firms, small firms and large. 201806-4521 205,928
    Samasource Inc
    2017 Mission Street Suite 301
    San Francisco,CA94110
    none PC Support for research on low and moderate income micro-entrepreneurs to understand the motivations, needs, and satisfaction levels up to a year after completing the Samaschool program. 201806-4522 103,438
    North Carolina State University
    Campus Box 7205
    Raleigh,NC276957514
    none NC Support for the development of indices for social network engagement and social network embeddedness in entrepreneurship ecosystems, in order to better understand connections and engagement between people in the ecosystem. 201806-4533 220,297
    Georgetown University
    37th and O Street NW
    Washington,DC20057
    none PC Support for research tools to collect data on ecosystem support organizations and their client companies, in particular, high-growth technology companies. 201806-4536 41,173
    William Marsh Rice University
    6100 Main Street
    Houston,TX77005
    none PC Support for research to better understand the factors that determine whether or not a business idea receives early-stage financing. 201806-4538 122,000
    Wake Forest University
    1834 Wake Forest Road Box 7227
    WinstonSalem,NC27109
    none PC Support for research to understand how tax policies and occupational licensing affect local entrepreneurial activity across multiple demographic variables (gender, race, location, industry). 201806-4541 81,965
    Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest
    Missouri Inc
    8383 Blue Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64133
    none PC Provide quality afterschool programming to over 1,200 underserved youth. 201806-4551 100,000
    Jiayi Bao
    106 Melrose Place Apt C
    Chapel HIll,NC27516
    none NC Support for research on how three types of employee time off arrangements affect the innovation activities of new firms. 201806-4552 6,000
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Support to analyze data on the Annual Business Survey to determine how the prevalence of new technologies in the United States affect the small-business economy and make it possible to assess the impact these technologies are having on firm founding, innovation, and performance. 201806-4563 93,250
    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    485 Broadway 3rd Floor Mail Code
    Redwood City,CA94063
    none PC Support to develop a major new recurring survey of online entrepreneurs and a scalable management training tool. 201806-4602 259,622
    Urban Libraries Council
    1333 H Street NW Suite 1000W
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for expanding and strengthening the role of libraries as an entrepreneurial support organization, particularly for those from underrepresented communities. 201806-4615 276,660
    Emily Marie Medley
    4126 Forest Glen Drive
    Knoxville,TN37919
    none NC Support for research on how culture shapes how and where social entrepreneurship takes place, using mixed methods (focus groups, interviews, ethnographic field notes and survey data) to study social entrepreneurs in regional networks. 201806-4618 12,000
    The LaunchCode Foundation
    4811 Delmar Blvd
    St Louis,MO63108
    none PC Support to educate under-represented individuals in the Kansas City area with computer programming and technology skills that lead to apprenticeship. 201806-4620 150,000
    Seojin Kim
    1121 University Blvd W Apt 314
    Silver Springs,MD20902
    none NC Support for research that will examine how entrepreneurs advance artificial intelligence innovations in healthcare, using the bionic technology market as the case context. 201806-4621 15,000
    Sophie Qingzhen Calder-Wang
    2 Peabody Terrace Apt 702
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none NC Support for research on how entrepreneurs within a two-sided platform engage in experimentation and learning. 201806-4634 9,500
    Jiwon Kylie Hwang
    400 W 119 Street 7M
    New York,NY10027
    none NC Support for research that focuses on entrepreneurship as a means for reentry and recidivism prevention in the criminal justice system. 201806-4643 8,000
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for research to better understand how entrepreneurial experience affects re-entry to the traditional wage labor market. 201806-4659 46,240
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for research on how immigration policy affects entrepreneurship. 201806-4666 129,185
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Research Institute
    3901 Rainbow Blvd Mailstop 1039
    Kansas City,KS66160
    none SO I Support for research to identify barriers to growth-oriented entrepreneurship for women with professional degrees. 201806-4722 21,423
    Consolidated Public Library District No 3
    15616 E US Highway 24
    Independence,MO64050
    none NC Support for Square One Small Business Services and Story Center programs. 201806-4736 200,000
    Duke University
    615 Chapel Drive
    Durham,NC277080581
    none PC Support to build a machine learning tool to improve ideation and accelerate the execution of entrepreneurial ideas. 201806-4738 95,000
    Regents of the University of California
    at Berkeley
    2195 Hearst Avenue Room 130F
    Berkeley,CA947201103
    none PC Support to understand how the deployment of intelligent tools and systems can be channeled to support high-quality employment and entrepreneurship opportunities via multiple research initiatives. 201806-4740 148,500
    Trustees of Boston University
    595 Commonwealth Avenue Suite 700
    Boston,MA02215
    none PC Support for research to pilot new methods of understanding variations in the goals of entrepreneurs and investors across different entrepreneurial ecosystems. 201807-4744 25,800
    Eisenhower Foundation
    PO Box 295
    Abilene,KS67410
    none PC Support for programming and marketing to increase Kansas City-based support for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. 201807-4759 45,000
    Syracuse University
    640 Skytop Road Suite 122
    Syracuse,NY132445300
    none PC Support for a national survey of veterans and military-connected entrepreneurs to better identify and understand their motivations, goals, demographics, business activities and outcomes and barriers. 201807-4761 132,867
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Support for research on how entrepreneurs manage their cash flows and the interactions between business accounts and personal accounts in order to understand how entrepreneurs manage their financial resources in response to financial shocks. 201807-4773 118,678
    Marcus I Crews
    69 1/2 Washington Street
    Harrison,NJ07029
    none NC Support for a multi-case study approach to understanding the dimensions of the process and experience of entrepreneurial failure, and the implications of failure for future entrepreneurship. 201807-4775 13,000
    Arizona State University Foundation
    PO Box 2260
    Tempe,AZ852802260
    none PC Support to examine three micro-level psychological processes - championing, leadership, and identity - to better understand the importance of specific stages in the decision-making process to become or not become an entrepreneur. 201807-4790 180,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support to defray staffing and administrative costs associated with establishing the Fountain Innovation Fund, an evergreen pre-seed fund that will serve entrepreneurs in the Kansas City region. 201807-4798 150,000
    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    485 Broadway 3rd Floor Mail Code
    Redwood City,CA94063
    none PC Support School Retool, a professional development experience that provides a cohort of Kansas City area school leaders with innovative approaches to improving outcomes for students in Kansas City. 201807-4885 22,950
    Union Station Kansas City Inc
    30 West Pershing Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for youth and community maker-focused programming, technology and fundraising capacity for a key city asset institution. 201807-4935 75,000
    Kauffman Scholars Inc
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    none POF Support for Kauffman Scholars, Inc.'s college access and scholarship program to help low-income students complete a college education. 201808-4977 7,100,000
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Provide quality afterschool programming to 190 underserved youth in kindergarten through ninth grades. 201808-4992 50,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    2901 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support to hire and train two aspiring school leaders for Kansas City Public Schools. 201808-5006 20,127
    Innovation Network Inc
    1625 K St NW Suite 1050
    Washington,DC20006
    none PC Support for the April 2019 Evaluation Roundtable Conference, as well as support for benchmarking research on evaluation in foundations and the production of a teaching case for use at the conference. 201808-5008 30,000
    Kansas City Kansas Community College
    7250 State Avenue
    Kansas City,KS661122997
    none NC Support to provide at least 210 underserved youth from Kansas City, Kansas with a STEM-focused afterschool program. 201808-5011 100,000
    Urban League of Kansas City Missouri
    1710 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support the empowerment of parents in Kansas City, Missouri to advocate for their childrens education. 201808-5063 25,000
    IFF
    333 South Wabash Avenue Suite 2800
    Chicago,IL60604
    none PC Support for data analysis, school sector leadership, real estate and finance expertise to ensure that quality school providers are developing the right facilities with the right financing to provide quality seats where they are needed most in Kansas City. 201808-5070 100,000
    DeLaSalle Education Center
    3737 Troost
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support the operation and redesign of DeLaSalle Charter School to provide a high-quality and innovative alternative high school education for Kansas City's most at-risk students. 201809-5157 250,000
    Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
    3831 East 43rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Provide quality afterschool programming to over 2,000 underserved youth. 201809-5221 100,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none PC Support to study barriers to entrepreneurship as perceived by entrepreneurship support organizations (ESOs) and policymakers. 201809-5222 230,000
    Youth Ambassadors Inc
    5809 Michigan Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for academically enriching afterschool and summer programs that are informed by social and emotional learning in Kansas City, Missouri. 201809-5285 50,000
    Greater Kansas City Sports Foundation
    114 W 11th Street Suite 300
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the 2019 WIN for KC Womens Sports Awards Celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, February 8, 2019. 201810-5336 9,190
    Evolution Institute Inc
    10627 Machrihanish Circle
    San Antonio,FL33576
    none PC Support for a roadmap for systems-based understanding of entrepreneurship, based on insight from evolutionary and complexity research. 201810-5358 7,500
    Industry Studies Association
    570 Todd Hall Washington State Uni
    Pullman,WA99163
    none PC Support for the 2019 Industry Studies Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 1, 2019; and conferences in 2020 and 2021. 201810-5378 40,000
    Small Business Majority Foundation Inc
    4000 Bridgeway Suite 305
    Sausalito,CA94965
    none PC Support to educate underprivileged entrepreneurs about advocacy and to educate policymakers about the challenges of these and other entrepreneurs. 201810-5391 250,000
    ImpactAssets Inc
    7315 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 1000W
    Bethesda,MD20814
    none PC Support to test and learn how new strategies and models for investing in entrepreneurial businesses can cause a meaningful and scalable impact for businesses founded and/or that primarily operate in or through underserved institutional capital markets. 201810-5425 1,000,000
    Engine Foundation Inc
    2308 Mt Vernon Ave Suite 762
    Alexandria,VA22301
    none PC Support for training entrepreneurs about policy engagement generally. 201810-5455 90,000
    1Million Project Foundation
    6550 Sprint Parkway
    Overland Park,KS66251
    none PC Support to provide school districts with mobile devices containing internet service to be distributed to eligible students to reduce one of the barriers to academic achievement. 201810-5459 28,228
    Center for American Entrepreneurship
    503 Arnon Lake Drive
    Great Falls,VA22066
    none PC Support to educate policymakers about research that demonstrates the importance of entrepreneurship and the best ways to support new business creation and entrepreneurial success. 201810-5475 525,000
    Council on Foundations Inc
    2121 Crystal Dr Suite 700
    Arlington,VA22202
    none PC General operating support. 201811-5501 25,000
    Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc
    4600 E 63rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for public exhibits in the five permanent galleries of the Kansas City Museum. 201811-5534 150,000
    Foundation for Center Education Inc
    8701 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC support for the fundraising event in grandview, missouri, march 2, 2019. 201811-5549 950
    Rockhurst University
    1100 Rockhurst Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for the Leadership Series 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 26, 2019. 201811-5550 4,500
    Jackson County CASA
    2544 Holmes
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the (1) Light of Hope Breakfast in Kansas City, Missouri, April 11, 2019; (2) Carnival for CASA in Lee's Summit, Missouri, Summer 2019; and (3) Night of Hope, Fall of 2019. 201811-5567 2,500
    Association of Missouri Charter Schools
    1300 Papin Street
    St Louis,MO63103
    none PC SUPPORT WORK FOCUSED ON ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND CONSTITUENCY BUILDING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL OPTIONS IN KANSAS CITY IN 2019 AND 2020. 201811-5588 125,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to launch a pilot of the Missouri Data Fellowship to build information technology and data analysis capacity within state agencies that maintain education and workforce data in Missouri. 201811-5589 180,000
    Hope House Inc
    PO Box 577
    Lees Summit,MO64063
    none PC SUPPORT FOR THE EVERYDAY HERO LUNCHEON 2019 IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, APRIL 4, 2019. 201811-5596 5,000
    Center for Practical Bioethics Inc
    1111 Main Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO641052116
    none PC Support for the 2019 Annual Dinner in Kansas City, Missouri, April 9, 2019. 201811-5597 3,500
    Drexel University
    1505 Race Street 10th Floor
    Philadelphia,PA19102
    none PC Support to research the feasibility of previously unexplored data sources to analyze entrepreneurial activity and its determinants. 201811-5603 118,385
    Mid-America Arts Alliance
    2018 Baltimore Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support Artist, INC., in updating curriculum, convening and training their facilitators and publishing impact data. 201811-5609 196,500
    Kansas City Regional Destination Development
    Foundation
    1321 Baltimore Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none SO I Support for the 2019 Visit KC Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, February 13, 2019. 201812-5622 1,700
    Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc
    1725 Holmes Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the Lyric Opera Ball 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, April 13, 2019. 201812-5623 5,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2019 Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 201812-5633 1,250,000
    Queens College Foundation Inc
    6530 Kissena Blvd
    Queens,NY113671597
    none PC Support to identify, map and summarize key narratives, stories, and case examples for how entrepreneurship transitions in the broader economy. 201812-5638 20,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2019 Holiday Matching Gifts Program. 201812-5642 119,490
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    801 West 47th Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO64112
    none PC 2019 United Way Matching Gift Program. 201812-5643 32,616
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2019 Giving Card Program. 201812-5645 583
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Funding for distributions to be made to public charities within the year as appreciation of a Trustee's service to the Foundation. 201812-5646 210,000
    Gateway Center for Giving
    2 Oak Knoll Park Suite 300
    St Louis,MO63105
    none PC General operating support. 201812-5651 9,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support for the Fountain Innovation Fund's Alternative Investment Model event in Fairway, Kansas, February 2019. 201812-5664 18,000
    The Rabbit Hole KC
    1520 Clay Street
    North Kansas City,MO64116
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity of an emerging key city asset. 201812-5670 150,000
    Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
    1310 L Street NW Suite 650
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC General operating support. 201812-5674 14,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support for Missouri Business Alert to expand coverage in underserved communities, test new approaches for content generation, and develop a more effective method for distributing this content. 201812-5676 285,000
    Center for Venture Education Inc
    855 El Camino Real Suite 12
    Palo Alto,CA94301
    none PC SUPPORT TO TEST A DATA SCIENCE APPROACH TO THE IMPACT OF INVESTOR DIVERSITY ON FOUNDER DIVERSITY IN ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCING. 201812-5677 245,000
    Open Markets Institute
    1440 G St NW
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for educating policymakers on ways to reduce barriers to entrepreneurship. 201812-5678 118,000
    Kansas City Public Library
    14 West 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Planning support for the Kansas City Learning Exchange and the accompanying mobile application in order to increase access to beyond school programs, cultural centers and other experiential learning opportunities for youth in Kansas City. 201812-5682 204,000
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    505 10th Street NW
    Atlanta,GA30318
    none SO III FI Support to research online labor markets and how they can be used to increase business start-ups and how entrepreneurs acquire talent. 201812-5687 18,972
    Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
    106 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the ArtsKC Annual Awards Luncheon 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 28, 2019. 201901-5691 4,500
    Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc
    4949 Cherry
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for The Cast Party 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, May 10, 2019. 201901-5695 4,000
    The Economic Club of Kansas City
    PO Box 15655
    Leawood,KS66219
    none PC General operating support. 201901-5704 2,500
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for doctoral students and junior scholars to attend the Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference in 2019, 2020 and 2021. 201901-5715 10,000
    The Plaza Academy
    3930 Broadway Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support to provide at least 90 underserved youth in Kansas City, Missouri with access to afterschool tutoring and academically enriching summer programs. 201901-5746 50,000
    Civic IO Incorporated
    PO Box 302004
    Austin,TX78703
    none NC Support for learning sessions at SXSW 2019 and development of corresponding curricula in English and Spanish for mayors working together to identify and understand collective and unique challenges and ways to address them using governance design processes relevant for governing locally in the 21st century, especially for implementing programs, policies, and practices related to entrepreneurship; preparation of a report that summarizes that work and lessons from it. 201901-5751 event to provide mayors the opportunity to participate in social entrepreneurship pitch competitions and for Civic I/O to develop an innovative tool kit for implementation of entrepreneurial programs, policies, and practices. 201901-5751 55,000
    Kansas City Urban Youth Academy Inc
    One Royal Way
    Kansas City,MO64129
    none PC Support for the Queens of the Diamond 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, August 29, 2019. 201901-5762 4,640
    Urban Affairs Association
    PO Box 413 2200 E Kenwood Blvd
    Milwaukee,WI53211
    none PC Support for the 49th Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California, April 24-27, 2019 and the 50th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., April 2-4, 2020. 201901-5763 15,040
    Association of Collegiate Schools of
    Planning Inc
    6311 Mallard Trace Drive
    Tallahassee,FL32312
    none PC Support for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual meetings for three years to encourage high-quality research in the area of architecture, planning, and entrepreneurship. 201901-5764 10,000
    KC Healthy Kids
    650 Minnesota Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none PC Support for the Youth Summit 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 7, 2019. 201901-5767 2,500
    Teach For America Inc
    25 Broadway 12th Floor
    New York,NY10004
    none PC Support for the professional development of high-quality teachers and leaders to improve student proficiency in district schools, charter schools, and community-based organizations in the Kansas City region. 201901-5778 390,000
    The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
    3732 Main Street
    Kansas City,MO641112305
    none PC Support for the Romantic Revels Masked Ball 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 16, 2019. 201901-5782 1,000
    National League of Cities Institute Inc
    660 North Capitol Street 450
    Washington,DC20001
    none SO I technical assistance and funding to mayors implementing policies and programs to strengthen entrepreneurial communities. 201901-5793 400,000
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of
    Kansas City Inc
    2502 Cherry Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the Red Shoe Shindig 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 28, 2019. 201901-5794 4,105
    Women's Employment Network
    920 Main Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the Annual Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, April 18, 2019. 201901-5800 4,619
    Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City
    2100 Central Suite 11E
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for We Work for Change 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 24, 2019. 201901-5801 4,500
    Truman Heartland Community Foundation
    4200 Little Blue Parkway Suite 340
    Independence,MO64057
    none PC Support for the Toast To Our Towns Gala 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 28, 2019. 201901-5802 4,050
    Kansas City Diversity Coalition
    PO Box 32413
    Kansas City,MO64171
    none PC Support for the KCPride Fest 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, May 31-June 2, 2019. 201901-5803 2,500
    Jewish Vocational Service Bureau of Kansas City
    4600 Paseo
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for the 7th Annual Global Table fundraising event in Overland Park, Kansas, April 28, 2019. 201901-5804 900
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta in Kansas City, Missouri, May 3-4, 2019 and the Blanco y Negro Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, September 21, 2019, both in honor of Guadalupe's 100th anniversary. 201901-5805 28,800
    Friends of the Zoo Inc
    6800 Zoo Drive
    Kansas City,MO64132
    none PC Support for Jazzoo 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, June 7, 2019. 201901-5806 7,900
    Greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative
    2001 Grand Blvd Suite 700
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for Comida 2019 in Kansas City, MIssouri, April 25, 2019. 201901-5807 1,775
    Babson College
    231 Forest Street
    Babson Park,MA024570310
    none PC Support for the Diana International Research Conference and the development of a best practice report that will highlight new innovations in funding women entrepreneurs. 201901-5812 35,400
    Babson College
    231 Forest Street
    Babson Park,MA024570310
    none PC Support for the Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference Doctoral Consortium for doctoral students expecting to pursue research and teaching careers in entrepreneurship. 201901-5824 40,200
    Urban League of Kansas City Missouri
    1710 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to host four community sessions to solicit feedback on Opportunity Zones in Kansas City, Missouri. 201901-5854 23,320
    Oak Ridge Youth Development Corporation
    9301 Parallel Parkway
    Kansas City,KS66112
    none PC Provide at least 135 underserved youth from Kansas City, Kansas in kindergarten through twelfth grades with quality summer programming. 201901-5858 35,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the Futures KC Scholarship Fund. 201901-5863 5,134,029
    American Political Science Association
    1527 New Hampshire Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for the 2019 and 2020 American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, including two prizes for high-quality entrepreneurship research. 201901-5865 25,100
    Mill Race Center for Entrepreneurship
    and Innovation
    200 State Street Suite 202A
    Cedar Falls,IA50613
    none PC Support for staff time to produce an ecosystem building case study by exploring "what's worked" in building the Cedar Valley, Iowa ecosystem. 201901-5868 10,000
    National Collegiate Inventors and
    Innovators Alliance
    100 Venture Way
    Hadley,MA01035
    none PC Support for the VentureWell OPEN conference in Washington, D.C., March 28-30, 2019. 201901-5869 14,100
    Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City
    PO Box 25153
    Overland Park,KS66225
    none PC Support for the Every Girl Evening 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 28, 2019. 201902-5889 1,000
    Charitable Communications
    503 SW Stratford Road
    Lees Summit,MO64081
    none PC Support for a weekly radio show, KC Cares, hosted in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday mornings. 201902-5906 20,000
    AARP Foundation
    601 E Street NW
    Washington,DC20049
    none PC Support to expand the capacity of the Work For Yourself After 50 entrepreneurship education program to accommodate more entrepreneurs across the country. 201902-5917 241,000
    International Business Innovation
    Association Inc
    PO Box 677279
    Orlando,FL32867
    none PC Support for the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building Track and a roundtable discussion on an equity impact scoreboard at the InBIA (International Business Innovation Association) 33rd International Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 13-17, 2019. 201902-5918 28,000
    National Main Street Center Inc
    2600 Virginia Avenue Suite 1100
    Washington,DC20037
    none PC Sponsorship of the 2019 Main Street Now Conference, including an Ecosystem Building-focused plenary featuring ESHIP Summit Community members, in Seattle, Washington on March 25-27, 2019. 201902-5920 22,870
    Tom Tom Foundation
    100 W South Street 1D
    Charlottesville,VA22902
    none PC Support for the Tom Tom Festival track on entrepreneurial ecosystems in Charlottesville, Virginia, April 8-14, 2019. 201902-5924 78,000
    Association of the United States Army Inc
    2425 Wilson Blvd
    Arlington,VA22201
    none PC Support for the Col. Roger H.C. Donlon Patriot Award Luncheon 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 25, 2019. 201902-5936 1,000
    Hannah Grimes Center
    25 Roxbury Street
    Keene,NH03431
    none PC Support for the Radically Rural two-day summit in Keene, New Hampshire, September 19-20, 2019. 201902-5942 9,484
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support an analysis of the K-12 experiential learning landscape to inform the community of how many and where resources are available in the Kansas City region. 201902-5946 45,000
    Reinvestment Fund
    1700 Market Street 19th Floor
    Philadelphia,PA19103
    none PC Support for the Reinvestment Fund and City of Kansas City, Missouri Market Value Analysis Community of Practice convening in Kansas City, Missouri, April 8-9, 2019. 201902-5947 10,000
    Academy of Management Inc
    555 Pleasantville Road Suite N 200
    Briarcliff Manor,NY10510
    none PC Support for the Academy of Management's annual conference for the Human Resources Division, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, and the Technology and Innovation Division to encourage research on entrepreneurship and innovation. 201902-5959 41,400
    EDC Strategic Initiatives Fund
    1100 Walnut Suite 1700
    Kansas City,MO64106
    none SO I Support for the LaunchKC event at SXSW in Austin, Texas, March 8-11, 2019. 201902-5995 20,000
    Epic Immersive Labs
    1369 Box Canyon Road
    San Jose,CA95120
    none PC Support for the Immersive Design Summit on emerging interactive technologies in San Francisco, California, February 22-23, 2019. 201902-6003 14,010
    Friends of University Academy
    4049 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none SO I Support for the 17th Annual Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, April 6, 2019. 201902-6006 4,250
    Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Inc
    1714 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the 35th Anniversary Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, May 4, 2019. 201902-6010 13,810
    Unified Government of Wyandotte
    County/Kansas City Kansas
    701 N 7th Street Suite 926
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none NC Support for the 2019 Levee/Bridge Fest in Kansas City, Kansas, June 1, 2019. 201902-6013 5,000
    Association for Information Systems
    PO Box 2712
    Atlanta,GA30301
    none PC Support for the 2019 International Conference on Information Systems in Munich, Germany, December 15-18, 2019. 201902-6032 16,610
    Wonderscope Inc
    5700 King Street
    Shawnee,KS66203
    none PC Capacity building support for talent development, technology and strategic planning for an educational organization primarily serving youth ages two to eight. 201902-6034 30,000
    Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute
    7900 Lees Summit Road
    Kansas City,MO64139
    none PC Support for the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute's Seventh Cohort of Scholars in Kansas City, Missouri, Summer 2019. 201902-6036 35,000
    New Schools Fund
    1616 Franklin Street Second Floor
    Oakland,CA94612
    none PC Support for the NewSchools Venture Fund Summit in Oakland, California, May 8-9, 2019. 201902-6045 24,005
    Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy
    4550 Main Street Suite 227
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201902-6048 20,000
    Reconciliation Services
    3101 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for the 7th Annual Troost Jazz & Soul Experience in Kansas City, Missouri, May 4, 2019. 201902-6049 1,500
    Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Inc
    26 Broadway 8th Floor
    New York,NY10004
    none PC support for the development of a formal community of practice to advance learning, networking and resource-sharing among diverse-by-design public charter schools in Kansas City. 201902-6062 40,000
    Gifted Education Foundation Corporation
    885 Woodstock Road Suite 430
    Roswell,GA30075
    none PC Support for HBCU@SXSW during SXSW in Austin, Texas, March 8-11, 2019. 201902-6072 15,000
    UnaMesa Association
    654 Gilman Street
    Palo Alto,CA94301
    none PC Support for a searchable and sortable online directory that will connect at least 15,000 underserved youth and their families throughout Kansas City, Missouri with access to quality afterschool and summer programs. 201902-6081 200,000
    Turner Unified School District #202
    800 South 55th Street
    Kansas City,KS66106
    none NC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201902-6094 20,000
    El Centro Inc
    650 Minnesota Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none PC Support for the 3rd annual Latino Arts Festival in Kansas City, Kansas, September 7, 2019. 201902-6097 850
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support for the Kauffman School's continued operations in FY2020 to manage and operate a charter school of excellence. 201902-6113 2,388,863
    University of Central Missouri
    PO Box 800
    Warrensburg,MO64093
    none NC Support for the university's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201902-6120 25,000
    National Public Radio Inc
    1111 North Capitol St NE
    Washington,DC20002
    none PC Support for NPR's coverage of entrepreneurship, education and business, providing resources necessary to provide storytelling to a targeted Foundation audience of NPR's of engaged listening and digital viewing influencers. 201902-6126 300,000
    Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc
    1221 East Meyer Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201902-6131 20,000
    Frontier Schools Inc
    30 W Pershing Road Suite 402
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201903-6139 20,000
    Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
    125 E 31st Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC General operating support. 201903-6140 1,000
    Kansas City Symphony
    1703 Wyandotte Street Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the 2019 Celebration at the Station in Kansas City, Missouri, May 26, 2019 and the Symphony Ball 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 7, 2019. 201903-6141 10,600
    James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational
    Leadership Policy Foundation Inc
    1000 Park Forty Plaza Suite 280
    Durham,NC27713
    none PC Support to build a statewide coalition of education leaders to improve academic outcomes for students in Missouri. 201903-6152 30,000
    National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    733 Third Avenue 6th Floor
    New York,NY10017
    none PC Support for the Dinner of Champions 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, May 2, 2019. 201903-6153 2,500
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201903-6159 20,000
    African American Mayors Association Inc
    80 M Street SE 1st Floor
    Washington,DC20003
    none PC Support for the Annual Conference in Houston, Texas, April 24-26, 2019. 201903-6160 26,100
    Ad Hoc Group Against Crime
    2701 East 31st Street
    Kansas City,MO64128
    none PC Support for the 10th Annual Community Guardian Awards in Kansas City, Missouri, May 9, 2019. 201903-6165 5,000
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    none PC Support for engaging and educating entrepreneurs on accessing new and alternative forms of capital. 201903-6166 92,400
    KIPP Kansas City
    2700 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201903-6170 40,000
    Support Kansas City Inc
    5960 Dearborn Suite 200
    Mission,KS662023316
    none PC Support to pilot a technical fundraising assistance program, including coaching, technology and development planning for a cohort of eight to ten nonprofit organizations. 201903-6181 57,000
    Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
    106 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for MovementKC to host community forums and FEAST dinners to gather feedback about work in the Opportunity Zones. 201903-6183 30,000
    Academy for the Integrated Arts
    7910 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Provide teacher professional development and individualized intervention for struggling students during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6190 92,876
    Fort Osage R-1 School District
    2101 North Twyman Road
    Independence,MO64058
    none NC Support Indian Trails Elementary in establishing a system of intense interventions for kindergarten and first grade students during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to close the achievement gap before second grade. 201903-6191 149,034
    Kansas City International Academy
    414 Wallace
    Kansas City,MO64125
    none PC Support KCIA in enriching the quality of services provided to English Language Learners through enhanced family engagement and support practices and improved instructional resources during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6192 80,000
    Lee's Summit R-7 School District
    301 NE Tudor Road
    Lees Summit,MO64086
    none NC Support implementation of project based learning and makerspace practices to transform instructional methods at Meadow Lane Elementary during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6193 106,000
    Kansas City Kansas Unified School District #500
    2010 N 59th Street
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none NC Support the implementation of a comprehensive approach to address the social, emotional and behavioral needs of students at F.L. Schlagle High School during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6194 95,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    2901 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support implementation of Restorative Justice practices within Southeast High School and the broader school community during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6195 132,247
    Blue Springs School District
    1801 NW Vesper
    Blue Springs,MO64015
    none NC Support implementation of an enhanced approach to science instruction at William Yates Elementary during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to adapt teaching to the rigorous expectations of the new Missouri Learning Standards. 201903-6196 93,720
    Kansas City Kansas Unified School District #500
    2010 N 59th Street
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none NC Support Wyandotte High School in establishing common assessments, strong professional development structures and a culture of data-driven instruction across English Language Arts (ELA) and math teams during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6197 100,000
    Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 210
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to provide at least 3,000 underserved youth in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas with access to academically enriching afterschool and summer programs. 201903-6220 60,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none PC Support for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2019 in Manama, Bahrain, April 15-18, 2019. 201903-6223 73,120
    Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
    3831 East 43rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for the Kids Night Out 2019 in Overland Park, Kansas, April 12, 2019. 201903-6227 9,500
    Wildwood Outdoor Education Center Inc
    7095 W 399th Street
    La Cygne,KS66040
    none PC Support to provide at least 450 underserved youth from across Kansas City with overnight learning experiences centered on outdoor activities and classrooms. 201903-6230 65,500
    WEB DuBois Learning Center
    4510 East Linwood Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64128
    none PC Support to increase leadership, planning and fundraising capacity to strengthen the organization's program providing afterschool and summer tutoring in reading and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. 201903-6233 75,000
    High Tech High Graduate School of Education
    2861 Womble Road
    San Diego,CA92106
    none PC Support for the Deeper Learning Conference 2019 in San Diego, California, March 27-29, 2019. 201903-6234 7,150
    The Help
    5108 S McCoy St
    Independence,MO64055
    none PC Support for the 2nd Annual Reentry Gala Fundraiser in Kansas City, Missouri, August 3, 2019. 201903-6238 1,000
    Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
    3700 Woodland
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for capacity building in the areas of program delivery, marketing/communications and evaluation. 201903-6246 100,000
    Linda Hall Library Trust
    5109 Cherry Street
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none POF Support for organizational capacity building to increase programming, audience engagement, evaluation, and fundraising as the first phase of a three-year strategic transformation into a Center for Science and Society.201903-6249 175,000
    American Public Square Inc
    300 E 39th Street 4F
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for an online community portal designed to bring resources and organizations dedicated to crime reduction together in one centralized location. 201903-6250 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Capacity building programming and support for the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. 201903-6252 196,300
    Union Station Kansas City Inc
    30 West Pershing Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for Union Station to build fundraising and technology capacity in order to increase long-term financial sustainability. 201903-6256 264,026
    Institute for Women's Policy Research
    1200 18th Street NW Suite 301
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for research to identify barriers to female entrepreneurship and identify corresponding policies and programs to better support women-owned businesses. 201903-6260 40,000
    United Way of Greater St Joseph Inc
    118 S 5th Street
    St Joseph,MO64506
    none PC Support for flood relief and recovery efforts for communities impacted by Missouri River flooding in Northwest Missouri, Northeast Kansas, Southeast Nebraska and Southwest Iowa. 201903-6295 150,000
    Blue Valley Educational Foundation
    15020 Metcalf Avenue
    Overland Park,KS66223
    none PC Support for the 2019 Community Breakfast in Overland Park, Kansas, August 28, 2019. 201903-6301 2,000
    Sherwood Center for the Exceptional Child
    8030 Ward Parkway Plaza
    Kansas City,MO64114
    none PC Support for the 29th Annual Blues & BBQ in Kansas City, Missouri, June 22, 2019. 201903-6302 1,500
    Forward Cities Inc
    112 S Duke Street
    Durham,NC27701
    none PC Support for the creation and testing of a repeatable, bottom-up approach to building and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. 201903-6306 600,000
    The Black Archives of Mid-America Inc
    P O Box 270333
    Kansas City,MO64127
    none PC Support for the 2019 Movies on the Lawn in Kansas City, Missouri, May 26, June 23 and July 28, 2019. 201904-6325 1,500
    Uncover KC
    1737 B Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to build fundraising and organizational capacity to strengthen Uncover KC's programs related to service learning and volunteerism benefiting at least 75 nonprofits in Kansas City. 201904-6327 48,097
    Crossroads Charter Schools
    1011 Central Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201904-6332 20,000
    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    485 Broadway 3rd Floor Mail Code
    Redwood City,CA94063
    none PC Support to explore why higher education entrepreneurship programs are seemingly ineffective in catalyzing start-up activity. 201904-6333 39,848
    Nelson Gallery Foundation
    4525 Oak Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC General operating support. 201904-6341 50,000
    Independent Sector
    1602 L Street NW Suite 900
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC General operating support. 201904-6342 15,000
    SEED SPOT
    515 E Grant St
    Phoenix,AZ85004
    none PC Support for SEED SPOT to integrate their educational curriculum into national networks serving women and military families in entrepreneurship. 201904-6350 100,000
    North Kansas City Schools
    2000 NE 46th Street
    Kansas City,MO64116
    none NC SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL READY FOR LEARNING, WORK, AND LIFE IN THE KANSAS CITY REGION. 201904-6352 80,000
    Liberty Public School District #53
    8 Victory Lane
    Liberty,MO640684202
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6353 80,000
    Hickman Mills C-1 School District
    5401 E 103rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64137
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6354 58,210
    Center School District #58
    8701 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6355 64,902
    The School District of the City of Independence
    201 N Forest Avenue
    Independence,MO64050
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6358 52,000
    Lee's Summit R-7 School District
    301 NE Tudor Road
    Lees Summit,MO64086
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6359 79,000
    Belton School District #124
    110 W Walnut
    Belton,MO64012
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6360 77,160
    Fort Osage R-1 School District
    2101 North Twyman Road
    Independence,MO64058
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6361 85,000
    Reorganized School District No 1
    150 W State Rt 92
    Kearney,MO64060
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6365 80,000
    Consolidated School District No 4
    13015 10th Street
    Grandview,MO64030
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6368 70,435
    Baker University
    PO Box 65
    Baldwin City,KS66006
    none NC Support for the university's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201904-6369 25,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    2901 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6380 85,000
    Raymore-Peculiar Reorganized School
    District No II
    21005 S School Road
    Peculiar,MO64078
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6382 80,000
    Metropolitan Community College Foundation
    3200 Broadway
    Kansas City,MO641112429
    none SO I Support for the university's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201904-6383 25,000
    Destination Imagination Inc
    1111 South Union Avenue
    Cherry Hill,NJ08002
    none PC Support for the Global Finals 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, May 22-25, 2019. 201904-6407 4,955
    HATCH
    2358 Whitetail Road
    Bozeman,MT59715
    none PC Support for the 2019 & 2020 HATCH Montana Summit in Big Sky, Montana, October 2019 & 2020. 201904-6414 46,250
    Citizens of the World Charter
    Schools - Kansas City
    3435 Broadway Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC General Support Grant. 201904-6422 452
    Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans
    4035 Washington Ave
    New Orleans,LA70125
    none PC Support for low-income entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color through the South Broad Business Initiative. 201904-6439 152,000
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
    1709 Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity in technology, volunteer recruitment and leadership development. 201904-6442 100,000
    Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc
    1221 East Meyer Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6444 75,000
    Shawnee Mission Unified School District
    8200 W 71st Street
    Shawnee Mission,KS66204
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6445 80,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Week
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none SO I Support to grow and increase results of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) by expanding its current footprint (which reaches all 50 U.S. states and 160+ countries) and learning from communities throughout the world to support American entrepreneurship. 201904-6475 410,000
    Saint Luke's Foundation
    901 E 10th Street Mail Stop 100 S
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support for the Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in memory of Henry W. Bloch. 201904-6483 100,000
    Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation Inc
    503 East Nifong Boulevard Suite 1
    Columbia,MO65201
    none PC Support for the 2019 Woman of Year Award in Kansas City, Missouri, May 22, 2019. 201904-6485 1,000
    Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc
    2300 Main 180
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for an opportunity zone coalition organization to build fundraising capacity for increased sustainability of programs and services for residents of low-income neighborhoods in the urban core. 201904-6497 50,000
    Olathe Unified School District 233
    14160 Black Bob Road
    Olathe,KS660632000
    none NC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201904-6498 80,000
    Association of Women's Business Centers
    1333 H Street NW Suite 800E
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for the 2019 Annual Leadership Conference, Expanding Mindsets, in Alexandria, Virginia, September 23-25, 2019. 201905-6512 23,810
    Tax Foundation
    1325 G Street NW Suite 950
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for production of educational video content on tax challenges entrepreneurs encounter. 201905-6513 30,000
    Black Girl Ventures Foundation
    9142 Richmond Highway 244
    Ft Belvoir,VA22060
    none PC Support for the creation of a programmatic toolkit and to implement a chapter-based expansion model in five new cities. 201905-6515 191,129
    Black Tech Mecca
    1420 S Michigan Avenue
    Chicago,IL60605
    none PC Support for building a community of practice to improve the programming of 16 entrepreneur support organizations that serve African American entrepreneurs. 201905-6516 94,840
    Elemental Excelerator Inc
    1000 Bishop Street Suite 505
    Honolulu,HI96813
    none PC Support to continue programming and build an online playbook that startup companies can adapt to create more inclusive internal cultures. 201905-6518 112,500
    Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc
    PO Box 364029
    San Juan,PR00936
    none PC Support for greater coordination among existing programs at five Puerto Ricobased entrepreneurial support organizations. 201905-6519 247,775
    National Coalition for Asian Pacific American
    Community Development
    1628 16th Street NW 4th Floor
    Washington,DC20009
    none PC Support for building a national network of community-based organizations and training their staff to serve low-income Asian-American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs. 201905-6520 250,000
    Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc
    3201 E Colonial Drive Suite A20
    Orlando,FL32803
    none PC Support for expansion of a bilingual technical assistance program to serve Latinx entrepreneurs in seven rural counties in North Carolina. 201905-6521 150,000
    Rural Development Initiatives Inc
    150 Shelton-McMurphey Blvd Suite
    Eugene,OR97401
    none PC Support the development of a network of entrepreneurship education and support initiatives across rural Oregon. 201905-6522 100,000
    Collider Foundation
    14 4th Street SW Suite 203-15
    Rochester,MN55902
    none PC Support to develop and pilot educational programming that teaches entrepreneurs from low-income zip codes or federally recognized economically distressed communities how-to identify and access existing and new entrepreneurship resources. 201905-6523 36,467
    Vibrant Memphis Inc
    902 S Cooper Street
    Memphis,TN38104
    none PC Support for expanding and enhancing programming for minority-owned businesses in Memphis. 201905-6524 112,500
    Mujeres Latinas en Accion Inc
    2124 W 21st Place
    Chicago,IL60608
    none PC Support to increase the organization's marketing and evaluation capacity, as well as continue delivering its current business development program focused on Latinas in Chicago, Illinois. 201905-6526 25,500
    Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
    3 East 4th Street Suite 200
    Cincinnati,OH45202
    none NC Support to continue the Minority Business Accelerator and prepare the program for possible expansion outside of Cincinnati. 201905-6527 112,500
    Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services
    3125 Gillham Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for the implementation of a place-based model for providing retail entrepreneur support (event series, retail incubator, and business development curriculum) in the Troost Corridor neighborhood. 201905-6528 66,500
    Central Avenue Betterment Association
    1621 Central Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66102
    none PC Support for a bi-weekly public market that provides new and largely Latinx entrepreneurs the opportunity to test their business concepts in a low-risk environment. 201905-6529 70,600
    The Sewing Labs
    1305 E 27th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for a pilot designed to provide training, equipment, and business skills to low-income women seeking to launch their own sewing businesses. 201905-6530 65,600
    Determination Incorporated
    4747 Troost Suite 207
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for piloting entrepreneurship support groups and educational events for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. 201905-6531 24,033
    Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater
    Kansas City
    107 W 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none NC Support for the creation and delivery of a bilingual entrepreneurship curriculum to support primarily Latinx entrepreneurs. 201905-6539 50,000
    Epec Inc
    5829 Troost Ave Suite B
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support to pilot a business development program for low-income women who have a successfully completed the organization's existing dog-grooming training program. 201905-6541 72,077
    AltCap
    3200 Wayne Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support to implement the Streetwise MBA program in Greater Kansas City to help minority and women owned businesses to grow. 201905-6542 50,000
    Build Institute
    2701 Bagley Street
    Detroit,MI48216
    none PC Support for strengthening a core programming for main street entrepreneurs and microbusinesses and piloting an expansion beyond the Detroit metropolitan area. 201905-6543 75,000
    SoGal Foundation
    131 5th Ave 702
    New York,NY10003
    none PC Support for strengthening the organization's capacity to sustainably scale entrepreneurial educational programing for underrepresented female entrepreneurs. 201905-6545 75,000
    Rural Community Assistance Partnership
    Incorporated
    1701 K Street NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC20006
    none PC Support for the Rural Rise Summit in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 17-19, 2019. 201905-6546 69,410
    Key Coalition Incorporated
    2727 Olive Street
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for the Youth Recycle Reuse Event in Kansas City, Missouri, June 1, 2019. 201905-6551 500
    Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City
    3831 East 43rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to build organizational and human resources capacity. 201905-6564 185,000
    Grand Canyon Trust Inc
    2601 N Fort Valley Road
    Flagstaff,AZ86001
    none PC Support for increasing the organization's internal capacity to provide programming for Native American entrepreneurs on the Navajo Nation Reservation (which spans northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico). 201905-6571 125,000
    University City Science Center
    3675 Market Street Suite 400
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    none PC Support to develop and launch an accelerator program designed to specifically serve Black and Latinx STEM businesses in surrounding neighborhoods. 201905-6575 133,333
    Central Exchange Education Foundation
    1020 Central
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC General operating support. 201905-6576 1,100
    William Jewell College
    500 College Hill
    Liberty,MO64068
    none PC Support for the university's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201905-6577 25,000
    United Believers Community Baptist Church
    5600 East 112 Terrace
    Kansas City,MO64134
    none NC Support an initiative designed to bring faith communities together with public schools to explore ways to increase community engagement, mentorship, and advocacy. 201905-6595 45,000
    Jazz District Renaissance Corporation
    PO Box 270364
    Kansas City,MO64127
    none PC Support for Jazz Walk of Fame 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, June 1, 2019. 201905-6596 800
    Connecting for Good Inc
    2006 N 3rd Street
    Kansas City,MO66101
    none PC Support to build organizational, programming and financial capacity. 201905-6611 75,000
    PEAK Grantmaking
    1666 K Street NW Suite 440
    Washington,DC20006
    none PC General operating support. 201905-6617 7,000
    Concord Cultural Center
    PO Box 9802
    Kansas City,MO64134
    none PC Support an initiative designed to bring faith communities together with public schools to explore ways to increase community engagement, mentorship, and advocacy. 201905-6624 21,000
    KC Tech Academy
    2901 E Heartland Drive
    Liberty,MO64068
    none PC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201905-6630 95,000
    Centennial United Methodist Church
    1834 Woodland Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none NC Support an initiative designed to bring faith communities together with public schools to explore ways to increase community engagement, mentorship, and advocacy. 201905-6631 21,000
    Mountain of Myrrh Ministry (MOM)
    5404 Michigan Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for the Fall Into Fashion Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, November 9, 2019. 201905-6632 1,250
    The Kansas City Boys Choir
    1 West Armour Blvd Suite 16
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Sponsorship of the 23rd Annual Rev. Donald Gilmore Scholarship Affair 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, August 4, 2019. 201905-6648 1,500
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to expand capacity for UMKC Innovation Center's ScaleUP!KC and Growth360 programs. 201905-6650 160,000
    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
    6 West 48th Street 10th Floor
    New York,NY10036
    none PC Support for the Fund for Shared Insight to enroll a portfolio of local nonprofits in the Listen4Good program, which provides a capacity-building grant, technical assistance, and access to online survey instruments to collect feedback data. 201905-6660 50,000
    Arizona State University Foundation
    PO Box 2260
    Tempe,AZ852802260
    none PC Support the development of digital learning modules and an online micro-certificate to attract and develop new and early-career teachers for public district and charter schools across the Kansas City region. 201905-6667 193,000
    Turn the Page KC Inc
    4049 Pennsylvania Avenue 301
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for Summer Reading Splash 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, June 19, 2019. 201905-6671 500
    Aleria Research Corporation
    261 Madison Ave Floor 10
    New York,NY10016
    none PC Support for the development and delivery of workshops and refinement of supporting software to educate entrepreneurs on the value of diversity in early hiring decisions. 201905-6715 144,050
    Urban Age Institute
    11 7th Street
    Petaluma,CA94952
    none PC Support for The Next Future in Sacramento, California, October 3, 2019. 201905-6727 9,760
    Powell Gardens Inc
    1609 NW US Highway 50
    Kingsville,MO64061
    none PC Support for Under A Harvest Moon 2019 in Kingsville, Missouri, September 15, 2019. 201905-6728 2,130
    Accelerator for America
    7119 West Sunset Boulevard 119
    Los Angeles,CA90046
    none PC Sponsorship of Accelerator for America's meeting in Oklahoma City, September 5-6, 2019, and support for distribution of Foundation materials in emails to its membership. 201906-6744 100,000
    Avila University
    11901 Wornall Road
    Kansas City,MO64145
    none PC Support for the university's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201906-6752 25,000
    Shawnee Mission Education Foundation
    7235 Antioch
    Shawnee Mission,KS662044179
    none PC Support for the 2019 Fall Breakfast in Overland Park, Kansas, September 5, 2019. 201906-6767 2,500
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    104 Airport Drive Suite 2200 CB 1
    Chapel Hill,NC275991350
    none PC Support for a mixed methods research project of gig workers affiliated with platforms to examine the role of such services in encouraging and reducing the risks of entrepreneurship. 201906-6776 45,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to increase college-going rates among 16,527 students in 16 Kansas City metro high schools during the 2019-20 academic year through Missouri College Advising Corp's college access guidance program. 201906-6778 280,000
    BioSTL
    7515 Forsyth Blvd
    St Louis,MO63105
    none PC Support for the administration of a coalition of local entrepreneurship community members working to remove barriers to entrepreneurship for women and people of color in St. Louis. 201906-6779 225,000
    HappyBottoms
    303 W 79th Street
    Kansas City,MO64114
    none PC Support for Attitude of Gratitude 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, November 14, 2019. 201906-6783 1,000
    The Lean Lab
    3105 Gillham Road Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for Lean Lab to establish and implement the Visionary Support Network, refine its Innovation Fellowship with a focus on the research and evaluation component, and continue to build organizational capacity. 201906-6793 350,000
    Public Television 19 Inc
    125 East 31st Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to create educational content for KCPT's opportunity zones initiative, In The Zone, and the American Graduate Initiative, which will highlight community challenges and solutions associated with education, graduation, and workforce development. 201906-6805 125,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support of experiential educational programming for early-stage entrepreneurs through the Pitch Perfect Boot Camp. 201906-6810 100,000
    American Heart Association Inc
    6800 W 93rd Street
    Overland Park,KS66212
    none PC Support for the Go Red for Women Luncheon in Overland Park, Kansas, May 15, 2020. 201906-6813 4,565
    The Family Conservancy
    444 Minnesota Avenue Suite 200
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none PC Support for increased access to high-quality early education programs for 865 children in Wyandotte County, Kansas. 201906-6827 200,000
    The Philanthropy Roundtable
    1120 20th Street NW Suite 550 Sout
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC General operating support. 201906-6834 100,000
    Latinx Education Collaborative
    706 Broadway 504
    Kansas City,KS66205
    none PC Support increased engagement of the Latino community in improving public education by building the capacity of this new nonprofit organization. 201906-6846 50,000
    Association for Psychological Science
    1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suit
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for the Association for Psychological Association Annual Conference for 2020, 2021, and 2022. 201906-6848 12,340
    Urban League of Kansas City Missouri
    1710 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for a pre-apprentice training program to increase the number of minorities and women employed in the construction and building industry in the Kansas City region. 201906-6858 100,000
    Kemper Museum Operating Foundation
    4420 Warwick Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none POF Support for the 2019 Kemper Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, October 12, 2019. 201906-6870 4,500
    MRIGlobal
    425 Volker Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO641102241
    none PC Support for the 75th Anniversary Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, September 12, 2019. 201906-6871 4,150
    Newhouse Inc
    PO Box 240019
    Kansas City,MO64124
    none PC Support for the 2019 House Party Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, November 2, 2019. 201906-6872 2,000
    Camp Encourage
    4025 Central Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for S'More & Pours 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, October 18, 2019. 201907-6892 800
    Literacy Kansas City
    3036 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for the 25th Anniversary Spelling Bee in Kansas City, Missouri, September 13, 2019. 201907-6894 1,650
    Global FC
    800 Quik Trip Way
    Belton,MO64012
    none PC Support for the First Annual Gala in Kansas City, Kansas, August 23, 2019. 201907-6895 2,500
    Hispanics in Philanthropy
    414 13th Street Suite 200
    Oakland,CA94612
    none PC General operating support. 201907-6905 5,000
    International Economic Development Council Inc
    734 15th Street NW Suite 900
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for the development of the Entrepreneurship Training and Certification Program. 201907-6913 100,000
    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
    701 Mission Street
    San Francisco,CA94103
    none PC Support for a pilot program where the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and CultureBank teams will invest in building the capacity of two local artist enterprises in the both the Wendell Philips Neighborhood and the broader Kansas City region. 201907-6918 99,000
    Alliance for Childhood Education dba Aligned
    22052 w 66th street Suite 200
    Shawnee,KS66226
    none PC Support for increasing access to early education services for young children across Kansas and Missouri. 201907-6922 50,000
    Public Television 19 Inc
    125 East 31st Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to build technology and fundraising capacity. 201907-6927 200,000
    Grantmakers for Education
    851 SW 6th Avenue Suite 350
    Portland,OR97204
    none PC General operating support. 201907-6929 7,700
    National Association of Asian American
    Professionals Inc
    4850 Sugarloaf Pkwy Suite 289
    Lawrenceville,GA30044
    none PC Support for the annual Leadership Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, August 22-24, 2019. 201907-6931 4,050
    Fellowship BMEC Inc
    7901 Hidden Lane
    Elkins Park,PA19027
    none PC Support for the 2019 National Black Male Educators Convening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 18-20, 2019. 201907-6938 23,703
    Boys Grow Corp
    9301 E 147th Street
    Kansas City,MO64149
    none PC Support for Farm Fest 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 29, 2019. 201907-6944 2,100
    Kansas City Ballet Association
    500 W Pershing Road
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the 52nd Annual Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, November 23, 2019. 201907-6957 5,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support for (1) KCUR's education and entrepreneurship reporting, and (2) fundraising strategies for KCUR to diversify revenue by utilizing matching gifts and online giving. 201907-6968 160,000
    North Carolina State University
    Campus Box 7205
    Raleigh,NC276957514
    none NC Support for research of firm owners to understand how their actions affect firm performance. 201907-6984 60,000
    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
    6 West 48th Street 10th Floor
    New York,NY10036
    none PC Support for the 2020 Shared Insight Gathering in Baltimore, Maryland, May 18-20, 2020. 201907-6988 10,000
    Guadalupe Educational Systems Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6990 95,974
    Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center
    2416 Swope Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to increase access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6991 85,980
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Research Institute
    3901 Rainbow Blvd
    Kansas City,KS66160
    none SO I Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6992 57,342
    Bare Essentials Home Care Inc
    3200 Wayne Avenue Suite 103
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6994 49,000
    Cornell University
    377 Pine Tree Road
    Ithaca,NY14850
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201907-6995 23,280
    Children's Center for the Visually Impaired
    3101 Main Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6999 85,000
    Angels of Grace Family Service Inc
    1220 Troup Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-7000 69,000
    KC Healthy Kids
    650 Minnesota Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-7003 92,840
    National Center for Resource Development
    PO Box 22
    Lost City,WV26810
    none PC Support to convene a government working group in order to improve delivery of public services to entrepreneurs. 201907-7010 98,000
    Gilda's Club Kansas City
    21 W 43rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for Night With A View in Kansas City, Missouri, September 27, 2019. 201907-7016 2,500
    National Main Street Center Inc
    2600 Virginia Avenue Suite 1100
    Washington,DC20037
    none PC Support for an entrepreneurial ecosystem development pilot program in three rural communities and the subsequent development of educational case study materials that capture the program's learnings. 201907-7017 89,400
    North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance Inc
    3236 Morrell
    Kansas City,MO64123
    none PC Support for Making Movies Carnaval 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 7, 2019. 201907-7027 1,700
    The Aspen Institute Inc
    2300 N Street NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC200371122
    none PC General operating support. 201907-7030 12,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support Skilled KC Technical Institute, Inc. in providing high-demand, highly-employable, non-degree credentials for students in the Kansas City region. 201907-7031 5,000,000
    Skilled KC Technical Institute Inc
    4801 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support the pilot phase of Skilled KC Technical Institute, Inc. to provide high-demand, highly employable non-degree credentials for students in the Kansas City region. 201907-7034 175,000
    City Year Inc
    287 Columbus Ave
    Boston,MA02116
    none PC Support the deployment of AmeriCorps members to serve as full-time mentors and tutors in urban schools to help keep students in school and on track and to supply Kansas City's talent pipeline with future teachers and leaders. 201907-7042 350,000
    Kansas City Startup Foundation
    1712 Main Street Suite 426
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the Crawl KC and Back2KC events in Kansas City, Missouri, October 3 and 4, 2019. 201907-7050 12,650
    Donnelly College
    608 N 18th Street
    Kansas City,KS66102
    none PC Support for SHINE 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, October 10, 2019. 201907-7067 2,500
    Kansas City Public Library
    14 West 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for public programming focused on education, entrepreneurship and civic dialogue while increasing community awareness of library programs and resources supporting education and entrepreneurship. 201908-7075 390,000
    UMKC Foundation
    5115 Oak Suite 202
    Kansas City,MO64112
    none PC Support for the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, November 15, 2019. 201908-7077 13,800
    BioNexus KC
    30 West Pershing Road Suite 210
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the Annual Dinner 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, October 10, 2019. 201908-7080 13,788
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the Metro Kansas City Census Equity Fund (cens00) to enhance understanding of the Census and its importance to communities, and to advance full participation in the Census 2020. 201908-7085 25,000
    Community Builders of Kansas City
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 301
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity to benefit low-income communities in or adjacent to opportunity zones. 201908-7091 100,000
    Kansas City Kansas Community College
    7250 State Avenue
    Kansas City,KS661122997
    none NC Support for the college's participation in a pilot program that will provide data about how its programs align with regional workforce needs and help identify opportunities for improving student outcomes. 201908-7114 25,000
    Kansas State University
    1601 Vattier Street 102 Fairchild
    Manhattan,KS66506
    none PC Support Kansas State College Advising Corps in providing college access guidance services to students in 13 urban high schools to increase college enrollment and completion in the Kansas City region. 201908-7135 150,000
    Code Fever Miami Inc
    350 Lincoln Road
    Miami,FL33139
    none PC Support for the BlackTech Weekend Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri, November 1, 2019. 201908-7152 9,775
    The Economic Club of Kansas City
    PO Box 15655
    Leawood,KS66219
    none PC General operating support. 201908-7161 2,500
    Partnership for Regional Educational
    Preparation - Kansas City Inc
    2300 Main Suite 340
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support the expansion and regional adoption of PREP-KC's Connector, a virtual platform to connect industry professionals and classrooms across the Kansas City region, during the 2019-20 school year. 201908-7178 198,996
    The Economic Club of Kansas City
    PO Box 15655
    Leawood,KS66219
    none PC Support for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy Award Ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, October 10, 2019. 201908-7191 4,885
    Matthew 19 14
    8900 State Line Road Suite 500
    Leawood,KS66206
    none PC Support to provide professional development and promote innovative practices that equip schools in Wyandotte County, Kansas to better serve students with special education needs. 201908-7204 40,000
    Uzazi Village
    4232 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for the 1st Annual Village Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri, September 26, 2019. 201908-7208 1,000
    Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Inc
    1714 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the Race, Place & Diversity Award Dinner 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, October 25, 2019. 201908-7209 2,650
    National Institute for Construction Excellence
    2405 Grand Boulevard Suite 106
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the 5th Annual Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, October 29, 2019. 201908-7214 2,244
    The Literacy Lab
    1400 16th Street NW Suite 410
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support the expansion of literacy programming in nine local schools and help increase the number of future educators in Kansas City. 201908-7218 250,000
    National Association of Student
    Personnel Administrators
    111 K Street NE 10th Floor
    Washington,DC20002
    none PC Sponsorship of the Summit on Access, Persistence, and Completion for Under-represented Populations in Overland Park, Kansas, September 27, 2019. 201908-7226 9,250
    Kansas City Urban Youth Academy Inc
    One Royal Way
    Kansas City,MO64129
    none PC Support for academically enriching afterschool and summer programs in Kansas City, Missouri. 201908-7232 100,000
    Teachorg Inc
    174 Hermann St
    San Francisco,CA94102
    none PC Support TEACH.org to increase the applicant pipeline for Kansas City area educator preparation programs and school systems. 201908-7237 85,000
    School Leader Lab
    PO Box 53232
    Washington,DC20009
    none PC Support the development of instructional and leadership skills among Kansas City region assistant principals. 201908-7240 100,000
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
    1709 Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to provide mentorship and support services that prepare students to pursue postsecondary pathways and career opportunities after high school. 201908-7243 150,000
    Rosedale Development Association
    1403 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,KS66103
    none PC Provide afterschool and summer programming to 130 underserved youth in Kansas City, Kansas. 201908-7244 47,500
    Troost Market Collective
    3444 Campbell Street
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for Troostapalooza 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, September 21, 2019. 201908-7247 1,000
    Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation
    2901 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support to expand the Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation's capacity to improve outcomes for students in the Kansas City Public Schools district. 201908-7248 55,000
    Kansas City Startup Foundation
    1712 Main Street Suite 426
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for Most Entrepreneurial City in America events in the 2019-20 academic year to engage students in innovation competitions and experiential learning programs. 201908-7258 40,000
    Reaching Out From Within Inc
    PO Box 8527
    Prairie Village,KS66208
    none PC Support for Courage to Change 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri, October 7, 2019. 201908-7264 1,750
    Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
    5801 W 115th St Suite 201
    Overland Park,KS66211
    none PC Support for the 2019 Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award Dinner in Kansas City, Missouri, November 24, 2019. 201908-7265 4,550
    Urban League of Kansas City Missouri
    1710 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support empowerment coaching for parents in Kansas City, Missouri to become more actively engaged in their children's education. 201909-7266 110,000
    University of Notre Dame du Lac
    724 Grace Hall
    Notre Dame,IN46556
    none PC Support for IDEA Week at University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, April 20-25, 2020. 201909-7279 49,430
    Hogan Preparatory Academy Inc
    1221 East Meyer Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support to expand and formalize a local network of African American male professionals actively engaged in improving public education in Kansas City. 201909-7291 47,300
    DonorsChooseorg
    134 W 37th Street 11th Floor
    New York,NY10018
    none PC Support match funding requests for classroom projects in public schools in the Kansas City region. 201909-7300 125,000
    Kansas Newspaper Foundation
    5423 SW 7th Street
    Topeka,KS66606
    none PC Support for reporting on entrepreneurship, education, and civic engagement while building the organizational capacity and financial sustainability of The Beacon, an emerging nonprofit news organization. 201909-7313 82,400
    Grace United Community Ministries Inc
    801 Benton Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64124
    none PC Support to provide underserved youth from Kansas City, Missouri with academically enriching afterschool and summer programs. 201909-7323 99,000
    Grandview Park Presbyterian Church
    1613 Wilson Blvd
    Kansas City,KS66102
    none NC Support an initiative designed to bring faith communities together with public schools to explore ways to increase community engagement, mentorship, and advocacy. 201909-7327 7,500
    Got History Inc
    55 Irving Street
    Brookline,MA02445
    none PC Support for the second event in a series of learning events for social studies and history teachers in Kansas City, Missouri, November 4, 2019. 201909-7348 5,000
    Kansas City Consensus
    PO Box 10252
    Kansas City,MO64171
    none PC Support for the 2019 Civility Awards Breakfast in Kansas City, Missouri, November 8, 2019. 201909-7365 500
    Hickman Mills Education Foundation
    5401 E 103rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64137
    none PC Support for the Go for the Gold Gala & Silent Auction in Grandview, Missouri, November 8, 2019. 201909-7371 500
    High Aspirations Inc
    6320 Brookside Plaza Suite 263
    Kansas City,MO64113
    none PC Support for the 9th Annual Mentors Challenge in Kansas City, Missouri, November 7, 2019. 201909-7378 5,000
    American National Red Cross
    211 W Armour Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for the Genevieve Byrne Speaker Series 2019 in Mission Woods, Kansas, November 5, 2019. 201910-7404 4,250
    Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry
    3031 Holmes Street
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for adult students in the Kansas City region to overcome financial barriers to re-enrolling in a postsecondary institution and completing a degree or credential. 201910-7420 30,000
    The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
    3732 Main Street
    Kansas City,MO641112305
    none PC Support for the Romantic Revels Gala 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 15, 2020. 201910-7426 844
    Kansas University Endowment Association
    1891 Constant Avenue
    Lawrence,KS66047
    none PC Support for the Reach Out and Read Kansas City's For the Love of Books Breakfast 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 13, 2020. 201910-7436 4,750
    Swope Health Services
    3801 Blue Parkway
    Kansas City,MO641302807
    none PC Support for the 50th Anniversary Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, November 16, 2019. 201910-7447 5,000
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to provide underserved youth from Kansas City, Missouri with academically enriching afterschool and summer programs. 201911-7588 100,000
    Mercy College
    555 Broadway
    Dobbs Ferry,NY10522
    none PC Support for a mixed methods research project that will utilize in-depth interviews and demographic surveys with up to 100 gig workers affiliated with high-status platforms to examine the role of such services in encouraging and reducing the risks of entrepreneurship. 201806-4658 34,550
    Center School District #58
    8701 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none NC Support the professional development of urban school principals through the Kansas City Leadership Cohort and Relay Graduate School of Education's 2019-20 National Principal Academy Fellowship. 201903-6137 20,000
    University of Central Arkansas Foundation Inc
    201 Donaghey Street
    Conway,AR72035
    none PC Support for expanding the Conductor 10X Accelerator program to serve 10 additional rural communities across Arkansas. 201905-6544 100,000
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    bApproved for future payment
    National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
    1050 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Support for a research platform for entrepreneurship and innovation through multiple projects such as working group meetings, conferences, working papers, Boot Camp, and other emerging scholars initiatives. 20140669 306,358
    Regents of the University of California
    327 Cheadle Hall
    Santa Barbara,CA931062050
    none PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by providing a longitudinal study of the Rising Tide Program, studying the short and long-term roles for women in angel investing. 201510-20151944 20,900
    Kansas City Teacher Residency Inc
    415 Delaware Suite 4E
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support KCTR's programming and operations, creating a new teacher preparation and certification program that contributes to the human capital pipeline in Kansas City. 201606-0512 617,464
    Kansas City Scholars Inc
    8080 Ward Parkway Suite 402
    Kansas City,MO64114
    none PC Support scholarships, financial incentives to promote college savings, and support services for low- and modest-income students and adults needing access and support to pursue and complete a postsecondary credit-bearing credential or degree. 201607-0836 58,957,381
    Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional
    learning - casel
    815 W Van Buren Suite 210
    Chicago,IL60607
    none PC Support to create a practical and informative measurement tool that can be used to assess students' social and emotional competence. 201610-1282 25,000
    Natalie A Carlson
    38 E 126th Street Apartment 3
    New York,NY10035
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201610-1314 3,000
    Jisoo Daniel Kim
    460 Green Street Apartment 1
    Cambridge,MA02139
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201610-1322 3,000
    UMKC Foundation
    5115 Oak Suite 202
    Kansas City,MO64112
    none PC This grant supports programs and equipment to be housed in the Free Enterprise Center at the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Missouri Kansas City and contributes to several goals for enhancing the Kansas City ecosystem: the growth of entrepreneurial firms, the creation of new companies, and the attraction, training, and retention of engineering talent. 201703-1931 1,476,071
    University of Southern California
    University Gardens Suite 205
    Los Angeles,CA900898006
    none PC Support for research to test how peer influence affects entrepreneurial starts and successes. 201704-2026 3,000
    Pipeline Inc
    1919 W 45th Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66103
    none PC Support for educating entrepreneurs in Kansas City and the Midwest region. 201704-2029 885,887
    Duke University
    615 Chapel Drive
    Durham,NC277080581
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201704-2079 18,000
    Trustees of Columbia University in the City
    of New york
    615 West 131st Street 3rd Fl
    New York,NY10027
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201704-2090 18,000
    University of Notre Dame du Lac
    724 Grace Hall
    Notre Dame,IN46556
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201704-2099 16,000
    Board of Regents of the University of
    Wisconsin System
    21 N Park Street Suite 6401
    Madison,WI537151218
    none NC Support to establish causality (or disprove causality) between university interventions and resulting entrepreneurial activity. 201708-2797 110,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Support for a combination of datasets (private and public) to identify firm start and the processes that led to entrepreneurial success. 201708-2801 51,155
    Regents of the University of California
    at Berkeley
    2195 Hearst Avenue Room 130F
    Berkeley,CA947201103
    none PC Support to develop a unique and publicly available dataset that will track firms from innovation, to crowdfunding, and to later entrepreneurial success. 201708-2803 67,000
    National League of Cities Institute Inc
    660 North Capitol Street 450
    Washington,DC20001
    none SO I Support to establish local controls critical to the support of new business creation and that allows cities to experiment within the constraints and opportunities of their local economies. 201708-2806 75,000
    Metro Ideas Project
    1216 E Main Street Suite 102
    Chattanooga,TN37408
    none PC Support to develop a detailed and quantified understanding of place-based economic development, starting with collisions and physical proximities. 201708-2810 75,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to develop an educational program for prospective startup board members and to engage corporate leaders. 201709-2962 65,000
    Karam Jo
    816 Easley Street Apt 1007
    Silver Spring,MD20910
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3084 3,000
    Hyunjin Kim
    205 W 95th Street Apt 5G
    New York,NY10025
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3126 3,000
    Matthew Phillip Staiger
    1400 Irving St NW Apartment 205
    Washington,DC20010
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3127 3,000
    Joon Young Yoon
    488 Winslow Street Apt 224
    Redwood,CA94063
    none NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 201710-3128 3,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support for a mentor training program to support entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. 201710-3147 147,208
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support to increase state support for entrepreneurship and lower barriers to new business creation and entrepreneurial success by forming a broad-based, non-partisan coalition of Kansas entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem leaders. 201710-3225 163,522
    Bunker Labs NFP Inc
    125 S Clark St WeWork 17th Fl
    Chicago,IL60603
    none PC Support to reduce barriers to new business creation and entrepreneurial success by training and activating veteran entrepreneurs served by local chapters in 12 states and the District of Columbia. 201710-3227 75,000
    Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
    222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza Suit
    Chicago,IL60654
    none PC Support to organize two policy forums a year for three years in which entrepreneurs and investors will educate policymakers about entrepreneurial challenges. 201710-3228 18,750
    Tennessee Technology Development Corporation
    211 7th Avenue North Suite 205
    Nashville,TN37219
    none PC Support for a more entrepreneur-friendly Tennessee by mobilizing and equipping entrepreneurs with the tools needed to effectively advocate for the mitigation of barriers to new business creation. 201710-3230 58,334
    Metropolitan Economic Development Association
    250 Second Avenue South Suite 106
    Minneapolis,MN55401
    none PC Support to build the capacity of the Minority Business Advisory Council in an effort to increase support for minority entrepreneurs, reduce barriers that limit their creation of new businesses, and educate Minnesota policymakers. 201710-3263 90,000
    Community Services League of Jackson County
    404 North Noland Road
    Independence,MO64050
    none PC Support to expand the Family Stability Initiative to reduce student transiency in Independence, Missouri. 201802-3838 100,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5211 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none NC Support for the programs and capacity of the KC STEM Alliance. 201803-3969 350,000
    Boston College Trustees
    140 Commonwealth Avenue
    Chestnut Hill,MA02467
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4240 15,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4243 10,000
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    505 10th Street NW
    Atlanta,GA30318
    none SO III FI Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4244 20,000
    Northwestern University
    1801 Maple Ave 2nd Floor Suite 241
    Evanston,IL602013149
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4246 20,000
    University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
    324 Business Services 456 East Bro
    Athens,GA30602
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4277 18,000
    Cass County Historical Society
    400 East Mechanic Street
    Harrisonville,MO64701
    none PC General operating support. 201805-4345 2,500
    Washington University
    Campus Box 1082 One Brookings Driv
    St Louis,MO63130
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201805-4364 8,000
    Start Small Think Big Inc
    8 West 126th Street 3rd Floor
    New York,NY10027
    none PC Support for research to pilot tools to assess the financial viability of ventures started by low-income entrepreneurs. 201806-4407 150,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    none PC Support for a nationally representative survey of adults in U.S. households to better understand trends and barriers unique to entrepreneurship among older adults. 201806-4444 108,639
    Heart of America Council Boy Scouts of America
    10210 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO641314212
    none PC Provide quality afterschool programs for over 3,100 youth in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. 201806-4473 100,000
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue Warner Hall 6
    Pittsburgh,PA15213
    none PC Support for research to understand the various effects of increasing industry concentration on entrepreneurship. 201806-4477 108,125
    St Louis University
    One North Grand Blvd DuBourg Hall
    St Louis,MO63103
    none PC Support for research on the role of financial capabilities for low-income entrepreneurs, and on the impact of financial capability interventions on their businesses in order to understand if these can mitigate barriers to entrepreneurship among low-income individuals. 201806-4478 135,963
    Travis Howell
    1800 Baity Hill Dr Apt 320
    Chapel HIll,NC27514
    none NC Support for firm-level research on key milestones, growth and survival outcomes of firms participating in co-working spaces. 201806-4485 6,000
    Trustees of Boston University
    595 Commonwealth Avenue Suite 700
    Boston,MA02215
    none PC Support to measure how new information technologies, including AI technologies, affect firm growth, productivity, and survival including differences between startups and established firms, small firms and large. 201806-4521 82,718
    William Marsh Rice University
    6100 Main Street
    Houston,TX77005
    none PC Support for research to better understand the factors that determine whether or not a business idea receives early-stage financing. 201806-4538 122,000
    Wake Forest University
    1834 Wake Forest Road Box 7227
    WinstonSalem,NC27109
    none PC Support for research to understand how tax policies and occupational licensing affect local entrepreneurial activity across multiple demographic variables (gender, race, location, industry). 201806-4541 168,015
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Support to analyze data on the Annual Business Survey to determine how the prevalence of new technologies in the United States affect the small-business economy and make it possible to assess the impact these technologies are having on firm founding, innovation, and performance. 201806-4563 186,500
    Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    485 Broadway 3rd Floor Mail Code
    Redwood City,CA94063
    none PC Support to develop a major new recurring survey of online entrepreneurs and a scalable management training tool. 201806-4602 221,539
    Urban Libraries Council
    1333 H Street NW Suite 1000W
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for expanding and strengthening the role of libraries as an entrepreneurial support organization, particularly for those from underrepresented communities. 201806-4615 172,080
    Emily Marie Medley
    4126 Forest Glen Drive
    Knoxville,TN37919
    none NC Support for research on how culture shapes how and where social entrepreneurship takes place, using mixed methods (focus groups, interviews, ethnographic field notes and survey data) to study social entrepreneurs in regional networks. 201806-4618 3,000
    Seojin Kim
    1121 University Blvd W Apt 314
    Silver Springs,MD20902
    none NC Support for research that will examine how entrepreneurs advance artificial intelligence innovations in healthcare, using the bionic technology market as the case context. 201806-4621 8,000
    Jiwon Kylie Hwang
    400 W 119 Street 7M
    New York,NY10027
    none NC Support for research that focuses on entrepreneurship as a means for reentry and recidivism prevention in the criminal justice system. 201806-4643 3,000
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for research to better understand how entrepreneurial experience affects re-entry to the traditional wage labor market. 201806-4659 45,745
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for research on how immigration policy affects entrepreneurship. 201806-4666 270,118
    Duke University
    615 Chapel Drive
    Durham,NC277080581
    none PC Support to build a machine learning tool to improve ideation and accelerate the execution of entrepreneurial ideas. 201806-4738 55,000
    Syracuse University
    640 Skytop Road Suite 122
    Syracuse,NY132445300
    none PC Support for a national survey of veterans and military-connected entrepreneurs to better identify and understand their motivations, goals, demographics, business activities and outcomes and barriers. 201807-4761 136,062
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Support for research on how entrepreneurs manage their cash flows and the interactions between business accounts and personal accounts in order to understand how entrepreneurs manage their financial resources in response to financial shocks. 201807-4773 122,208
    Marcus I Crews
    69 1/2 Washington Street
    Harrison,NJ07029
    none NC Support for a multi-case study approach to understanding the dimensions of the process and experience of entrepreneurial failure, and the implications of failure for future entrepreneurship. 201807-4775 18,000
    Arizona State University Foundation
    PO Box 2260
    Tempe,AZ852802260
    none PC Support to examine three micro-level psychological processes - championing, leadership, and identity to better understand the importance of specific stages in the decision-making process to become or not become an entrepreneur. 201807-4790 31,511
    Kauffman Scholars Inc
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    none POF Support for Kauffman Scholars, Inc.'s college access and scholarship program to help low-income students complete a college education. 201808-4977 1,300,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    none PC Support for the professional development and retention of quality instructional leaders in metropolitan Kansas City schools. 201808-5021 125,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Network Inc
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none PC Support to study barriers to entrepreneurship as perceived by entrepreneurship support organizations (ESOs) and policymakers. 201809-5222 230,000
    Youth Ambassadors Inc
    5809 Michigan Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for academically enriching afterschool and summer programs that are informed by social and emotional learning in Kansas City, Missouri. 201809-5285 50,000
    Industry Studies Association
    570 Todd Hall Washington State Uni
    Pullman,WA99163
    none PC Support for the 2019 Industry Studies Association Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 1, 2019; and conferences in 2020 and 2021. 201810-5378 20,000
    Engine Foundation Inc
    2308 Mt Vernon Ave Suite 762
    Alexandria,VA22301
    none PC Support for training entrepreneurs about policy engagement generally. 201810-5455 72,500
    Center for American Entrepreneurship
    503 Arnon Lake Drive
    Great Falls,VA22066
    none PC Support to educate policymakers about research that demonstrates the importance of entrepreneurship and the best ways to support new business creation and entrepreneurial success. 201810-5475 475,000
    Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc
    4600 E 63rd Street
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support for public exhibits in the five permanent galleries of the Kansas City Museum. 201811-5534 150,000
    Association of Missouri Charter Schools
    1300 Papin Street
    St Louis,MO63103
    none PC Support work focused on advocacy, education and constituency building to increase access to high-quality charter public school options in Kansas City in 2019 and 2020. 201811-5588 125,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Support to launch a pilot of the Missouri Data Fellowship to build information technology and data analysis capacity within state agencies that maintain education and workforce data in Missouri. 201811-5589 297,747
    Drexel University
    1505 Race Street 10th Floor
    Philadelphia,PA19102
    none PC Support to research the feasibility of previously unexplored data sources to analyze entrepreneurial activity and its determinants. 201811-5603 10,000
    Mid-America Arts Alliance
    2018 Baltimore Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support Artist INC in updating curriculum, convening and training their facilitators and publishing impact data. 201811-5609 21,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2019 Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 201812-5633 150,000
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    801 West 47th Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO64112
    none PC 2019 United Way Matching Gift Program. 201812-5643 8,461
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2019 Giving Card Program. 201812-5645 980
    The Rabbit Hole KC
    1520 Clay Street
    North Kansas City,MO64116
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity of an emerging key city asset. 201812-5670 150,000
    Open Markets Institute
    1440 G St NW
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for educating policymakers on ways to reduce barriers to entrepreneurship. 201812-5678 132,000
    University of Maryland
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    none NC Support for doctoral students and junior scholars to attend the Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference in 2019, 2020 and 2021. 201901-5715 20,000
    The Plaza Academy
    3930 Broadway Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support to provide at least 90 underserved youth in Kansas City, Missouri with access to afterschool tutoring and academically enriching summer programs. 201901-5746 50,000
    Association of Collegiate Schools of
    Planning Inc
    6311 Mallard Trace Drive
    Tallahassee,FL32312
    none PC Support for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual meetings for three years to encourage high-quality research in the area of architecture, planning, and entrepreneurship. 201901-5764 20,000
    American Political Science Association
    1527 New Hampshire Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for the 2019 and 2020 American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, including two prizes for high-quality entrepreneurship research. 201901-5865 100
    AARP Foundation
    601 E Street NW
    Washington,DC20049
    none PC Support to expand the capacity of the Work For Yourself After 50 entrepreneurship education program to accommodate more entrepreneurs across the country. 201902-5917 240,000
    Academy of Management Inc
    555 Pleasantville Road Suite N 200
    Briarcliff Manor,NY10510
    none PC Support for the Academy of Management's annual conference for the Human Resources Division, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division, and the Technology and Innovation Division to encourage research on entrepreneurship and innovation. 201902-5959 34,400
    UnaMesa Association
    654 Gilman Street
    Palo Alto,CA94301
    none PC Support for a searchable and sortable online directory that will connect at least 15,000 underserved youth and their families throughout Kansas City, Missouri with access to quality afterschool and summer programs. 201902-6081 200,000
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support for the Kauffman School's continued operations in FY2020 to manage and operate a charter school of excellence. 201902-6113 2,388,863
    Nelson Gallery Foundation
    4525 Oak Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for long-term strategic growth planning for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. 201902-6134 200,000
    Academy for the Integrated Arts
    7910 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Provide teacher professional development and individualized intervention for struggling students during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6190 100,749
    Fort Osage R-1 School District
    2101 North Twyman Road
    Independence,MO64058
    none NC Support Indian Trails Elementary in establishing a system of intense interventions for kindergarten and first grade students during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to close the achievement gap before second grade. 201903-6191 147,734
    Kansas City International Academy
    414 Wallace
    Kansas City,MO64125
    none PC Support KCIA in enriching the quality of services provided to English Language Learners through enhanced family engagement and support practices and improved instructional resources during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6192 40,000
    Lee's Summit R-7 School District
    301 NE Tudor Road
    Lees Summit,MO64086
    none NC Support implementation of project based learning and makerspace practices to transform instructional methods at Meadow Lane Elementary during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6193 106,102
    Kansas City Kansas Unified School District #500
    2010 N 59th Street
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none NC Support the implementation of a comprehensive approach to address the social, emotional and behavioral needs of students at F.L. Schlagle High School during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6194 90,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    2901 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support implementation of Restorative Justice practices within Southeast High School and the broader school community during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6195 97,509
    Blue Springs School District
    1801 NW Vesper
    Blue Springs,MO64015
    none NC Support implementation of an enhanced approach to science instruction at William Yates Elementary during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years to adapt teaching to the rigorous expectations of the new Missouri Learning Standards. 201903-6196 93,720
    Kansas City Kansas Unified School District #500
    2010 N 59th Street
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none NC Support Wyandotte High School in establishing common assessments, strong professional development structures and a culture of data-driven instruction across English Language Arts (ELA) and math teams during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. 201903-6197 100,000
    Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 210
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to provide at least 3,000 underserved youth in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas with access to academically enriching afterschool and summer programs. 201903-6220 126,000
    WEB DuBois Learning Center
    4510 East Linwood Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64128
    none PC Support to increase leadership, planning and fundraising capacity to strengthen the organization's program providing afterschool and summer tutoring in reading and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. 201903-6233 54,900
    Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
    3700 Woodland
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for capacity building in the areas of program delivery, marketing/communications and evaluation. 201903-6246 50,000
    Linda Hall Library Trust
    5109 Cherry Street
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none POF Support for organizational capacity building to increase programming, audience engagement, evaluation, and fundraising as the first phase of a three-year strategic transformation into a Center for Science and Society. 201903-6249 175,000
    American Public Square Inc
    300 E 39th Street 4F
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for an online community portal designed to bring resources and organizations dedicated to crime reduction together in one centralized location. 201903-6250 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    115 Business Loop 70 West Room 501
    Columbia,MO652110001
    none NC Capacity building programming and support for the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. 201903-6252 202,300
    Union Station Kansas City Inc
    30 West Pershing Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for Union Station to build fundraising and technology capacity in order to increase long-term financial sustainability. 201903-6256 1,735,974
    Institute for Women's Policy Research
    1200 18th Street NW Suite 301
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for research to identify barriers to female entrepreneurship and identify corresponding policies and programs to better support women-owned businesses. 201903-6260 152,954
    Forward Cities Inc
    112 S Duke Street
    Durham,NC27701
    none PC Support for the creation and testing of a repeatable, bottom-up approach to building and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. 201903-6306 397,000
    SEED SPOT
    515 E Grant St
    Phoenix,AZ85004
    none PC Support for SEED SPOT to integrate their educational curriculum into national networks serving women and military families in entrepreneurship. 201904-6350 300,000
    HATCH
    2358 Whitetail Road
    Bozeman,MT59715
    none PC Support for the 2019 & 2020 HATCH Montana Summit in Big Sky, Montana, October 2019 & 2020. 201904-6414 36,250
    Wellesley College
    106 Central Street
    Wellesley,MA021818293
    none PC Support research with restricted-access data to understand when and how women pursue entrepreneurship over their family life cycle and life stage. 201904-6427 299,803
    Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans
    4035 Washington Ave
    New Orleans,LA70125
    none PC Support for low-income entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color through the South Broad Business Initiative. 201904-6439 123,500
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
    1709 Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity in technology, volunteer recruitment and leadership development. 201904-6442 100,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Week
    4527 17th Street N
    Arlington,VA22207
    none SO I Support to grow and increase results of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) by expanding its current footprint (which reaches all 50 U.S. states and 160+ countries) and learning from communities throughout the world to support American entrepreneurship. 201904-6475 1,840,000
    Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc
    2300 Main 180
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for an opportunity zone coalition organization to build fundraising capacity for increased sustainability of programs and services for residents of low-income neighborhoods in the urban core. 201904-6497 34,500
    Black Girl Ventures Foundation
    9142 Richmond Highway 244
    Ft Belvoir,VA22060
    none PC Support for the creation of a programmatic toolkit and to implement a chapter-based expansion model in five new cities. 201905-6515 258,859
    Black Tech Mecca
    1420 S Michigan Avenue
    Chicago,IL60605
    none PC Support for building a community of practice to improve the programming of 16 entrepreneur support organizations that serve African American entrepreneurs. 201905-6516 284,688
    Elemental Excelerator Inc
    1000 Bishop Street Suite 505
    Honolulu,HI96813
    none PC Support to continue programming and build an online playbook that startup companies can adapt to create more inclusive internal cultures. 201905-6518 337,500
    Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc
    PO Box 364029
    San Juan,PR00936
    none PC Support for greater coordination among existing programs at five Puerto Ricobased entrepreneurial support organizations. 201905-6519 43,725
    National Coalition for Asian Pacific American
    Community Development
    1628 16th Street NW 4th Floor
    Washington,DC20009
    none PC Support for building a national network of community-based organizations and training their staff to serve low-income Asian-American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs. 201905-6520 200,000
    Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc
    3201 E Colonial Drive Suite A20
    Orlando,FL32803
    none PC Support for expansion of a bilingual technical assistance program to serve Latinx entrepreneurs in seven rural counties in North Carolina. 201905-6521 150,000
    Rural Development Initiatives Inc
    150 Shelton-McMurphey Blvd Suite
    Eugene,OR97401
    none PC Support the development of a network of entrepreneurship education and support initiatives across rural Oregon. 201905-6522 333,636
    Collider Foundation
    14 4th Street SW Suite 203-15
    Rochester,MN55902
    none PC Support to develop and pilot educational programming that teaches entrepreneurs from low-income zip codes or federally recognized economically distressed communities how-to identify and access existing and new entrepreneurship resources. 201905-6523 213,533
    Vibrant Memphis Inc
    902 S Cooper Street
    Memphis,TN38104
    none PC Support for expanding and enhancing programming for minority-owned businesses in Memphis. 201905-6524 337,500
    Mujeres Latinas en Accion Inc
    2124 W 21st Place
    Chicago,IL60608
    none PC Support to increase the organization's marketing and evaluation capacity, as well as continue delivering its current business development program focused on Latinas in Chicago, Illinois. 201905-6526 24,500
    Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
    3 East 4th Street Suite 200
    Cincinnati,OH45202
    none NC Support to continue the Minority Business Accelerator and prepare the program for possible expansion outside of Cincinnati. 201905-6527 337,500
    Credit & Homeownership Empowerment Services
    3125 Gillham Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for the implementation of a place-based model for providing retail entrepreneur support (event series, retail incubator, and business development curriculum) in the Troost Corridor neighborhood. 201905-6528 55,000
    Central Avenue Betterment Association
    1621 Central Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66102
    none PC Support for a bi-weekly public market that provides new and largely Latinx entrepreneurs the opportunity to test their business concepts in a low-risk environment. 201905-6529 58,900
    The Sewing Labs
    1305 E 27th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for a pilot designed to provide training, equipment, and business skills to low-income women seeking to launch their own sewing businesses. 201905-6530 34,400
    Determination Incorporated
    4747 Troost Suite 207
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for piloting entrepreneurship support groups and educational events for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs. 201905-6531 17,167
    Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater
    Kansas City
    107 W 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none NC Support for the creation and delivery of a bilingual entrepreneurship curriculum to support primarily Latinx entrepreneurs. 201905-6539 50,000
    Epec Inc
    5829 Troost Ave Suite B
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support to pilot a business development program for low-income women who have successfully completed the organization's existing dog-grooming training program. 201905-6541 49,600
    AltCap
    3200 Wayne Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none NC Support to implement the Streetwise MBA program in Greater Kansas City to help minority and women owned businesses to grow. 201905-6542 50,000
    Build Institute
    2701 Bagley Street
    Detroit,MI48216
    none PC Support for strengthening core programming for main street entrepreneurs and microbusinesses and piloting an expansion beyond the Detroit metropolitan area. 201905-6543 225,000
    SoGal Foundation
    131 5th Ave 702
    New York,NY10003
    none PC Support for strengthening the organization's capacity to sustainably scale entrepreneurial educational programing for underrepresented female entrepreneurs. 201905-6545 150,000
    Grand Canyon Trust Inc
    2601 N Fort Valley Road
    Flagstaff,AZ86001
    none PC Support for increasing the organization's internal capacity to provide programming for Native American entrepreneurs on the Navajo Nation Reservation (which spans northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico). 201905-6571 100,000
    University City Science Center
    3675 Market Street Suite 400
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    none PC Support to develop and launch an accelerator program designed to specifically serve Black and Latinx STEM businesses in surrounding neighborhoods. 201905-6575 266,667
    KC Tech Academy
    2901 E Heartland Drive
    Liberty,MO64068
    none PC Support the development of a three-year strategic plan to increase the number of graduates leaving high school ready for learning, work, and life in the Kansas City region. 201905-6630 75,000
    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
    6 West 48th Street 10th Floor
    New York,NY10036
    none PC Support for the Fund for Shared Insight to enroll a portfolio of local nonprofits in the Listen4Good program, which provides a capacity-building grant, technical assistance, and access to online survey instruments to collect feedback data. 201905-6660 100,000
    Arizona State University Foundation
    PO Box 2260
    Tempe,AZ852802260
    none PC Support the development of digital learning modules and an online micro-certificate to attract and develop new and early-career teachers for public district and charter schools across the Kansas City region. 201905-6667 191,996
    Aleria Research Corporation
    261 Madison Ave Floor 10
    New York,NY10016
    none PC Support for the development and delivery of workshops and refinement of supporting software to educate entrepreneurs on the value of diversity in early hiring decisions. 201905-6715 306,000
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    104 Airport Drive Suite 2200 CB 1
    Chapel Hill,NC275991350
    none PC Support for a mixed methods research project of gig workers affiliated with platforms to examine the role of such services in encouraging and reducing the risks of entrepreneurship. 201906-6776 49,399
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite
    Fairway,KS66205
    none PC Support of experiential educational programming for early-stage entrepreneurs through the Pitch Perfect Boot Camp. 201906-6810 100,000
    Latinx Education Collaborative
    706 Broadway 504
    Kansas City,KS66205
    none PC Support increased engagement of the Latino community in improving public education by building the capacity of this new nonprofit organization. 201906-6846 85,000
    Association for Psychological Science
    1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suit
    Washington,DC20036
    none PC Support for the Association for Psychological Association Annual Conference for 2020, 2021, and 2022. 201906-6848 24,680
    International Economic Development Council Inc
    734 15th Street NW Suite 900
    Washington,DC20005
    none PC Support for the development of the Entrepreneurship Training and Certification Program. 201907-6913 75,000
    Public Television 19 Inc
    125 East 31st Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support to build technology and fundraising capacity. 201907-6927 150,000
    North Carolina State University
    Campus Box 7205
    Raleigh,NC276957514
    none NC Support for research of firm owners to understand how their actions affect firm performance. 201907-6984 35,000
    Guadalupe Educational Systems Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6990 67,264
    Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center
    2416 Swope Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to increase access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6991 82,840
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Research Institute
    3901 Rainbow Blvd
    Kansas City,KS66160
    none SO I Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6992 55,077
    Bare Essentials Home Care Inc
    3200 Wayne Avenue Suite 103
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6994 49,000
    Cornell University
    377 Pine Tree Road
    Ithaca,NY14850
    none PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 201907-6995 10,000
    Children's Center for the Visually Impaired
    3101 Main Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-6999 85,000
    Angels of Grace Family Service Inc
    1220 Troup Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66104
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-7000 69,000
    KC Healthy Kids
    650 Minnesota Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66101
    none PC Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for low-income children in the Kansas City region. 201907-7003 84,940
    Skilled KC Technical Institute Inc
    4801 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support the pilot phase of Skilled KC Technical Institute, Inc. to provide high-demand, highly employable non-degree credentials for students in the Kansas City region. 201907-7034 5,104,472
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    none PC Support for expanding, testing, and fielding the 2020 Management and Organizational Practices Survey and subsequent papers and reports on findings. 201907-7048 400,000
    Community Builders of Kansas City
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 301
    Kansas City,MO64130
    none PC Support to build organizational capacity to benefit low-income communities in or adjacent to opportunity zones. 201908-7091 150,000
    Kauffman Scholars Inc
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    none POF Support Kauffman Scholars, Inc.'s college access and scholarship program to help low-income students complete a college education. 201908-7116 4,700,000
    Kansas City Urban Youth Academy Inc
    One Royal Way
    Kansas City,MO64129
    none PC Support for academically enriching afterschool and summer programs in Kansas City, Missouri. 201908-7232 99,543
    Teachorg Inc
    174 Hermann St
    San Francisco,CA94102
    none PC Support TEACH.org to increase the applicant pipeline for Kansas City area educator preparation programs and school systems. 201908-7237 80,000
    School Leader Lab
    PO Box 53232
    Washington,DC20009
    none PC Support the development of instructional and leadership skills among Kansas City region assistant principals. 201908-7240 25,000
    Rosedale Development Association
    1403 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,KS66103
    none PC Provide afterschool and summer programming to 130 underserved youth in Kansas City, Kansas. 201908-7244 47,500
    Babson College
    231 Forest Street
    Babson Park,MA024570310
    none PC Support for the 2020 Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference Doctoral Consortium for doctoral students expecting to pursue research and teaching careers in entrepreneurship. 201909-7296 36,750
    Grace United Community Ministries Inc
    801 Benton Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64124
    none PC Support to provide underserved youth from Kansas City, Missouri with academically enriching afterschool and summer programs. 201909-7323 99,000
    Academy of Management Inc
    555 Pleasantville Road Suite N 200
    Briarcliff Manor,NY10510
    none PC Support for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 annual conferences for the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, to encourage research on entrepreneurial cognition. 201910-7490 13,800
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2020 Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 201911-7510 1,100,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC 2020 Holiday Matching Gifts Program. 201911-7511 130,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Funding for distributions to be made to public charities within the year as appreciation of a Trustee's service to the Foundation. 201911-7512 210,000
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    801 West 47th Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO64112
    none PC 2020 United Way Matching Gift Program. 201911-7513 56,000
    Kansas City Campus for Animal Care
    4510 Belleview Suite 110
    Kansas City,MO641113538
    none PC Support for the Grand Opening Ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, January 24, 2020. 201911-7532 20,000
    Kansas City SCLC Foundation for Human Development
    and African-American Achievement
    1101 Euclid Ave
    Kansas City,MO64127
    none PC Support for the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Holiday Celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, January 12-23, 2020. 201911-7571 5,000
    Rockhurst University
    1100 Rockhurst Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    none PC Support for the Leadership Series Luncheon 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 5, 2020. 201911-7574 1,850
    National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    733 Third Avenue 6th Floor
    New York,NY10017
    none PC Support for the 20th Anniversary Dinner of Champions in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22, 2020. 201911-7576 5,000
    Association of American Geographers
    1710 Sixteenth Street NW
    Washington,DC200093198
    none PC Support for the 2020-2022 annual meetings to encourage research on geography and entrepreneurship. 201911-7580 39,900
    Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
    106 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for the ArtsKC 2020 Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 2020. 201911-7590 5,000
    Rose Brooks Center Inc
    PO Box 320599
    Kansas City,MO641320599
    none PC Support for Cabaret 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 1, 2020. 201912-7606 10,000
    Foundation for Center Education Inc
    8701 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    none PC Support for the fundraising event in Grandview, Missouri, February 29, 2020. 201912-7616 950
    Sunflower House
    15440 W 65th Street
    Shawnee,KS66217
    none PC Support for the 38th Annual Valentine's Gala in Overland Park, Kansas, February 8, 2020. 201912-7618 1,750
    Greater Kansas City Sports Foundation
    114 W 11th Street Suite 300
    Kansas City,MO64105
    none PC Support for the 2020 Sports Awards Celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, February 7, 2020. 201912-7635 5,000
    Literacy Kansas City
    3036 Troost Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64109
    none PC Support for three Literacy KC annual events taking place in Kansas City, Missouri in January, April and September of 2020. 201912-7638 2,500
    Truman Heartland Community Foundation
    4200 Little Blue Parkway Suite 340
    Independence,MO64057
    none PC Support for the Rotary Club of Independence Mardi Gras Gala 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, February 2, 2020. 201912-7649 500
    After the Harvest
    406 W 34th Street Suite 816
    Kansas City,MO64111
    none PC Support for Greens & Jeans 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2020. 201912-7650 1,000
    Blue Valley Educational Foundation
    15020 Metcalf Avenue
    Overland Park,KS66223
    none PC Support for the 30th Annual Community Breakfast in Overland Park, Kansas, September 2, 2020. 201912-7656 5,000
    Kansas City Startup Foundation
    1712 Main Street Suite 426
    Kansas City,MO64108
    none PC Support for multiple events taking place in 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. 201912-7664 95,000
    Total .................................bullet 3b 96,804,685
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 12
    Part XVI-A
    Analysis of Income-Producing Activities
    Enter gross amounts unless otherwise indicated. Unrelated business income Excluded by section 512, 513, or 514 (e)
    Related or exempt
    function income
    (See instructions.)
    1Program service revenue: (a)
    Business code
    (b)
    Amount
    (c)
    Exclusion code
    (d)
    Amount
    aRETURN OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS     01   787,886
    bOTHER REVENUE     01 30,722  
    cROYALTY/HONORARIUM INCOME     15 68,236  
    d
    e
    f
    gFees and contracts from government agencies          
    2 Membership dues and assessments....          
    3 Interest on savings and temporary cash
    investments ...........
             
    4 Dividends and interest from securities....     14 31,628,762  
    5 Net rental income or (loss) from real estate:
    aDebt-financed property......          
    bNot debt-financed property.....          
    6 Net rental income or (loss) from personal property          
    7 Other investment income.....     19 2,280,227  
    8 Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than
    inventory ............
        18 209,967,304  
    9 Net income or (loss) from special events:          
    10 Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory          
    11 Other revenue:
    aFED & STATE TAX REFUNDS
        01 327,410  
    bPROMISSORY NOTE INTEREST INCOME     01 193,396  
    c
    d
    e
    12 Subtotal. Add columns (b), (d), and (e)..   244,496,057 787,886
    13Total. Add line 12, columns (b), (d), and (e)..................
    13
    245,283,943
    (See worksheet in line 13 instructions to verify calculations.)
    Part XVI-B
    Relationship of Activities to the Accomplishment of Exempt Purposes
    Line No.
    DownArrow
    Explain below how each activity for which income is reported in column (e) of Part XVI-A contributed importantly to
    the accomplishment of the foundation’s exempt purposes (other than by providing funds for such purposes). (See
    instructions.)
    1A return of unused grant funds
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Form 990-PF (2019)
    Page 13
    Part XVII
    Information Regarding Transfers To and Transactions and Relationships With Noncharitable Exempt Organizations
    1
    Did the organization directly or indirectly engage in any of the following with any other organization described in section 501(c) (other than section 501(c)(3) organizations) or in section 527, relating to political organizations?
    Yes
    No
    a
    Transfers from the reporting foundation to a noncharitable exempt organization of:
    (1) Cash...................................
    1a(1)
    Yes
     
    (2) Other assets.................................
    1a(2)
     
    No
    b
    Other transactions:
    (1) Sales of assets to a noncharitable exempt organization....................
    1b(1)
     
    No
    (2) Purchases of assets from a noncharitable exempt organization..................
    1b(2)
     
    No
    (3) Rental of facilities, equipment, or other assets.......................
    1b(3)
     
    No
    (4) Reimbursement arrangements...........................
    1b(4)
     
    No
    (5) Loans or loan guarantees.............................
    1b(5)
     
    No
    (6) Performance of services or membership or fundraising solicitations................
    1b(6)
     
    No
    c
    Sharing of facilities, equipment, mailing lists, other assets, or paid employees..............
    1c
     
    No
    d
    If the answer to any of the above is "Yes," complete the following schedule. Column (b) should always show the fair market value
    of the goods, other assets, or services given by the reporting foundation. If the foundation received less than fair market value
    in any transaction or sharing arrangement, show in column (d) the value of the goods, other assets, or services received.

    (a) Line No. (b) Amount involved (c) Name of noncharitable exempt organization (d) Description of transfers, transactions, and sharing arrangements
    1a(1) 7,784,772 ATTACHMENT B ATTACHMENT B
    2a
    Is the foundation directly or indirectly affiliated with, or related to, one or more tax-exempt organizations
    described in section 501(c) (other than section 501(c)(3)) or in section 527? ...........
    b
    If "Yes," complete the following schedule.

    (a) Name of organization (b) Type of organization (c) Description of relationship
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