Grants awarded
Who does Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation fund?
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded $510 million across 2,491 grants to 964 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $66,500, with most between $12,767 and $135,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $75,000 versus $49,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$509.9M
Typical grant
$66K
Grantees
964
Grants
2,491
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
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$70.8M | 30 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| K Kansas City Scholars INC | $65.9M | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30.1M | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Ewing Marion Kauffman School INC
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$26.1M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| T The Curators of the University of Missouri | $13.7M | 29 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$13.1M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
School Smart Kc INC
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$10.4M | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| K Kansas City Scholars INC | $9.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$7.6M | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MO | |
National League of Cities Institute INC
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$7.3M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$6.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
National Opinion Research Center
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$5.8M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$5.1M | 4 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| S Schoolsmart Kc INC | $4.5M | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$4.4M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$4.3M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NM | |
Pipeline INC
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$3.9M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| C Curators of the University of Missouri | $3.8M | 13 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
United Way of Greater Kansas City INC
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$3.4M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Biostl
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$3.3M | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| I Individual recipient | $3.3M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship INC | $3.1M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
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$3.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$2.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
| K Kansas City Public Library | $1.9M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Kansas City Startup Foundation
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$1.9M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Union Station Kansas City INC
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$1.8M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
National Main Street Center INC
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$1.8M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| C City of Kansas City Missouri | $1.8M | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$1.7M | 9 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
Accelerator for America
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$1.7M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Community Builders of Kansas City
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$1.7M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| C Civic Council of Greater Kansas City Foundation | $1.7M | 8 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Curators of the University of Missouri | $1.7M | 13 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Urban Institute
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$1.5M | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Family Conservancy
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$1.5M | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KS | |
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$1.5M | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MO | |
Public Television 19 INC
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$1.5M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
National Public Radio INC
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
The Brookings Institution
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$1.3M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
International Business Innovation Association INC
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$1.2M | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| M Mid-America Regional Council | $1.1M | 11 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Milken Institute
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$1.1M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Urban Manufacturing Alliance
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$1.1M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| K Kansas City Teacher Residency INC | $1.1M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KS | |
| O Operation Breakthrough INC | $1.1M | 10 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Economic Development Council INC | $1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Support Kansas City INC
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$1.0M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
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$997K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| R Regents of the University of Michigan | $995K | 11 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| U University of Nebraska Board of Regents | $967K | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$959K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| L Living Cities INC the National Community Development Initiative | $936K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community Initiatives | $930K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center School District # 58 | $918K | 7 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Washington University
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$912K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
United Inner City Services INC
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$883K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
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$875K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MO | |
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$865K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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$864K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| H Hickman Mills C-1 School District | $860K | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Latinx Education Collaborative
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$845K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Aligned
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$835K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| U Unified School District No 233 | $830K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| B Black Innovation Alliance | $825K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| B Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City | $818K | 8 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$817K | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| B Board of Trustees of the | $809K | 3 | 2020 | 2020 | MO | — |
The Seattle Foundation
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$806K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| L Living Cities INC the National | $800K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$788K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | RI | |
Kids Win Missouri
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$786K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
The Aspen Institute INC
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$770K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Kc Digital Drive INC
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$760K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| B Beacon Media INC | $750K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Reorganized School District #7 of Jackson County | $745K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $724K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$722K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| P Pcs for People Kansas City LLC | $720K | 8 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mid-Continent Public Library | $719K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mokan 2020 Vision INC | $711K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$700K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| A Association of Women's Business Centers | $681K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hogan Preparatory Academy INC
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$680K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| D Delasalle Education Center | $670K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$665K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MO | |
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$660K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
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$659K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Kc Common Good INC
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$650K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MO | |
| U University Academy | $650K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rural Economic Development Center INC
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$649K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| Y Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City | $648K | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Prospect Business Association | $645K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Middle America INC | $636K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Metropolitan Community College Foundation | $632K | 8 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S State University of Iowa | $630K | 5 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Literacy Kansas City
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$629K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Turn the Page Kc INC
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$620K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
Institute for Justice
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$609K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA |
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