Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$196,860,585

Total expenses

$154,533,960

Contributions and grants received

— not reported

Contributions, gifts and grants paid

$95,034,142

Fair market value of assets, end of year

$3,030,814,487

Listed in Part VIII

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))

$95,048,595

As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.

Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)

$95,048,595

The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the cash method, under which a grant is recorded when it is paid. Even so, the books total and the cash figures in this section can differ, and column (d) is sometimes filed as 0.

• GREAT JOBS KC

  $20,475,583

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KANSAS CITY TALENT NETWORK TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO TO OBTAIN CREDENTIALS AND SECURE RELATED EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH-DEMAND INDUSTRIES. 202207-12771

• GREAT JOBS KC

  $9,634,064

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND SERVICES TO PROMOTE COLLEGE SAVINGS FOR LOW- AND MODEST-INCOME STUDENTS AND ADULTS NEEDING SUPPORT TO PURSUE AND COMPLETE A POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE. 201607-0836

• SCHOOL SMART KC INC

  $5,000,000

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  PROVIDE SUPPORT TO CLOSE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE GAP BETWEEN STUDENTS ATTENDING DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOLS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL DISTRICTS IN MISSOURI. 202206-12579

• EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC

  $4,646,698

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT FOR THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL'S CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND LEASE DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEADING TO POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS AND GOOD JOBS. 202405-15041

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT FOR MATCHING FUNDS FOR 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES APPLYING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN OUR REGION. 202402-14781

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT FOR KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION MATCH OF ASSOCIATE AND TRUSTEE CONTRIBUTIONS. 202403-14908

• EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL INC

  $2,896,698

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT FOR THE KAUFFMAN SCHOOL'S CONTINUED OPERATIONS DURING THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEADING TO POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS AND GOOD JOBS. 202305-13839

• REAL WORLD INITIATIVES

  $2,750,000

  KANSAS CITY, MO

  SUPPORT TO INCREASE REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS FACING BARRIERS RELATED TO INCOME, AND GEOGRAPHY, AND TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE 2024 PROX SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 202311-14534

• THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

  $2,600,000

  COLUMBIA, MO

  SUPPORT FOR NEW AND EXISTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY. 202204-12330

• NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES INSTITUTE

  $2,095,188

  WASHINGTON, DC

  SUPPORT FOR THE CITY INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT UP TO 150 ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES OVER TWO YEARS. 202105-10530

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Provenance

Return type

form_990_pf

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523169349103332

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