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← DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY CIVIC VENTURES

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY CIVIC VENTURES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,361,331
Total expenses
$1,049,182
Contributions and grants received
$1,361,331
Grants paid
$538,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,226,724
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,179
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,223,545
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,040,329
Management and general expenses
$238
Fundraising expenses
$8,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,040,329

Program services were 99.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $15,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,346,331

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $538,500 · program services $538,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $196,895 · program services $196,895

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,306 · program services $6,176 · fundraising $1,130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $249 · program services $11 · management and general $238

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,450 · program services $3,105 · fundraising $345

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $187,211 · program services $185,387 · fundraising $1,824

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $53,158 · program services $47,842 · fundraising $5,316

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $62,413 · program services $62,413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $315,854 · end of year $356,762

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $341,500

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,107,411

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $578,949

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $590,875 · end of year $528,462

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,333 · end of year $3,179

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $951,396 · end of year $1,223,545

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AND URBAN CORE OF KANSAS CITY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND SERVICE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PROVIDING COORDINATED SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND LESSEN THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT AND COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO MAKING KANSAS CITY CLEAN, SAFE, AND ATTRACTIVE.

  • OFFICE SPACE: PROVIDE A BUILDING AVAILABLE FOR RENT TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.

    Expenses $266,303 · Grants $153,500

  • LAUNCH KC: ATTRACT TECH ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR EARLY STAGE BUSINESSES TO ESTABLISH/GROW THEIR NEW AND EMERGING BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY.

    Expenses $774,026 · Grants $385,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Danforth

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Christopher Briggs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Kimberly Beatty

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Gib Kerr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • William Dietrich

    DIRECTOR/TOP MANAGEMENT OF

    Total calculated
    $356,789
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $329,018
    Other
    $27,771
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $329,018 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,253 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,518 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $356,789 related

  • Suzi Roberts

    TOP FINANCIAL OFFICIAL

    Total calculated
    $167,879
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $152,249
    Other
    $15,630
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $152,249 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,103 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,527 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $167,879 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • CYBERSHIP TECHNOLOGIES INC

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • DHAKAI INC

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • DVM SOLUTIONS LLC

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • HAMPTON INNOVATIONS

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • HEALTHWORX BOULDER INC

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • HILLTOP TECHNOLOGIES LLC

    $55,000

    LAUNCHKC GRANT PAYMENT

  • STORYTAILOR INC

    $55,000

    SOCIAL VENTURE STUDIO GRANT PAYMENT

  • BESTY BNB LLC

    $20,000

    SOCIAL VENTURE STUDIO GRANT PAYMENT

  • NEURU LLC

    $20,000

    SOCIAL VENTURE STUDIO GRANT PAYMENT

  • RAIA VENTURES INC

    $20,000

    SOCIAL VENTURE STUDIO GRANT PAYMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL

    501(C)(6) · TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A LIVABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY · MO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
27 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642449349301209

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