Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,103,223

Total expenses

$509,508

Contributions and grants received

$0

Grants paid

$500,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,103,223

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$88,214,035

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$88,214,035

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$500,000

Management and general expenses

$9,508

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$500,000

Program services were 98.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE HIGHLAND KANSAS CITY FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 509(A)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"), TO SUPPORT AND BENEFIT THE GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ("GKCCF"), A MISSOURI NONPROFIT CORPORATION. GKCCF IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION UNDER SECTION 501(A) OF THE CODE AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE AND A PUBLIC CHARITY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 509(A)(1) OF THE CODE.THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED ITS FUNDING AS ONE OF THREE CHARITABLE REMAINDER BENEFICIARIES OF A CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST CREATED BY JAMES DONDERO, WHICH TERMINATED ON NOVEMBER 30, 2011. THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SUPPORTED ORGANIZATION ARE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY BY INCREASING CHARITABLE GIVING, CONNECTING DONORS TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY CARE ABOUT, AND PROVIDING LEADERSHIP ON CRITICAL COMMUNITY ISSUES. IN 2024, GKCCF PAID OUT $357,753,871 IN GRANTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, THE GREAT MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY REGION AND INCLUDE THE CHARITABLE SECTORS OF ARTS AND CULTURE, EDUCATION, HEALTH, MEDICINE AND SCIENCE, HUMAN SERVICES, AND PHILANTHROPY. THE ORGANIZATION WILL SUPPORT AND BENEFIT GKCCF BY MAKING GRANTS DIRECTLY TO GKCCF IN SUPPORT OF ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES. IN ADDITION, UPON THE DIRECTION AND ON BEHALF OF GKCCF, THE ORGANIZATION MAY MAKE GRANTS TO SUCH OTHER PUBLIC CHARITIES THAT GKCCF WISHES TO BENEFIT IN FURTHERANCE OF GKCCF'S EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE TOTAL ANNUAL GRANTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION TO OR ON BEHALF OF GKCCF ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY $475,000 PER YEAR.

  Expenses $500,000 · Grants $500,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• JAMES DONDERO

  PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BRENDA CHUMLEY

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $300,406

  From this org

  $0

  From related orgs

  $256,661

  Other

  $43,745

  Hours/week

  0.5 + 40 related

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $0 + $215,290 related

  Bonus

  $0 + $40,579 related

  Other

  $0 + $792 related

  Deferred

  $0 + $22,752 related

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0 + $20,993 related

  Filer's total

  $0 + $300,406 related

• DEBORAH L WILKERSON

  SECRETARY, TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $549,913

  From this org

  $0

  From related orgs

  $490,724

  Other

  $59,189

  Hours/week

  2 + 40 related

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $0 + $390,208 related

  Bonus

  $0 + $100,000 related

  Other

  $0 + $516 related

  Deferred

  $0 + $34,500 related

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0 + $24,689 related

  Filer's total

  $0 + $549,913 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

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

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

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.

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY FOUNDATION · MO

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202503189349301990

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