Open Foundations · Missouri

Muriel Mcbrien Kauffman Foundation

Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 431460787. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $11.9M across 176 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$11.9M
paid in 2024
176
grants paid
$10K
median grant
6%
to first-time recipients
$277.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JULIA I KAUFFMAN
Address
4801 ROCKHILL ROAD, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64110
Phone
8169321219
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, PURPOSE AND USE OF FUNDS REQUESTED.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
SOME GEOGRAPHIC AND CHARITABLE FIELDS LIMITATIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533189349104343. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

series bondbond interesteventmatchingseasonarts

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 176 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Luke's Mid America Heart Institutemuriel I Kauffman Women's Heart CtrMO$3,333,333INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
2Kansas City BalletMO$1,000,000MOVING INTO THE FUTURE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
3Kansas City BalletMO$750,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR 2024-2025 SEASON
4Lyric Opera of Kansas CityMO$550,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
5Kauffman Center for the Performing ArtsMO$500,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR 2024-2025 SEASON
6Artskc Regional Arts CouncilMO$350,000GENERAL OPERATION SUPPORT FOR 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR
7Kansas City SymphonyMO$300,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY 2024-2025 SEASON
8Kansas City Repertory Theatre IncMO$255,000KCREPS 2024-2025 SEASON OF OPERATIONS
9William Jewell College Harriman-jewell SeriesMO$210,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
10Umkc ConservatoryMO$170,000OPERATING/PROGRAM SUPPORT 2024-2025
11Pac Holding IncMO$155,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
12Kauffman Center for the Performing ArtsMO$153,781SERIES 2015 BOND INTEREST
13Kauffman Center for the Performing ArtsMO$153,759SERIES 2015 BOND INTEREST
14The Nelson-atkins Museum of ArtMO$150,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
15Kauffman Center for the Performing ArtsMO$144,469SERIES 2015 BOND INTEREST

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$9.1M
2021154$7.8M
2022156$8.9M
2023159$9.6M
2024176$11.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Missouri71%
Kansas17%
New York5%
California1%
Mississippi1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alexandra E MooreDIRECTOR · 2024
Amy ClarkCOO · 2024
Cara Z NewellDIRECTOR · 2024
David LadyCIO/DIRECTOR · 2024
George P JandlDIRECTOR · 2024
Julia Irene KauffmanCHAIRMAN/CEO · 2024
Julia Power WeldDIRECTOR · 2024
Lauren Mm LapointeDIRECTOR · 2024
Peter W BrownDIRECTOR · 2024
Sharon BlickensderferCFO/TREASURER · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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