Open Foundations · Missouri

Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts

Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 436313811. 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 $2.3M across 72 grants in 2024, a median of $15K each.

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$2.3M
paid in 2024
72
grants paid
$15K
median grant
2%
to first-time recipients
$52.5M
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
COMMERCE BANK
Address
1000 WALNUT STE 1560, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64106
Phone
8162341768
Form the request should take
APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA ONLINE PORTAL
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
QUALIFYING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND ARE ENGAGED IN SUPPORTING THE ARTS IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533179349102758. 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.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 72 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Kansas City SymphonyMO$300,0002024/2024 SEASON SUPPORT
2Lyric Opera of Kansas City IncMO$200,0002024/2025 SEASON SUPPORT
3Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City Dba Folly TheaterMO$178,677SOUND SYSTEM UPGRADE
4Kansas City Art InstituteMO$125,000MICHAEL VERGASON LANDSCAPE PLAN OVER 2 YEARS
5Nelson Gallery FoundationMO$100,000UPEXPLORED RESONANCE ACQUISITION SUPPORT
6William Jewell College (harriman-jewell Series)MO$100,0002025/2026 SEASON SUPPORT RECOGNIZED THROUGH SEASON SPONSORSHIP
7Kauffman Center for the Performing ArtsMO$80,000REPLACE HARLEQUIN LIBERTY LATCHLOC STAGE IN MURIEL KAUFFMAN THEATER
8Kansas City Art InstituteMO$65,000CERAMICS PROGRAM
9Kansas City Ballet AssociationMO$60,0002024/2025 SEASON SUPPORT AND PARTIAL UNDERWRITING OF DON QUIXOTE
10Kansas City Repertory Theatre IncMO$50,0002024/2025 SEASON SUPPORT AND PARTIAL UNDERWRITING OF EMMA
11Lyric Opera of Kansas City IncMO$50,0002025 LYRIC BALL
12Nelson Gallery FoundationMO$50,000FEATURED EXHIBITIONS: "WE LIVE IN PAINTING"
13Unicorn TheatreMO$50,000FUND OUR FUTURE (FOF) CAMPAIGN
14Musical Theater Heritage IncMO$49,000EQUIPMENT UPGRADES
15Kansas City Ballet AssociationMO$40,000FAMILY PRODUCTION OF "SNOW WHITE"

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202074$2.0M
202172$2.4M
202277$2.7M
202366$2.1M
202472$2.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Missouri94%
Kansas6%

Who decides

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

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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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