Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation supports quality and accessibility of the arts in the Kansas City area of Missouri and Kansas.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts, accessibility to the arts, quality art programming, performing arts, visual arts
IP TAKE: This funder focuses on Kansas City art and is a particularly accessible one to reach for local nonprofits.
PROFILE: Established in 1987, the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation is a private foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri. To create this foundation, the Muriel I. and Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation separated into two organizations based upon their diverse interests. This foundation aims to "support organizations and programs that enhance the quality and accessibility of the arts in the greater Kansas City community.” It funds local efforts for the arts.
The Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation is interested in various forms of visual and performing arts at the local level. The founder’s vision of a world-class performing arts center was completed in 2011 with the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Over the years, the foundation has supported dance, music, theater, art councils, art institutes, performance art, and youth art programs. The Kauffman Foundation provides funding in the form of general operating support, program support, specific productions, capital campaigns and fundraising events. However, it does not award grants to individuals, for deficit funding or for religious activities.
Grants range between about $500 and $500,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the Kansas City metropolitan area, which includes portions of both Missouri and Kansas. Past local grantees include the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. It requires applications to be submitted in writing to the foundation’s address and to the attention of the director of finance and grant administration. The foundation reviews proposals on an ongoing basis with no deadlines. It typically informs applicants of its decisions within 60 days. Direct general questions to the staff at info@mmkf.org or 816-932-1282.
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