Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust
/OVERVIEW: The Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust supports arts and culture, community improvement, capacity building, education, health and human services in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, community improvement, capacity building, education, health, human services
IP TAKE: This funder tends to support the same organizations year after year, but it does also have an open application process that is accessible to new local grantseekers.
PROFILE: Established in 1988, the Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust is a private foundation that is managed by Bank of America Philanthropic Solution’s Missouri office. Taylor Abernathy’s family owned the Abernathy Furniture Company in Kansas City, and he eventually became the president of the First National Bank of Kansas City. The foundation “provides grants that support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming.” It funds local efforts for arts and culture, community improvement, capacity building, education, health and human services.
The Taylor S. Abernathy & Patti Harding Abernathy Charitable Trust made its first grant to Hamilton College in 1988 but has supported many different local causes since that time. It has broad interests and considers nearly any type of nonprofit need in the region. Abernathy grants are for program support and general operating support but not for capital support. Grants from this trust are for one year in duration.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $65,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on the Kansas City metropolitan area in Kansas and Missouri. Past local grantees include Support Kansas City, Connecting for Good and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Grantseekers should submit their applications through the Bank of America online system. The annual grant application deadline is May 31, and the funder notifies applicants of its grant decisions by the end of September. Direct general questions to the staff at mo.grantmaking@bankofamerica.com or 816-292-4342.
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