Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

An entrepreneur's foundation that turned one man's faith in the self made venture into a national engine for economic mobility, run from the Kansas City he refused to leave.

Financial profile

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · EIN 43-6064859 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$173,769,242$146,022,839$2,409,596,359Dec 2023
FY2022$112,688,316$192,849,743$2,381,850,120Dec 2022
FY2021$452,428,747$198,109,365$2,462,011,547Dec 2021
FY2020$236,570,819$142,970,009$2,207,692,165Dec 2020
FY2019$245,283,943$140,729,103$2,114,091,355Dec 2019
FY2015$89,069,744$117,538,000$1,872,213,097Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs EMKF

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The outside view

An entrepreneur's foundation that turned one man's faith in the self made venture into a national engine for economic mobility, run from the Kansas City he refused to leave.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Frontier

At home at the edge of what comes next.

The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.

Also reads toward The Legacy and The Movement.

Strengths

→You move toward the unknown while others wait for certainty.
→Decisions are made and acted on, and momentum rarely stalls in committee.
→Your field watches you for what's next, not what came before.

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