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Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (MO)
The mission of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life in Greater Kansas City by increasing charitable giving, connecting donors to community needs they care about, and providing leadership on critical community issues.
The seven founders of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation passed a hat in 1978, collecting $219.13. The Community Foundation was thus begun with an extraordinary idea: Charitable giving should be the responsibility of many, not just a select few.
Driven to improve the metropolitan area, the Community Foundation has grown to become one of the largest and most entrepreneurial public charities of its kind.
Web Address
www.gkccf.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @gkccf
The seven founders of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation passed a hat in 1978, collecting $219.13. The Community Foundation was thus begun with an extraordinary idea: Charitable giving should be the responsibility of many, not just a select few.
Driven to improve the metropolitan area, the Community Foundation has grown to become one of the largest and most entrepreneurial public charities of its kind.
Web Address
www.gkccf.org/
Social Media Links
Twitter - @gkccf
Assets and Giving for Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Assets
2019 - 2,031,283,294
2018 - 1,772,586,280
2017 - 1,847,402,144
2016 - 1,590,442,432
2019 - 2,031,283,294
2018 - 1,772,586,280
2017 - 1,847,402,144
2016 - 1,590,442,432
Domestic Grants
2019 - 284,974,061
2018 - 260,666,127
2017 - 235,225,326
2019 - 284,974,061
2018 - 260,666,127
2017 - 235,225,326
Recent News from Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Fact or fiction? - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Which of the following statements is true? According to the recently-released Giving USA study, corporate giving rose 5.5% from 2008 to 2009, even in the midst of a recession, to $14.1 billion....more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Which of the following statements is true? According to the recently-released Giving USA study, corporate giving rose 5.5% from 2008 to 2009, even in the midst of a recession, to $14.1 billion....more
Billionaire? Millionaire? Thousandaire? Hundredaire? It all ...
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Start Your Own Charity Kiplinger's Personal Finance, 09.2009; Greater Kansas City Community Foundation fund donors increase giving 9 percent. Kansas City Business Journal, 1.12.10 ... Greater...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Start Your Own Charity Kiplinger's Personal Finance, 09.2009; Greater Kansas City Community Foundation fund donors increase giving 9 percent. Kansas City Business Journal, 1.12.10 ... Greater...more
A home run! - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Tara is one lucky gal to have a mom who works at the Community Foundation. And, based on her ear-to-ear grin, she knows it! My colleague, Brenda Chumley, has every reason to share the gift of giving...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Tara is one lucky gal to have a mom who works at the Community Foundation. And, based on her ear-to-ear grin, she knows it! My colleague, Brenda Chumley, has every reason to share the gift of giving...more
I like it! I love it! - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Well what do you know! Jean-Paul, too, has caught the gift of giving bug, passing along a Give a Little Giving Card to his colleague, Jackie. Jean-Paul must know that the University of California...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Well what do you know! Jean-Paul, too, has caught the gift of giving bug, passing along a Give a Little Giving Card to his colleague, Jackie. Jean-Paul must know that the University of California...more
It's catching on! - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
The gift of giving bug has hit the folks at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Look who's paying it forward today! And check out www.betterwaytogive.org for more evidence that this...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
The gift of giving bug has hit the folks at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Look who's paying it forward today! And check out www.betterwaytogive.org for more evidence that this...more
It begins at home - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
At the Community Foundation, we are often asked about the best ways parents can nurture philanthropy in their children. What a great question! And the Community Foundation has the answers, including...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
At the Community Foundation, we are often asked about the best ways parents can nurture philanthropy in their children. What a great question! And the Community Foundation has the answers, including...more
We like it! - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
We're all about local.” That's what KCFree Press publisher Jeff Henry says about why the Web-based news and information source is rewarding readers with the gift of giving. It's all...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
We're all about local.” That's what KCFree Press publisher Jeff Henry says about why the Web-based news and information source is rewarding readers with the gift of giving. It's all...more
Survey says . . . - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Don't you just love questions like “If you were a car, what kind of car would you be?” Or, even better, “What part of the car would you be?” Needless to say, some surveys are better than...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Don't you just love questions like “If you were a car, what kind of car would you be?” Or, even better, “What part of the car would you be?” Needless to say, some surveys are better than...more
Number crunching - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
When it comes to annual giving, Kansas City companies certainly measure up compared with their peers across the nation. In 2007, corporate giving in the United States accounted for 5% of the more...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
When it comes to annual giving, Kansas City companies certainly measure up compared with their peers across the nation. In 2007, corporate giving in the United States accounted for 5% of the more...more
A big enough umbrella - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Eva couldn't wait to test out her new Jayhawk umbrella. That's a pretty big umbrella for such a little girl! Just how big is the Community Foundation's umbrella? The Greater Kansas City...more
Foundation: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Eva couldn't wait to test out her new Jayhawk umbrella. That's a pretty big umbrella for such a little girl! Just how big is the Community Foundation's umbrella? The Greater Kansas City...more
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