Form990-PF
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Return of Private Foundation
or Section 4947(a)(1) Trust Treated as Private Foundation
bulletDo not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public.
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OMB No. 1545-0052
2015
Open to Public Inspection
For calendar year 2015, or tax year beginning 01-01-2015 , and ending 12-31-2015
Name of foundation
EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
 
% KRISTIN BECHARD
Number and street (or P.O. box number if mail is not delivered to street address)4801 Rockhill Road
 
Room/suite
City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code
Kansas City, MO641102046
A Employer identification number

43-6064859
B Telephone number (see instructions)

(816) 932-1000
C bullet
G Check all that apply:

D 1. bullet
2. bullet
E bullet
H Check type of organization:
F bullet
I Fair market value of all assets at end
of year (from Part II, col. (c),
line 16)bullet$2,079,051,771
J Accounting method:
 
(Part I, column (d) must be on cash basis.)
Part I Analysis of Revenue and Expenses (The total of amounts in columns (b), (c), and (d) may not necessarily equal the amounts in column (a) (see instructions).) (a) Revenue and
expenses per
books
(b) Net investment
income
(c) Adjusted net
income
(d) Disbursements
for charitable
purposes
(cash basis only)
Revenue 1 Contributions, gifts, grants, etc., received (attach schedule) 0
2 Check bullet Sch. B .............
3 Interest on savings and temporary cash investments      
4 Dividends and interest from securities... 18,204,360 24,949,654  
5a Gross rents............      
b Net rental income or (loss)  
6a Net gain or (loss) from sale of assets not on line 10 61,084,956
b Gross sales price for all assets on line 6a 1,703,088,939
7 Capital gain net income (from Part IV, line 2)... 176,974,299
8 Net short-term capital gain.........  
9 Income modifications...........  
10a Gross sales less returns and allowances  
b Less: Cost of goods sold....  
c Gross profit or (loss) (attach schedule).....    
11 Other income (attach schedule)....... 9,780,428 -3,409,406 1,476,234
12 Total. Add lines 1 through 11........ 89,069,744 198,514,547 1,476,234
Operating and Administrative Expenses 13 Compensation of officers, directors, trustees, etc. 1,614,308     1,614,308
14 Other employee salaries and wages...... 10,140,908 1,055,332   9,085,576
15 Pension plans, employee benefits....... 3,194,429 178,882   3,015,547
16a Legal fees (attach schedule)......... 309,412 60,891 0 248,521
b Accounting fees (attach schedule)....... 118,554 19,025 0 99,529
c Other professional fees (attach schedule).... 19,309,911 11,107,448 153,180 8,049,283
17 Interest...............        
18 Taxes (attach schedule) (see instructions)... 1,001,292 258,447    
19 Depreciation (attach schedule) and depletion...      
20 Occupancy.............. 2,845,237 48,860   2,796,376
21 Travel, conferences, and meetings....... 3,658,726 29,061 1,462 3,628,203
22 Printing and publications.......... 81,898 73   81,825
23 Other expenses (attach schedule)....... 2,061,928 9,946,092 14,468 1,826,708
24 Total operating and administrative expenses.
Add lines 13 through 23.......... 44,336,603 22,704,111 169,110 30,445,876
25 Contributions, gifts, grants paid....... 73,201,397 73,201,397
26 Total expenses and disbursements. Add lines 24 and 25 117,538,000 22,704,111 169,110 103,647,273
27 Subtract line 26 from line 12:
a Excess of revenue over expenses and disbursements -28,468,256
b Net investment income (if negative, enter -0-) 175,810,436
c Adjusted net income (if negative, enter -0-)... 1,307,124
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions.
Cat. No. 11289X Form 990-PF (2015)
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Part II Balance Sheets Attached schedules and amounts in the description column
should be for end-of-year amounts only. (See instructions.)
Beginning of year End of year
(a) Book Value (b) Book Value (c) Fair Market Value
Assets 1 Cash—non-interest-bearing.............      
2 Savings and temporary cash investments......... 152,398,840 95,038,028 94,740,856
3 Accounts receivable bullet153,334
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet   10,740 153,334 153,334
4 Pledges receivable bullet  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet        
5 Grants receivable.................      
6 Receivables due from officers, directors, trustees, and other
disqualified persons (attach schedule) (see instructions).....      
7 Other notes and loans receivable (attach schedule) bullet  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts bullet        
8 Inventories for sale or use..............      
9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges..........      
10a Investments—U.S. and state government obligations (attach schedule) 25,869,177 Click to see attachment33,775,797 33,444,395
b Investments—corporate stock (attach schedule)....... 863,329,446 Click to see attachment822,575,000 873,774,943
c Investments—corporate bonds (attach schedule)....... 1,652,171 Click to see attachment582,619  
11 Investments—land, buildings, and equipment: basis bullet  
Less: accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) bullet        
12 Investments—mortgage loans.............      
13 Investments—other (attach schedule).......... 847,583,709 Click to see attachment910,432,558 1,067,236,143
14 Land, buildings, and equipment: basis bullet  
Less: accumulated depreciation (attach schedule) bullet        
15 Other assets (describe bullet) Click to see attachment9,872,355 Click to see attachment9,702,100 Click to see attachment9,702,100
16 Total assets (to be completed by all filers—see the
instructions. Also, see page 1, item I) 1,900,716,438 1,872,259,436 2,079,051,771
Liabilities 17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses..........    
18 Grants payable..................    
19 Deferred revenue.................    
20 Loans from officers, directors, trustees, and other disqualified persons    
21 Mortgages and other notes payable (attach schedule)......    
22 Other liabilities (describe bullet) Click to see attachment35,084 Click to see attachment46,339
23 Total liabilities (add lines 17 through 22)......... 35,084 46,339
Net Assets or Fund Balances bullet
and complete lines 24 through 26 and lines 30 and 31.
24 Unrestricted..................    
25 Temporarily restricted...............    
26 Permanently restricted...............    
bullet
and complete lines 27 through 31.
27 Capital stock, trust principal, or current funds........    
28 Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, bldg., and equipment fund    
29 Retained earnings, accumulated income, endowment, or other funds 1,900,681,353 1,872,213,097
30 Total net assets or fund balances (see instructions)..... 1,900,681,353 1,872,213,097
31 Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances (see instructions). 1,900,716,437 1,872,259,436
Part III
Analysis of Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances
1
Total net assets or fund balances at beginning of year—Part II, column (a), line 30 (must agree with end-of-year figure reported on prior year’s return) ...............
1
1,900,681,353
2
Enter amount from Part I, line 27a .....................
2
-28,468,256
3
Other increases not included in line 2 (itemize) bullet
3
 
4
Add lines 1, 2, and 3 ..........................
4
1,872,213,097
5
Decreases not included in line 2 (itemize) bullet
5
 
6
Total net assets or fund balances at end of year (line 4 minus line 5)—Part II, column (b), line 30 .
6
1,872,213,097
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Part IV
Capital Gains and Losses for Tax on Investment Income
(a) List and describe the kind(s) of property sold (e.g., real estate,
2-story brick warehouse; or common stock, 200 shs. MLC Co.)
(b) How acquired
P—Purchase
D—Donation
(c) Date acquired
(mo., day, yr.)
(d) Date sold
(mo., day, yr.)
1 a CUSTODIED ACCOUNTS:      
b CASH ACCOUNT      
c HARRIS ASSOCIATES      
d FIRST EAGLE      
e VANGUARD      
SSGA TRANSITION      
FDE AGRESSOR      
FDE AGENOR      
DRIEHAUS      
FIRST WILSHIRE      
SSGA GLOBAL ALPHA MAX      
NUANCE      
CONESTOGA CAPITAL ADVISORS      
RUANE, CUNIFF, & GOLDFARB      
JP MORGAN INTEREST RATE SWAPS      
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT      
BROKER ACCOUNTS:      
JP MORGAN DISTRIBUTION      
PARTNERSHIPS:      
ABINGWORTH III B LP      
ACCENT EQUITY 2003      
ACCENT EQUITY 2012      
(ADVENT) GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY III LP      
(ADVENT) GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY IV-A LP      
ARCH VENTURE FUND VI, LP      
AVENUE ASIA SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, LP      
AVENUE SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND V, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS V, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VI, LP      
BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VII, LP      
BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VII INSTITUTIONAL, LP      
BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VIII INSTITUTIONAL, LP      
BRENNER WEST CAPITAL QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LP      
CIPEF IV (CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FUND IV) 6/30 YE      
COURT SQUARE VENTURES II      
CROSSLINK PARTNERS, LP      
CS CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LP (K-1 EQUIVALENT, NOT FILED WITH IRS- FOREIG      
CS CAPITAL PARTNERS III, LP (K-1 EQUIVALENT, NOT FILED WITH IRS- FOREI      
EEIF X-B, LP (AKA ENERVEST FUND X-B, LP)      
ENCAP ENERGY CAPITAL FUND V-B, LP      
EUROCHOICE II (JERSEY) LP, AKA LODH - LOMBARD OLDIER (FOREIGN PARTNERS      
EUROPEAN SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT FUND III, LP (FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP)      
EUROPEAN SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT FUND IV, LP (FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP)      
FIR TREE VALUE FUND, LP      
FLYWHEEL I LP      
FORUM ASIAN REALITY INCOME II, L.P.      
FRANCE PRIVATE EQUITY III, AKA BUTLER CAPITAL PARTNERS (FOREIGN PARTNE      
GENERAL ATLANTIC BRAZIL FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EN PARTICIPACOES (KFB 20      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 85, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 88, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 90, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 93, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 94F, L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) II L.P.      
GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS (BERMUDA) III L.P.      
GREAT POINT DEVELOPERS      
HARBERT PRIVATE EQUITY FUND II, LLC      
HAWKEYE CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL LP      
HERRING CREEK FUND, LP      
HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL IV LP      
INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VII      
J.H. WHITNEY IV, LP      
J.H. WHITNEY VI, LP      
JP MORGAN INCUBATOR FUND (NO K-1 - OFFSHORE MUTUAL FUND)      
LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP      
LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS II LP      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND III      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND IV, LP      
MADRONA VENTURE FUND V, LP      
MATLINPATTERSON GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES III      
MATRIX PARTNERS VII, L.P.      
MAYFIELD XI      
MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS E-II, LP      
MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS F-II, LP      
MPM BIOVENTURES III QP, LP      
MPM BIOVENTURES IV QP, LP      
OAK INVESTMENT PARTNERS VII, LP      
OCM / GFI POWER OPPORTUNITIES FUND II      
PROLOG CAPITAL II, LP      
PROTEGE PARTNERS QP FUND (NO K-1 - OFFSHORE MUTUAL FUND)      
RIVERSIDE FUND III      
RIVERSIDE FUND IV      
RIVERSIDE FUND V      
SQUARE MILE PARTNERS III TE LP      
SQUARE MILE LODGING OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS, LP      
TECH INVESTMENTS II LLC      
TURNER-AGASSI CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES FUND, LP      
US VENTURE PARTNERS IV, LP      
US VENTURE PARTNERS VI, LP      
USPF FEEDER II LEVERAGED FEEDER      
USPF FEEDER III LEVERAGED FEEDER      
USPF IV LEVERAGED FEEDER LP      
VENROCK ASSOCIATES II, LP      
VENROCK ASSOCIATES III, LP      
WINDERS LAKE HOLDINGS, LLC      
WINGATE PARTNERS III, LP      
(e) Gross sales price (f) Depreciation allowed
(or allowable)
(g) Cost or other basis
plus expense of sale
(h) Gain or (loss)
(e) plus (f) minus (g)
a        
b 18,492,075   18,933,662 -441,587
c 105,463,831   100,914,897 4,548,934
d 254,175,869   252,961,594 1,214,275
e 289,424,070   281,258,779 8,165,291
76,939,699   79,120,043 -2,180,344
18,627   19,626 -999
98,750   101,762 -3,012
608,012,003   593,548,855 14,463,148
15,547,682   8,782,542 6,765,140
5,940   7,170 -1,230
88,627,953   82,609,191 6,018,762
15,467,988   13,871,968 1,596,020
34,021,196   27,930,705 6,090,491
0   2,502,907 -2,502,907
14,507,521   15,190,071 -682,550
       
8,070,601   8,496,436 -425,835
       
86,688   0 86,688
0   2,210 -2,210
13,937   0 13,937
0   296 -296
21,906   0 21,906
1,699,396   0 1,699,396
0   775,945 -775,945
0   58,585 -58,585
0   165,321 -165,321
276,971   0 276,971
5,460,455   0 5,460,455
0   84,979 -84,979
7,039,323   0 7,039,323
1,295,811   0 1,295,811
3,378,371   0 3,378,371
898,941   0 898,941
268,851   0 268,851
3,744,807   0 3,744,807
606,979   0 606,979
4,831,820   0 4,831,820
0   4,325,707 -4,325,707
0   76,788 -76,788
163,520   0 163,520
0   1,449,980 -1,449,980
364,705   0 364,705
6,069,642   0 6,069,642
0   99,042 -99,042
209,236   0 209,236
1,067,495   0 1,067,495
0   1,315 -1,315
2,235,093   0 2,235,093
2,739,006   0 2,739,006
0   64,506 -64,506
1,003,942   0 1,003,942
1,168,136   0 1,168,136
0   782,820 -782,820
9,260,244   0 9,260,244
173,955   0 173,955
19,679   0 19,679
431,081   0 431,081
0   1,027,763 -1,027,763
1,791,297   0 1,791,297
0   142,784 -142,784
23,171   0 23,171
1,579   0 1,579
227,205   0 227,205
18,738   0 18,738
20,920   0 20,920
0   1,002,467 -1,002,467
2,122,030   0 2,122,030
0   58,853 -58,853
0   376,578 -376,578
0   217,983 -217,983
67   0 67
1,886   0 1,886
28,566   0 28,566
1,922   0 1,922
282,179   0 282,179
828,795   0 828,795
18,342,178   0 18,342,178
157,735   0 157,735
83   0 83
18,807,728   0 18,807,728
0   44,562 -44,562
1,014,921   0 1,014,921
0   7,846 -7,846
798,418   0 798,418
5,620,701   0 5,620,701
0   128,360 -128,360
60,883   0 60,883
19,678,340   0 19,678,340
2,468,928   0 2,468,928
0   149,711 -149,711
0   32,746 -32,746
1,849,271   0 1,849,271
45,537,603   0 45,537,603
0   73,851 -73,851
0   28,447,304 -28,447,304
0   266,130 -266,130
Complete only for assets showing gain in column (h) and owned by the foundation on 12/31/69 (l) Gains (Col. (h) gain minus
col. (k), but not less than -0-) or
Losses (from col.(h))
(i) F.M.V. as of 12/31/69 (j) Adjusted basis
as of 12/31/69
(k) Excess of col. (i)
over col. (j), if any
a        
b       -441,587
c       4,548,934
d       1,214,275
e       8,165,291
      -2,180,344
      -999
      -3,012
      14,463,148
      6,765,140
      -1,230
      6,018,762
      1,596,020
      6,090,491
      -2,502,907
      -682,550
       
      -425,835
       
      86,688
      -2,210
      13,937
      -296
      21,906
      1,699,396
      -775,945
      -58,585
      -165,321
      276,971
      5,460,455
      -84,979
      7,039,323
      1,295,811
      3,378,371
      898,941
      268,851
      3,744,807
      606,979
      4,831,820
      -4,325,707
      -76,788
      163,520
      -1,449,980
      364,705
      6,069,642
      -99,042
      209,236
      1,067,495
      -1,315
      2,235,093
      2,739,006
      -64,506
      1,003,942
      1,168,136
      -782,820
      9,260,244
      173,955
      19,679
      431,081
      -1,027,763
      1,791,297
      -142,784
      23,171
      1,579
      227,205
      18,738
      20,920
      -1,002,467
      2,122,030
      -58,853
      -376,578
      -217,983
      67
      1,886
      28,566
      1,922
      282,179
      828,795
      18,342,178
      157,735
      83
      18,807,728
      -44,562
      1,014,921
      -7,846
      798,418
      5,620,701
      -128,360
      60,883
      19,678,340
      2,468,928
      -149,711
      -32,746
      1,849,271
      45,537,603
      -73,851
      -28,447,304
      -266,130
2 Capital gain net income or (net capital loss) Bracket If gain, also enter in Part I, line 7
If (loss), enter -0- in Part I, line 7
Bracket 2 176,974,299
3 Net short-term capital gain or (loss) as defined in sections 1222(5) and (6):
If gain, also enter in Part I, line 8, column (c) (see instructions). If (loss), enter -0-
in Part I, line 8 ...................
Bracket 3  
Part V
Qualification Under Section 4940(e) for Reduced Tax on Net Investment Income
(For optional use by domestic private foundations subject to the section 4940(a) tax on net investment income.)
If section 4940(d)(2) applies, leave this part blank.
Was the foundation liable for the section 4942 tax on the distributable amount of any year in the base period?
If "Yes," the foundation does not qualify under section 4940(e). Do not complete this part.
1 Enter the appropriate amount in each column for each year; see instructions before making any entries.
(a)
Base period years Calendar
year (or tax year beginning in)
(b)
Adjusted qualifying distributions
(c)
Net value of noncharitable-use assets
(d)
Distribution ratio
(col. (b) divided by col. (c))
2014 102,363,241 2,072,908,255 0.049381
2013 57,987,619 1,986,946,436 0.029184
2012 71,235,705 1,781,452,300 0.039987
2011 84,060,931 1,827,368,068 0.046001
2010 85,001,413 1,720,333,632 0.04941
2
Total of line 1, column (d) .....................
20.213963
3
Average distribution ratio for the 5-year base period—divide the total on line 2 by 5, or by
the number of years the foundation has been in existence if less than 5 years . . .
3
0.042793
4
Enter the net value of noncharitable-use assets for 2015 from Part X, line 5.....
4
2,096,802,849
5
Multiply line 4 by line 3......................
5
89,728,484
6
Enter 1% of net investment income (1% of Part I, line 27b)...........
6
1,758,104
7
Add lines 5 and 6........................
7
91,486,588
8
Enter qualifying distributions from Part XII, line 4.............
8
103,647,273
If line 8 is equal to or greater than line 7, check the box in Part VI, line 1b, and complete that part using a 1% tax rate. See the Part VI instructions.
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Part VI
Excise Tax Based on Investment Income (Section 4940(a), 4940(b), 4940(e), or 4948—see page 18 of the instructions)
1a Bullet and enter “N/A" on line 1. Bracket
Date of ruling or determination letter:   (attach copy of letter if necessary–see instructions)
b 1 1,758,104
hereBulletand enter 1% of Part I, line 27b...................
c All other domestic foundations enter 2% of line 27b. Exempt foreign organizations enter 4% of Part I, line 12, col. (b)
2 Tax under section 511 (domestic section 4947(a)(1) trusts and taxable foundations only. Others enter -0-) 2  
3 Add lines 1 and 2........................... 3 1,758,104
4 Subtitle A (income) tax (domestic section 4947(a)(1) trusts and taxable foundations only. Others enter -0-) 4  
5 Tax based on investment income. Subtract line 4 from line 3. If zero or less, enter -0- ..... 5 1,758,104
6 Credits/Payments:
a 2015 estimated tax payments and 2014 overpayment credited to 2015 6a 1,601,555
b Exempt foreign organizations—tax withheld at source...... 6b
c Tax paid with application for extension of time to file (Form 8868)... 6c 350,000
d Backup withholding erroneously withheld ........... 6d  
7 Total credits and payments. Add lines 6a through 6d.............. 7 1,951,555
8 Enter any penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. if Form 2220 is attached. 8  
9 Tax due. If the total of lines 5 and 8 is more than line 7, enter amount owed.......Bullet 9  
10 Overpayment. If line 7 is more than the total of lines 5 and 8, enter the amount overpaid...Bullet 10 193,451
11 Enter the amount of line 10 to be: Credited to 2015 estimated taxBullet193,451 RefundedBullet 11  
Part VII-A
Statements Regarding Activities
1a
During the tax year, did the foundation attempt to influence any national, state, or local legislation or did
Yes
No
it participate or intervene in any political campaign? Click to see list of attachments....................
1a
 
No
b
Did it spend more than $100 during the year (either directly or indirectly) for political purposes (see Instructions
for definition)?.................................
1b
 
No
If the answer is "Yes" to 1a or 1b, attach a detailed description of the activities and copies of any materials
published or distributed by the foundation in connection with the activities.
c
Did the foundation file Form 1120-POL for this year?.....................
1c
 
No
d
Enter the amount (if any) of tax on political expenditures (section 4955) imposed during the year:
(1) On the foundation. bullet$   (2) On foundation managers.bullet$  
e
Enter the reimbursement (if any) paid by the foundation during the year for political expenditure tax imposed
on foundation managers.bullet$  
2
Has the foundation engaged in any activities that have not previously been reported to the IRS?.......
2
 
No
If "Yes," attach a detailed description of the activities.
3
Has the foundation made any changes, not previously reported to the IRS, in its governing instrument, articles
of incorporation, or bylaws, or other similar instruments? If "Yes," attach a conformed copy of the changesClick to see list of attachments....
3
Yes
 
4a
Did the foundation have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year?........
4a
Yes
 
b
If "Yes," has it filed a tax return on Form 990-T for this year?...................
4b
Yes
 
5
Was there a liquidation, termination, dissolution, or substantial contraction during the year?.........
5
 
No
If "Yes," attach the statement required by General Instruction T.Click to see list of attachments
6
Are the requirements of section 508(e) (relating to sections 4941 through 4945) satisfied either:
  • By language in the governing instrument, or
  • By state legislation that effectively amends the governing instrument so that no mandatory directions
  • that conflict with the state law remain in the governing instrument?................
    6
    Yes
     
    7
    Did the foundation have at least $5,000 in assets at any time during the year? If "Yes," complete Part II, col. (c),
    and Part XV..................................
    7
    Yes
     
    8a
    Enter the states to which the foundation reports or with which it is registered (see instructions)
    bulletAL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, MD, MA, MS, MO, NY, NC, ND, OK, RI, SC, VT, VA, WV
    b
    If the answer is "Yes" to line 7, has the foundation furnished a copy of Form 990-PF to the Attorney
    General (or designate) of each state as required by General Instruction G? If "No," attach explanation .
    8b
    Yes
     
    9
    Is the foundation claiming status as a private operating foundation within the meaning of section 4942(j)(3)
    or 4942(j)(5) for calendar year 2015 or the taxable year beginning in 2015 (see instructions for Part XIV)?
    If "Yes," complete Part XIV.............................
    9
     
    No
    10
    Did any persons become substantial contributors during the tax year? If "Yes," attach a schedule listing their names
    and addresses. ...............................
    10
     
    No
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 5
    Part VII-A
    Statements Regarding Activities (continued)
    11
    At any time during the year, did the foundation, directly or indirectly, own a controlled entity within the
    meaning of section 512(b)(13)? If "Yes," attach schedule. (see instructions) .............
    11
     
    No
    12
    Did the foundation make a distribution to a donor advised fund over which the foundation or a disqualified person had
    advisory privileges? If "Yes," attach statement (see instructions).................
    12
    Yes
     
    13
    Did the foundation comply with the public inspection requirements for its annual returns and exemption application?
    13
    Yes
     
    Website addressbulletwww.kauffman.org
    14
    The books are in care ofbulletKRISTIN BECHARD Telephone no.bullet (816) 932-1000

    Located atbullet4801 ROCKHILL ROADKANSAS CITYMO ZIP+4bullet641102046
    15
    Section 4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trusts filing Form 990-PF in lieu of Form 1041.......bullet
    and enter the amount of tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the year ......bullet
    15  
    16 At any time during calendar year 2015, did the foundation have an interest in or a signature or other authority over YesNo
    a bank, securities, or other financial account in a foreign country?
    16Yes  
    See instructions for exceptions and filing requirements for FinCEN Form 114, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). If "Yes", enter the name of the foreign country bullet  
    Part VII-B
    Statements Regarding Activities for Which Form 4720 May Be Required
    File Form 4720 if any item is checked in the "Yes" column, unless an exception applies.
    Yes
    No
    1a
    During the year did the foundation (either directly or indirectly):
    (1) Engage in the sale or exchange, or leasing of property with a disqualified person?
    (2) Borrow money from, lend money to, or otherwise extend credit to (or accept it from)
    a disqualified person?......................
    (3) Furnish goods, services, or facilities to (or accept them from) a disqualified person?
    (4) Pay compensation to, or pay or reimburse the expenses of, a disqualified person?
    (5) Transfer any income or assets to a disqualified person (or make any of either available
    for the benefit or use of a disqualified person)?...............
    (6) Agree to pay money or property to a government official? (Exception. Check "No"
    if the foundation agreed to make a grant to or to employ the official for a period
    after termination of government service, if terminating within 90 days.).......
    b
    If any answer is "Yes" to 1a(1)–(6), did any of the acts fail to qualify under the exceptions described in Regulations
    section 53.4941(d)-3 or in a current notice regarding disaster assistance (see instructions)? ........
    1b
     
    No
    ........bullet
    c
    Did the foundation engage in a prior year in any of the acts described in 1a, other than excepted acts,
    that were not corrected before the first day of the tax year beginning in 2015?.............
    1c
     
    No
    2
    Taxes on failure to distribute income (section 4942) (does not apply for years the foundation was a private
    operating foundation defined in section 4942(j)(3) or 4942(j)(5)):
    a
    At the end of tax year 2015, did the foundation have any undistributed income (lines 6d
    and 6e, Part XIII) for tax year(s) beginning before 2015?.............
    If "Yes," list the years bullet20, 20, 20, 20
    b
    Are there any years listed in 2a for which the foundation is not applying the provisions of section 4942(a)(2)
    (relating to incorrect valuation of assets) to the year’s undistributed income? (If applying section 4942(a)(2)
    to all years listed, answer "No" and attach statement—see instructions.) ..............
    2b
     
     
    c
    If the provisions of section 4942(a)(2) are being applied to any of the years listed in 2a, list the years here.
    bullet20, 20, 20, 20
    3a
    Did the foundation hold more than a 2% direct or indirect interest in any business enterprise at
    any time during the year?......................
    b
    If "Yes," did it have excess business holdings in 2015 as a result of (1) any purchase by the foundation
    or disqualified persons after May 26, 1969; (2) the lapse of the 5-year period (or longer period approved
    by the Commissioner under section 4943(c)(7)) to dispose of holdings acquired by gift or bequest; or (3)
    the lapse of the 10-, 15-, or 20-year first phase holding period? (Use Schedule C, Form 4720, to determine
    if the foundation had excess business holdings in 2015.)..................
    3b
     
    No
    4a
    Did the foundation invest during the year any amount in a manner that would jeopardize its charitable purposes?
    4a
     
    No
    b
    Did the foundation make any investment in a prior year (but after December 31, 1969) that could jeopardize its
    charitable purpose that had not been removed from jeopardy before the first day of the tax year beginning in 2015?
    4b
     
    No
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 6
    Part VII-B
    Statements Regarding Activities for Which Form 4720 May Be Required (Continued)
    5a
    During the year did the foundation pay or incur any amount to:
    (1) Carry on propaganda, or otherwise attempt to influence legislation (section 4945(e))?
    (2) Influence the outcome of any specific public election (see section 4955); or to carry
    on, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive?.............
    (3) Provide a grant to an individual for travel, study, or other similar purposes?
    (4) Provide a grant to an organization other than a charitable, etc., organization described
    in section 4945(d)(4)(A)? (see instructions)................
    (5) Provide for any purpose other than religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or
    educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals?.....
    b
    If any answer is "Yes" to 5a(1)–(5), did any of the transactions fail to qualify under the exceptions described in
    Regulations section 53.4945 or in a current notice regarding disaster assistance (see instructions)? ......
    5b
     
    No
    .........bullet
    c
    If the answer is "Yes" to question 5a(4), does the foundation claim exemption from the
    tax because it maintained expenditure responsibility for the grant?..........
    If "Yes," attach the statement required by Regulations section 53.4945–5(d). Click to see attachment
    6a
    Did the foundation, during the year, receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to pay premiums on
    a personal benefit contract?.....................
    b
    Did the foundation, during the year, pay premiums, directly or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract?....
    6b
     
    No
    If "Yes" to 6b, file Form 8870.
    7a
    At any time during the tax year, was the foundation a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction?
    b
    If yes, did the foundation receive any proceeds or have any net income attributable to the transaction? ....
    7b
     
     
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 7
    Part VIII
    Information About Officers, Directors, Trustees, Foundation Managers, Highly Paid Employees,
    and Contractors
    1 List all officers, directors, trustees, foundation managers and their compensation (see instructions).
    (a) Name and address (b) Title, and average
    hours per week
    devoted to position
    (c) Compensation
    (If not paid, enter
    -0-)
    (d) Contributions to employee benefit plans and deferred compensation (e) Expense account,
    other allowances
    Kristin BechardClick to see attachment Treasurer
    40.0
    249,271 56,325 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Wendy GuilliesClick to see attachment President & CEO
    40.0
    468,537 58,031 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Julia KauffmanClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Janice KreamerClick to see attachment Trustee, Chair
    12.0
    125,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Barbara MowryClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Benno SchmidtClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Michael SchultzClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    0 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    John ShermanClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Michael StolperClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    Jeannine StrandjordClick to see attachment Trustee
    8.0
    60,000 0 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    JOHN E TYLER IIIClick to see attachment GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY
    40.0
    411,500 38,829 0
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    2 Compensation of five highest-paid employees (other than those included on line 1—see instructions). If none, enter “NONE."
    (a) Name and address of each employee paid more than $50,000 (b) Title, and average
    hours per week
    devoted to position
    (c) Compensation (d) Contributions to
    employee benefit
    plans and deferred
    compensation
    (e) Expense account,
    other allowances
    MCLEAN MARY EClick to see attachment CHIEF INVESTMENT OFF
    40.0
    632,989 49,125 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    ANZALONE JENNIFER LClick to see attachment DIRECTOR
    40.0
    173,932 184,504 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    NORTH AARON MClick to see attachment VICE PRESIDENT
    40.0
    270,529 51,763 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    STANGLER DANIEL JClick to see attachment VICE PRESIDENT
    40.0
    261,799 52,121 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    MURRAY LISA RClick to see attachment INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
    40.0
    217,769 50,295 0
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    Total number of other employees paid over $50,000...................bullet 94
    3 Five highest-paid independent contractors for professional services (see instructions). If none, enter "NONE".
    (a) Name and address of each person paid more than $50,000 (b) Type of service (c) Compensation
    General Atlantic Partners Investment Mgmt Serv 1,400,259
    55 East 52nd St 32 Floor
    NEW YORK,NY10055
    First Eagle Investment Management LLC Investment Mgmt Serv 1,313,358
    1345 Avenue of the Americas
    NEW YORK,NY10105
    Turner Agassi Charter School Facilities Investment Mgmt Serv 1,300,905
    3000 Olympic Blvd Bldg 1 Ste 212
    SANTA MONICA,CA90404
    Driehaus Capital Management LLC Investment Mgmt Serv 1,099,731
    25 E Erie Street
    CHICAGO,IL60611
    Harris Associates LP Investment Mgmt Serv 865,951
    111 South Wacker Drive Suite 4600
    CHICAGO,IL60606
    Total number of others receiving over $50,000 for professional services.............bullet61
    Part IX-A
    Summary of Direct Charitable Activities
    List the foundation’s four largest direct charitable activities during the tax year. Include relevant statistical information such as the number of organizations and other beneficiaries served, conferences convened, research papers produced, etc. Expenses
    1
     
    2  
    3  
    4  
    Part IX-B
    Summary of Program-Related Investments (see instructions)
    Describe the two largest program-related investments made by the foundation during the tax year on lines 1 and 2. Amount
    1 NONE  
    2  
    All other program-related investments. See instructions.
    3  
    Total. Add lines 1 through 3.........................bullet  
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 8
    Part X
    Minimum Investment Return (All domestic foundations must complete this part. Foreign foundations,see instructions.)
    1
    Fair market value of assets not used (or held for use) directly in carrying out charitable, etc.,
    purposes:
    a
    Average monthly fair market value of securities...................
    1a
    953,758,559
    b
    Average of monthly cash balances.......................
    1b
    135,105,173
    c
    Fair market value of all other assets (see instructions)................
    1c
    1,039,870,125
    d
    Total (add lines 1a, b, and c).........................
    1d
    2,128,733,857
    e
    Reduction claimed for blockage or other factors reported on lines 1a and
    1c (attach detailed explanation) .............
    1e
     
    2
    Acquisition indebtedness applicable to line 1 assets..................
    2
    0
    3
    Subtract line 2 from line 1d.........................
    3
    2,128,733,857
    4
    Cash deemed held for charitable activities. Enter 1 1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see
    instructions) .............................
    4
    31,931,008
    5
    Net value of noncharitable-use assets. Subtract line 4 from line 3. Enter here and on Part V, line 4
    5
    2,096,802,849
    6
    Minimum investment return. Enter 5% of line 5..................
    6
    104,840,142
    Part XI
    Distributable Amount bullet
    1
    Minimum investment return from Part X, line 6....................
    1
    104,840,142
    2a
    Tax on investment income for 2015 from Part VI, line 5......
    2a
    1,758,104
    b
    Income tax for 2015. (This does not include the tax from Part VI.)...
    2b
     
    c
    Add lines 2a and 2b............................
    2c
    1,758,104
    3
    Distributable amount before adjustments. Subtract line 2c from line 1............
    3
    103,082,038
    4
    Recoveries of amounts treated as qualifying distributions................
    4
    1,081,807
    5
    Add lines 3 and 4............................
    5
    104,163,845
    6
    Deduction from distributable amount (see instructions).................
    6
     
    7
    Distributable amount as adjusted. Subtract line 6 from line 5. Enter here and on Part XIII, line 1 ...
    7
    104,163,845
    Part XII
    Qualifying Distributions (see instructions)
    1
    Amounts paid (including administrative expenses) to accomplish charitable, etc., purposes:
    a
    Expenses, contributions, gifts, etc.—total from Part I, column (d), line 26 ..........
    1a
    103,647,273
    b
    Program-related investments—total from Part IX-B..................
    1b
    0
    2
    Amounts paid to acquire assets used (or held for use) directly in carrying out charitable, etc.,
    purposes...............................
    2
    0
    3
    Amounts set aside for specific charitable projects that satisfy the:
    a
    Suitability test (prior IRS approval required)....................
    3a
    0
    b
    Cash distribution test (attach the required schedule) .................
    3b
    0
    4
    Qualifying distributions. Add lines 1a through 3b. Enter here and on Part V, line 8, and Part XIII, line 4
    4
    103,647,273
    5
    Foundations that qualify under section 4940(e) for the reduced rate of tax on net investment
    income. Enter 1% of Part I, line 27b (see instructions).................
    5
    1,758,104
    6
    Adjusted qualifying distributions. Subtract line 5 from line 4..............
    6
    101,889,169
    Note: The amount on line 6 will be used in Part V, column (b), in subsequent years when calculating whether the foundation qualifies for
    the section 4940(e) reduction of tax in those years.
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 9
    Part XIII
    Undistributed Income (see instructions)
    (a)
    Corpus
    (b)
    Years prior to 2014
    (c)
    2014
    (d)
    2015
    1 Distributable amount for 2015 from Part XI, line 7 104,163,845
    2 Undistributed income, if any, as of the end of 2015:
    a Enter amount for 2014 only....... 0
    b Total for prior years:2013, 2012, 2011 0
    3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015:
    a From 2010...... 1,030,438
    b From 2011......  
    c From 2012......  
    d From 2013......  
    e From 2014...... 1,188,365
    fTotal of lines 3a through e........ 2,218,803
    4Qualifying distributions for 2015 from Part
    XII, line 4: bullet$ 103,647,273
    a Applied to 2014, but not more than line 2a 0
    b Applied to undistributed income of prior years
    (Election required—see instructions).....
     
    c Treated as distributions out of corpus (Election
    required—see instructions)........
     
    d Applied to 2015 distributable amount..... 103,647,273
    e Remaining amount distributed out of corpus 0
    5 Excess distributions carryover applied to 2015. 516,572 516,572
    (If an amount appears in column (d), the
    same amount must be shown in column (a).)
    6Enter the net total of each column as
    indicated below:
    a Corpus. Add lines 3f, 4c, and 4e. Subtract line 5 1,702,231
    b Prior years’ undistributed income. Subtract
    line 4b from line 2b ..........
    0
    c Enter the amount of prior years’ undistributed
    income for which a notice of deficiency has
    been issued, or on which the section 4942(a)
    tax has been previously assessed......
     
    d Subtract line 6c from line 6b. Taxable amount
    —see instructions ...........
    0
    e Undistributed income for 2014. Subtract line
    4a from line 2a. Taxable amount—see
    instructions .............
    0
    f Undistributed income for 2016. Subtract
    lines 4d and 5 from line 1. This amount must
    be distributed in 2015 ..........
    0
    7 Amounts treated as distributions out of
    corpus to satisfy requirements imposed by
    section 170(b)(1)(F) or 4942(g)(3) (Election may
    be required - see instructions) .......
     
    8Excess distributions carryover from 2010 not
    applied on line 5 or line 7 (see instructions) ...
    513,866
    9Excess distributions carryover to 2016.
    Subtract lines 7 and 8 from line 6a ......
    1,188,365
    10 Analysis of line 9:
    a Excess from 2011....  
    b Excess from 2012....  
    c Excess from 2013....  
    d Excess from 2014.... 1,188,365
    e Excess from 2015....  
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 10
    Part XIV
    Private Operating Foundations (see instructions and Part VII-A, question 9)
    1a If the foundation has received a ruling or determination letter that it is a private operating
    foundation, and the ruling is effective for 2015, enter the date of the ruling.......bullet
     
    b Check box to indicate whether the organization is a private operating foundation described in section or
    2a Enter the lesser of the adjusted net
    income from Part I or the minimum
    investment return from Part X for each
    year listed ..........
    Tax year Prior 3 years (e) Total
    (a) 2015 (b) 2014 (c) 2013 (d) 2012
             
    b 85% of line 2a .........          
    c Qualifying distributions from Part XII,
    line 4 for each year listed .....
             
    d Amounts included in line 2c not used directly
    for active conduct of exempt activities ..........
             
    e Qualifying distributions made directly
    for active conduct of exempt activities.
    Subtract line 2d from line 2c ....
             
    3 Complete 3a, b, or c for the
    alternative test relied upon:
    a “Assets" alternative test—enter:
    (1) Value of all assets ......          
    (2) Value of assets qualifying
    under section 4942(j)(3)(B)(i)
             
    b “Endowment" alternative test— enter 2/3
    of minimum investment return shown in
    Part X, line 6 for each year listed...
             
    c “Support" alternative test—enter:
    (1) Total support other than gross
    investment income (interest,
    dividends, rents, payments
    on securities loans (section
    512(a)(5)), or royalties) ....
             
    (2) Support from general public
    and 5 or more exempt
    organizations as provided in
    section 4942(j)(3)(B)(iii)....
             
    (3) Largest amount of support
    from an exempt organization
             
    (4) Gross investment income          
    Part XV
    Supplementary Information (Complete this part only if the organization had $5,000 or more in
    assets at any time during the year—see instructions.)
    1Information Regarding Foundation Managers:
    aList any managers of the foundation who have contributed more than 2% of the total contributions received by the foundation
    before the close of any tax year (but only if they have contributed more than $5,000). (See section 507(d)(2).)
    NON
    bList any managers of the foundation who own 10% or more of the stock of a corporation (or an equally large portion of the
    ownership of a partnership or other entity) of which the foundation has a 10% or greater interest.
    NON
    2Information Regarding Contribution, Grant, Gift, Loan, Scholarship, etc., Programs:
    Check here bullet
    aThe name, address, and telephone number or e-mail address of the person to whom applications should be addressed:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    4801 ROCKHILL ROAD
    KANSAS CITY,MO64110
    (816) 932-1000
    bThe form in which applications should be submitted and information and materials they should include:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    cAny submission deadlines:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    dAny restrictions or limitations on awards, such as by geographical areas, charitable fields, kinds of institutions, or other
    factors:
    SEE ATTACHMENT D
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 11
    Part XV
    Supplementary Information (continued)
    3 Grants and Contributions Paid During the Year or Approved for Future Payment
    Recipient If recipient is an individual,
    show any relationship to
    any foundation manager
    or substantial contributor
    Foundation
    status of
    recipient
    Purpose of grant or
    contribution
    Amount
    Name and address (home or business)
    aPaid during the year
    Boston University
    765 Commonwealth Ave
    Boston,MA02215
    NONE NC Support Boston University's School of Law research project on law, innovation and economic growth. 20085481 100,000
    Duke University
    1 Towerview Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Fellowships to support Research in Entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20090041 25,000
    KIPP Foundation
    135 Main Street Suite 1700
    San Francisco,CA94105
    NONE PC Support KIPP with matching funds for the Department of Education's i3 grant to the KIPP Foundation, the consortium of KIPP schools and regional organizations in support of KIPP's leadership development programs and network growth efforts. 20100924 100,000
    Columbia University
    435 West 116 Street
    Jerome Greene Hall Rm 724
    New York,NY10027
    NONE NC Support completion of Columbia Law School's project on law, innovation, and economic growth, focusing on business partnerships and contracting. 20110494 31,029
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support the KC STEM Alliance as the Kansas City region's K-12 STEM education and workforce expansion organization. 20110512 550,000
    American Philosophical Society
    104 South 5th Street
    Philadelphia,PA191063387
    NONE PC Support the pilot program for pre-dissertation doctoral students in the area of physical and biological sciences, mathematics, and technology in the pursuit of innovation and entrepreneurial outcomes. 20110665 120,000
    Abraham Mabel B
    51 Orient Avenue
    Arlington,MA02474
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20111004 3,000
    Lanahan Lauren E
    205 D West Poplar Avenue
    Carrboro,NC27510
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20111038 3,000
    The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    2385 Irving Hill Road
    Lawrence,KS660457568
    NONE PC Support for the continuation of the Kansas City Area Educational Research Consortium to improve preschool through higher education for all students in the Kansas City metropolitan area by providing tools for data-driven educational policy research, evaluation, and implementation. 20120846 128,415
    Cowgill Jr Bradford Lee
    1931 Diamond Street
    San Francisco,CA94131
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120981 3,000
    Demetry Daphne
    1700 State Street Apt 253
    Nashville,TN37203
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120983 3,000
    McCasland Jamie
    1985 Penman Springs Road
    Paso Robles,CA93446
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120988 3,000
    Nelson Russel
    6386 Adobe Circle
    Irvine,CA92617
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120990 3,000
    Osman Adam
    342 Greene Street
    New Haven,CT06511
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120992 3,000
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Office of Sponsered programs
    505 10th Street Suite 300
    Atlanta,GA303320420
    NONE SO III FI Support the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) annual conference on technology entrepreneurship for the years 2013-2015. 20130168 10,000
    Kansas University Endowment Association
    3901 Rainbow Blvd
    Mail Stop 3012
    Kansas City,KS66160
    NONE PC Support a research project to understand how the Affordable Care Act might impact new and growing businesses. 20130211 16,607
    Trustees of William Jewell College
    500 College Hill
    Liberty,MO64068
    NONE PC Support an initiative to develop a sustainable entrepreneurial environment and culture across campus with a primary focus on developing an experiential, competency-based entrepreneurship model for faculty, staff and students. 20130289 97,812
    Thomas B Fordham Institute
    1016 - 16th Street NW 8th Floor
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support the Emerging Education Policy Scholars Program that brings up-and-coming scholars together with education policy experts to determine the best methods to translate education research into policy. 20130510 12,500
    University of Pennsylvania
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia,PA191046370
    NONE NC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20130551 14,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support to provide staff, programming, and equipment for the planned Free Enterprise Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 20130708 2,500,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Week
    2400 N Street NW Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE SO I Support to organize and implement Global Entrepreneurship Week, a series of activities for the years 2014 through 2016, designed to inspire young people to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. 20130795 1,492,500
    Pinchot University
    220 Second Avenue South Suite 400
    Seattle,WA98104
    NONE PC Support to work with two regional partnerships, each led by a local Workforce Development Council and the Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, to develop and implement a three-tiered entrepreneurship educational program and assess its viability as an ongoing program offering within the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funded system. 20130987 10,000
    Academie Lafayette
    6903 Oak Street
    Kansas City,MO64113
    NONE PC Support implementation of an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at Academie Lafayette, a framework of learning which encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. 20131027 75,000
    University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
    Youngberg Hall
    2385 Irving Hall Road
    Lawrence,KS66045
    NONE PC support to provide a study of immigration in the kansas city metropolitan area and the states of missouri and kansas. 20131106 4,750
    University of Maryland
    Robert H Smith School of Business
    4562 Van Munching Hall
    College Park,MD20742
    NONE NC Support for emerging scholars doctoral consortia at the 2014 and 2015 Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conferences. 20131226 18,540
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    801 West 47th Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO64112
    NONE PC Kauffman Foundation match of associate contributions. 20140001 5,321
    Innovations for Poverty Action a New Jersey
    nonprofit corporation
    1731 Connecticut Ave 4th Floor
    Washington,DC20009
    NONE PC Support for building a network of researchers who will engage in programmatic research, especially randomized control trials. 20140048 40,000
    Teach for America Inc
    25 Broadway 12th Floor
    New York,NY10004
    NONE PC Support the Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative to encourage and support alumni in launching innovative social ventures that address the root causes of educational inequity. 20140072 77,500
    Leading Educators Inc
    1824 Oretha Caslel Haley Blvd
    New Orleans,LA70113
    NONE PC Support to expand the impact of Leading Educators to additional leaders, teachers, and students in high-need schools in the Kansas City region. 20140077 100,000
    Sweat Equity Enterprises Inc dba Enstitute
    32 Havemeyer Street
    2B
    Brooklyn,NY11211
    NONE PC Support to study the effects of entrepreneurial apprenticeship and mentoring programs on successful skill development and job market entry. 20140140 40,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KCUR
    4825 Troost Suite 202
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC Support for KCUR to increase its coverage of education and entrepreneurship reporting. 20140141 50,000
    Innovate St Louis
    911 Washington Avenue 722
    St Louis,MO63101
    NONE PC Support data collection and research through the Information Technology Entrepreneur Network (ITEN) and the development of a comprehensive Playbook to record ITEN's history and process, and translate that experience into a "how to" manual for establishing similar programs in other markets. 20140150 100,000
    Washington Monthly Corporation
    1200 18th Street NW Suite 330
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for the production of in-depth, long-form, and web-based journalism on the nexus between innovation and government policy; support for a book-length report entitled, "The St. Louis Project: Why Heartland Cities are Doing Everything Right Yet Losing the Race for Growth and support for one or more events each year of the grant, based on Kauffman-promoted print and web pieces. 20140152 120,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College aka
    Harvard University Department of E
    Littauer Center 315A 1805 Cambridg
    Cambridge,MA02138
    NONE PC Support research to explore the concept of salience theory, as it applies to entrepreneurship (motivation, management, and market-changing innovations). 20140189 60,000
    Pipeline Inc
    1919 W 45th Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66103
    NONE PC Support for acquiring, developing, delivering and studying entrepreneurial experiences and activities, particularly through fellowship and alumni programs that further Pipeline's charitable purposes in the Midwest. 20140192 470,500
    Johns Hopkins University
    280 Megenthaler
    3400 North Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support research to analyze the political economy of entrepreneurship, including barriers to new business creation across a variety of economic sectors and how those barriers contribute to negative economic trends. 20140216 29,771
    The Third Way Foundation
    1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW
    Suite 575
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support a research paper and educational conference to educate policymakers and the public as to the effects of regulatory accumulation on entrepreneurs and innovators. 20140241 75,000
    Central Exchange Education Center
    1020 Central Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for the Central Exchange to create the Midwest Women's Business Enterprise Council, a regional certification agency for women-owned businesses to add credentials to their business and gain access to greater business opportunities. 20140314 40,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC Support for UMKC outreach to the entrepreneurship community through the digital sandbox initiative. 20140320 100,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    4747 Troost
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support two additional staff positions to meet expansion demands to additional entrepreneurial ecosystems. 20140321 120,000
    Kansas City Public Library
    14 West 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC General operating support. 20140323 500,000
    Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research
    158 Goya Road
    Portola Valley,CA94028
    NONE PF Support for a series of three working meetings to identify key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is receptive to innovation and growth. 20140360 110,000
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    50 Memorial Drive E52-325
    Cambridge,MA02142
    NONE PC Support for a randomized control trial to assess the knowledge and skills growth of students participating in MIT's summer startup accelerator program, the MIT Global Founders' Skills Accelerator (MIT GFSA). 20140362 25,000
    Long Beach Community College District
    4901 East Carson Street
    Long Beach,CA90808
    NONE NC Support the establishment of an Entrepreneur- in-Residence program at Long Beach City College to provide increased access to highest-caliber startup coaching and technical advisory services for tech-based, high-growth startups in the greater Long Beach area, and to support the development of entrepreneurship education curricula and programming. 20140364 50,000
    Johnson County Library Foundation
    PO Box 183
    Shawnee Mission,KS66201
    NONE PC Support for the expansion and outreach of the MakerSpace program, located at the Johnson County Library's Central Resource Library. 20140392 8,000
    Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    PO Box 400195
    Charlottesville,VA229044195
    NONE PC Support for randomized control trials on the principles of effectuation and entrepreneurial decision-making. 20140395 75,616
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KC SourceLink - UMKC
    4747 Troost
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for a Program Services Coordinator to improve Kansas City's entrepreneurial ecosystem related to UMKC's grant from the United States Economic Development Administration. 20140405 12,500
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support for the School's continued operations in FY2015 to develop, manage, and operate a charter school of excellence. 20140430 363,971
    Johns Hopkins University
    338 Mergenthaler Hall
    3400 N Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support the production of a short book that will analyze the role of rent-seeking in the health care industry. 20140449 37,772
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a case study analysis and publication of research related to rent-seeking behavior in the political process by incumbent market players. 20140450 55,500
    George Washington University
    2121 I Street NW
    Washington,DC20052
    NONE PC Support to extend a research project evaluating U.S. economic development programs (including Kansas City metropolitan firms) to include an evaluation of the Missouri Quality Jobs program and additional data on the Kansas Peak program. 20140453 8,915
    Brandeis University
    415 South Street
    Waltham,MA024542728
    NONE PC Support the 5th and 6th annual Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, November 2014 and November 2015, respectively. 20140454 18,721
    Teach and Learn Experientially
    8300 NE Underground Drive Pillar 1
    Kansas City,MO64161
    NONE PC Support for the Exchange City and EarthWorks Afterschool Enrichment Program. 20140457 25,000
    United Inner City Services
    2008 E 12th Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC General operating support. 20140493 50,000
    Trustees of Princeton University
    106 Fisher Hall
    Princeton,NJ08544
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140500 14,252
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    3718 Locust Walk
    445 McNeil Building
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140501 7,500
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    77 Massachusetts Avenue
    Building E17 Room 210
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140502 17,500
    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    655 Knight Way
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140503 10,000
    Brigham Young University
    660 Tanner Building
    Provo,UT84602
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140504 15,000
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    800 W Peachtree Street NW
    Atlanta,GA30308
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140505 17,500
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Office for Sponsored Programs
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA02138
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140506 17,500
    University of Maryland
    7621 Mowatt Lane
    4562 Van Munching Hall
    College Park,MD20740
    NONE NC Support for the annual Consortium on Competition and Cooperation, a doctoral consortium on innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change for the next three years 2015 through 2017. 20140522 25,000
    Washington University
    One Brookings Drive
    Campus Box 1133
    St Louis,MO63130
    NONE PC Support for the second phase of a research project on how network patterns of female entrepreneurs differ from male entrepreneurs, and the effect on the St. Louis regional ecosystem. 20140555 13,500
    Catawba Valley Community College Foundation Inc
    2550 Highway 70 SE
    Hickory,NC286029699
    NONE PC Support for the establishment of an Entrepreneur- in-Residence program at Catawba Valley Community College to provide increased access to highest-caliber startup coaching and technical advisory services for tech-based, high-growth startups in the greater Hickory area, and to support the development of entrepreneurship education curricula and programming. 20140592 50,000
    Research Foundation of the City University of
    New York
    31-10 Thompson Avenue
    Long Island City,NY11101
    NONE PC Support the establishment of an Entrepreneur- in-Residence program at LaGuardia Community College to provide increased access to highest- caliber startup coaching and technical advisory services for tech-based, high-growth startups through the community college, and to support the development of entrepreneurship education curricula and programming. 20140593 50,000
    Indian River State College
    3209 Virginia Avenue
    Fort Pierce,FL349815596
    NONE PC Support for the establishment of an Entrepreneur- in-Residence program at Indian River State College to provide increased access to highest-caliber startup coaching and technical advisory services for tech-based, high-growth startups in the greater Fort Pierce area, and to support the development of entrepreneurship education curricula and programming. 20140594 50,000
    Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
    Education and Entrepreneurial Found
    340 Victoria Road
    Asheville,NC28801
    NONE PC Support the establishment of an Entrepreneur- in-Residence program at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Education and Entrepreneurial Foundation to provide increased access to highest-caliber startup coaching and technical advisory services for tech-based, high-growth startups through the community college, and to support the development of entrepreneurship education curricula and programming. 20140595 50,000
    Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
    101 Montgomery Street Suite 1300
    San Francisco,CA94104
    NONE PC Support for research on the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on entrepreneurial activity and hiring practices. 20140602 25,000
    Iowa Policy Project
    20 E Market Street
    Iowa City,IA52245
    NONE PC Support to study how different state economic development policies and incentive programs affect firms of different compositions. 20140621 14,000
    City of Fountains Foundation
    PO Box 9193
    Shawnee Mission,KS662011793
    NONE PC Support for the restoration of the William Volker Memorial Fountain. 20140622 50,000
    The Regents of the University of Michigan
    426 Thompson Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481041248
    NONE PC Support for the creation and build-out of a new data platform, the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS). 20140651 321,529
    Regents of the University of California
    Office of Contract and Grant Admini
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla,CA92093
    NONE PC Support for the second phase of research on elite university students' career trajectories, and especially the influence of particular industries (with a focus on consulting and finance) on those trajectories. 20140652 25,000
    National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
    1050 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge,MA021385398
    NONE PC Support for a research platform for entrepreneurship and innovation through multiple projects such as working group meetings, conferences, working papers, Boot Camp, and other emerging scholars initiatives. 20140669 262,446
    Fund for Teachers A Foundation to Recognize
    stimulate and enhance
    2000 Post Oak Blvd Suite 100
    Houston,TX77056
    NONE PC Support fellowships for professional growth of pre K-12 teachers in the Kansas City area. 20140680 52,791
    American Education Finance Association Inc
    dba Association for Education Finan
    6703 Madison Creek Drive
    Columbia,MO65203
    NONE PC Support for the 40th and 41st Anniversary Conference in Washington, D.C. for the years 2015 and 2016, and to establish a Kauffman Prize for the best paper on the effects of education on labor market outcomes. 20140687 8,500
    United States Census Bureau
    4700 Silver Springs Road
    Washington,DC20233
    NONE NC Support for the Foundation's collaboration with the Census Bureau to create a new annual Survey of Business Owners. 20140701 1,800,000
    Friends of the Bruce R Watkins Cultural Heritage
    Center Museum
    3700 Blue Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64130
    NONE PC Support to fund programming for the celebration of 25 Years of African-American History and Culture. 20140723 5,000
    Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc
    14 Marietta Street NW
    Suite 392
    Atlanta,GA30303
    NONE PC Support to examine the recent history of immigrant migration in the United States and how this migration was affected by labor market conditions, geography, and demography. 20140729 29,000
    Cleveland State University Foundation
    Center for Economic Development
    1717 Euclid Ave
    Cleveland,OH44115
    NONE PC Support for research on high-growth firms in the state of Ohio, including analysis of academic definitions for high-growth throughout different business cycles (expansion, recession, recovery), and detailed analysis of Ohio's different regional entrepreneurial ecosystems. 20140730 37,125
    Public Forum Institute
    2400 N Street NW
    Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for the domestic, administrative infrastructure of the Kauffman-led Global Entrepreneurship Research Network (GERN), and Startup Nation, as well as a Policy Survey a part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. 20140731 150,000
    Cornell University
    111 8th Avenue
    Suite 302
    New York,NY10011
    NONE PC Support for a qualitative longitudinal study of three startup incubators which service graduate students at Cornell Tech Engineering School, Harvard Business School, and Technion Engineering School in Israel. 20140742 39,000
    Portland State University Foundation
    Urban Center
    Suite 370C506 SW Mill StreetPO Bo
    Portland,OR97207
    NONE PC Support for development of research around the maker movement and evaluation of policies and conditions that support the movement. 20140778 25,000
    Colorado State University
    Department of Management
    213 Rockwell Hall
    Fort Collins,CO805231201
    NONE NC Support for the Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 28 - May, 1, 2015 and the 2016 conference in Denver, Colorado. 20140786 20,000
    Northeastern University
    212 Hayden Hall
    360 Huntington Avenue
    Boston,MA021155000
    NONE PC Support to evaluate the role of universities as hubs of entrepreneurial learning and essential components in startup ecosystems. 20140805 19,000
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Scherer Hall Room 513
    923 West Franklin Street P O Box
    Richmond,VA23284
    NONE NC Support to analyze the local entrepreneurship ecosystem in three case sites - Detroit, Pittsburg and Richmond. 20140806 28,224
    University of Iowa
    347 Jessup Hall
    Iowa City,IA522421316
    NONE NC Support for research to study the roles of universities in regional entrepreneurship ecosystems of United States college towns. 20140807 40,000
    Public Forum Institute
    2400 N Street NW
    Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship's work of disseminating research on entrepreneurship to policymakers. 20140808 24,167
    The Lean Lab
    210 W 19th Terrace
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE NC Support to expand the network of entrepreneurs, mentors, corporate partners, and grassroots leaders through a series of community innovation events scheduled for 2014-2015. 20140810 5,000
    The Brookings Institution
    1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for the Tax Policy Center's work to address differences in state tax policy and how these policies affect entrepreneurial activity and overall economic performance. 20140811 35,000
    Kauffman Scholars Inc
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    NONE POF Support Kauffman Scholars 2015 operations to enable urban students to pursue the educational opportunities that will best prepare them for a successful future, and scholarship support for Kauffman Scholars, Inc. students. 20140823 12,200,000
    Harry S Truman Library Institute for National and
    International Affairs
    500 W US Highway 24
    Independence,MO64050
    NONE PC General operating support for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017. 20140827 333,333
    Citizens of the World Charter Schools
    5371 Wilshire Blvd Suite 210
    Los Angeles,CA90036
    NONE PC Support the development and initial implementation phase for a network of high performing public charter schools in the Kansas City area. 20140834 500,000
    The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    104 Airport Drive Campus Box 122
    Chapel Hill,NC275991220
    NONE PC Support to understand the processes and structures that promote entrepreneurship within regional economies and discover the entrepreneurial pathways that describe the formation and development of the entrepreneurial firm. 20140835 55,000
    The Research Foundation for the State University
    of New York Arts Science 218
    1400 Washington Avenue
    Albany,NY12222
    NONE PC Support to develop a web-based entrepreneurial landscape analysis tool. 20140839 50,000
    American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
    Research
    1150 Seventeenth Street NW
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for continued examination of the educational entrepreneurship landscape through commissioned research, public convening, and publication of an edited volume. 20140874 30,000
    Good Jobs First
    1616 P Street NW
    Suite 210
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a survey of small business associations about their knowledge of public subsidies and evaluation of the distribution and effectiveness of subsidies in selected states. 20140877 75,000
    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    579 Serra Mall
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE PC Support for collection of management and uncertainty information from a large sample of young manufacturing companies. 20140901 46,775
    Connecting for Good
    3101 Troost Ave
    Kansas City,MO64109
    NONE PC General operating support. 20140914 50,000
    American Antitrust Institute Inc
    1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW Suite
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a national symposium titled "Antitrust and Entrepreneurship" in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2015. The program will generate papers that will be edited and compiled into a book on antitrust law and its impact on entrepreneurship in various parts of the economy. 20140926 75,000
    New York University
    139 MacDougal Street 2nd Floor
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support to identify intra-metropolitan concentration of startups and successful high-growth firms and to assess factors related to such concentration in New York City. 20140935 29,068
    Urban Institute
    2100 M Street NW
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for the Tax Policy Center is work to address differences in state tax policy and how these policies affect entrepreneurial activity and overall economic performance. 20140942 35,000
    William Marsh Rice University
    Office of Sponsored Research
    PO Box 1892 - MS 16
    Houston,TX770051892
    NONE PC Support to investigate the regional effects of accelerators in the local economy and entrepreneurial ecosystem. 20140980 10,000
    Wu Yufei
    70 Pacific Street Apt 591C
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140991 12,000
    Sell Briana
    800 West Peachtree NW
    Atlanta,GA30308
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140992 12,000
    Nagaraj Abhishek
    60 Wadsworth Street Apt 22F
    Cambridge,MA02142
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140993 12,000
    Patnaik Megha
    214 Pine Hill Court Apt 101
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140994 12,000
    Moser Christian
    Princeton University
    Department of Economics 111 Fisher
    Princeton,NJ08544
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140995 12,000
    Kim Yujin
    1737 Virginia Street Apt 25
    Berkeley,CA94703
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140996 12,000
    Hu Lucy
    86 Linda Avenue Apt 400
    Piedmont,CA94611
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140997 12,000
    Giorcelli Michela
    51 Dudley Lane Apt 223
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140998 12,000
    Garlick Julia
    155 Mansfield Street
    New Haven,CT06511
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140999 12,000
    Fehder Daniel
    97 Algonquin Road
    Chestnut Hill,MA02467
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141000 12,000
    Garcia-Macia Daniel
    44 Olmsted Road Apt 444
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141001 12,000
    Moreira Sara Patricia Ferreira
    1606 East Hyde Park Boulevard Apt
    Chicago,IL60615
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141002 12,000
    Yu Sandy
    New York University
    Stern School of Business 44 West 4t
    New York,NY10012
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141003 12,000
    Ziv Oren
    10 Caldwell Avenue 2
    Somerville,MA02143
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141004 12,000
    Dyrda Sebastian
    301 5th Street SE Apt 6
    Minneapolis,MN55414
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141005 15,000
    Carnegie Mellon University
    1219 Hamburg Hall
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh,PA15213
    NONE PC Support the development of a data tool that will allow assessment of the impact of new entrepreneurial innovations in health care. 20141021 17,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 20150001 1,220,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Funding for distributions to be made to public charities within the year as appreciation for a trustee's service to the foundation. 20150002 200,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support for the Kauffman Foundation's 2015 Holiday Matching Gifts program. 20150003 112,920
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC 2015 Giving Card program. 20150004 7,975
    United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
    801 West 47th Street Suite 500
    Kansas City,MO64112
    NONE PC Kauffman Foundation match of associate contributions. 20150005 20,000
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    505 10th Street Suite 300
    Atlanta,GA30332
    NONE SO III FI Support for revision of a book titled "Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth" which focuses on the legal, strategic, and financial issues involved in technology commercialization. 20150012 24,950
    Endeavor Global Inc
    900 Broadway Suite 301
    New York,NY10003
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150016 2,500
    University of Maryland
    3114 Tydings Hall
    College Park,MD20742
    NONE NC Support for research to explore the causes and consequences of the broad decline in entrepreneurship and economic dynamism in the United States. 20150074 235,000
    The Brookings Institution
    1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support research at the Tax Policy Center for issues relating to the effect of different types of federal taxes on entrepreneurial activity (a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution). 20150075 75,000
    Urban Institute
    2100 M Street NW
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for research at the Tax Policy Center on several issues relating to the effect of different types of federal taxes on entrepreneurial activity (a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution). 20150076 310,000
    The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
    570 Lexington Avenue 5th Floor
    New York,NY10022
    NONE PC Support for research to examine whether and how increased financialization in the United States has affected innovation, new business formation, the growth of small and medium-sized businesses, and entrepreneurship. 20150078 155,140
    Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City
    dba ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council
    106 Southwest Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the ArtsKC 12th Annual Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, January 30, 2015. 20150084 5,000
    Foundation for Human Development and Black
    Achievement
    1101 Euclid
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC Support for the Youth Leadership Development Workshop as part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, January 13, 2015. 20150085 10,000
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for research on how changes in antitrust laws affect the rate of entrepreneurship, with one case study focusing on St. Louis, Missouri. 20150086 120,000
    Boys Club of Greater Kansas City
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 102
    Kansas City,MO64130
    NONE PC Support of the Kids Night Out 2015 event in Overland Park, Kansas, March 28, 2015. 20150091 9,500
    Greater Kansas City Sports Foundation
    114 W 11th Street Suite 300
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support the Women's Intersport Network for Kansas City's Annual Women's Sports Award Celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, February 12, 2015. 20150092 4,640
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support the Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund which provides funding to local programs providing computer access and training to disconnected individuals in underserved communities. 20150114 150,000
    City Year Inc
    287 Columbus Ave
    Boston,MA02116
    NONE PC Support the launch of City Year Kansas City in 2015-2016 and full program implementation through the 2018-2019 academic year to help the Kansas City Public Schools and the Kauffman School students reach their full potential and graduate from high school. The program will also provide a critical pathway for its corps members to enter careers in education in Kansas City. 20150126 300,000
    Teach for America Inc
    2000 Baltimore 3rd Floor
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support the Teach for America's model of developing new groups of highly-effective teachers and leaders to improve student proficiency in district schools, charter schools, and community-based organizations in the Kansas City region. 20150140 500,000
    Support Kansas City Inc
    5960 Dearborn Suite 200
    Mission,KS662023316
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150141 100,000
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Office of Research Services
    3451 Walnut P-221
    Philadelphia,PA191046205
    NONE PC Support for research into how the participation of established companies in the regulatory process affects the environment for entrepreneurs. 20150149 170,000
    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
    1601 Broadway
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the premiere of Kingdom Come: The Making of Casavant Opus 3875 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 1, 2015. 20150153 15,000
    Rose Brooks Center Inc
    PO Box 320599
    Kansas City,MO641320599
    NONE PC Support for Cabaret 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri, March 1, 2015. 20150170 8,500
    American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral
    Sciences
    1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
    Washington,DC200073835
    NONE PC Support to examine the extent to which teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities are responsive to the ratings provided by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) and demonstrate improvements in areas noted by the NCTQ. 20150185 103,725
    International Institute of Innovation Journalism
    c/o SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for the Innovation for Jobs Summit in Mountain View, California, February 26-27, 2015. 20150197 10,000
    Georgetown University
    37th and O Streets NW
    Washington,DC20057
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150198 10,000
    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc
    1616 E 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO641081610
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150206 100,000
    Relay Graduate School of Education
    40 West 20th Street 7th Floor
    New York,NY10011
    NONE PC Support the participation of nine individuals in positions of academic leadership from the Kauffman School in the 2015-2016 National Principals Academy Fellowship, a national instructional school leadership program operated by Relay Graduate School of Education. 20150208 135,000
    New Schools for New Orleans
    1555 Poydras Street Suite 781
    New Orleans,LA70112
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150211 20,000
    National Center for Teacher Residencies Inc
    1332 N Halsted Street Suite 304
    Chicago,IL60642
    NONE PC Support a teacher residency program in Kansas City that will produce effective teachers for the Kansas City Public School District and area charter schools. 20150213 25,000
    Kansas University Endowment Association
    3901 Rainbow Blvd Mail Stop 1051
    Kansas City,KS66160
    NONE PC Support for the 9th Annual Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast in Kansas City, Missouri, March 6, 2015. 20150221 4,790
    Liberty Memorial Association
    100 W 26th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150222 200,000
    Mount Pleasant Education and Development
    Corporation
    2200 Olive Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC Support for the Saving Kansas City's Sixth Child - The Work Continues in Kansas City, Missouri, September 18, 2014. 20150225 750
    Nanda Ramana
    Harvard Business School
    Rock Center 317
    Boston,MA02163
    NONE NC The Kauffman Prize Medal for Research in Entrepreneurship, an annual award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions in the field of entrepreneurship by early career scholars. 20150226 50,000
    National Governors Association Center for Best
    Practices
    Hall of the States 444 North capito
    Washington,DC200011512
    NONE PC Support for the 2015 Governors' Economic Policy Advisors Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 7-8, 2015. 20150237 50,000
    EdFuel
    1200 18th Street NW Suite 708
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support to provide non-instructional professional development opportunities to help schools in Kansas City recruit, develop, and retain talent from within the education sector to meet the growing demand for high-quality, results-driven leaders. 20150238 34,500
    The Board of Trustees of the University of
    Illinois Office of Sponsored Progra
    Administration 1901 S First Street
    Champaign,IL618207406
    NONE PC Support to create an open access dataset/ inventory of entrepreneurship education programs, curricula, audiences, professors, and outcomes in universities across the United States. 20150243 200,000
    National Foundation for American Policy
    2111 Wilson Blvd Suite 700
    Arlington,VA22201
    NONE PC Support to produce two reports on high-skilled immigrant entrepreneurs in the context of a changing economy and Presidential directives. 20150244 40,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for the 14th Annual Transactional Clinical Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, April 23- 24, 2015. 20150245 10,000
    Local Initiatives Support Corporation
    600 Broadway Ste 280
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for neighborhood revitalization recommendations for the Catalytic Urban Redevelopment Initiative service area. 20150246 15,000
    Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Inc
    1714 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150262 100,000
    SFMade Inc
    2617 19th Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE PC Support for the completion of governance and capacity-building initiatives. 20150267 100,000
    Full Employment Council Inc
    1740 Paseo
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support to provide a matching fund grant for Project Rise, a Kansas City continuing education and workforce development program for urban core youth as part of the federal multi-city Social Innovation Fund. 20150269 100,000
    Philanthropy Roundtable
    1120 20th Street NW Suite 550 Sout
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150270 100,000
    Urban Ranger Corps
    5908 Swope Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64130
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150271 62,600
    Public Television 19 Inc dba Kansas City Public
    125 East 31st Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150272 100,000
    Union Station Kansas City Inc
    30 West Pershing Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150273 333,333
    Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
    125 E 31st Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150277 100,000
    Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc
    333 7th Avenue
    New York,NY07043
    NONE PC Support for the Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities Professional Development Workshop in Kansas City, Missouri, April 6-7, 2015. 20150285 3,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for the Law, Technology and Access to Justice 2 conference in Kansas City, Missouri, April 26-28, 2015. 20150293 52,800
    Public Forum Institute
    2400 N Street NW
    Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for the writing, publication, and administration of the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship blog as its execution transitions from the Public Forum Institute to the Kauffman Foundation's staff. 20150301 98,500
    Operation Breakthrough Inc
    3039 Troost
    Kansas City,MO64109
    NONE PC Support for the 17th Annual All Stars Fundraiser in Kansas City, Missouri, April 24, 2015. 20150302 4,450
    Women's Employment Network
    920 Main Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support the 2015 WEN annual luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, April 8, 2015. 20150303 4,680
    Ohio State University
    2100 Neil Avenue
    Columbus,OH432100114
    NONE NC Support for research that looks at entrepreneurial mobility in high-tech industries, its relationship to innovation diffusion in these industries, and the effect of industry characteristics on the personnel and performance of new ventures. 20150318 250,000
    Nelson Gallery Foundation
    4525 Oak Street
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150327 47,895
    Kansas City Kansas Community College Endowment
    Association
    7520 State Ave
    Kansas City,KS64112
    NONE SO III FI Support for the Mid-America Education Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Kansas City, Kansas, April 23, 2015. 20150336 2,170
    American Heart Association Inc
    6800 W 93rd Street
    Overland Park,KS66212
    NONE PC Support the Go Red for Women event in Overland Park, Kansas, April 17, 2015. 20150337 4,224
    America Succeeds
    1390 Lawrence Street 200
    Denver,CO80204
    NONE PC Support the EDventure conference in Boise, Idaho, September 9-11, 2015. 20150342 25,000
    Association of Missouri Charter Schools dba
    Missouri Charter Public School Asso
    1300 Papin Street
    St Louis,MO63103
    NONE PC Support financial analysis of state and local funding sources for district and charter schools located within the boundaries of Kansas City Missouri public schools. 20150343 4,421
    Bishop Ward High School
    708 N 18th Street
    Kansas City,KS66102
    NONE NC Support the enhancement of academic programs that are part of the Project Forward initiative. 20150344 170,000
    University Academy
    6801 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support to increase internal capacity and strengthen the school's curriculum, teacher development, college counseling, and alumni support. 20150345 200,000
    Crossroads Academy of Kansas City
    1015 Central Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support efforts to improve academic outcomes, moving closer to performance marks equivalent to or greater than the average statewide outcomes in missouri and to put human resources in place necessary to expand enrollment. 20150346 250,000
    KIPP Kansas City
    2700 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC Support to create a strategic growth plan to expand KIPP's impact in Kansas City, and to build operational capacity and improve community engagement efforts. 20150347 100,000
    Association of Missouri Charter Schools dba
    Missouri Charter Public School Asso
    1300 Papin Street
    St Louis,MO63103
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150348 67,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support for the Kansas City Education Funders Collaborative to leverage the collective knowledge and capacity of funders in an effort to improve student academic outcomes in Kansas City area schools. 20150349 200,000
    New Leaders
    30 West 26th Street 9th Floor
    New York,NY10010
    NONE PC Support the New Leaders Leadership Practice Improvement program for up to twenty-five Kansas City instructional leaders to develop and retain highly effective leaders in Kansas City. 20150352 45,000
    Mid-America Regional Council Community Services
    Corporation
    600 Broadway Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for expansion of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System quality improvement initiative to provide professional development and support for 80 early childhood classroom teachers working in center-based programs in high poverty areas of metropolitan Kansas City. 20150358 100,000
    Brigham Young University
    432 JRCB
    Provo,UT84602
    NONE PC Support for the Law and Entrepreneurial Action Conference in Provo, Utah, February 26-27, 2016. 20150367 28,000
    Ad Hoc Group Against Crime
    3116 Prospect Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64128
    NONE PC Support for the Sixth Annual Community Guardian Awards in Kansas City, Missouri, May 6, 2015. 20150386 4,370
    Yale University
    101 Constitution Avenue NW Suite 9
    Washington,DC20001
    NONE NC Support for Mayors as Entrepreneurs: Transforming City Hall in New York, New York, June 2, 2015 and The Future Ain't What It Used to Be: Delight and Despair over Disruption in New York, New York, June 7, 2016. 20150390 49,310
    Urban Land Institute
    81 S 9th Street Suite 310
    Minneapolis,MN55402
    NONE PC Support for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Mayors Summit on Entrepreneurship in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 8, 2015. 20150397 2,000
    Kansas City Regional Destination Development
    Foundation
    1321 Baltimore Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE SO I Support for the Visit KC annual meeting, Ignite KC in Kansas City, Missouri, March 25, 2015. 20150400 4,000
    Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
    125 E 31st Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the 31st Annual Philanthropy Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, May 15, 2015. 20150401 4,700
    Friends of University Academy
    4049 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE SO I Support for the College Graduation Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, April 25, 2015. 20150402 4,250
    Harry S Truman Library Institute for National and
    International Affairs
    500 W US Highway 24
    Independence,MO640501798
    NONE PC Support for the 16th annual "Wild About Harry" event in Kansas City, Missouri, April 23, 2015. 20150403 4,175
    Wellesley College
    106 Central Street
    Wellesley,MA02481
    NONE PC Support for two related projects to better understand the characteristics of entrepreneurs in the United States and how trends in characteristic are changing over time using (1) the existing historical data related to business owners and (2) the new Survey of the Business Owners data. 20150405 60,000
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    NONE PC Support the operations of an educational accelerator for new and young firms addressing water conservation issues. 20150413 90,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support for the Dr. Jane Chu Endowment Fund for Youth in the Performing Arts, a fund to recognize, nurture, and develop talented youth in the performing arts and to celebrate Dr. Chu's professional contributions to Kansas City. 20150420 10,000
    Central Exchange Education Center
    1020 Central Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for the 13th Annual Leadership Lyceum in Overland Park, Kansas, April 29, 2015. 20150423 8,000
    Regents of the University of California at
    Berkeley
    2150 Shattuck Avenue 1129
    Berkeley,CA947205580
    NONE PC Support to explore two entrepreneurial fields of research: crowdfunding and accelerators. 20150424 184,244
    Johns Hopkins University
    3400 N Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support for a series of books, seminars, and papers on the history of entrepreneurship, the so -called "entrepreneurial multiplier effect,the political economy of entrepreneurship in American economic history. 20150442 100,000
    Camps For Kids
    8014 State Line Road Suite 103
    Leawood,KS66208
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150448 60,000
    Donnelly College
    608 N 18th Street
    Kansas City,KS66102
    NONE PC Support for the SHINE annual scholarship celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, October 10, 2015. 20150457 4,650
    Independent Sector
    1602 L Street NW Suite 900
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150462 12,500
    Duke University
    100 Fuqua Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150463 20,000
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    100 Main Street E62-627
    Cambridge,MA021421347
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150464 20,000
    New York University
    44 West 4th Street Suite 706
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150466 20,000
    University of Southern California
    3670 Trousdale Parkway BRI 306
    Los Angeles,CA900890808
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150479 15,000
    Center for Economic and Policy Research
    1611 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 400
    Washington,DC20009
    NONE PC Support for research on barriers to entry in the U.S. economy, the impact on entrepreneurs, and their contribution to inequality. 20150483 60,000
    University of California - Santa Barbara
    3005 Social Sciences Media Studie
    Santa Barbara,CA931069430
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150494 20,000
    George Washington University
    805 21st Street NW Suite 613
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for research and policy outreach on the impact of federal competitiveness policy on entrepreneurship. 20150497 95,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150498 25,000
    Duke University
    213 Social Sciences Building
    419 Chapel Drive Box 90097
    Durham,NC277080097
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150499 33,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for a Law & Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow to assist with innovative programs and the creation of a proposal for a network of law school programs, clinics, and policy (Oriented Research Advancing Entrepreneurship). 20150500 40,000
    Angel Resource Institute
    10977 Granada Lane Suite 103
    Overland Park,KS66211
    NONE PC Support to conduct research on the magnitude of angel investing, how it has changed over the past decade, and its impact on entrepreneurs and regional economies. 20150501 125,000
    Academy of Management Inc
    PO Box 3020
    Briarcliff Manor,NY105108020
    NONE PC Support for the annual doctoral consortia in 2015 and 2016 in three divisions: Business and Policy Strategy (PBS), Entrepreneurship (ENT), and Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) 20150502 70,000
    National Center for Research in Advanced
    Information and Digital Technologie
    1001 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for the Education Innovation Cluster event in Chicago, Illinois, August 11-12, 2015. 20150508 60,500
    Johns Hopkins University
    338 Mergenthaler Hall
    3400 N Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support for writing an e-book that will synthesize research on economic rent-seeking and its effects on entrepreneurship, innovation, and inequality. 20150509 30,000
    The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
    570 Lexington Avenue 5th Floor
    New York,NY10022
    NONE PC Support for the Next American Economy initiative, including two events, an e-book, and a policy report. 20150510 207,710
    Economic Strategy Institute
    3050 K Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20007
    NONE PC Support for research on the set of technological changes that constitute the New Internet Protocol and what it means for entrepreneurship, economic growth, and job creation. 20150512 63,750
    Whatsoever Community Center
    1201 Ewing Street
    Kansas City,MO64126
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150518 25,720
    WestEd
    730 Harrison Street
    San Francisco,CA94107
    NONE NC Support for a series of in-depth focus groups of parents working to collect information about parental access to and usage of education data in different formats. 20150519 150,000
    Junior Achievement of Middle America Inc
    4049 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 150
    Kansas City,MO641113006
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150520 25,000
    Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute
    7900 Lees Summit Road
    Kansas City,MO64139
    NONE PC Support for Phase I and Phase II of the Institute's 2015 leadership program to build talent and competencies among university minority students through experiential learning activities and mentored internships in notable healthcare environments. 20150524 50,000
    LaunchCode Foundation
    4240 Duncan Ave
    St Louis,MO63110
    NONE PC Support the expansion of LaunchCode in the Kansas City area to provide individuals with education, apprenticeships and job placement in technology positions at no cost to the participant. 20150525 25,000
    Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Inc
    2665 Mission Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE PC Support to publish the "Maker Cities Playbook" which will document maker activity in at least 22 United States cities. 20150526 45,000
    University of Massachusetts Foundation
    100 Morrissey Blvd
    Boston,MA02125
    NONE PC Support for a research initiative focused on explaining why entrepreneurship among older households has increased as a percentage of the older population, while entrepreneurship among younger households has diminished. 20150527 22,500
    University of Baltimore
    1420 N Charles
    Baltimore,MD21201
    NONE NC Support for a research initiative that is focused identifying the factors that affect entrepreneurship among older adults. 20150528 36,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    Headquarters 1211 McGee Street
    Suite 1000
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Support to pilot a new reading program, the Missouri Reading Corps, to improve the reading proficiency of pre-kindergarten through third grade students. 20150566 52,500
    Alliance for Childhood Education
    22052 W 66th Street
    Suite 200
    Shawnee,KS66226
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150568 125,000
    Blue Valley Educational Foundation
    15020 Metcalf Avenue
    Overland Park,KS66223
    NONE PC Support for the 25th Annual Community Breakfast in Overland Park, Kansas, August 27, 2015. 20150636 4,835
    Research Foundation of the City University of
    New York
    230 West 41st Street 7th Floor
    New York,NY10036
    NONE PC Support for qualitative research on how part-time, contingent work in the on-demand mobile services sector affects household balance sheets. 20150642 30,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5108 Cherry 418F
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE NC Support for continued operations of the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management through the summer and fall of 2015. 20150649 227,601
    George Washington University
    2121 I Street NW
    Washington,DC20052
    NONE PC Support for research on the effects of state and local tax incentives on income inequality. 20150675 10,800
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway
    Suite 350B
    Fairway,KS66205
    NONE PC Support for educational development and first-year operations of the Power of Two mentoring program. 20150683 150,600
    Park University Inc
    8700 NW River Park Drive
    Parkville,MO64152
    NONE NC Support for the collection and analysis of Missouri tax abatement data for 2013 and 2015 to determine the impact on school funding levels. 20150696 25,000
    Gordon Parks Elementary School
    3715 Wyoming
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE PC Support the school's efforts to enhance instructional practice and literacy programming to improve outcomes for its students. 20150698 33,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KCUR
    4825 Troost Ste 202
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC Support for KCUR's coverage of Kansas City education and entrepreneurship news and events. 20150700 100,000
    American Marketing Association Inc
    311 S Wacker Drive
    Suite 5800
    Chicgao,IL60606
    NONE PC Sponsorship of a best doctoral award in entrepreneurship at the American Marketing Association annual meeting. 20150705 5,000
    National Public Radio Inc
    1111 North Capitol St NE
    Washington,DC20002
    NONE PC Support for the creation and distribution of education and entrepreneurship stories via broadcast and digital channels. 20150712 150,000
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    55 Hayward Street
    Cambridge,MA02142
    NONE PC Support to consolidate existing insights on (1) the role and impact that entrepreneurship has on cities' entrepreneurship and (2) the role and impact that evidence-based policy has had on the design of policies, programs, and funding models that support entrepreneurship, as well as develop a new platform for sharing the stories behind innovation via weekly, long-form releases. 20150738 99,100
    IFF
    One North LaSalle
    Suite 700
    Chicago,IL60602
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150770 100,000
    IFF
    One North LaSalle
    Suite 700
    Chicago,IL60602
    NONE PC Support to create an Education Facilities Access Program for the creation and expansion of high quality school models in Kansas City. 20150783 5,000,000
    National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic
    Administrators
    2000 Baltimore Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the AthLeadership Executive Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, July 29-31, 2015. 20150792 8,100
    International Institute of Innovation Journalism
    c/o SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for the i4 Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., September 1, 2015, and a resulting book on the changing labor market in the next decade. 20150795 50,000
    Institute for Justice
    901 N Glebe Road Suite 900
    Arlington,VA22203
    NONE PC Support for funding of at least one national and three to four state forums on the barriers of occupational licensing, and understanding the various strategies to change policies that will ease the burden of licensing for entrepreneurs. 20150798 122,040
    University of Maryland
    Robert H Smith School of Business
    4528 Van Munching Hall
    College Park,MD20742
    NONE NC Support for the Julian Simon Forum, a scholarly debate forum to identify knowledge gaps and research questions related to economic dynamism and entrepreneurship. 20150812 50,000
    National Council on Teacher Quality
    1120 G Street NW Suite 800
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE PC Support to conduct data collection and analysis from Missouri and Kansas colleges and universities for a 2016 Teacher Prep Review which will provide a picture of the characteristics of teacher preparation programs in these states and throughout the United States. 20150813 134,658
    City of Kansas City Missouri
    City Hall 414 East 12th Street 29
    Kansas City,MO641062795
    NONE NC Support for an education advisor to inform the Mayor of key education issues and opportunities to support better academic outcomes for students in Kansas City. 20150814 50,000
    Local Initiatives Support Corporation
    600 Broadway Ste 280
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support to create a fund that provides predevelopment planning loans for projects designed to spur economic renewal and growth in some of Kansas City's most blighted neighborhoods (i.e., new businesses, mixed-use properties, and affordable housing). 20150815 2,000,000
    Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc
    52 Vanderbilt Avenue
    New York,NY10017
    NONE PC Support for research studying the dominant role of experience in teacher compensation policies of the 10 largest school districts in the United States and exploration of alternative compensation structures. 20150818 60,000
    Grace United Community Ministries Inc
    801 Benton Boulevard
    Kansas City,MO64124
    NONE PC Support for afterschool and summer programs for students in grades K-12 residing in the neighborhoods of Northeast Kansas City, Missouri. 20150824 99,000
    Hochberg Yael
    2410 Waugh Drive Apt 3B
    Houston,TX77006
    NONE NC The Kauffman Prize Medal for Research in Entrepreneurship, an annual award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions in the field of entrepreneurship by early career scholars. 20150828 50,000
    Kansas City Ballet Association
    500 W Pershing Road
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150832 50,000
    Duke University
    210 Science Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Support the formation of the Task Force on Entrepreneurship Education Research and for a two-day conference on entrepreneurship education in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, October 2015. 20150839 25,000
    The Lean Lab
    210 W 19th Terrace
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for events that cultivate a community of education innovators focused on increasing student achievement in Kansas City's public schools. 20150858 20,000
    Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest
    Missouri Inc
    8383 Blue Parkway
    Kansas City,MO64133
    NONE PC Support for the STEM Afterschool Program. 20150865 60,000
    National Council of La Raza
    Raul Yzaguirre Building
    1126 16th Street NW Suite 1000
    Washington,DC200364845
    NONE PC Support for the 2015 Annual Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, July 11-14, 2015. 20150868 24,000
    George Mason University Foundation Inc
    4400 University Drive MS 1A3
    Fairfax,VA220304444
    NONE PC Support for new data construction on regional labor flows of highly skilled workers and the resulting connections between innovative industries. 20150869 52,326
    University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Pyle Center
    702 Langdon Street
    Madison,WI537061487
    NONE NC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150870 34,624
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    Headquarters 1211 McGee Street
    Suite 1000
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Support for the expansion of the New Americans Academy pilot program at Gladstone Elementary School to improve academic outcomes for a growing number of newly-arriving, English language learners in kindergarten through sixth grade. 20150875 150,000
    The Plaza Academy
    4050 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 143
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE PC Support for after school and summer programs for students grades 7-12 from communities in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. 20150877 50,000
    Regents of the University of Minnesota
    University of Minnesota - Twin Citi
    301 19th Avenue South 307
    Minneapolis,MN55455
    NONE NC Support for research at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Humphrey School of Public Affairs to develop a comprehensive database of all occupations that require an occupational license to practice in at least one state, and what is required for each license. 20150880 132,301
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support for the School's continued operations in FY2016 to develop, manage, and operate a charter school of excellence. 20150881 1,811,969
    Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc
    4600 Starlight Road
    Kansas City,MO64132
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150833 50,000
    National Academy of Education
    500 Fifth Street NW 1049
    Washington,DC20001
    NONE POF Support for a two-day workshop to address a fundamental dilemma faced by the education research community: how to balance the benefits of access to comprehensive ("big") data with the potential risks to individual privacy and confidentiality. 20150888 95,453
    JumpStart Inc
    6701 Carnegie Ave
    Ste 100
    Cleveland,OH44103
    NONE PC Support for a qualitative and quantitative measurement of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton MSA entrepreneurial ecosystem. 20150890 72,834
    Welcoming America Inc
    315 W Ponce de Leon Ave Ste 500
    Decatur,GA30030
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150891 100,000
    Camp Fire National Headquarters
    1801 Main Street Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for after school programs for children and youth in the urban core of Wyandotte County, Kansas. 20150894 30,000
    Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
    Teaching
    51 Vista Lane
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE POF Support for the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education in San Francisco, California, March 22-24, 2016. 20150896 10,000
    Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute Inc
    30 West Pershing Road Suite 210
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE SO I Support for the Exponential KC Executive Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, October 1,2015. 20150897 58,800
    University System of New Hampshire
    Keene State College
    229 Main Street
    Keene,NH034353510
    NONE PC Support research of the craft brewery industry, its generally hostile economic environment, and its effect on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. 20150904 50,020
    Duke University
    615 Chapel Drive
    P O Box 90581
    Durham,NC277080581
    NONE PC Support for a conference on the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) and the creation of 15 papers using data from the KFS to be published in a special edition of Small Business Economics. 20150905 125,000
    Lyric Opera of Kansas City
    1725 Holmes Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150932 50,000
    International Council for Small Business
    2201 G Street NW
    Funger Hall Suite 315
    Washington,DC20052
    NONE PC Support for the 6th annual October Entrepreneurship Conference in Washington, D.C., October 15-16, 2015. 20150935 20,000
    Drexel University
    LeBow College of Business
    Academic Building 308
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    NONE PC Support for research that will link firm-level mic data with detailed trade data to analyze the relationship between import competition and entrepreneurship. 20150936 70,300
    Regents of the University of California at
    Berkeley - Headquarters Sponsored
    2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 300
    Berkeley,CA94704
    NONE PC Support for research that will examine the dynamics and consequences of the transition to a Platform Economy. 20150937 65,000
    Michigan State University
    Hannah Administration Building
    426 Auditorium Road Room 2
    East Lansing,MI488242600
    NONE PC Support to conduct a comparative analysis of firm dynamics in Rustbelt and Sunbelt entrepreneurial ecosystems. 20150940 50,000
    William Marsh Rice University
    Office of Sponsored Research
    PO Box 1892 - MS 16
    Houston,TX770051892
    NONE PC Support for research to determine if there is a spatial pattern of entrepreneurial growth, specifically how the collection of different elements - both physical space and the presence of firms - affect enterprises of varying types. 20150941 78,788
    Kansas City Kansas Community College
    Education Center Suite 38
    4601 State Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66102
    NONE NC Support for the 2015-2016 Saturday Academy, to provide middle and high school students with opportunities that increase awareness of science, technology, engineering, and math careers. 20150944 100,000
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for continuance of work on political dynamism and advancement of the policy making process in order to bolster innovation and entrepreneurship. 20150951 100,000
    Kansas City Symphony
    1703 Wyandotte Street Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150961 50,000
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
    University Metropolitan Institute
    1021 Prince Street 100
    Alexandria,VA22314
    NONE NC Support research that distinguishes between different types of entrepreneurial ventures, and measures the impact of relevant policies on these ventures. 20150967 21,175
    Endeavor Global Inc
    900 Broadway Suite 301
    New York,NY10003
    NONE PC Support for research that will map the network of connections between entrepreneurial firms and others within specific American cities. 20150968 80,667
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh,PA152133890
    NONE PC Support for research examining the role of state and local government activities in supporting entrepreneurs. 20150969 79,879
    Kansas City Center for the Children's Book
    110 Southwest Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the launch of the Kansas City Center for the Children's Book (aka Rabbit Hole). 20150986 100,000
    WestEd
    730 Harrison Street
    San Francisco,CA94107
    NONE NC Support for the identification of education entrepreneurs and innovators who have received federal funding for education product commercialization. This knowledge contributes to understanding the innovation and entrepreneurial landscape in education. 20150991 108,694
    Westminster College
    1840 South 1300 East
    Salt Lake City,UT84105
    NONE PC Support for research to understand the effect of dual credit courses on postsecondary progress of students and their eventual employment. 20150996 67,596
    Regents of the University of California at
    Riverside Sponsored Programs Admini
    200 University Office Building
    Riverside,CA92521
    NONE PC Support for research on ethnic minority-owned businesses and their interactions with the local community. 20151035 19,500
    Greater Kansas City LINC Inc
    Penntower Building
    3100 Broadway Suite 1100
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE PC Support for 2015-2016 Math and Science Center afterschool programs for students at Burke and Inglewood Elementary Schools and the Hickman Mills Freshman Center in the Hickman Mills School District in Kansas City, Missouri. 20151040 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    Office of Sponsored Programs Admini
    115 Business Loop 70 West
    Columbia,MO65203
    NONE NC Conference sponsorship for an event looking at entrepreneurship and philanthropy and their role in economic development to be held in Gwangju, South Korea, May 28-29, 2016. 20151045 35,000
    Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc
    3218 Gladstone Avenue
    Kansas City,MO64123
    NONE PC Support for the 75th Anniversary celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, October 9, 2015. 20151050 9,630
    Grantmakers for Education
    720 SW Washington Street
    Suite 605
    Portland,OR97205
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151058 7,500
    City of Knoxville Tennessee
    400 Main Street
    Suite 685
    Knoxville,TN37902
    NONE NC Support for a planning grant awarded to the winner of the "Recipes for Growth City Challenge" to increase entrepreneurial connectivity in the City of Knoxville, Tennessee. 20151065 25,000
    DonorsChooseorg
    134 W 37th Street 11th Floor
    New York,NY10018
    NONE PC Support match funding for classroom projects posted on DonorsChoose.org by public school teachers in the Greater Kansas City area. Match funding will be available to teachers in school districts within Jackson, Clay, and Cass counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas that serve populations with at least 40% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch. 20151077 200,000
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater
    Kansas City
    3100 Broadway Suite 1020
    Kansas City,MO641112413
    NONE PC Support for expansion of afterschool programming intended to prevent summer learning loss in students grades 1-5 from school districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151082 94,583
    Youth Ambassadors Inc
    7309 High Drive
    Prairie Village,KS66208
    NONE PC Support for afterschool and summer programming for underserved teenagers from urban core communities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151083 60,000
    Connecting for Good
    3101 Troost Ave
    Kansas City,MO64109
    NONE PC Support to build staffing capacity, professional development, and fundraising strategies. 20151095 75,000
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    1015 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the Stakeholders Appreciation Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22, 2015 and the Blanco y Negro Awards Gala in Kansas City, Missouri, September 18, 2015. 20151101 9,000
    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunication
    Association Inc
    3939 Campbell Ave
    Arlington,VA22206
    NONE PC Support for the creation and distribution of entrepreneurship stories via broadcast and digital channels. 20151103 150,000
    Boys Club of Greater Kansas City
    4001 Blue Parkway Suite 102
    Kansas City,MO64130
    NONE PC Support for the Project Learn Education Enhancement program serving middle and high school students in urban core communities of Kansas City, Missouri. 20151112 100,000
    Young Invincibles
    1411 K St NW Ste 400
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE PC Support to analyze the connection between student debt and entrepreneurship among millennials by using the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) survey data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 20151114 50,000
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway
    Suite 350B
    Fairway,KS66205
    NONE PC Support to increase the Women's Business Center's capacity for technical assistance and business coaching for clients served in the Kansas City metro area. 20151115 150,000
    Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    2200 Vine St
    151 Whittier Research Center
    Lincoln,NE685830861
    NONE PC Support for research to understand the factors that led to the success or failure of firms that went public in 1996 (the largest initial public offering class ever). 20151121 50,000
    Loyola University New Orleans
    6363 St Charles Avenue
    New Orleans,LA70118
    NONE PC Support for a review of licensing and permitting laws affecting new entrepreneurs. 20151130 10,000
    Bellwether Education Partners Inc
    517 Boston Post Road 171
    Sudbury,MA01776
    NONE PC Support for the development of a coordinated set of indicators for education sector innovation and test the index in three cities to establish the utility and feasibility of the process and instrument. 20151167 87,951
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of
    Kansas City Inc
    2502 Cherry Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the Red Shoe Shindig in Kansas City, Missouri, September 12, 2015. 20151172 4,135
    National Foundation for American Policy
    2111 Wilson Blvd Suite 700
    Arlington,VA22201
    NONE PC Support for research on the economic contributions of immigrant entrepreneurs, including analysis of startup visa proposals that would allow more immigrant entrepreneurs to start and operate companies in the United States. 20151174 40,000
    Jazz District Renaissance Corporation
    1516 E 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Sponsorship of the American Jazz Hall of Fame induction in Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2015. 20151182 4,676
    Albuquerque Community Foundation
    PO Box 25266
    Albuquerque,NM87125
    NONE PC Support the creation of The Mayor's Prize for Entrepreneurship, a donor-advised fund designed to improve conditions for entrepreneurial success in the Albuquerque metro area. 20151190 150,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5108 Cherry 418F
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE NC Support for the 30th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Dinner in Kansas City, Missouri, November 16, 2015. 20151195 13,240
    Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc
    52 Vanderbilt Avenue
    New York,NY10017
    NONE PC Support for one of five Richard Cornuelle Awards for Social Entrepreneurship presented in New York, November 9, 2015. 20151215 25,000
    University of Washington Foundation
    Box 353200
    Seattle,WA98195
    NONE PC Support for the Foster School of Business's two- stage conference (January 2016 and August 2016) on minority entrepreneurship, and the subsequent special publication of research on this topic. 20151250 93,750
    Grantmakers for Education
    720 SW Washington Street
    Suite 605
    Portland,OR97205
    NONE PC Support for the 2015 annual conference in San Francisco, California, October 21-23, 2015. 20151252 23,300
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
    1709 Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for a pilot program to provide mentoring and resources for high school and postsecondary students with the goal of increasing the number of students completing a postsecondary degree. 20151255 86,738
    University of Tampa
    401 W Kennedy Blvd
    Tampa,FL33606
    NONE PC Support for research to understand different elements of the Tampa, Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem through the use of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. 20151268 74,959
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    Office of Sponsored Programs Admini
    115 Business Loop 70 West
    Columbia,MO65203
    NONE NC Support for the creation of a database of new employer firms in Kansas and Missouri - with a particular focus in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151271 20,650
    William Marsh Rice University
    Office of Sponsored Research
    PO Box 1892 - MS 16
    Houston,TX770051892
    NONE PC Support research on the effectiveness of accelerators, incubators and other seed-stage entrepreneurship support organizations. 20151274 154,318
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    Headquarters 1211 McGee Street
    Suite 1000
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Support for Lincoln College Preparatory Academy's exploration of the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP). 20151280 25,235
    Public Forum Institute
    2400 N Street NW
    Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for two initiatives: (1) Global Entrepreneurship Research Network and (2) Startup Nations which will further the Foundation's research to understand how policies and programs contribute to the progress of entrepreneurs. 20151284 85,000
    Data Quality Campaign
    1341 G St NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE SO I Support for a working group to articulate the idea conditions for parent access to education information, and outline a road map for achieving this vision. 20151286 47,184
    University of Richmond
    28 Westhampton Way
    Richmond,VA231730001
    NONE PC Support for research on how accelerators can be designed to best achieve their goals. 20151290 35,813
    Northwestern University
    1801 Maple Ave 2nd Floor Suite 241
    Evanston,IL602013149
    NONE PC Support for research to address how economic developments in the Sharing Economy and related developments in Information and Communications Technology are profoundly affecting opportunities and prospects for entrepreneurship. 20151297 90,995
    Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City
    6950 Squibb Road Suite 220
    Mission,KS66202
    NONE PC Support for research and public policy work focused on licensing and gender related issues in the Kansas City area. 20151298 110,000
    Boy Scouts of America
    10210 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO641314212
    NONE PC Support for afterschool programs for boys ages 11-17, from low-income communites in Kansas City's urban core. 20151301 50,000
    University of Texas System
    601 Colorado Street
    Austin,TX787012982
    NONE NC Support the expansion of the ATI-SEAL program to 10 universities. 20151327 162,301
    San Francisco Film Society
    39 Mesa Street Suite 110
    The Presidio
    San Francisco,CA941291025
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151332 2,000
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    450 Brookline Avenue
    Boston,MA022155450
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151342 2,000
    The Idea Village
    515 Girod Street
    New Orleans,LA70130
    NONE PC Support the expansion of Idea Village by adding industry specific accelerators and increasing the capacity of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. 20151344 175,000
    Interise Inc
    197 Portland Street
    2nd Floor
    Boston,MA02114
    NONE PC Support the expansion of the Interise StreetWise MBA program to new cities and increase the capacity of the program by a minimum of 10 cohorts per year. 20151345 172,410
    SEED SPOT
    2828 N Central Ave Ste 700
    Phoenix,AZ85004
    NONE PC Support the expansion of SEED SPOT to an additional five cities. 20151353 115,500
    MassChallenge
    21 Drydock Ave 6th Floor
    Boston,MA02210
    NONE PC Support the deployment of MassChallenge bootcamps to underrepresented demographics and communities. 20151354 175,000
    National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
    Alliance
    100 Venture Way
    Hadley,MA01035
    NONE PC Support the expansion of the VentureWell ASPIRE program to a minimum of three accelerators. 20151355 189,447
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    NONE PC Support the expansion of Village Capital's city- based cohort locations on a national scale. 20151356 175,000
    Syracuse University
    900 S Crouse Avenue
    Syracuse,NY13244
    NONE PC Support the expansion of V-WISE locations and alumni support program. 20151357 166,901
    Data Quality Campaign
    1341 G St NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE SO I Support to build technical infrastructure and human capital around the collection and use of education data to inform decisions in education policy and practice. 20151368 465,895
    New York University
    665 Broadway Suite 801
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support to design and implement a national urban data network that provides research access to administrative, transaction, and survey data on cities. 20151369 84,059
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
    1709 Walnut Street
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151395 100,000
    University of Texas System
    601 Colorado Street
    Austin,TX787012982
    NONE NC Support for a study that seeks to use both quantitative and qualitative data to develop the industrial genesis of Austin's Entrepreneurial Economy, specifically how did successful firms, along with local institutions, spin off and influence entrepreneurship in Austin. 20151403 85,000
    Turn the Page KC Inc
    414 E 12th Street Floor 29
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE PC Support for the Network Improvement Community process that will enhance coordination among multiple groups working to improve early literacy in Kansas City. 20151404 8,125
    University of Massachusetts
    System Office and Collaborative Ser
    333 South Street
    Shrewsbury,MA015454169
    NONE NC Support to study inter-firm connectivity by tracking the movement of workers across different employers, which serves as a conduit for the transmission of knowledge and organizational learning. 20151408 24,042
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    UMKC Midwest Center for Nonprofit L
    5100 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC General operating support for the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership. 20151417 150,000
    Literacy Kansas City
    211 West Armour Blvd Floor 3
    Kansas City,MO641112023
    NONE PC Support for the 6th Annual Literacy For All Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 2015. 20151418 4,700
    Linda Hall Library Foundation
    5109 Cherry Street
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE PC Support for the Science of Longevity: A Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium in Kansas City, Missouri, October 2-3, 2015. 20151422 9,500
    George Washington University
    2121 I Street NW
    Washington,DC20052
    NONE PC Support for research to analyze entrepreneurship patterns among Baby Boomers using data from the Health and Retirement Study on a variety of measures, including family situation and history, living arrangements, physical and mental health status, occupational situation, incomes, assets and debts, and expectations about future events. 20151427 52,000
    University of Maryland
    Office of Research Administration
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    NONE NC Support for research to answer outstanding questions regarding the use and effects of non- compete agreements. 20151449 70,695
    Thomas B Fordham Institute
    1016 - 16th Street NW 8th Floor
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for development of a book and related communications to review the history of charter schools in America and identify lessons applicable to current day charter schools. 20151474 35,000
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    Headquarters 1211 McGee Street
    Suite 1000
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Support to provide partial funding for the district's charter school sponsor office startup, including support for the new Charter School Sponsor Liaison position, professional development, technical assistance, and travel. 20151478 25,000
    Youth Volunteer Corps of America
    1025 Jefferson Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for afterschool and out-of-school service -learning and volunteer activities for youth, ages 11-18, from communities across the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151480 43,012
    Kent State University Foundation Office of
    Institutional Advancement Center
    Philanthropy 350 S Lincoln Street
    Kent,OH442420001
    NONE PC Support for research on how local taxation affects entrepreneurship by using data on school property tax votes and property tax rate changes. 20151485 60,000
    Technology Ventures Corporation
    1155 University Blvd SE
    Albuquerque,NM87106
    NONE POF Support for the Deal Stream Summit in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 6, 2015. 20151490 12,180
    The Foundation Center
    79 Fifth Avenue
    New York,NY100033076
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151500 5,000
    Crossroads Academy of Kansas City
    1015 Central Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support for the 4th Annual "Dreaming Big in Downtown Kansas City" in Kansas City, Missouri, November 12, 2015. 20151504 4,600
    Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
    125 E 31st Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151525 1,000
    Wildwood Outdoor Educational Center
    7095 W 399th Street
    La Cygne,KS66040
    NONE PC Support for afterschool programming for underserved youth from the Kansas City metropolitan area attending schools with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 70 percent or higher. 20151532 47,650
    Teach Learn Experientially
    8300 NE Underground Drive Pillar 1
    Kansas City,MO64161
    NONE PC Support for afterschool and summer programming for underserved youth, grades Pre-K through 8th, from urban communities in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151533 25,000
    Kansas City Area Development Foundation
    30 W Pershing Road Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE SO II Support for the 2015 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, November 6, 2015. 20151535 7,200
    International Institute of Innovation Journalism
    c/o SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for operations, conference preparation, ecosystem mapping, I4J analytics and interactive commemity group. 20151552 75,000
    Economic Club of Kansas City
    1 Memorial Drive
    Kansas City,MO64198
    NONE PC Support for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, October 14, 2015. 20151567 4,493
    Purpose Built Communities Foundation Inc
    3445 Peachtree Road NE
    Suite 175
    Atlanta,GA30326
    NONE POF Support for the pre-startup phase of Kansas City Neighborhood Academy, a new charter school expected to open in the 2016-17 school year to serve students in the Wendell Phillips neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri. 20151593 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    Missouri School of Journalism
    310H Reynold Journalism Institute
    Columbia,MO65211
    NONE NC Support to create an online news forum to report Missouri business news, including news on the state's entrepreneurial ventures. 20151599 50,000
    Andrews Michael
    322 Camden Road
    Iowa City,IA52245
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151607 17,000
    Bapna Sofia
    4600 Washburn Ave S
    Minneapolis,MN55410
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151615 17,000
    Choi Joonkyu
    460 L St NW Apt 406
    Washington,DC20001
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151618 17,000
    Colonnelli Emanuele
    Via Napoli 75
    Ascoli Piceno   63100
    IT
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151621 17,000
    Cho Jae Beum
    18A Lisa Ln
    Ithaca,NY14850
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151633 17,000
    Crosina Eliana
    60 Jarvis Circle
    Needham,MA02492
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151636 17,000
    Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc
    52 Vanderbilt Avenue
    New York,NY10017
    NONE PC Support for five think-big symposiums to develop and discuss ideas that can help cities thrive in the 21st century. 20151638 40,000
    Davis Daniel B
    1311 La Palma St 2
    San Diego,CA92109
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151640 17,000
    Grandy Jake B
    246 Alpine Street 3
    Pasadena,CA91106
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151642 17,000
    Guzman Jorge
    231 Prospect Street 2
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151643 17,000
    Hovenkamp Erik N
    320 W Evergreen Avenue Unit 2N
    Chicago,IL60610
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151645 17,000
    Jaravel Xavier
    35 Dimick Street Apartment 3
    Somerville,MA02143
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151646 17,000
    Kirtley Jacqueline
    44 Lewis Street
    Newton,PA02458
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151647 17,000
    Koning Rembrand
    1221 York Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151648 17,000
    Myers Kyle R
    2018 Saint Albans St
    Philadelphia,PA19146
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151649 17,000
    Olson Daniel M
    7602 Wells Blvd
    Hyattsville,MD20783
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151650 17,000
    Startz Meredith Lundberg
    358 Humphrey St 3rd Floor
    New Haven,CT06511
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151651 17,000
    Wu Andy
    5 Appletree Lane
    Lexington,MA02420
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151653 17,000
    Xue Xin
    2112 Jefferson Park Avenue Apt 1
    Charlottesville,VA22903
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151654 17,000
    Yu Qianqian
    1820 Commonwealth Avenue
    Apartment 35
    Brighton,MA02135
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151657 17,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support to establish the collaboratively-funded Early Childhood Education Access Fund to support early childhood education opportunities that prepare children in the Kansas City region for success in kindergarten and beyond. 20151667 3,000,000
    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc
    1616 E 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO641081610
    NONE PC General operating support, including the opening of the Buck O'Neil Education and Research Center. 20151675 500,000
    Nonprofit Connect Network Learn Grow
    125 E 31st Street Suite 100
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the 2015 Philly Awards in Kansas City, Missouri, November 5, 2015. 20151685 2,250
    Bike Share KC
    3269 Gillham Rd Ste C
    Kansas City,MO64109
    NONE PC Support for Bike Share KC to expand its network of bicycles in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 20151689 125,000
    The Greater Louisville Workforce
    Investment Board Inc
    410 West Chestnut Street Suite 200
    Louisville,KY40202
    NONE SO I Support for a planning grant awarded to the winner of the "Recipes for Growth City Challenge" to increase economic opportunities for minorities in the City of Louisville, Kentucky through entrepreneurship. 20151694 25,000
    Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc
    4949 Cherry
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE PC General operating support. 20151695 50,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Support for development of an experimental module focusing on developing a better understanding of entrepreneurship factors for the Baby Boomers demographic group. 20151697 100,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support for the KC Great Schools Fund to launch new schools, scale proven models, and turn around existing schools. 20151723 5,000,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KC SourceLink - UMKC
    4747 Troost
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support to increase the capacity of KCSourceLink to educate, support and measure the impact of entrepreneurs in Kansas City. 20151724 150,000
    Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program
    Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Founda
    4520 Main Suite 1050
    Kansas City,MO641111181
    NONE PC Support for Annual HEMP Retreat in Kansas City, Missouri, November 19, 2015. 20151726 6,200
    SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for a feasibility study to determine how the Blue Valley and Kansas City Northland Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) programs and the Design Tech High School (d.Tech) might be studied as exemplary models of how innovative secondary schools support college and career readiness through connections of students with real-world science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) industry practices. 20151727 93,670
    The Lean Lab
    210 W 19th Terrace
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for development of an education entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kansas City and establishment of a partnership with 4.0 School's national expansion effort. 20151733 50,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    UMKC Innovation Center Artist Inc
    4747 Troost Room 121
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC Support for additional capacity for Artist INC to educate more artists as entrepreneurs at the University of Missouri Kansas City's Innovation Center. 20151741 150,000
    University of Massachusetts
    Office of Research Sponsored Prog
    100 Morrissey Blvd
    Boston,MA021253393
    NONE NC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by comparing the entrepreneurial ecosystem of St. Louis and Boston. 20151920 47,000
    New York University
    665 Broadway Suite 801
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support for research to analyze the effects of business plan competitions and accelerators on new venture outcomes. 20151927 24,500
    Regents of the University of California
    327 Cheadle Hall
    Santa Barbara,CA931062050
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by providing a longitudinal study of the Rising Tide Program, studying the short and long-term roles for women in angel investing. 20151944 40,000
    Bentley University
    The Conscious Capitalism Institute
    175 Forest Street
    Waltham,MA02452
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on business financing and measuring bias against women. 20151948 31,000
    Duke University
    210 Science Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Support for a conference and policy briefing on the forces driving changes in the innovation system of the United States and other advanced countries, and whether those changes call for government policy intervention. 20151951 50,000
    Emory University
    1599 Clifton Road NE 4th Floor
    Atlanta,GA30322
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the effects of business accelerators on women entrepreneurs. 20151953 25,000
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Office for Sponsored Programs
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA021383846
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on women's engagement in the entrepreneurial process. 20151955 23,760
    University of Montana
    32 Campus Dr 4104
    Office of Sponsored Research Progra
    Missoula,MT598124104
    NONE NC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching women's participation in pre- entrepreneurship programs. 20151958 20,000
    President & Board of Trustees of Santa Clara
    College Office of Sponsored Projec
    500 El Camino Real St Josephs Ha
    Santa Clara,CA950533001
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on women founders of STEM firms and success dynamics. 20151960 12,000
    University of Arizona
    Sponsored Projects Office
    888 N Euclid Room 510
    Tucson,AZ85719
    NONE NC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the uses on demand and supply of capital in equity crowdfunding. 20151961 10,000
    New York University
    665 Broadway Suite 801
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support for three teams of researchers to create and document new ways of understanding the links between investments in research & development and innovation as a part of the Innovation Measurement Initiative. 20151971 80,000
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Wharton School of Business
    3209 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
    Philadelphia,PA191046218
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the signals and cues women portray in entrepreneurship. 20151987 7,000
    University of Hartford
    Barney School of Business
    200 Bloomfield Avenue
    West Hartford,CT061171599
    NONE PC Support for research in women's entrepreneurship by pre- and post-testing 90 Next Wave Initiative training participants to determine their motivations for investing, attitudes, and expectations. 20152032 7,100
    Trustees of Princeton University
    Department of Economics
    316 Wallace Hall
    Princeton,NJ08540
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by conducting a study of women's entrepreneurship, closing the gender income gap, and rent sharing in Brazil. 20152043 4,616
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Womens Studies Program
    234 W Engineering Bldg
    Ann Arbor,MI48104
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by studying how androgynous names impact entrepreneurial outcomes for women. 20152056 4,000
    University of Chicago
    Booth School of Busniess Room 376
    5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
    Chicago,IL60637
    NONE NC Support to explore entrepreneurial and small business consequences of changes in taxes and investment incentives, as well as household-level concerns such as student debt. 20152069 70,000
    Real Estate Charitable Foundation
    1055 Broadway
    Kansas City,MA64105
    NONE SO I Support for the Ewing Marion Kauffman School's tenant obligations allowing for partial redemption of bonds issued to fund school construction. 20152079 10,088,492
    The Urban League of Kansas City
    1710 Paseo Blvd
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for the 58th Annual Difference Maker Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Missouri, December 3, 2015. 20152081 9,680
    Global Center For Cultural Entrepreneurship
    341 E Alameda St
    Santa Fe,NM87501
    NONE PC Support to develop evaluation criteria to improve the methodology for planned expansion into additional communities. 20152094 100,000
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Restricted grant to support retention of the Ewing Marion Kauffman School staff and acknowledge their collective contributions to student achievements. 20152105 263,500
    United Inner City Services
    2008 E 12th Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC General operating support. 20152109 50,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Support for research of mentoring programs across universities, conducted in conjunction with their program partner - the Enterprise Futures Network (EFN). 20152124 33,810
    Score Foundation
    1175 Herndon Parkway
    Herndon,VA20170
    NONE SO III FI Support for SCORE to expand its mentoring services by developing a pilot for a video conferencing program (the SCORE Vibrant Communities Virtual Mentoring program). 20152132 190,000
    Cserpes Tunde
    1518 W 17th Street Apt 1
    Chicago,IL60608
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151639 17,000
    Total .................................bullet 3a 73,201,397
    bApproved for future payment
    City of Kansas City Missouri
    29th Floor City Hall
    414 East 12th Street
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Encourage community-wide understanding of and appreciation of the earth and space science by supporting the installation and maintenance of the Voyage Solar System scale-model exhibit in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. 20080354 23,400
    Lowenstein Lara
    53 Kelly Road 2
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20120987 3,000
    Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    office of sponsored programs
    505 10th Street Suite 300
    Atlanta,GA303320420
    NONE SO III FI Support the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) annual conference on technology entrepreneurship for the years 2013-2015. 20130168 9,543
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Support to provide staff, programming, and equipment for the planned Free Enterprise Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 20130708 2,500,000
    Global Entrepreneurship Week
    2400 N Street NW Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE SO I Support to organize and implement Global Entrepreneurship Week, a series of activities for the years 2014 through 2016, designed to inspire young people to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. 20130795 497,500
    The Aspen Institute Inc
    One Dupont Circle NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC200361133
    NONE PC Support for the Mid-America Foundation CEOs seminar in Aspen, Colorado, for the years 2014 through 2016. 20140039 12,500
    Innovations for Poverty Action a New Jersey
    nonprofit corporation
    1731 Connecticut Ave 4th Floor
    Washington,DC20009
    NONE PC Support for building a network of researchers who will engage in programmatic research, especially randomized control trials. 20140048 27,000
    Pipeline Inc
    1919 W 45th Avenue
    Kansas City,KS66103
    NONE PC Support for acquiring, developing, and delivering and studying entrepreneurial experiences and activities, particularly through fellowship and alumni programs that further Pipeline's charitable purposes in the Midwest. 20140192 748,000
    Michigan State University
    Marketing and Supply Chain Manageme
    North Business Complex
    East Lansing,MI48824
    NONE PC Support the 2014-2015 Research Symposia on Marketing and Entrepreneurship for Ph.D. students and junior faculty. 20140269 10,000
    Kansas City Public Library
    14 West 10th Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC General operating support. 20140323 500,000
    Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research
    158 Goya Road
    Portola Valley,CA94028
    NONE PF Support for a series of three working meetings to identify key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is receptive to innovation and growth. 20140360 45,000
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    500 Jon M Huntsman Hall
    3730 Walnut Street
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    NONE PC Support for a study on the effects of mentoring in entrepreneurship education using randomized control trials. 20140394 16,672
    Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    PO Box 400195
    Charlottesville,VA229044195
    NONE PC Support for randomized control trials on the principles of effectuation and entrepreneurial decision-making. 20140395 3,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KC SourceLink - UMKC
    4747 Troost
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for a Program Services Coordinator to improve Kansas City's entrepreneurial ecosystem related to UMKC's grant from the United States Economic Development Administration. 20140405 25,000
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a case study analysis and publication of research related to rent-seeking behavior in the political process by incumbent market players. 20140450 11,000
    Pikes Peak Community College Foundation Inc
    5675 S Academy Boulevard
    Colorado Springs,CO80906
    NONE PC Transition grant to support the large scale launch of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program. 20140488 25,000
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    3718 Locust Walk
    445 McNeil Building
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140501 10,000
    The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
    Junior University
    655 Knight Way
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140503 7,500
    Brigham Young University
    660 Tanner Building
    Provo,UT84602
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20140504 15,000
    University of Maryland
    7621 Mowatt Lane
    4562 Van Munching Hall
    College Park,MD20740
    NONE NC Support for the annual Consortium on Competition and Cooperation, a doctoral consortium on innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change for the next three years 2015 through 2017. 20140522 25,000
    The Regents of the University of Michigan
    426 Thompson Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481041248
    NONE PC Support for the creation and build-out of a new data platform, the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS). 20140651 677,611
    National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
    1050 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge,MA021385398
    NONE PC Support for a research platform for entrepreneurship and innovation through multiple projects such as working group meetings, conferences, working papers, Boot Camp, and other emerging scholars initiatives. 20140669 2,984,664
    American Education Finance Association Inc dba
    association for education finance a
    6703 Madison Creek Drive
    Columbia,MO65203
    NONE PC Support for the 40th and 41st Anniversary Conference in Washington, D.C. for the years 2015 and 2016, and to establish a Kauffman Prize for the best paper on the effects of education on labor market outcomes. 20140687 5,000
    United States Census Bureau
    4700 Silver Springs Road
    Washington,DC20233
    NONE NC Support for the Foundation's collaboration with the Census Bureau to create a new annual Survey of Business Owners. 20140701 1,642,411
    Portland State University Foundation
    Urban Center
    Suite 370C506 SW Mill Street PO B
    Portland,OR97207
    NONE PC Support for development of research around the maker movement and evaluation of policies and conditions that support the movement. 20140778 20,858
    Northeastern University
    212 Hayden Hall
    360 Huntington Avenue
    Boston,MA021155000
    NONE PC Support to evaluate the role of universities as hubs of entrepreneurial learning and essential components in startup ecosystems. 20140805 19,000
    Harry S Truman Library Institute for National and
    international affairs
    500 W US Highway 24
    Independence,MO640501798
    NONE PC General operating support for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017. 20140827 333,333
    Citizens of the World Charter Schools
    5371 Wilshire Blvd Suite 210
    Los Angeles,CA90036
    NONE PC Support the development and initial implementation phase for a network of high performing public charter schools in the Kansas City area. 20140834 250,000
    The Research Foundation for the State University
    of New York Arts Science 218
    1400 Washington Avenue
    Albany,NY12222
    NONE PC Support to develop a web-based entrepreneurial landscape analysis tool. 20140839 49,059
    American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
    Research
    1150 Seventeenth Street NW
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for continued examination of the educational entrepreneurship landscape through commissioned research, public convening, and publication of an edited volume. 20140874 10,000
    Good Jobs First
    1616 P Street NW
    Suite 210
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a survey of small business association about their knowledge of public subsidies and evaluation of the distribution and effectiveness of subsidies in selected states. 20140877 30,000
    American Antitrust Institute Inc
    1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW Suite
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for a national symposium titled "Antitrust and Entrepreneurship" in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2015. The program will generate papers that will be edited and compiled into a book on antitrust law and its impact on entrepreneurship in various parts of the economy. 20140926 35,500
    Wu Yufei
    70 Pacific Street Apt 591C
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140991 3,000
    Sell Briana
    800 West Peachtree NW
    Atlanta,GA30308
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140992 3,000
    Nagaraj Abhishek
    60 Wadsworth Street Apt 22F
    Cambridge,MA02142
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140993 3,000
    Patnaik Megha
    214 Pine Hill Court Apt 101
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140994 3,000
    Moser Christian
    Princeton University
    Department of Economics 111 Fisher
    Princeton,NJ08544
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140995 3,000
    Kim Yujin
    1737 Virginia Street Apt 25
    Berkeley,CA94703
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140996 3,000
    Hu Lucy
    86 Linda Avenue Apt 400
    Piedmont,CA94611
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140997 3,000
    Giorcelli Michela
    51 Dudley Lane Apt 223
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140998 3,000
    Garlick Julia
    155 Mansfield Street
    New Haven,CT06511
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20140999 3,000
    Fehder Daniel
    97 Algonquin Road
    Chestnut Hill,MA02467
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141000 3,000
    Garcia-Macia Daniel
    44 Olmsted Road Apt 444
    Stanford,CA94305
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141001 3,000
    Moreira Sara Patricia Ferreira
    1606 East Hyde Park Boulevard Apt
    Chicago,IL60615
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141002 3,000
    Yu Sandy
    New York University
    Stern School of Business44 West 4th
    New York,NY10012
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141003 3,000
    Ziv Oren
    10 Caldwell Avenue 2
    Somerville,MA02143
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20141004 3,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 20150001 50,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC 2015 Giving Card program. 20150004 2,025
    University of Maryland
    3114 Tydings Hall
    College Park,MD20742
    NONE NC Support for research to explore the causes and consequences of the broad decline in entrepreneurship and economic dynamism in the United States. 20150074 705,000
    The Brookings Institution
    1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support research at the Tax Policy Center for issues relating to the effect of different types of federal taxes on entrepreneurial activity (a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution). 20150075 75,000
    Urban Institute
    2100 M Street NW
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for research at the Tax Policy Center on several issues relating to the effect of different types of federal taxes on entrepreneurial activity (a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution). 20150076 310,000
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for research on how changes in antitrust laws affect the rate of entrepreneurship, with one case study focusing on St. Louis, Missouri. 2015086 120,000
    City Year Inc
    287 Columbus Ave
    Boston,MA02116
    NONE PC Support the launch of City Year Kansas City in 2015-2016 and full program implementation through the 2018-2019 academic year to help the Kansas City Public Schools and the Kauffman School students reach their full potential and graduate from high school. The program will also provide a critical pathway for its corps members to enter careers in education in Kansas City. 20150126 900,000
    Teach for America Inc
    2000 Baltimore 3rd Floor
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support the Teach for America's model of developing new groups of highly-effective teachers and leaders to improve student proficiency in district schools, charter schools, and community-based organizations in the Kansas City region. 20150140 500,000
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Office of Research Services
    3451 Walnut P-221
    Philadelphia,PA191046205
    NONE PC Support for research into how the participation of established companies in the regulatory process affects the environment for entrepreneurs. 20150149 341,375
    American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral
    Sciences
    1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
    Washington,DC200073835
    NONE PC Support to examine the extent to which teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities are responsive to the ratings provided by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) and demonstrate improvements in areas noted by the NCTQ. 20150185 109,443
    Georgetown University
    37th and O Streets NW
    Washington,DC20057
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150198 12,367
    The Board of Trustees of the University of
    Illinois Office of Sponsored Progra
    Administration 1901 S First Street
    Champaign,IL618207406
    NONE PC Support to create an open access dataset/ inventory of entrepreneurship education programs, curricula, audiences, professors, and outcomes in universities across the United States. 20150243 44,871
    SFMade Inc
    2617 19th Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE PC Support for the completion of governance and capacity-building initiatives. 20150267 50,000
    Union Station Kansas City Inc
    30 West Pershing Suite 400
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150273 666,667
    Ohio State University
    2100 Neil Avenue
    Columbus,OH432100114
    NONE NC Support for research that looks at entrepreneurial mobility in high-tech industries, its relationship to innovation diffusion in these industries, and the effect of industry characteristics on the personnel and performance of new ventures. 20150318 400,193
    Bishop Ward High School
    708 N 18th Street
    Kansas City,KS66102
    NONE NC Support the enhancement of academic programs that are part of the Project Forward initiative. 20150344 80,000
    University Academy
    6801 Holmes Road
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support to increase internal capacity and strengthen the school's curriculum, teacher development, college counseling, and alumni support. 20150345 182,600
    Crossroads Academy of Kansas City
    1015 Central Street
    Kansas City,MO64105
    NONE PC Support efforts to improve academic outcomes, moving closer to performance marks equivalent to or greater than the average statewide outcomes in missouri and to put human resources in place necessary to expand enrollment. 20150346 228,435
    KIPP Kansas City
    2700 East 18th Street
    Kansas City,MO64127
    NONE PC Support to create a strategic growth plan to expand KIPP's impact in Kansas City, and to build operational capacity and improve community engagement efforts. 20150347 100,000
    Association of Missouri Charter Schools dba
    Missouri Charter Public School Asso
    1300 Papin Street
    St Louis,MO63103
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150348 33,000
    Yale University
    101 Constitution Avenue NW Suite 9
    Washington,DC20001
    NONE NC Support for Mayors as Entrepreneurs: Transforming City Hall in New York, New York, June 2, 2015 and The Future Ain't What It Used to Be: Delight and Despair over Disruption in New York, New York, June 7, 2016. 20150390 49,310
    Wellesley College
    106 Central Street
    Wellesley,MA02481
    NONE PC Support for two related projects to better understand the characteristics of entrepreneurs in the United States and how trends in characteristics are changing over time using (1) the existing historical data related to business owners and (2) the new Survey of the Business Owners data. 20150405 118,032
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    NONE PC Support the operations of an educational accelerator for new and young firms addressing water conservation issues. 20150413 9,066
    Regents of the University of California at
    Berkeley
    2150 Shattuck Avenue 1129
    Berkeley,CA947205580
    NONE PC Support to explore two entrepreneurial fields of research: crowdfunding and accelerators. 20150424 61,415
    Johns Hopkins University
    3400 N Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support for a series of books, seminars, and papers on the history of entrepreneurship, the so -called "entrepreneurial multiplier effect,the political economy of entrepreneurship in American economic history. 20150442 82,000
    Duke University
    100 Fuqua Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150463 15,000
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    100 Main Street E62-627
    Cambridge,MA021421347
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150464 15,000
    New York University
    44 West 4th Street Suite 706
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150466 15,000
    University of Southern California
    3670 Trousdale Parkway BRI 306
    Los Angeles,CA900890808
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150479 20,000
    Center for Economic and Policy Research
    1611 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 400
    Washington,DC20009
    NONE PC Support for research on barriers to entry in the U.S. economy, the impact on entrepreneurs, and their contribution to inequality. 20150483 38,800
    University of California - Santa Barbara
    3005 Social Sciences Media Studie
    Santa Barbara,CA931069430
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150494 15,000
    George Washington University
    805 21st Street NW Suite 613
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for research and policy outreach on the impact of federal competitiveness policy on entrepreneurship. 20150497 145,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150498 10,000
    Duke University
    213 Social Sciences Building
    419 Chapel Drive Box 90097
    Durham,NC277080097
    NONE PC Fellowships to support research in entrepreneurship by junior faculty members. 20150499 2,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    5100 Rockhill
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support for a Law & Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow to assist with innovative programs and the creation of a proposal for a network of law school programs, clinics, and policy (Oriented Research Advancing Entrepreneurship). 20150500 26,500
    Johns Hopkins University
    338 Mergenthaler Hall
    3400 N Charles Street
    Baltimore,MD21218
    NONE PC Support for writing an e-book that will synthesize research on economic rent-seeking and its effects on entrepreneurship, innovation, and inequality. 20150509 22,763
    Economic Strategy Institute
    3050 K Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20007
    NONE PC Support for research on the set of technological changes that constitute the "New Internet Protocolwhat it means for entrepreneurship, economic growth, and job creation. 20150512 21,250
    WestEd
    730 Harrison Street
    San Francisco,CA94107
    NONE NC Support for a series of in-depth focus groups of parents working to collect information about parental access to and usage of education data in different formats. 20150519 87,102
    LaunchCode Foundation
    4240 Duncan Ave
    St Louis,MO63110
    NONE PC Support the expansion of LaunchCode in the Kansas City area to provide individuals with education, apprenticeships and job placement in technology positions at no cost to the participant. 20150525 125,000
    Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Inc
    2665 Mission Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE PC Support to publish the "Maker Cities Playbook" which will document maker activity in at least 22 United States cities. 20150526 55,000
    University of Baltimore
    1420 N Charles
    Baltimore,MD21201
    NONE NC Support for a research initiative that is focused on identifying the factors that affect entrepreneurship among older adults. 20150528 23,080
    Research Foundation of the City University of
    New York
    230 West 41st Street 7th Floor
    New York,NY10036
    NONE PC Support for qualitative research on how part-time, contingent work in the on-demand mobile services sector affects household balance sheets. 20150642 26,548
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway
    Suite 350B
    Fairway,KS66205
    NONE PC Support for educational development and first-year operations of the Power of Two mentoring program. 20150683 39,000
    Gordon Parks Elementary School
    3715 Wyoming
    Kansas City,MO64111
    NONE PC Support the school's efforts to enhance instructional practice and literacy programming to improve outcomes for its students. 20150698 42,000
    IFF
    One North LaSalle
    Suite 700
    Chicago,IL60602
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150770 98,919
    International Institute of Innovation Journalism
    c/o SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for the i4 Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., September 1, 2015, and a resulting book on the changing labor market in the next decade. 20150795 10,000
    Institute for Justice
    901 N Glebe Road Suite 900
    Arlington,VA22203
    NONE PC Support for funding of at least one national and three to four state forums on the barriers of occupational licensing, and understanding the various strategies to change policies that will ease the burden of licensing for entrepreneurs. 20150798 122,040
    University of Maryland
    Robert H Smith School of Business
    4528 Van Munching Hall
    College Park,MD20742
    NONE NC Support for the Julian Simon Forum, a scholarly debate forum to identify knowledge gaps and research questions related to economic dynamism and entrepreneurship. 20150812 40,000
    City of Kansas City Missouri
    City Hall 414 East 12th Street 29
    Kansas City,MO641062795
    NONE NC Support for an education advisor to inform the Mayor of key education issues and opportunities to support better academic outcomes for students in Kansas City. 20150814 50,000
    Duke University
    210 Science Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Support the formation of the Task Force on Entrepreneurship Education Research and for a two-day conference on entrepreneurship education in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, October 2015. 20150839 20,000
    George Mason University Foundation Inc
    4400 University Drive MS 1A3
    Fairfax,VA220304444
    NONE PC Support for new data construction on regional labor flows of highly skilled workers and the resulting connections between innovative industries. 20150869 52,326
    School District of Kansas City Missouri
    Headquarters 1211 McGee Street
    Suite 1000
    Kansas City,MO64106
    NONE NC Support for the expansion of the New Americans Academy pilot program at Gladstone Elementary School to improve academic outcomes for a growing number of newly-arriving, English language learners in kindergarten through sixth grade. 20150875 298,510
    Regents of the University of Minnesota
    University of Minnesota - Twin Citi
    301 19th Avenue South 307
    Minneapolis,MN55455
    NONE NC Support for research at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Humphrey School of Public Affairs to develop a comprehensive database of all occupations that require an occupational license to practice in at least one state, and what is required for each license. 20150880 94,010
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support for the School's continued operations in FY2016 to develop, manage, and operate a charter school of excellence. 20150881 2,758,488
    JumpStart Inc
    6701 Carnegie Ave
    Ste 100
    Cleveland,OH44103
    NONE PC Support for a qualitative and quantitative measurement of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton MSA entrepreneurial ecosystem. 20150890 36,416
    Welcoming America Inc
    315 W Ponce de Leon Ave Ste 500
    Decatur,GA30030
    NONE PC General operating support. 20150891 100,000
    Camp Fire National Headquarters
    1801 Main Street Suite 200
    Kansas City,MO64108
    NONE PC Support for after school programs for children and youth in the urban core of Wyandotte County, Kansas. 20150894 30,000
    University System of New Hampshire
    Keene State College
    229 Main Street
    Keene,NH034353510
    NONE PC Support research of the craft brewery industry, its generally hostile economic environment, and its effect on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. 20150904 45,000
    Duke University
    615 Chapel Drive
    P O Box 90581
    Durham,NC277080581
    NONE PC Support for a conference on the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) and the creation of 15 papers using data from the KFS to be published in a special edition of Small Business Economics. 20150905 100,000
    Blue Springs School District
    James Walker Elementary
    201 SE Sunnyside School Road
    Blue Springs,MO64014
    NONE NC Support for staff professional development and literacy intervention at James Walker Elementary to improve English Language Arts outcomes for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. 20150907 200,000
    Drexel University
    LeBow College of Business
    Academic Building 308
    Philadelphia,PA19104
    NONE PC Support for research that will link firm-level micro data with detailed trade data to analyze the relationship between import competition and entrepreneurship. 20150936 167,600
    Regents of the University of California at
    Berkeley Headquarters Sponsored P
    2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 300
    Berkeley,CA94704
    NONE PC Support for research that will examine the dynamics and consequences of the transition to a Platform Economy. 20150937 35,000
    Michigan State University
    Hannah Administration Building
    426 Auditorium Road Room 2
    East Lansing,MI488242600
    NONE PC Support to conduct a comparative analysis of firm dynamics in Rustbelt and Sunbelt entrepreneurial ecosystems. 20150940 20,085
    William Marsh Rice University
    Office of Sponsored Research
    PO Box 1892 - MS 16
    Houston,TX770051892
    NONE PC Support for research to determine if there is a spatial pattern of entrepreneurial growth, specifically how the collection of different elements - both physical space and the presence of firms - affect enterprises of varying types. 20150941 78,788
    New America Foundation
    1899 L Street NW
    Suite 400
    Washington,DC20036
    NONE PC Support for continuance of work on political dynamism and advancement of the policy making process in order to bolster innovation and entrepreneurship. 20150951 70,176
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
    University Metropolitan Institute
    1021 Prince Street 100
    Alexandria,VA22314
    NONE NC Support research that distinguishes between different types of entrepreneurial ventures, and measures the impact of relevant policies on these ventures. 20150967 21,175
    Endeavor Global Inc
    900 Broadway Suite 301
    New York,NY10003
    NONE PC Support for research that will map the network of connections between entrepreneurial firms and others within specific American cities. 20150968 161,333
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5000 Forbes Avenue
    Pittsburgh,PA152133890
    NONE PC Support for research examining the role of state and local government activities in supporting entrepreneurs. 20150969 92,434
    WestEd
    730 Harrison Street
    San Francisco,CA94107
    NONE NC Support for the identification of education entrepreneurs and innovators who have received federal funding for education product commercialization. This knowledge contributes to understanding the innovation and entrepreneurial landscape in education. 20150991 118,286
    Westminster College
    1840 South 1300 East
    Salt Lake City,UT84105
    NONE PC Support for research to understand the effect of dual credit courses on postsecondary progress of students and their eventual employment. 20150996 72,595
    Regents of the University of California at
    Riverside Sponsored Programs Admini
    200 University Office Building
    Riverside,CA92521
    NONE PC Support for research on ethnic minority-owned businesses and their interactions with the local community. 20151035 19,500
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    Office of Sponsored Programs Admini
    115 Business Loop 70 West
    Columbia,MO65203
    NONE NC Conference sponsorship for an event looking at entrepreneurship and philanthropy and their role in economic development to be held in Gwangju, South Korea, May 28-29, 2016. 20151045 15,955
    Young Invincibles
    1411 K St NW Ste 400
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE PC Support to analyze the connection between student debt and entrepreneurship among millennials by using the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) survey data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 20151114 21,500
    Enterprise Center of Johnson County
    4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway
    Suite 350B
    Fairway,KS66205
    NONE PC Support to increase the Women's Business Center's capacity for technical assistance and business coaching for clients served in the Kansas City metro area. 20151115 93,000
    Loyola University New Orleans
    6363 St Charles Avenue
    New Orleans,LA70118
    NONE PC Support for a review of licensing and permitting laws affecting new entrepreneurs. 20151130 5,300
    Bellwether Education Partners Inc
    517 Boston Post Road 171
    Sudbury,MA01776
    NONE PC Support for the development of a coordinated set of indicators for education sector innovation and test the index in three cities to establish the utility and feasibility of the process and instrument. 20151167 88,000
    Albuquerque Community Foundation
    PO Box 25266
    Albuquerque,NM87125
    NONE PC Support creation of The Mayor's Prize for Entrepreneurship, to improve conditions for entrepreneurial success in the Albuquerque metro area. 20151190 50,000
    University of Washington Foundation
    Box 353200
    Seattle,WA98195
    NONE PC Support for the Foster School of Business's two- stage conference (January 2016 and August 2016) on minority entrepreneurship, and the subsequent special publication of research on this topic. 20151250 31,250
    University of Tampa
    401 W Kennedy Blvd
    Tampa,FL33606
    NONE PC Support for research to understand different elements of the Tampa, Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem through the use of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. 20151268 74,959
    William Marsh Rice University
    Office of Sponsored Research
    PO Box 1892 - MS 16
    Houston,TX770051892
    NONE PC Support research on the effectiveness of accelerators, incubators and other seed-stage entrepreneurship support organizations. 20151274 1,378,338
    Public Forum Institute
    2400 N Street NW
    Suite 603
    Washington,DC20037
    NONE PC Support for two initiatives: (1) Global Entrepreneurship Research Network and (2) Startup Nations which will further the Foundation's research to understand how policies and programs contribute to the progress of entrepreneurs. 20151284 158,000
    University of Richmond
    28 Westhampton Way
    Richmond,VA231730001
    NONE PC Support for research on how accelerators can be designed to best achieve their goals. 20151290 60,000
    Northwestern University
    1801 Maple Ave 2nd Floor Suite 241
    Evanston,IL602013149
    NONE PC Support for research to address how economic developments in the Sharing Economy and related developments in Information and Communications Technology are profoundly affecting opportunities and prospects for entrepreneurship. 20151297 90,995
    Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City
    6950 Squibb Road Suite 220
    Mission,KS66202
    NONE PC Support for research and public policy work focused on licensing and gender related issues in the Kansas City area. 20151298 112,000
    University of Texas System
    601 Colorado Street
    Austin,TX787012982
    NONE NC Support the expansion of the Austin tech incubator - student entrepreneurship acceleration and launch (ATI-SEAL) program to 10 universities. 20151327 336,414
    The Idea Village
    515 Girod Street
    New Orleans,LA70130
    NONE PC Support the expansion of Idea Village by adding industry specific accelerators and increasing the capacity of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. 20151344 325,000
    Interise Inc
    197 Portland Street
    2nd Floor
    Boston,MA02114
    NONE PC Support the expansion of the Interise StreetWise MBA program to new cities and increase the capacity of the program by a minimum of 10 cohorts per year. 20151345 327,590
    SEED SPOT
    2828 N Central Ave Ste 700
    Phoenix,AZ85004
    NONE PC Support the expansion of SEED SPOT to an additional five cities. 20151353 214,500
    MassChallenge
    21 Drydock Ave 6th Floor
    Boston,MA02210
    NONE PC Support the deployment of MassChallenge bootcamps to underrepresented demographics and communities. 20151354 325,000
    National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
    Alliance
    100 Venture Way
    Hadley,MA01035
    NONE PC Support the expansion of the VentureWell ASPIRE program to a minimum of three accelerators. 20151355 304,950
    VilCap Inc
    419 7th Street NW Suite 200
    Washington,DC20004
    NONE PC Support the expansion of Village Capital's city- based cohort locations on a national scale. 20151356 325,000
    Syracuse University
    900 S Crouse Avenue
    Syracuse,NY13244
    NONE PC Support the expansion of V-WISE locations and alumni support program. 20151357 309,958
    Data Quality Campaign
    1341 G St NW Suite 700
    Washington,DC20005
    NONE SO I Support to build technical infrastructure and human capital around the collection and use of education data to inform decisions in education policy and practice. 20151368 632,545
    New York University
    665 Broadway Suite 801
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support to design and implement a national urban data network that provides research access to administrative, transaction, and survey data on cities. 20151369 84,059
    University of Texas System
    601 Colorado Street
    Austin,TX787012982
    NONE NC Support for a study that seeks to use both quantitative and qualitative data to develop the industrial genesis of Austin's Entrepreneurial Economy, specifically how did successful firms, along with local institutions, spin off and influence entrepreneurship in Austin. 20151403 129,219
    University of Massachusetts
    System Office and Collaborative Ser
    333 South Street
    Shrewsbury,MA015454169
    NONE NC Support to study inter-firm connectivity by tracking the movement of workers across different employers, which serves as a conduit for the transmission of knowledge and organizational learning. 20151408 24,043
    George Washington University
    2121 I Street NW
    Washington,DC20052
    NONE PC Support for research to analyze entrepreneurship patterns among Baby Boomers using data from the Health and Retirement Study on a variety of measures, including family situation and history, living arrangements, physical and mental health status, occupational situation, incomes, assets and debts, and expectations about future events. 20151427 34,378
    University of Maryland
    Office of Research Administration
    3112 Lee Building 7809 Regents Dri
    College Park,MD207425141
    NONE NC Support for research to answer outstanding questions regarding the use and effects of non- compete agreements. 20151449 167,242
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support for the Kauffman School's continued operations in FY2017 to develop, manage, and operate a charter school of excellence. 20151476 5,421,658
    Kauffman Scholars Inc
    4801 Rockhill Road
    Kansas City,MO641102046
    NONE POF Support Kauffman Scholars 2016 operations to help low-income students in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas prepare for and complete a postsecondary program of study. 20151477 12,300,000
    Kent State University Foundation Office of
    Institutional Advancement Center
    Philanthrophy 350 S Lincoln Street
    Kent,OH442420001
    NONE PC Support for research on how local taxation affects entrepreneurship by using data on school property tax votes and property tax rate changes. 20151485 16,575
    International Institute of Innovation Journalism
    c/o SRI International
    333 Ravenswood Ave
    Menlo Park,CA94025
    NONE PC Support for operations, conference preparation, ecosystem mapping, I4J analytics and interactive commemity group. 20151552 45,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    Missouri School of Journalism
    310H Reynold Journalism Institute
    Columbia,MO65211
    NONE NC Support to create an online news forum to report Missouri business news, including news on the state's entrepreneurial ventures. 20151599 50,000
    Andrews Michael
    322 Camden Road
    Iowa City,IA52245
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151607 3,000
    Bapna Sofia
    4600 Washburn Ave S
    Minneapolis,MN55410
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151615 3,000
    Choi Joonkyu
    460 L St NW Apt 406
    Washington,DC20001
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151618 3,000
    Colonnelli Emanuele
    Via Napoli 75
    Ascoli Piceno   63100
    IT
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151621 3,000
    Cho Jae Beum
    18A Lisa Ln
    Ithaca,NY14850
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151633 3,000
    Crosina Eliana
    60 Jarvis Circle
    Needham,MA02492
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151636 3,000
    Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc
    52 Vanderbilt Avenue
    New York,NY10017
    NONE PC Support for five think-big symposiums to develop and discuss ideas that can help cities thrive in the 21st century. 20151638 35,000
    Cserpes Tunde
    1518 W 17th Street
    Apt 1
    Chicago,IL60608
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151639 3,000
    Davis Daniel B
    1311 La Palma St 2
    San Diego,CA92109
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151640 3,000
    Grandy Jake B
    246 Alpine Street 3
    Pasadena,CA91106
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151642 3,000
    Guzman Jorge
    231 Prospect Street 2
    Cambridge,MA02139
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151643 3,000
    Hovenkamp Erik N
    320 W Evergreen Avenue Unit 2N
    Chicago,IL60610
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151645 3,000
    Jaravel Xavier
    35 Dimick Street Apartment 3
    Somerville,MA02143
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151646 3,000
    Kirtley Jacqueline
    44 Lewis Street
    Newton,PA02458
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151647 3,000
    Koning Rembrand
    1221 York Street
    San Francisco,CA94110
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151648 3,000
    Myers Kyle R
    2018 Saint Albans St
    Philadelphia,PA19146
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151649 3,000
    Olson Daniel M
    7602 Wells Blvd
    Hyattsville,MD20783
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151650 3,000
    Startz Meredith Lundberg
    358 Humphrey St 3rd Floor
    New Haven,CT06511
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151651 3,000
    Wu Andy
    5 Appletree Lane
    Lexington,MA02420
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151653 3,000
    Xue Xin
    2112 Jefferson Park Avenue Apt 1
    Charlottesville,VA22903
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151654 3,000
    Yu Qianqian
    1820 Commonwealth Avenue
    Apartment 35
    Brighton,MA02135
    NONE NC Fellowships for Ph.D. candidates writing dissertations in entrepreneurship. 20151657 3,000
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Support for development of an experimental module focusing on developing a better understanding of entrepreneurship factors for the Baby Boomers demographic group. 20151697 125,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    KC SourceLink - UMKC
    4747 Troost
    Kansas City,MO641102499
    NONE NC Support to increase the capacity of KCSourceLink to educate, support and measure the impact of entrepreneurs in Kansas City. 20151724 200,000
    Curators of the University of Missouri
    UMKC Innovation Center Artist Inc
    4747 Troost Room 121
    Kansas City,MO64110
    NONE NC Support for additional capacity for Artist INC to educate more artists as entrepreneurs at the University of Missouri Kansas City's Innovation Center. 20151741 90,000
    Regents of the University of California
    327 Cheadle Hall
    Santa Barbara,CA931062050
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by providing a longitudinal study of the Rising Tide Program, studying the short and long-term roles for women in angel investing. 20151944 20,900
    Bentley University
    The Conscious Capitalism Institute
    175 Forest Street
    Waltham,MA02452
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on business financing and measuring bias against women. 20151948 6,000
    Duke University
    210 Science Drive
    Durham,NC27708
    NONE PC Support for a conference and policy briefing on the forces driving changes in the innovation system of the United States and other advanced countries, and whether those changes call for government policy intervention. 20151951 50,000
    Emory University
    1599 Clifton Road NE 4th Floor
    Atlanta,GA30322
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the effects of business accelerators on women entrepreneurs. 20151953 5,350
    President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Office for Sponsored Programs
    1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th Floo
    Cambridge,MA021383846
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on women's engagement in the entrepreneurial process. 20151955 6,000
    University of Montana
    32 Campus Dr 4104
    Office of Sponsored Research Progra
    Missoula,MT598124104
    NONE NC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching women's participation in pre- entrepreneurship programs. 20151958 5,000
    President & Board of Trustees of Santa Clara
    College Office of Sponsored Projec
    500 El Camino Real St Josephs Ha
    Santa Clara,CA950533001
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by focusing on women founders of STEM firms and success dynamics. 20151960 10,640
    University of Arizona
    Sponsored Projects Office
    888 N Euclid Room 510
    Tucson,AZ85719
    NONE NC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the uses on demand and supply of capital in equity crowdfunding. 20151961 6,000
    New York University
    665 Broadway Suite 801
    Office of Sponsored Programs
    New York,NY10012
    NONE PC Support for three teams of researchers to create and document new ways of understanding the links between investments in research & development and innovation as a part of the Innovation Measurement Initiative. 20151971 17,504
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Wharton School of Business
    3209 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
    Philadelphia,PA191046218
    NONE PC Support research in women's entrepreneurship by researching the signals and cues women portray in entrepreneurship. 20151987 6,400
    University of Hartford
    Barney School of Business
    200 Bloomfield Avenue
    West Hartford,CT061171599
    NONE PC Support for research in women's entrepreneurship by pre- and post-testing 90 Next Wave Initiative training participants to determine their motivations for investing, attitudes, and expectations. 20152032 2,900
    University of Chicago
    Booth School of Busniess Room 376
    5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
    Chicago,IL60637
    NONE NC Support to explore entrepreneurial and small business consequences of changes in taxes and investment incentives, as well as household-level concerns such as student debt. 20152069 137,850
    Global Center For Cultural Entrepreneurship
    341 E Alameda St
    Santa Fe,NM87501
    NONE PC Support to develop evaluation criteria to improve the methodology for planned expansion into additional communities. 20152094 89,890
    Regents of the University of Michigan
    Office of Sponsored Research Prog
    3003 S State Street
    Ann Arbor,MI481091274
    NONE PC Support for research of mentoring programs across universities, conducted in conjunction with their program partner - the Enterprise Futures Network (EFN). 20152124 30,000
    Score Foundation
    1175 Herndon Parkway
    Herndon,VA20170
    NONE SO III FI Support for SCORE to expand its mentoring services by developing a pilot for a video conferencing program (the SCORE Vibrant Communities Virtual Mentoring program). 20152132 50,000
    Greater Kansas City Community Foundation &
    Affiliated Trusts
    1055 Broadway Suite 130
    Kansas City,MO641051595
    NONE PC 2016 Kauffman Foundation match of associate and trustee contributions. 20152360 1,255,000
    University of Washington
    318 Mackenzie Hall
    BOX 353200
    Seattle,WA98115
    none NC Support for the west coast research symposium and doctoral consortium on technology entrepreneurship from 2014 to 2016. 20140109 15,000
    Ewing Marion Kauffman School Inc
    6401 Paseo Ave
    Kansas City,MO64131
    NONE PC Support for funding bond commitments related to the Ewing Marion Kauffman School in future years. 20130792 16,832,507
    Total .................................bullet 3b 64,110,443
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 12
    Part XVI-A
    Analysis of Income-Producing Activities
    Enter gross amounts unless otherwise indicated. Unrelated business income Excluded by section 512, 513, or 514 (e)
    Related or exempt
    function income
    (See instructions.)
    1Program service revenue: (a)
    Business code
    (b)
    Amount
    (c)
    Exclusion code
    (d)
    Amount
    aRETURN OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS     01   1,081,807
    bISTART INCOME     01   48,500
    cROYALTIES & HONORARIUMS RECEIVED     15 4,360  
    d
    e
    f
    gFees and contracts from government agencies          
    2 Membership dues and assessments....          
    3
    Interest on savings and temporary cash investments ...........
             
    4 Dividends and interest from securities....     14 18,204,360  
    5 Net rental income or (loss) from real estate:
    aDebt-financed property......          
    bNot debt-financed property.....          
    6
    Net rental income or (loss) from personal property
             
    7 Other investment income.....     19 7,983,409  
    8
    Gain or (loss) from sales of assets other than inventory ............
        18 61,084,956  
    9 Net income or (loss) from special events:          
    10 Gross profit or (loss) from sales of inventory..          
    11 Other revenue:
    aFED & STATE TAX REFUNDS
        01 11,358  
    bREFUND OF MANAGEMENT FEES     01 309,428  
    cPROGRAM RELATED INVESTMENT INCOME     01 148,170  
    dPROMISSORY NOTE INTEREST INCOME     01 193,396  
    e
    12 Subtotal. Add columns (b), (d), and (e)..   87,939,437 1,130,307
    13Total. Add line 12, columns (b), (d), and (e)..................
    1389,069,744
    (See worksheet in line 13 instructions to verify calculations.)
    Part XVI-B
    Relationship of Activities to the Accomplishment of Exempt Purposes
    Line No.
    DownArrow
    Explain below how each activity for which income is reported in column (e) of Part XVI-A contributed importantly to
    the accomplishment of the foundation’s exempt purposes (other than by providing funds for such purposes). (See
    instructions.)
    1A Return of unused grant funds
    1B Income received to support entrepreneurship program
    1C Income received to support entrepreneurship program
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Form 990-PF (2015)
    Page 13
    Part XVII
    Information Regarding Transfers To and Transactions and Relationships With Noncharitable Exempt Organizations
    1
    Did the organization directly or indirectly engage in any of the following with any other organization described in section 501(c) of the Code (other than section 501(c)(3) organizations) or in section 527, relating to political organizations?
    Yes
    No
    a
    Transfers from the reporting foundation to a noncharitable exempt organization of:
    (1) Cash...................................
    1a(1)
    Yes
     
    (2) Other assets.................................
    1a(2)
     
    No
    b
    Other transactions:
    (1) Sales of assets to a noncharitable exempt organization....................
    1b(1)
     
    No
    (2) Purchases of assets from a noncharitable exempt organization..................
    1b(2)
     
    No
    (3) Rental of facilities, equipment, or other assets.......................
    1b(3)
     
    No
    (4) Reimbursement arrangements...........................
    1b(4)
     
    No
    (5) Loans or loan guarantees.............................
    1b(5)
     
    No
    (6) Performance of services or membership or fundraising solicitations................
    1b(6)
     
    No
    c
    Sharing of facilities, equipment, mailing lists, other assets, or paid employees..............
    1c
     
    No
    d
    If the answer to any of the above is "Yes," complete the following schedule. Column (b) should always show the fair market value
    of the goods, other assets, or services given by the reporting foundation. If the foundation received less than fair market value
    in any transaction or sharing arrangement, show in column (d) the value of the goods, other assets, or services received.

    (a) Line No. (b) Amount involved (c) Name of noncharitable exempt organization (d) Description of transfers, transactions, and sharing arrangements
    1a(1) 368,694 ATTACHMENT B ATTACHMENT B
    2a
    Is the foundation directly or indirectly affiliated with, or related to, one or more tax-exempt organizations
    described in section 501(c) of the Code (other than section 501(c)(3)) or in section 527?...........
    b
    If "Yes," complete the following schedule.

    (a) Name of organization (b) Type of organization (c) Description of relationship
    Sign Here
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    TY 2015 AccountingFeesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category Amount Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
    BSR & CO. 2,175 2,175    
    CBIZ MHM LLC - AUDIT SERVICES 72,879     72,879
    JMW & ASSOC, LLC - TAX PREP 43,500 16,850   26,650

    TY 2015 AllOthProgRltdInvestmentsSch
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category Amount
    NONE  

    TY 2015 CompensationExplanation
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Person Name Explanation
    Kristin Bechard KRISTIN BECHARD'S TERM AS TREASURER BEGAN 4/23/2014.
    Wendy Guillies WENDY GUILLIES WAS ELECTED ACTING PRESIDENT & CEO ON 7/1/2014.

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    TY 2015 DepreciationSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Description of Property Date Acquired Cost or Other Basis Prior Years' Depreciation Computation Method Rate /
    Life (# of years)
    Current Year's Depreciation Expense Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Cost of Goods Sold Not Included

    TY 2015 EmployeeCompensationExpln
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Employee Explanation
    ANZALONE JENNIFER L Compensation includes transition payments received of $28,600 and future transition payments of $143,000.

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    TY 2015 ExpenditureResponsibilityStmt
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Grantee's Name Grantee's Address Grant Date Grant Amount Grant Purpose Amount Expended By Grantee Any Diversion By Grantee? Dates of Reports By Grantee Date of Verification Results of Verification
    SEE ATTACHMENT B
     
     
     
            NO      

    TY 2015 GeneralExplanationAttachment
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Identifier Return Reference Explanation
    CONTINUATION OF LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES PART VII-A, LINE 16 - LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AUSTRALIA austria BELGIUM BRAZIL CANADA CAYMAN ISLANDS DENMARK EGYPT Finland FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HONG KONG INDONESIA ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN LUXEMBOURG MEXICO NETHERLANDS Norway PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC OF KOREA SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN Sweden SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM

    TY 2015 InvestmentsCorpBondsSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Name of Bond End of Year Book Value End of Year Fair Market Value
    ANGLOGOLD HOLDINGS PLC    
    FREDDIE MAC    
    GOLDEN AGRI RESOURCES LT    
    WATERFORD WEDGWOOD PLC 582,619  

    TY 2015 InvestmentsCorpStockSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Name of Stock End of Year Book Value End of Year Fair Market Value
    AALBERTS INDUSTRIES NV 1,378,077 1,483,311
    AAON INC 705,965 1,223,230
    ABAXIS INC 553,148 690,488
    ACACIA RESEARCH CORP    
    ACI WORLDWIDE INC 723,177 1,153,460
    ACME UNITED CORP 612,599 1,174,105
    ADASTRIA CO LTD 758,359 822,082
    ADECCO SA REG    
    ADO PROPERTIES SA 616,262 808,251
    ADVENT SOFTWARE INC    
    ADVISORY BOARD CO/THE 923,880 974,936
    AEGION CORP 1,291,232 1,353,148
    AGL RESOURCES INC 2,756,736 2,975,524
    AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD 1,164,732 908,818
    AIRPORTS OF THAILAND PCL FOR 1,256,875 1,392,269
    AKZO NOBEL    
    ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING SP ADR 4,716,987 4,022,865
    ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC 467,657 953,179
    ALLIANZ SE REG 5,045,825 5,226,886
    ALMIRALL SA    
    ALPHABET INC CL A 1,453,700 2,236,779
    ALPHABET INC CL C 5,489,222 8,057,788
    ALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD    
    ALSEA SAB DE CV 1,150,592 1,289,756
    AMAZON.COM INC 2,010,819 2,196,643
    AMER SPORTS OYJ 1,427,045 1,459,485
    AMERICA S CAR MART INC 88,440 78,736
    AMERICAN SCIENCE + ENGINEERI 4,589,506 3,718,448
    AMERICAN WATER WORKS CO INC 1,002,627 2,987,500
    ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 665,865 73,058
    ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI SPON ADR    
    APERAM 699,133 696,740
    APPLIED MATERIALS INC 379,670 440,089
    APTARGROUP INC    
    ARIAKE JAPAN CO LTD 1,178,271 1,629,822
    ARM HOLDINGS PLC 2,421,721 2,467,977
    AS ONE CORP 364,740 659,579
    ASHTEAD GROUP PLC    
    ASML HOLDING NV NY REG SHS 3,318,092 2,876,148
    ASOS PLC 1,754,692 2,350,807
    ASTA FUNDING INC 112,811 112,890
    ASTELLAS PHARMA INC 1,178,567 2,186,415
    ATOS SE 1,047,844 1,027,444
    AURELIUS AG 2,154,254 2,781,277
    AUTO TRADER GROUP PLC 734,180 1,082,318
    AUTONEUM HOLDING AG    
    AVERY DENNISON CORP    
    AXFOOD AB 1,038,969 993,084
    BAIDU INC SPON ADR 5,921,199 5,843,226
    BALCHEM CORP 424,493 872,480
    BANCA POPOLARE DI MILANO 981,218 1,062,579
    BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC CO NVDR 1,213,628 1,120,707
    BANK OF AMERICA CORP 5,315,341 6,104,241
    BANK OF HAWAII CORP    
    BARRICK GOLD CORP 543,083 353,915
    BB+T CORP 425,456 423,964
    BEAZLEY PLC    
    BECTON DICKINSON AND CO    
    BELLWAY PLC    
    BERKELEY GROUP HOLDINGS 574,640 2,141,248
    BETSSON AB    
    BILLERUDKORSNAS AB 754,290 842,722
    BIO TECHNE CORP 315,807 416,250
    BIOGEN INC 2,958,613 2,634,610
    BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC 2,541,949 2,765,664
    BIOMERIEUX 139,678 215,011
    BLACKBAUD INC 677,129 1,478,557
    BNP PARIBAS 5,638,290 5,129,065
    BOK FINANCIAL CORPORATION 4,522,638 4,279,111
    BOOKER GROUP PLC 1,428,803 1,412,548
    BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES (DE) 1,126,414 1,406,229
    BOUYGUES SA 2,214,364 2,529,967
    BOYD GROUP INCOME FUND 955,232 881,222
    BREMBO SPA 907,864 1,158,406
    BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PLC 1,313,031 1,357,838
    BTG PLC    
    CABELA'S INC    
    CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP 1,270,699 1,248,649
    CALBEE INC    
    CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP 2,781,572 3,832,448
    CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES 1,295,997 979,197
    CANTEL MEDICAL CORP 817,337 1,478,932
    CAR INC    
    CARREFOUR SA 1,613,861 1,719,016
    CASH AMERICA INTL INC 426,200 1,176,736
    CCL INDUSTRIES INC CL B 1,214,831 1,813,729
    CEMPRA INC 1,012,582 726,138
    CENOVUS ENERGY INC 2,193,800 969,935
    CENTURYLINK INC    
    CERNER CORP 1,592,680 1,486,199
    CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 1,881,479 400,950
    CHINA FUND INC/THE 347,934 347,058
    CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC 402,456 29,454
    CHOFU SEISAKUSHO CO LTD 553,703 674,381
    CHUBB CORP 926,333 1,312,605
    CIA CERVECERIAS UNI SPON ADR 967,371 979,768
    CIA SANEAMENTO BASICO DE ADR 1,140,568 1,037,760
    CIE FINANCIERE RICHEMON REG 4,116,647 3,594,196
    CIELO SA 1,218,677 845,640
    CISCO SYSTEMS INC    
    CITIGROUP INC 4,780,635 5,102,550
    CLEAN HARBORS INC    
    CLICKS GROUP LTD    
    CNA FINANCIAL CORP 433,287 431,326
    CNH INDUSTRIAL NV 7,558,801 5,145,384
    COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1,753,378 1,724,627
    COMFORTDELGRO CORP LTD 425,893 805,751
    COMMERCE BANCSHARES INC 2,853,356 3,016,139
    COMPAGNIE DE SAINT GOBAIN 1,505,810 1,505,853
    COMPASS MINERALS INTL 415,883 381,017
    CONTANGO OIL + GAS    
    CORRECTIONS CORP OF AMERICA 4,228,224 3,635,514
    COSMAX INC    
    COSTAR GROUP INC 367,900 1,058,046
    COVESTRO AG 1,242,861 1,460,229
    CP ALL PCL FOREIGN 2,748,189 2,305,590
    CRAWFORD + COMPANY CL A 346,598 473,462
    CREATE RESTAURANTS HOLDINGS 158,649 175,632
    CREDIT SUISSE GROUP AG REG 9,955,119 8,359,556
    CRH PLC 945,887 1,150,840
    CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC 1,420,251 1,414,846
    CT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP LTD    
    CTS EVENTIM AG + CO KGAA 552,140 565,454
    CULLEN/FROST BANKERS INC 396,324 340,320
    CUSTOMERS BANCORP INC 1,032,207 1,584,095
    DAIFUKU CO LTD 1,411,521 1,486,886
    DAIICHIKOSHO CO LTD 505,880 1,200,301
    DAIMLER AG REGISTERED SHARES 4,532,929 5,498,954
    DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC 4,868,899 4,025,678
    DANONE 2,788,369 2,775,604
    DAVIDE CAMPARI MILANO SPA 965,837 964,513
    DCC PLC 1,593,086 1,735,694
    DE LONGHI SPA 718,688 822,535
    DEERE + CO 2,249,258 2,232,957
    DESCARTES SYSTEMS GRP/THE 425,527 444,225
    DESTINATION XL GROUP INC 161,750 226,651
    DEUTSCHE ANNINGTON IMMOBILIE    
    DEUTSCHE WOHNEN AG BR 2,023,832 3,002,964
    DEVRY EDUCATION GROUP INC 1,596,744 880,155
    DIAGEO PLC 4,132,018 3,951,786
    DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR PLC    
    DISCO CORP    
    DOMINO'S PIZZA ENTERPRISES 645,264 1,097,626
    DOMINO'S PIZZA GROUP PLC 971,672 1,424,732
    DON QUIJOTE HOLDINGS CO LTD    
    DORMAN PRODUCTS INC 1,074,932 1,007,551
    DOVER CORP 918,305 815,668
    DRILLISCH AG 700,089 629,733
    DUOYUAN PRINTING INC 11,900  
    EAST WEST BANCORP INC 806,344 1,662,400
    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 1,970,815 2,164,052
    ELECTROLUX AB SER B    
    ELEMENT FINANCIAL CORP 765,482 667,086
    EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 3,593,828 3,109,907
    ENCANA CORP 451,223 93,203
    ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INC 531,119 237,630
    EQT CORP 985,783 763,340
    EURONEXT NV 1,903,963 2,220,847
    EXA CORP 544,590 489,071
    EXCEED CO LTD    
    EXELON CORP 435,256 443,181
    EXPONENT INC 789,407 834,165
    EZCORP INC CL A 1,505,779 733,081
    FACEBOOK INC A 3,965,959 5,452,786
    FAMILYMART CO LTD    
    FANUC CORP 2,242,226 2,961,486
    FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC    
    FAST RETAILING CO LTD 1,426,649 1,276,275
    FASTENAL CO    
    FEDERAL AGRIC MTG CORP CL C 1,645,282 2,758,871
    FEDEX CORP    
    FFP 596,332 446,387
    FIRSTSERVICE CORP 657,374 794,496
    FLEETMATICS GROUP PLC 1,537,266 1,789,078
    FLOWSERVE CORP 1,469,696 1,180,975
    FLUOR CORP    
    FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC 431,074 379,625
    FORBO HOLDING AG REG    
    FRANCO NEVADA CORP 520,913 556,262
    FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL NV 6,413,315 5,528,880
    FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC    
    FRAPORT AG FRANKFURT AIRPORT 92,943 136,889
    FRESNILLO PLC 868,009 651,199
    FUGRO NV CVA    
    FURSYS INC 113,954 635,465
    GAGFAH SA    
    GAUMONT SA 37,513 47,498
    GAZPROM OAO SPON ADR 676,933 370,690
    GENERAL MOTORS CO 5,461,878 5,883,730
    GENMAB A/S    
    GENTERA SAB DE CV    
    GENUINE PARTS CO 414,016 439,671
    GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC CL A 1,571,484 682,777
    GERRESHEIMER AG 1,722,653 1,865,141
    GFT TECHNOLOGIES SE 1,094,346 1,269,156
    GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 1,231,151 1,243,603
    GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR    
    GOLDCORP INC 1,939,174 802,819
    GOOGLE INC CL C    
    GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC 305,999 706,112
    GRAND CITY PROPERTIES 1,334,956 1,587,295
    GRANDVISION NV 1,695,503 1,976,736
    GREAT EAGLE HOLDINGS LTD 860,102 833,307
    GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INC    
    GREENCORE GROUP PLC 1,007,652 1,119,483
    GREGGS PLC 1,355,784 1,536,640
    GROUPE BRUXELLES LAMBERT SA 1,025,345 1,140,033
    GRUBHUB INC    
    GRUMA S.A.B. B 1,230,399 1,292,290
    GRUPO TELEVISA SA SPON ADR 3,075,078 3,822,189
    GT CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC    
    GUOCO GROUP LTD 937,298 1,010,796
    H LUNDBECK A/S 1,302,281 1,455,548
    H.B. FULLER CO. 5,910,771 5,429,179
    HAL TRUST 915,352 1,349,022
    HALLIBURTON CO 421,102 393,094
    HALMA PLC 1,172,381 1,542,505
    HAMBURGER HAFEN UND LOGISTIK 1,039,360 531,300
    HANG LUNG PROPERTIES LTD 1,226,416 956,411
    HARDINGE INC 657,028 540,560
    HASEKO CORP    
    HAW PAR CORP LTD 1 1,100,295 1,933,116
    HCC INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC    
    HEALTH NET INC 1,764,789 4,285,596
    HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP 779,759 875,237
    HEALTHSTREAM INC 898,333 754,600
    HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC 435,237 416,326
    HEIDELBERGCEMENT AG 2,134,795 3,193,755
    HELMERICH + PAYNE 1,025,119 917,901
    HELVETIA HOLDING AG REG    
    HIBBETT SPORTS INC    
    HIROSE ELECTRIC CO LTD 3,843,444 4,355,792
    HISCOX LTD 844,405 1,095,786
    HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CO    
    HOLCIM LTD REG    
    HOPEWELL HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCT 6,788 7,332
    HOPEWELL HOLDINGS LTD 1,312,812 1,426,629
    HOPFED BANCORP INC 540,000 748,464
    HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORP 1,440,833 248,050
    HOSHIZAKI ELECTRIC CO LTD 1,141,042 1,278,026
    HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC    
    HOYA CORP 1,342,501 2,598,261
    HUB GROUP INC CL A 1,852,795 1,715,509
    HUBBELL INC 402,590 418,912
    HUHTAMAKI OYJ 1,231,466 1,246,248
    HUMANA INC    
    HYSAN DEVELOPMENT CO 817,066 732,899
    I SENS INC    
    IDEXX LABORATORIES INC    
    IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 1,043,412 1,051,821
    ILLUMINA INC 2,336,822 2,437,702
    IMPERIAL OIL LTD 157,077 168,851
    INCHCAPE PLC 730,481 675,070
    INCITEC PIVOT LTD 5,700,151 5,164,924
    INDUSTRIAS PENOLES SAB DE CV 593,484 273,180
    INFORMA PLC 1,307,873 1,272,789
    INGENICO GROUP    
    INNOPHOS HOLDINGS INC    
    INNOSPEC INC 479,257 2,425,648
    INTEL CORP 1,813,314 3,072,940
    INTERFOR CORP    
    INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP 1,506,195 1,360,845
    INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COS INC 4,351,348 5,375,352
    INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP INC    
    INTEST CORP 100,467 123,326
    INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP    
    INVENTURE FOODS INC 432,948 983,442
    INVESTOR AB A SHS 958,656 1,832,377
    INVESTOR AB B SHS 110,401 167,932
    IRADIMED CORP 121,129 140,010
    ISHARES MSCI INDIA ETF 11,555,068 10,355,040
    ISRAEL CHEMICALS LTD 829,630 337,320
    ISS A/S 715,969 768,205
    ITALCEMENTI SPA 556,050 782,460
    ITALMOBILIARE SPA 495,562 504,483
    ITALMOBILIARE SPA RSP 224,316 352,737
    ITC HOLDINGS CORP 441,516 494,825
    ITRON INC 1,962,868 1,809,000
    ITT CORP 406,293 369,265
    JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC 2,149,018 2,022,619
    JAPAN WOOL TEXTILE CO LTD    
    JARDINE MATHESON HLDGS LTD 1,524,704 1,628,069
    JARDINE STRATEGIC HLDGS LTD 37,725 38,262
    JINPAN INTERNATIONAL LTD 1,542,051 543,182
    JM SMUCKER CO/THE    
    JOLLIBEE FOODS CORP    
    JULIUS BAER GROUP LTD 4,198,335 5,978,180
    JUMBO SA 435,439 775,047
    KAJIMA CORP 1,360,111 1,426,393
    KANSAI PAINT CO LTD 442,290 772,233
    KANSAS CITY LIFE INS CO    
    KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 2,423,280 1,672,608
    KDDI CORP 1,720,162 3,893,503
    KELLOGG CO    
    KEYENCE CORP 1,135,698 2,855,061
    KIA MOTORS CORP 1,687,949 1,593,723
    KINGSPAN GROUP PLC 1,178,377 1,561,265
    KINROSS GOLD CORP    
    KION GROUP AG 703,051 684,084
    KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO    
    KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV 3,478,409 2,984,401
    KRONES AG    
    KT+G CORP 1,555,875 2,273,680
    KUEHNE + NAGEL INTL AG REG 166,238 196,857
    KUKA AG    
    KYORITSU MAINTENANCE CO LTD 1,308,393 1,515,857
    LAFARGEHOLCIM LTD REG 5,613,452 4,802,369
    LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP 2,403,936 1,928,960
    LAURENT PERRIER GROUP 536,344 560,633
    LEG IMMOBILIEN AG 1,444,383 1,535,169
    LEGRAND SA 255,465 433,565
    LEONTEQ AG    
    LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC A 122,858 126,699
    LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC LILAC A 5,133 6,164
    LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC LILAC C 51,496 55,513
    LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC SERIES C 1,363,881 1,394,905
    LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS 589,219 1,040,832
    LINAMAR CORP    
    LINDSAY CORP 3,255,566 3,320,192
    LINKEDIN CORP A 2,499,625 2,633,436
    LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT 1,110,468 1,936,116
    LIVHOME INC 64,142 64,142
    LOTTE CONFECTIONERY CO LTD 326,943 579,201
    LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC    
    LSB INDUSTRIES INC 1,154,088 435,000
    LUXOFT HOLDING INC 1,194,837 1,426,905
    M + T BANK CORP 867,613 894,308
    M3 INC    
    MABUCHI MOTOR CO LTD    
    MAEZAWA KASEI INDUSTRIES CO 70,304 73,099
    MAN WAH HOLDINGS LTD 711,222 736,180
    MANITEX INTERNATIONAL INC 344,066 1,003,706
    MARINE HARVEST    
    MASTERCARD INC CLASS A 1,714,940 5,160,080
    MATADOR RESOURCES CO 634,137 694,164
    MATRIX SERVICE CO 985,899 1,926,693
    MATSUMOTOKIYOSHI HOLDINGS CO 1,472,651 1,427,657
    MCG CAPITAL CORP    
    MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC 2,236,712 2,818,156
    MEGAWORLD CORP    
    MERCADOLIBRE INC 1,067,409 1,006,192
    MERLIN PROPERTIES SOCIMI SA 1,373,067 1,470,133
    MESA LABORATORIES INC 793,626 1,092,013
    METRO INC 1,412,485 1,371,587
    MILLICOM INTL CELLULAR SDR 586,107 753,069
    MINEBEA CO LTD    
    MINERVA NETWORKS, INC. AD 51 54,353 54,353
    MISUMI GROUP INC    
    MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO LTD 1,194,422 1,408,226
    MKS INSTRUMENTS INC 2,660,326 3,073,752
    MOBILE MINI INC 1,343,752 1,456,884
    MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM 1,431,189 1,484,012
    MONSANTO CO 3,464,786 2,896,488
    MONTUPET    
    MORINAGA + CO LTD 1,243,400 1,401,727
    MORNINGSTAR INC 272,812 381,948
    MORPHOSYS AG    
    MS+AD INSURANCE GROUP HOLDIN 1,520,125 1,736,107
    MSA SAFETY INC 897,792 869,443
    MTU AERO ENGINES AG 1,871,341 2,035,813
    NAGAILEBEN CO LTD 191,384 327,262
    NASPERS LTD N SHS 2,617,075 2,603,160
    NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO 8,430,683 6,021,209
    NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC 4,655,114 2,834,024
    NATIONAL RESEARCH CORP A 395,616 459,145
    NATIONAL RESEARCH CORP CL B 387,913 475,940
    NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE GROU A 3,311,485 3,983,927
    NATL WESTERN LIFE INS CL A    
    NATURALENDO TECH CO LTD    
    NATURES SUNSHINE PRODS INC 1,194,978 1,594,851
    NEOGEN CORP 676,961 1,388,244
    NEOPOST SA 792,560 242,725
    NESTLE SA REG 1,689,432 2,557,713
    NEW RELIC INC 198,702 197,305
    NEWCREST MINING LTD 2,811,231 1,226,769
    NEWMONT MINING CORP    
    NH HOTEL GROUP SA 752,428 684,878
    NIC INC 654,147 945,821
    NICHIREI CORP 1,718,249 1,886,147
    NIFCO INC    
    NIHON M+A CENTER INC 1,068,937 1,391,747
    NIKE INC CL B 2,151,178 2,862,500
    NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD    
    NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO LTD 661,071 973,894
    NITORI HOLDINGS CO LTD    
    NITTO KOHKI CO LTD    
    NOK CORP    
    NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE LT    
    NONGSHIM CO LTD 667,700 938,560
    NORDSTROM INC 436,641 415,465
    NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 465,875 456,025
    NORMA GROUP SE 1,204,744 1,245,750
    NORTHERN TRUST CORP 826,474 838,911
    NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO 381,714 424,264
    NS SOLUTIONS CORP 748,739 723,269
    NUMERICABLE SFR 852,848 932,448
    NUTRACEUTICAL INTL CORP 153,304 284,097
    NV5 HOLDINGS INC 672,000 2,461,760
    NVE CORP 488,501 516,856
    OBIC CO LTD 1,443,883 1,440,093
    OMNICELL INC 935,519 1,337,994
    OMRON CORP 3,659,750 3,487,327
    OMV AG    
    ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD 1,689,374 3,173,926
    ONTEX GROUP NV 1,961,181 2,145,552
    OPEN HOUSE CO LTD 1,298,752 1,386,635
    OPEN TEXT CORP    
    OPERA SOFTWARE ASA    
    ORACLE CORP 2,887,171 4,164,420
    ORKLA ASA 895,188 992,536
    OSISKO GOLD ROYALTIES LTD 372,355 292,137
    OWENS ILLINOIS INC 2,134,188 1,696,011
    PAREX RESOURCES INC 830,253 741,612
    PARGESA HOLDING SA BR 2,012,244 1,545,759
    PATRIZIA IMMOBILIEN AG    
    PATTERSON COS INC 2,562,099 2,647,543
    PAX GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LTD    
    PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD    
    PIONEER POWER SOLUTIONS INC 233,133 231,000
    POTASH CORP OF SASKATCHEWAN 2,647,140 1,311,341
    PRAXAIR INC 1,897,993 1,627,341
    PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP    
    PRGX GLOBAL INC 301,020 190,650
    PRICELINE GROUP INC/THE 1,533,564 1,880,551
    PROASSURANCE CORP    
    PROFIRE ENERGY INC    
    PROGRESSIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS    
    PROS HOLDINGS INC 1,041,756 1,124,352
    PROTO LABS INC 632,460 1,060,439
    PROVIDENT FINANCIAL PLC 599,930 706,131
    RAGING RIVER EXPLORATION INC 830,061 746,178
    RANDGOLD RESOURCES LTD ADR 86,379 89,737
    RAVEN INDUSTRIES INC 703,248 341,640
    RAYONIER INC 483,769 403,330
    RECORDATI SPA 119,513 471,041
    REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 3,189,846 4,234,386
    RELO HOLDINGS INC 602,133 619,619
    RENT A CENTER INC 1,225,565 920,101
    REPLIGEN CORP 571,608 855,773
    REXEL SA 1,026,492 897,726
    RHEINMETALL AG    
    RIETER HOLDING AG REG 214,210 273,267
    RIGHTMOVE PLC 1,226,034 1,546,893
    ROBERTET SA 189,519 636,620
    ROCKWELL COLLINS INC    
    ROGERS CORP 964,091 680,724
    ROLLINS INC 432,728 780,885
    ROLLS ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 2,427,687 1,615,076
    ROYAL GOLD INC 389,240 231,329
    ROYAL UNIBREW 933,185 1,030,651
    RPC GROUP PLC 708,151 707,238
    RUBIS 1,738,102 1,711,870
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 4,263,930 4,018,933
    SANDERSON FARMS INC 857,952 965,977
    SANKEN ELECTRIC CO LTD    
    SANOFI 1,535,092 1,661,301
    SATS LTD    
    SCHIBSTED ASA CL A    
    SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP 2,989,341 3,553,147
    SCIQUEST INC    
    SCSK CORP 1,405,331 1,459,754
    SEB SA 1,647,729 1,767,027
    SECOM CO LTD 2,054,999 3,226,269
    SECOM JOSHINETSU CO LTD 382,074 536,022
    SERCO GROUP PLC    
    SHIMANO INC 589,891 2,002,582
    SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD    
    SHINER INTERNATIONAL INC    
    SHOPIFY INC CLASS A 2,730,893 2,479,561
    SIERRA WIRELESS INC    
    SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 861,073 954,493
    SK KAKEN CO LTD 260,772 808,363
    SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG 1,534,589 1,841,862
    SMC CORP 1,285,146 2,345,215
    SMITH + NEPHEW PLC SPON ADR 436,670 464,295
    SMITHS GROUP PLC 2,139,457 1,541,204
    SMS CO LTD 1,177,969 1,293,369
    SODEXO 536,972 1,077,012
    SOFINA 164,623 190,837
    SOMPO JAPAN NIPPONKOA HOLDIN 2,000,110 2,740,797
    SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO    
    SPDR GOLD SHARES 10,151,292 8,634,550
    SPIRAX SARCO ENGINEERING PLC 1,427,364 1,469,354
    SPS COMMERCE INC 1,151,865 1,374,361
    SSP GROUP PLC 1,075,598 1,115,273
    STAMPS.COM INC 496,215 1,846,929
    START TODAY CO LTD 693,204 730,560
    STEALTHGAS INC 916,449 482,944
    STRATASYS LTD    
    STROEER MEDIA SE 1,922,507 2,540,338
    SUN HYDRAULICS CORP 758,221 929,689
    SUNCOR ENERGY INC 431,782 423,621
    SUNNY OPTICAL TECH    
    SUPERGROUP PLC 1,361,699 1,333,109
    SUTRON CORP    
    SWEDISH ORPHAN BIOVITRUM AB 1,217,009 1,255,906
    SWIFT ENERGY CO    
    SYSCO CORP 1,408,630 1,667,470
    T HASEGAWA CO LTD 305,630 273,553
    TAISEI CORP 1,422,950 1,396,567
    TAIWAN SECOM 14,211 23,361
    TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 99,599 113,750
    TCP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS 1,278,438 215,872
    TE CONNECTIVITY LTD 3,550,802 6,512,688
    TECAN GROUP AG REG 1,381,067 1,640,066
    TECHNOPRO HOLDINGS INC 1,640,820 1,813,746
    TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO LTD 1,429,286 1,520,848
    TED BAKER PLC 580,748 698,785
    TELEPERFORMANCE 1,284,855 1,638,472
    TELEVISION FRANCAISE (T.F.1)    
    TEMENOS GROUP AG REG 1,880,121 2,328,720
    TEMP HOLDINGS CO LTD 709,005 728,646
    TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 3,257,558 3,114,840
    TETRA TECH INC 1,385,560 1,463,625
    THAI BEVERAGE PCL 238,232 577,375
    TITAN MACHINERY INC    
    TJX COMPANIES INC    
    TNT EXPRESS NV    
    TOKYO TATEMONO CO LTD    
    TOMTOM 1,336,607 1,811,442
    TOPCON CORP    
    TOTAL SA 1,408,418 1,291,352
    TOWNE BANK    
    TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 5,183,027 5,409,262
    TRAVIS PERKINS PLC    
    TRELLEBORG AB B SHS 1,329,812 1,358,027
    TREND MICRO INC 1,393,660 1,456,275
    TREX COMPANY INC 747,688 621,003
    TSURUHA HOLDINGS INC    
    TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 260,405 703,973
    TWITTER INC    
    TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC 367,630 1,603,744
    U BLOX AG 1,187,767 1,428,214
    UCB SA 1,567,713 1,816,542
    UNDER ARMOUR INC CLASS A 924,008 733,551
    UNI SELECT INC 727,782 744,728
    UNION PACIFIC CORP 1,813,752 3,041,980
    UNITE GROUP PLC 1,080,035 1,399,605
    UNITIL CORP    
    UNIVERSAL POWER GROUP INC 15,670 6,941
    USG CORP 2,839,193 2,531,018
    VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTE    
    VANGUARD DEVELOPED MARKETS IND 16,066,405 14,944,005
    VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX 180,027,520 178,035,206
    VASCULAR SOLUTIONS INC 784,597 962,920
    VISA INC CLASS A SHARES 4,356,588 5,257,890
    VIVENDI    
    VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS INC    
    VOLT INFO SCIENCES INC 537,864 453,398
    VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORP 893,761 499,295
    WAGEWORKS INC 159,493 159,929
    WATERS CORP 421,722 487,045
    WENDEL 315,236 583,387
    WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 566,865 806,093
    WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC 1,922,317 2,033,450
    WIENERBERGER AG 1,404,898 1,619,952
    WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PLC 776,536 937,692
    WILSHIRE BANCORP INC 667,236 1,094,339
    WIRECARD AG 1,321,912 1,431,032
    WIX.COM LTD 346,417 318,978
    WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS 917,473 446,667
    WOODWARD INC 843,834 899,442
    WORKDAY INC CLASS A 3,496,846 3,450,144
    WORKSPACE GROUP PLC    
    WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORP    
    WORLDPAY GROUP PLC 1,393,390 1,522,695
    XXL ASA 721,257 729,978
    XYLEM INC 681,381 844,245
    YAZICILAR HOLDING AS A 437,495 303,028
    YONKYU CO LTD 69,876 140,471
    YOOX NET A PORTER GROUP 1,368,717 1,459,269
    ATTACHMENT E 366,250 960,648

    TY 2015 InvestmentsGovtObligationsSch
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    US Government Securities - End of Year Book Value:

    33,775,797
    US Government Securities - End of Year Fair Market Value:

    33,444,395
    State & Local Government Securities - End of Year Book Value:


     
    State & Local Government Securities - End of Year Fair Market Value:


     


    TY 2015 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category/ Item Listed at Cost or FMV Book Value End of Year Fair Market Value
    ABINGWORTH BIOVENTURES II AT COST 8,462 59,560
    ABINGWORTH BIOVENTURES III AT COST 1,672,337 475,648
    ABINGWORTH IIA AT COST    
    ACCENT EQUITY 2012 L.P. AT COST 2,325,295 3,367,881
    ACCENT EQUITY PARTNERS AT COST 1,142,498 1,565,932
    ADM MACULUS AT COST 2,778,336 3,126,409
    ADM MACULUS FUND III LP AT COST 3,490,427 949,593
    ADM MACULUS FUND V LP AT COST 5,938,672 3,585,404
    ADVENT GLOBAL PE IV AT COST 1 606,672
    ADVENT GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY AT COST 1 226,512
    ARCH VENTURE FUND VI, LP AT COST 4,700,698 2,330,894
    AVENUE ASIA SPECIAL SITUATIONS AT COST 2,860,816 4,154,119
    AVENUE SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND AT COST 1 55,876
    BENCHMARK CAP PARTNERS VIII AT COST 1,425,000 1,382,427
    BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS IV AT COST 2,650,897 538,475
    BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS V AT COST 4,024,350 5,461,052
    BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VI AT COST 3,706,838 7,975,753
    BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS VII AT COST 4,930,723 49,612,294
    BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS VII AT COST 25,991,742 38,874,545
    BESSEMER VENTURE PTR VIII INST AT COST 43,437,022 67,467,442
    BLACKTHORN PARTNERS, LP AT COST    
    BRENNER WEST CAP QUAL PART LP AT COST 35,000,000 44,193,740
    BRILLIANT LIGHT POWER, INC. AT COST 730,080 730,080
    CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AT COST 1 476,945
    CASTLE HARLAN PARTNERS IV AT COST 1,601,228 997,934
    COURT SQUARE VENTURES II LP AT COST 12,868,416 9,310,299
    CROSSLINK PARTNERS LP AT COST 40,000,000 51,342,532
    CS CAPITAL PARTNERS II LP AT COST 270,092 49,202
    CS CAPITAL PARTNERS III AT COST 8,131,146 7,555,642
    DBAG EXPANSION CAPITAL INTER AT COST 2,809,988 4,394,271
    DBAG FUND VI (GUERNSEY) AT COST 16,841,995 18,214,673
    DBAG IV AT COST 381,260 1,197,811
    DBAG V AT COST 18,838,982 26,051,922
    ENCAP ENERGY CAP FUND VI AT COST 9,842,234 2,720,971
    ENCAP ENERGY FUND V AT COST 3,023,557 18,537
    ENERVEST ENERGY AT COST 10,472,957 239,213
    EUROPEAN SEC DEV FUND III AT COST 1,458,230  
    EUROPEAN SEC DIV IV AT COST 2,933,414 5,433,724
    FIR TREE INTL VALUE FUND AT COST    
    FLYWHEEL I LP AT COST 4,232,265 1,981,350
    FORUM ASIAN REALTY INCOME II AT COST 4,416,568 1,871,126
    FRANCE PRIVATE EQUITY III AT COST 7,475,878 1,537,145
    GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS AT COST 112,856,764 135,159,822
    GOLDMAN SACHS VINTAGE FD III AT COST 195,567 958,251
    GOLDMAN SACHS VINTAGE FUND IV AT COST 4,083,497 3,868,559
    GREAT POINT DEVELOPERS AT COST   45,487
    HARBERT PRIVATE EQUITY FD II AT COST 4,155,841 987,538
    HAWKEYE CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL AT COST 54,000,000 74,349,512
    HERRING CREEK FUND LP AT COST 35,000,000 35,774,393
    HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL LTD AT COST 22,938,001 86,615,321
    INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VI AT COST 4,534,837 4,022,530
    INTERSOUTH PARTNERS VII AT COST 5,203,636 3,859,587
    JH WHITNEY IV AT COST 4,981,738 208,146
    JH WHITNEY VI AT COST 6,473,917 2,975,689
    JP MORGAN INCUBATOR(CAYMAN) FD AT COST    
    LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS AT COST 1,448,797 6,683,773
    LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS II AT COST 9,066,979 12,567,485
    LOMBARD ODIER EURO CHOICE II AT COST 1,564,363 1,657,363
    MADRONA VENTURE 4 AT COST 18,240,000 13,553,313
    MADRONA VENTURE FUND V AT COST 17,043,276 19,411,860
    MADRONA VENTURE FUND VI LP AT COST 1,600,000 1,426,197
    MADRONA VENTURE III AT COST 10,688,925 26,717,717
    MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL AT COST 1 5,360
    MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL III AT COST 17,223,347 12,780,599
    MATRIX PARTNERS VII LP AT COST 1,996,230 746,026
    MAYFIELD XI AT COST 194,270 96,759
    MERIT ENERGY FUND E II AT COST 1,716,966 1,709,005
    MERIT ENERGY PARTNERS F II AT COST 11,214,155 5,450,942
    MPM BIOVENTURES III LP AT COST 3,066,739 1,764,372
    MPM BIOVENTURES IV QP AT COST 9,865,560 10,017,693
    OAK INVESTMENT PARTNERS VII AT COST    
    OAK VIII (PROJECT 2626) AT COST 4,784,530 35,521
    OAKTREE EM EQUITY FUND AT COST 30,000,000 24,167,845
    OCEANWOOD GLOBAL OPP FUND AT COST 63,000,000 83,627,256
    OCEANWOOD PERIPHERAL EUR OPP AT COST 20,000,000 20,754,388
    OCM/GFI OPPORTNITIES FUND II AT COST 1,345,956 71,285
    PAUL ROYALTY FUND II, LP AT COST 2,076,201 4,440
    PROLOG CAPITAL II LP AT COST 4,160,810 1,704,245
    PROTEGE QP FUND LTD AT COST   48,428
    RIVERSIDE FUND V AT COST 8,370,387 6,232,193
    RIVERSIDE PARTNERS AT COST 7,448,027 3,106,243
    RIVERSIDE PARTNERS IV AT COST 1,084,350 2,437,369
    SEED STAGE DIRECT INVESTMENT AT COST 2,241,720 1,997,570
    SQUARE MILE LODGING OPP PART AT COST 643,959  
    SQUARE MILE PARTNERS III AT COST 7,195,426 7,070,865
    TECH INDUSTRIES LLP AT COST 8,853,593 8,853,593
    TECH INVESTMENTS II LLC AT COST 2,785,360 800,118
    TURNER AGASSI CH SCH FAC FD LP AT COST 12,869,337 16,207,748
    USPF FEEDER AT COST 15,658,228 17,356,066
    USPF III AT COST 14,778,480 19,327,146
    SEE ATTACHMENT F AT COST 51,370,381 19,886,920

    TY 2015 LegalFeesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category Amount Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
    CT CORPORATION SYSTEM 2,681     2,681
    GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH LLP 5,817 5,817    
    HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP 40,807     40,807
    HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP 117,793     117,793
    JAMES W. TIPPIN & ASSOCIATES 250     250
    LIFE SCIENCE LEGAL LLC 31,516     31,516
    PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER 54,156 42,373   11,783
    PERKINS COIE LLP 4,701     4,701
    SEYFERTH BLUMENTHAL & HARRIS 13,174     13,174
    STINSON LEONARD STREET LLP 36,845 12,701   24,144
    WEIGEL LAW OFFICE, LLC 1,672     1,672


    TY 2015 OtherAssetsSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Description Beginning of Year - Book Value End of Year - Book Value End of Year - Fair Market Value
    PROGRAM-RELATED INV TO COMMUN      
    BUILDERS OF KANSAS CITY 2,565,500 2,565,500 2,565,500
    CHARTER SCH DEVELOPMENT CORP 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
    UNION STATION KANSAS CITY, INC 2,306,855 2,136,600 2,136,600


    TY 2015 OtherExpensesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Description Revenue and Expenses per Books Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
    TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICES 57,572     57,572
    DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS & RESOURCE 381,970 220,659   161,312
    SUPPLIES 71,307     71,307
    POSTAGE AND DELIVERIES 44,923     44,923
    COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED EXPENSE 206,215     206,215
    HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND WEBSITE 765,240 40 14,468 750,731
    RISK MANAGEMENT 190,289     190,289
    OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 64,577 2,900   61,677
    EQUIP/FURN REPAIRS AND MAINT 279,835     279,835
    PORTFOLIO & OTHER DEDUCT - K1   9,722,493    
    CHARITABLE CONTRIB - K1       2,847


    TY 2015 OtherIncomeSchedule2
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Description Revenue And Expenses Per Books Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income
    Return of funds granted in prior years:      
    Clemson University - #20085043 6,079   6,079
    Emory University - #20120558 2,367   2,367
    Kansas State University - #20130562 2,188   2,188
    Lehigh University - #20120282 5,033   5,033
    Liberty Memorial Assoc - #20120863 200,000   200,000
    New York University - #20060133 1,523   1,523
    Northwestern University - #20100691 776   776
    Ohio State University - #20140049 2,050   2,050
    Harvard University - #20120568 164   164
    Harvard University - #20140129 45,000   45,000
    RAND Corporation - #20090039 4,135   4,135
    Standford University - #20100584 81   81
    The Common Good Institute - #20140878 3,598   3,598
    The Council of State Govts - #20140338 22,302   22,302
    KU Center for Research - #20140384 1,997   1,997
    University of Minnesota - #20120559 14,624   14,624
    University of NC Chapel Hill - #20131026 2,393   2,393
    University of NC Greensboro - #20140270 2,484   2,484
    University of Oregon - #20110144 11,383   11,383
    Yale University - #20140393 6,514   6,514
    Sale of KLP Homes 747,117   747,117
    Miscellaneous Program Revenue:      
    iStart Program 48,500   48,500
    Royalty/Honorarium Income 4,360   4,360
    Currency Gain 1,736,838 1,736,838  
    Int Inc - Union Station Kansas City 89,175   89,175
    Int Inc - Community Builders of KC 58,995   58,995
    RECF Promissory Note Interest Pymts 193,396   193,396
    Refund of Investment Mgmt Fees 309,428 309,428  
    State Tax Refunds 11,358 11,358  
    Other income/(loss) from partnerships 6,246,570 -5,975,073  
    PFIC Income   508,043  


    TY 2015 OtherLiabilitiesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Description Beginning of Year - Book Value End of Year - Book Value
    PAYROLL, MISC PAYABLES 35,084 46,339


    TY 2015 OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category Amount Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
    GENERAL ATLANTIC PARTNERS 1,400,259 1,400,259    
    FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MNGT 1,313,358 1,313,358    
    TURNER AGASSI CHARTER SCHOOL 1,300,905 1,300,905    
    DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1,099,731 1,099,731    
    HARRIS ASSOCIATES, LP 865,951 865,951    
    FIRST WILSHIRE SECURITIES MNGT 716,012 716,012    
    MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH 612,227     612,227
    SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 558,237 558,237    
    DBAG FUND VI 545,573 545,573    
    STATE STREET BANK & TRUST 522,334 522,334    
    NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 505,773 505,773    
    BRETTON WOODS GROUP, INC. 468,722 66,438   402,283
    CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD 423,962     423,962
    DBAG FUND V 396,614 396,614    
    RIVERSIDE FUND V 361,790 361,790    
    CONESTOGA CAPITAL ADVISORS 352,591 352,591    
    CREMALAB, LLC 303,962     303,962
    EFL ASSOCIATES, INC. 293,632     293,632
    VELIR STUDIOS, INC. 259,720     259,720
    CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERS 236,990     236,990
    ROBB, ALICIA 235,187     235,187
    WIDE AWAKE FILMS, LLC 217,344     217,344
    AMERICAN FOOD & VENDING CORP 195,367     195,367
    FSG, INC. 195,000     195,000
    J.P. MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT 192,723 192,723    
    GOLDIN SOLUTIONS, INC. 182,000     182,000
    PROSYS, INC. 162,293   153,180 9,113
    CURRICULET, INC. 160,169     160,169
    TRUST TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS 148,820     148,820
    C3 SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. 139,545     139,545
    URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY UNITED 130,000     130,000
    ENCAP ENERGY CAPITAL FUND VI 120,883 120,883    
    MATLIN PATTERSON GLOBAL OPPORT 120,040 120,040    
    BROUGHTON, PHILIP DELVES 120,000     120,000
    MULCAHY, DIANE 117,300 117,300    
    ACCENT EQUITY 2012, LP 115,032 115,032    
    IT ARCHITECTS, INC. 110,880     110,880
    ADM MACULUS FUND II 104,632 104,632    
    ADAMS-GABBERT & ASSOCIATES 104,094     104,094
    NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CTR 94,085     94,085
    FLUXX LABS, LLC 91,800     91,800
    ADM MACULUS FUND V 91,489 91,489    
    DYNAMATRIX, LLC 90,000     90,000
    NATIONAL COLLEGE ACCESS NET 85,760     85,760
    TROZZOLO CREATIVE RESOURCES 85,173     85,173
    LINDEN CAPITAL PARTNERS II 84,174 84,174    
    FULFILLMENT PLUS, INC. 81,521     81,521
    ALICIA HERALD 76,200     76,200
    GLOBAL PRAIRIE MARKETING, LLC 75,102     75,102
    KEELING & ASSOCIATES, LLC 75,000     75,000
    PAUL CORSON 75,000     75,000
    SSI US, INC. 75,000     75,000
    JASON GRILL 74,435     74,435
    ZOLLER, TED D. 73,333     73,333
    J NOWAK & ASSOCIATES, LLC 71,114     71,114
    SCHOOLWORKS, LLC 71,025     71,025
    GETTING SMART, LLC 68,312     68,312
    DREAMBOX LEARNING, INC. 66,850     66,850
    WAYMAN SERVICES, LLC 66,850     66,850
    FAIRLIE, ROBERT W. 65,000     65,000
    MAAN SOFTWARES 65,000     65,000
    MINDEE FORMAN 60,740     60,740
    BOARD ON TRACK, INC. 59,985     59,985
    THE ADCOM GROUP, INC. 59,754     59,754
    KANDER, DIANA 56,250     56,250
    CANDID SOURCE LLC 55,000     55,000
    AUERSWALD, PHILIP 50,000     50,000
    ROBERT JAY STROM 50,000     50,000
    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER 49,021     49,021
    ANGELA S. DEWILDE 47,345     47,345
    321 FAST DRAW, INC. 45,000     45,000
    ADM MACULUS FUND III 44,271 44,271    
    FELICHISM W. KABO 42,000     42,000
    NOAH BROOKS DEVINE 42,000     42,000
    GOLDMAN SACHS VINTAGE FUND IV 41,283 41,283    
    DEVELOPMENT GUILD/DDI, INC. 39,375     39,375
    SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTRONIC PUB 39,000     39,000
    JON HAVEMAN 35,000     35,000
    1150 PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC. 34,416     34,416
    ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS, INC. 34,120     34,120
    KIMMIS, DAVID G. 32,882     32,882
    CITIES FOR EDUCATION ESHIP 30,375     30,375
    ANGEL CAPITAL ASSOCIATION 30,000     30,000
    CRAIG ZAMARY 30,000     30,000
    SUSAN AMAT 30,000     30,000
    VIRANTE, INC. 29,500     29,500
    MARY M BINKLEY 28,524     28,524
    THE ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP 28,312     28,312
    GEORGE POPLE 28,125     28,125
    HALOGEN SOFTWARE, INC. 27,814     27,814
    ENERVEST ENERGY 27,211 27,211    
    MIRIANI, ANDREW B. 26,660     26,660
    PROTIVITI, INC. 26,100     26,100
    RIDGWAYS, LLC 26,015     26,015
    STETTNER, MORRIS A. 25,500     25,500
    ENGAGENCY, LLC 25,463     25,463
    BENJAMIN MARCOVITZ 23,158     23,158
    CBIZ BENEFITS & INSURANCE SERV 21,875     21,875
    MCKELVEY, JAMES 20,981     20,981
    BLOOMBERG, LP 20,000     20,000
    VALID EVALUATION, INC. 20,000     20,000
    LANDAJOB, INC. 19,750     19,750
    INETU, INC. 19,678     19,678
    EBSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 19,500     19,500
    WELLNESSIQ, INC. 19,406     19,406
    FREILICH, ALYSE L. 18,816     18,816
    MARZANO RESEARCH, LLC 18,783     18,783
    ATTERRO, INC. 18,750     18,750
    PARKER, SUSAN E. 17,529     17,529
    THOMAS P. MILLER 17,000     17,000
    DBAG EXPANSION CAPITAL INTL 16,363 16,363    
    BRASUNAS, JAMES 16,275     16,275
    KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY GARDENS 16,250     16,250
    CURATORS OF THE UNIV OF MO 15,203     15,203
    ROSE GAYNOR 15,194     15,194
    EVRY, LLC 15,000     15,000
    JANICE LYNN CHAPPUIS 15,000     15,000
    XCONOMY, INC. 15,000     15,000
    BOX, INC. 14,700     14,700
    GOLD, NATHAN 14,500     14,500
    HARNESS, JANET S. 14,116     14,116
    JONATHAN ORTMANS, LLC 13,695     13,695
    ALEXANDER & JULIAN, INC. 13,500     13,500
    ALL WRITE LITERACY CONSULTANTS 12,500     12,500
    EARLY LEARNING COMMISSION 12,500     12,500
    CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILAN. 11,350     11,350
    CREWS CONTROL 10,473     10,473
    ANGELA STRADER 10,363     10,363
    PROLOG CAPITAL II, LP 10,340 10,340    
    BAND OF ANGELS, LLC 10,000     10,000
    ERIN HEIDE 9,120     9,120
    GOLDMAN SACHS VINTAGE FUND III 8,852 8,852    
    TEACH FOR AMERICA, INC. 8,625     8,625
    ROBINSON, JESSE COOKE 8,594     8,594
    FEWELL, LINDA 8,573     8,573
    RIGHT MANAGEMENT, INC. 8,500     8,500
    HILL, ROBERT 8,275     8,275
    PAUL L. CARTTAR 8,125     8,125
    DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 7,672     7,672
    KILLER TRACKS 7,580     7,580
    PAUL ANDREW CHIN 7,500     7,500
    CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL 7,278 7,278    
    NEITA F. GEILKER 7,000     7,000
    KIRK BUSTER 6,331     6,331
    PAUL MCCLELLAND 6,240     6,240
    INTERWORKS INC 6,125     6,125
    PERCEPTIVE SOFTWARE USA, INC. 6,080     6,080
    EMIL MALIZIA 6,000     6,000
    SHOW-ME PUBLISHING, INC. 6,000     6,000
    JOSEPH ADAM BLUESTEIN 5,750     5,750
    MCDONALD, MARK 5,733     5,733
    NEW DIRECTIONS BEHAVIORAL HEAL 5,588     5,588
    LASNIK-BROIDA CONSULTANTS, INC 5,500     5,500
    DELL SOFTWARE, INC. 5,500     5,500
    INGRAM'S 5,426     5,426
    TREVOR MCCOY 5,219     5,219
    CBIZ MHM, LLC 5,200     5,200
    SIDDARTH VEDULA 5,192     5,192
    KAZOO MARKETING 5,157     5,157
    UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES 5,150     5,150
    MERCER (US), INC. 5,000     5,000
    ALL OTHERS UNDER $5,000 106,562 11   106,552


    TY 2015 TaxesSchedule
    Name:
    EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
    EIN:
    43-6064859
    Category Amount Net Investment Income Adjusted Net Income Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
    FED ESTIMATED EXCISE TAX PMTS 850,000      
    FOREIGN TAX PAID   107,155    
    OTHER TAXES PAID 619 619    
    STATE FILING FEES 523 523    
    STATE TAXES ON UBIT 150,150 150,150