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Fahteema Parrish, president and founder of Parrish & Sons Construction, holds the Mr. K Award she received at the KC Chamber Small Business Celebration, and is embraced by Lisa Ginter, CEO of Community America Credit Union.

Joe Reardon breaks down how the KC Chamber works to support small business and bolster entrepreneurship-focused economic development in Kansas City.

Cover of the report, "Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers (2023 Updates)"

The Kauffman Foundation continues to recognize, with urgency, the significance of the role new and existing businesses play in local, regional, and the national economy. This report continues our series of sharing the state of capital access for entrepreneurs highlighting the need for innovative products and models to improve capital delivery systems.

Attendees at the Amplify Conference 2022.

The Amplify Community Advisory Committee is made up of Kansas City-area educators who work together to make Amplify the best it can be.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Amplify Community Advisory Committee host an annual event, Amplify, to support educators of color in the Kansas City Metro area. This year was the 7th annual event and brought together influential thought leaders and practitioners from across the country with teachers and leaders of color in the Kansas […]

Amplify attendees pose for a group picture.

Since 2017, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Amplify Community Advisory Committee has hosted Amplify: Empowering Educators of Color for Student Success, an annual event that supports educators of color in the Kansas City metro area.

Three students with varying racial and ethnic backgrounds sit at a round table inside a conference room with hundreds of other peers.

More than 120 businesses – big and small – kicked-off summer by welcoming high school students to a five-week paid professional learning experience.

We are transitioning to more intentionally serve Kansas City, work more collaboratively, and prepare the Foundation so our new CEO can hit the ground running.

A group of high school students stand outside holding signs which read (from left to right): "I am bold", "Be KC Scholars", "Boldly changing the world", "I am boldly powerful", and "Be bold".

Community-engaged scholarship and support program awards 575 scholarships across the six-county Kansas City metro.

Ewing Kauffman sits in front of a royal blue wall with baseball bats attached to it. He wears a white and blue checkered suit.

Op-ed by Foundation Chair Esther George outlines how Mr. Kauffman’s commitment to KC influences our work and our search for the next president and CEO.

The violence against Ralph Yarl last week shows all too vividly how far we have to go in our racial equity work. We need to, as a community, work together so that anyone can have a long and fulfilling life regardless of race, gender, or geography.