Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

What are you waiting for? We're hiring for the following positions: Evaluation & Learning Officer Senior Director, Workforce & Career Development Senior Director, Entrepreneurship Finance Supervisor Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gkyiVBcR #jobopening #hiring #philanthropy #nonprofit #missiondriven #kansascity #kc #entrepreneurship #workforcedevelopment #research #evaluation #finance #investment #Kauffman #KauffmanFDN

"We’re dreaming big for our region. When we get this right as a community, as a collective and as a region, real lives are impacted and changed. Generations are impacted,” Kauffman President and CEO DeAngela Burns-Wallace told Kansas City Business Journal. Learn more about the Foundation's community-informed 2035 vision: https://bit.ly/3WesKbB

Learn more about the rigorous, community-informed strategic planning process to refresh our strategy, refocus our commitment to Mr. Kauffman’s vision for our work, and to drive collective impact in the community. https://lnkd.in/gmPQWHgi

Learn more about how Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), Northland CAPS, and more than 30 school districts across the Kansas City region are daring to reimagine high school through the community-driven Real World Learning initiative: https://lnkd.in/g477xGtv

An experience like ours does not leave you quickly. The past two days have been flooded with posts, snaps and tags of all the ceiling-crushing women I've met through this heart. Seeing your perspectives of the Takes Heart event with United WE and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – I've never been more certain that we're in a game-changing moment for women tackling roles as entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals. Gathering this many change-makers in one room can never be taken for granted. Doing so with this much energy, excitement, and foundation for action – we're poised for exceptional impact. While the posts and snaps will inevitably trickle through the feed more and more slowly, that energy won't fade. Every single one of you carries a piece of the heart. (Quite literally. 😉) It's yours – uplifting and empowering every woman you know and meet. I can't wait to see what you do with it next. 💖 ----- Photos: Holly Ann Abel, Photography in Bloom/Bloom Like Magnolia #TakesHeart #womenempoweringwomen #womensupportingwomen #womensempowerment #womenentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #womenowned #purposedriven

How can New Pathways drive equity and opportunity, ensuring that every student is prepared for success in the future? Let's pave the way together! Join Getting Smart, Real World Learning, funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and American Student Assistance (ASA), for an inspiring event where we'll gather, design, and explore the transformative power of real-world learning. Explore key learnings and successful implementation strategies of the Real World Learning initiative in the Kansas City region, and align innovative New Pathways with these real-world experiences. Don't miss this chance to explore regional approaches firsthand through site visits and design workshops. Mark your calendars for September 17-19 in Kansas City, and be part of this important gathering of education leaders! Together, let's illuminate New Pathways to Real World Learning Experiences and shape the future of education: https://lnkd.in/gBKpZcpA See you there! #NewPathways #RealWorldLearning #EquityInEducation #EducationLeadership

KC Scholars – operated by Great Jobs KC, a grantee of the Foundation – awarded the largest amount of scholarship donations in its history this weekend. Congratulations to the newest KC Scholars cohort and to the Kansas City community for investing in a program that creates a pathway for students to start and complete college, and transition to good-paying jobs. When educational pathways are affordable, high-quality, and attainable for all – students and communities thrive. Learn more about #KCScholars: https://lnkd.in/gsGCqjsH #IAmKCScholars #GreatJobsKC #KauffmanFDN #KansasCity #KC #scholarships

Last night, the Kauffman Foundation sponsored the kick-off party for the United States Conference of Mayors, hosted by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and bringing nearly a thousand mayors and their staffs to KC this weekend. Everything we do is grounded in the generosity and love for Kansas City that Mr. Kauffman infused into the heart of our mission. Our vision, strategy, and partnerships embody his intent and commitment to the community. With Mayor Lucas, our President and CEO Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace welcomed the mayors, who play an uncommon and crucial role in the equitable economic vitality of our nation’s cities. We believe, by 2035, with the support of the Foundation, greater Kansas City will become a national model for equitable economic mobility. https://lnkd.in/gmPQWHgi Big thanks to the amazing staff at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – John Foster, CPCE, and Laura Comer – as well as O'Neill Events & Marketing and Platinum XP. #Mayor2024 #KansasCity #KC #KauffmanFDN DeAngela B.

Join us in congratulating Olatunji Ajani, MBA on his new role at the Foundation, executive director for FastTrac and 1 Million Cups. "The Foundation remains committed to strengthening economic mobility through entrepreneurship and hiring Olatunji to lead these efforts is a continued demonstration of that commitment,” said Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Foundation president and CEO, to Startland News. “His dedication to creating sustainable impact and his passion for nurturing long-term success will undoubtedly strengthen these initiatives for years to come. Greater equitable economic mobility for all is our vision and our support of these programs is one more step toward that." #entrepreneurship #1MC #1MCKC #1MillionCups #1MCnation #FastTrac #economicmobility #entrepreneurshipsupport #entrepreneurialecosystem