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Foyer Foundation

Accepts applications Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 843244524

Foyer Foundation is a private foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. In tax year 2024 it gave $156,294 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $8,500 and the largest $85,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $137,743 the year before.

10% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$149,3018$2.7 million
2023$137,74311$3.5 million
2024$156,29410$3.9 million

How to apply

ContactJean-Charles Foyer Co Foyer Founda
118 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone or email(816) 234-1817
What to submitNo formal application required

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Foyer Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Missouri.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri7$131,500
Kansas1$10,000
New York1$9,000
Georgia1$5,794

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO
Asian art dept - determined$85,000
Washington University Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
St Louis, MO
To be used at the$12,500
Eisenhower Foundation
Abilene, KS
Master project plan$10,000
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, MO
To be used at the$10,000
French Heritage Society Inc
New York City, NY
To be used at the$9,000
National Wwi Museum and Memorial
Kansas City, MO
To be used at the$8,000
French Colonial America
Ste Genevieve, MO
To be used at the$8,000
Mpower Now Inc
Atlanta, GA
Grant, new mobile library$5,794
Linda Hall Library Foundation
Kansas City, MO
To be used at the$5,000
627 Stomp
Kansas City, MO
To be used at the$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Foyer Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Foyer Foundation give?

$156,294 in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $8,500.

Who runs Foyer Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Julie Ann Kemper (Co-Trustee) and Jean-Charles Foyer (Co-Trustee).

What does Foyer Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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