Well Told Grants

Nonprofits / Missouri

Who funds Lyric Opera of Kansas City?

Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 440626124

19 private foundations reported grants to Lyric Opera of Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri totaling $1.8 million across 24 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation, with $700,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Lyric Opera of Kansas City that accept applications

If your organization does similar work, these foundations are prospects: they already fund work like Lyric Opera of Kansas City's and say in their IRS filings that they accept applications.

More prospects in the funder finder, filtered to foundations that give in Missouri.

Foundations that fund Lyric Opera of Kansas City

All 19 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation
Missouri · 2024 · accepts applications
General operating support3$700,000
Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts
Missouri · 2024 · accepts applications
2024/2025 season support4$650,000
R C Kemper Jr Charitable Trust 10023600
Missouri · 2024
2024-2025 season1$100,000
The Ingram Family Foundation
Missouri · 2024
Promote cultural art of opera in kc1$50,000
Pemberton Fam Char Fndtn
Kansas · 2025
Unrestricted gift1$43,045
William T Kemper Foundation
Missouri · 2023 · accepts applications
2023/2024 season support1$40,000
Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation 10015600
Missouri · 2024
General operating support1$40,000
The Francis Family Foundation
Missouri · 2024 · accepts applications
General operating support1$30,000
John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust
Texas · 2025 · accepts applications
2025-2026 season in-school1$30,000
E Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter Community
Missouri · 2024
2024-2025 season1$25,000
Kearney Wornall Foundation 10017900
Missouri · 2024
General1$25,000
G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund
Kansas · 2024
Arts, culture & humanities1$25,000
The Sherman Family Foundation
Kansas · 2024
To support artistic outreach in the community.1$20,000
Merrill Charitable Foundation
Kansas · 2025
To help support the organization1$2,500
John and Bernice Hamra Foundation
Florida · 2024
Fine arts1$1,350
Copaken Family Foundation
Missouri · 2024
Charitable1$1,000
Meierhoff Charitable Foundation
Kansas · 2024
Unrestricted gift1$746
The Depriest Family Foundation Inc
Missouri · 2025
Assistance for the opera arts1$500
Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington · 2023
General support1$43

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

Using this list

A foundation that already gives to Lyric Opera of Kansas City gives in its field and region, so the list doubles as a prospect list for similar organizations in Kansas City. Open a foundation to see its application rules, typical grant and every other grant it paid.

Questions people ask

Who funds Lyric Opera of Kansas City?

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation, Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts, R C Kemper Jr Charitable Trust 10023600, The Ingram Family Foundation and Pemberton Fam Char Fndtn, and 14 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Lyric Opera of Kansas City get from foundations?

$1.8 million in 24 reported grants from 19 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation, Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts, William T Kemper Foundation, The Francis Family Foundation and John W and Effie E Speas Memorial Trust say in their filings that they accept applications.

Other funded organizations in Kansas City