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The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation makes grants in our interest areas of education and entrepreneurship as well as other support. Beginning in 2008, the Foundation's fiscal year will run from January 1 - December 31 (CY2008); to adjust to this calendar, there was a short fiscal year (SY07), which ran from July 1 - December 31, 2007. Previous fiscal years followed a July 1 - June 30 schedule.


2009 Grants

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  • Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Geoeconomic Studies 

    New York, NY | Approved Date: 2/23/2009 | Approved Amount: $25,000

    Support a conference titled: "A Second Look at the New Deal and the Great Depression" in New York City, March 30, 2009.

  • Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering 

    Durham, NC | Approved Date: 5/19/2009 | Approved Amount: $40,000

    Support research on the contributions of immigrants to the U.S. economy and the role immigrant and native entrepreneurial and social networks play in fostering entrepreneurship and successful businesses.

  • Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering 

    Durham, NC | Approved Date: 2/11/2009 | Approved Amount: $25,000

    Support the Summit on the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges that will provide an avenue for policy makers, economists, and scientists to explore solutions to complex societal issues and to increase the visibility and importance of engineering and science to society in Durham, North Carolina, March 2-3, 2009.

  • Foundation for the Carolinas 

    Charlotte, NC | Approved Date: 4/15/2009 | Approved Amount: $25,000

    Analyze and estimate the economic and social benefits generated by the support provided by community and private foundations in the United States.

  • George Mason University, School of Law 

    Arlington, VA | Approved Date: 1/7/2009 | Approved Amount: $75,000

    Support a conference titled: "Tragedies of the Gridlock Economy" at the George Mason University School of Law in the fall of 2009.
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What We Fund

Ewing Kauffman advised his associates to invest in people and be willing to take risks as we look for opportunities to promote positive education and accelerate entrepreneurship in America. We consider our grants to be investments, and we look for a return on the grant investments we make.

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