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Grants will help
The Kansas City Star, September 25, 2008
This Kansas City Star editorial applauds the Kauffman Foundation for making $2.75 million in grants to eight important cultural institutions in Kansas City.
The Growth Solution
The American, July 1, 2008
The United States has moved beyond its era of "Big Firm capitalism" into an era of "entrepreneurial capitalism," posing challenges and opportunities. In the published essay, the Kauffman Foundation's Carl Schramm and Bob Litan outline a pro-growth agenda that reflects America's new economic realities.
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The Real Key to Development
The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
In her editorial in the Wall Street Journal, editorial writer Mary Anastasia O'Grady describes a unifying theme of the 2008 Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom: that to truly move out of poverty, countries need fast growth, unleashed by entrepreneurs. O'Grady cites an Index essay by Kauffman Foundation CEO Carl Schramm in which he explains that growth-driving innovation results not only from sound macroeconomic policy, but from dynamism at the micro level as well.
Toward an Entrepreneurial Society: Why Measurement Matters
Innovations Journal, MIT Press, Winter 2008, December 21, 2007
In this essay, published in the Winter edition of Innovations Journal, Kauffman CEO Carl Schramm emphasizes the global inadequacy of tools — and a rigorous vocabulary — to measure innovation and its effects, which is striking given the importance of innovation to individuals and societies everywhere.
Examining the Role of Foundations in a Free Society
An Interview with Carl Schramm in Philanthropy magazine, December 1, 2007
In this interview in the Philanthropy Roundtable's Philanthropy magazine, Kauffman's Carl Schramm discusses his views on the role of private foundations within the context of democratic capitalism.

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Featured News

Kent State Partners With Kauffman Foundation to Offer Ice House Entrepreneurship Program
Kent State University announces a partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to provide a unique learning experience focused on igniting entrepreneurship.
Number of U.S. Companies that Reach $100-Million in Annual Revenues Remarkably Stable Over Past 20 Years, According to Kauffman Paper
In the paper, "The Constant: Companies that Matter," Kauffman Foundation Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky explores the rate and founding locations of companies in the United States that "matter" from 1980 to present.
A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: New Kauffman Paper Highlights Different Types and Their Roles in Economy
The distinctive differences between innovation-driven enterprises (IDEs) and traditional small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – and their importance for governments and policymakers wanting to support long-term economic growth – is the subject of "A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy," which examines IDEs and SMEs, their roles in local, regional and global economies, and their differing needs in terms of financial and policy support.