Even with learning taking place remotely, a new course is off to a fast start with students and teachers in south Kansas City. About 30 high school students from the Center, Grandview, and Hickman Mills school districts are discovering the unlimited possibilities and skills of the design field. Some of their teachers are learning right […]

This report takes up the relationship among motherhood, caregiving, the persistent wage penalty it carries for women, employment, and entrepreneurship.

The Kauffman Foundation will continue to work alongside others to push for changes needed to dismantle the broken systems of inequity that hold too many back and that prevent America from fulfilling its promise.

The Individual Schools Grant supports the Kansas City region (Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, and Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri) district, charter, and private schools serving lower-income students.

This brief takes a closer look at how business age matters in the way entrepreneurs feel the effects of COVID-19. It discusses challenges facing entrepreneurs before and during the pandemic, based on surveys with business owners during COVID-19 in spring 2020 and before COVID-19 in fall 2019.

As 2020 comes to a close, we asked some of the fascinating people we’ve had the privilege to work with recently to share their thoughts around systems change, new “normals,” how the events 2020 have impacted them, and what it will take to keep our communities moving forward, together.

Business Journalist and Founder
Times of Entrepreneurship
 
Uncommon Voices 2020

MBA, MSF, CEcD, Senior Community Development Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
 
Uncommon Voices 2020

Special Education Teacher
 
Uncommon Voices 2020

Artist
 
Uncommon Voices 2020