Our mission remains as we find our way through this challenging time.

Opportunity America conducted a series of roundtables and a survey of immigrant entrepreneurs, seeking to understand the extraordinary entrepreneurial energy many newcomers bring to the U.S. and how the barriers they face are different from those confronting native-born founders.

Dr. Chhaya Kolavalli is a senior research science officer for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where she facilitates operationalizing research-related initiatives and knowledge generation that amplifies the Foundation’s thought leadership and community impact by emphasizing evidence-based, actionable, and practical research that can inform policy and programmatic strategies for the Foundation and the communities it serves. […]

The Risk Optimistic explores the value of risk, the opportunity of risk, and the belief that taking a chance is worth it.

Founder Simion Collins shares first-hand how having a black, male mentor take a chance on him has been life-changing for his business and as a young, black filmmaker.

Let each of us own our success, exhibit the risk-taking, grit, and determination it takes to forge our own paths to define and achieve it, but with the recognition that we don’t get there alone.

People and organizations are working together to build inclusive work cultures to retain and attract the most talented workforce to the Kansas City region.

Data and fact-based training is helping Kansas City residents understand the systemic issues behind racial inequities.

At the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, we believe that collecting and analyzing data and reflecting on the results can lead to important learnings and improve our work moving forward. Over the past year, associates, grantees, and other partners developed hundreds of new insights and lessons through grant reports, external evaluations, community engagements, and other strategic […]

The Kauffman New Employer Business Indicators series provides users with measures to track trends surrounding the emergence of new employer businesses, their representation in the population and among all firms, and the time it takes these businesses to become employers. Explore the national and state trends from 2018.