Funding search · EIN 451286323 · Kansas City, MO

The Kansas City Royals Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

201
grants reported
$5.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Negro Leagues Baseball Museum2 grants · $364,316
  • Kcps Education Foundation2 grants · $220,050
  • Association of Missouri Charter Schools2 grants · $220,000
  • Downtown Kc Civic Ventures2 grants · $200,000
  • City Year2 grants · $200,000
  • Schoolsmart Kc1 grant · $167,813
  • Teach for America Kansas City2 grants · $143,000
  • Lead To Read Kc3 grants · $120,000
  • Turn the Page Kc3 grants · $117,172
  • Kansas City Public Schools1 grant · $116,000

Giving over time

$924,765
2022
$2.1M
2023
$2.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 201 grants.

  • $242,225

    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $167,813

    Schoolsmart Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $122,091

    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $116,000

    Kansas City Public Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $110,050

    Kcps Education Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $110,000

    Mo Charter Public School Assoc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $110,000

    Association of Missouri Charter Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $110,000

    Kcps Education Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $110,000

    Association of Missouri Charter Schools · St Louis, MO · 2022

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  • $100,000

    City Year · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Downtown Kc Civic Ventures · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $100,000

    City Year · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Downtown Kc Civic Ventures · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $87,500

    Great Jobs Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Teach for America Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Reconciliation Services · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $70,000

    Kansas City Teacher Residency · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $68,719

    Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2023

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  • $68,000

    Teach for America Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $62,500

    Kansas City Scholars · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $60,000

    Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Gkc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Lead To Read Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Turn the Page Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $50,000

    United Way of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Lead To Read Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Literacy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Programs

  • $50,000

    The Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Turn the Page Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2022

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  • $46,250

    2020 Leadership · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $45,000

    Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Teach for America - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $40,000

    The Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Programs

  • $36,250

    Academy for Integrated Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $36,250

    Crossroads Charter Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $35,000

    Kansas City Public Library · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $34,000

    Girls On the Run Serving Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $30,000

    American Red Cross · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $30,000

    Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $29,708

    Hope House · Lee Summit, MO · 2022

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  • $29,000

    Citizens of the World Charter School-Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $29,000

    Hickman Mills C-1 School District · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $29,000

    Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $27,500

    Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, KS · 2024

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  • $25,000

    American Red Cross · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $25,000

    Educator Academy · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $25,000

    Kansas University Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2024

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  • $25,000

    The Battle Within · Olathe, KS · 2024

    Programs

  • $25,000

    Variety of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Programs

  • $25,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Programs

  • $25,000

    Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Programs

  • $25,000

    Jr Achievement of Gkc · Kansas City, KS · 2023

    Programs

  • $25,000

    Kansas City Public Library · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $25,000

    Kansas University Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2023

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  • $25,000

    Tntp · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $25,000

    Union Sharewaves Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2023

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  • $25,000

    Valor Partners Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $25,000

    American Heart Association · Shawnee, KS · 2022

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  • $25,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $25,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kanas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $25,000

    National American Red Cross · Green Bay, WI · 2022

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  • $25,000

    Variety of Greater Kansas City · Shawnee, KS · 2022

    Programs

  • $23,080

    University Academy Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Gkc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Girls On the Run of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Harvesters · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    League 42 Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2024

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  • $20,000

    The Rabbit Hole · North Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Tntp · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Valor Partners Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Veterans Community Project · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $20,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Gkc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Columbus Mariners Youth Baseball Association · Columbus, NE · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Kc United Youth Sports & Education Association · Kansas City, KS · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Lead To Read Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Rock Port Youth Athletics Association · Rock Port, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    United Inner City Services · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Veterans Community Project · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $20,000

    Harvesters · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $20,000

    Lead To Read · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $20,000

    United Inner City Services · Kansas City, MO · 2022

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  • $17,172

    Turn the Page Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $16,250

    Greater Kansas City Sports Commission · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $16,100

    City of Lathrop Mo · Lathrop, MO · 2023

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  • $16,050

    C You in the Major Leagues · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    Programs

  • $15,000

    Braden'S Hope for Childhood Cancer · Olathe, KS · 2024

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  • $15,000

    City of Norfolk · Norfolk, NE · 2024

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  • $15,000

    City of Wayne · Wayne, NE · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City · Overland Park, KS · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Habitat for Humanity Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Horses & Heroes · Shawnee, KS · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Kc Healthy Kids · Kansas City, KS · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Minden Community Club of Minden Iowa · Minden, IA · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Plainville Recreation Commission · Plainville, KS · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Santa for a Day · Evanston, IL · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Temple Made Foundation · Lees Summit, MO · 2024

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  • $15,000

    Variety of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.