Funding search · EIN 431567351 · Kansas City, MO

Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation

Name: Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

174
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gift season prgm education behalf lopez optns place

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Umkc Foundation2 grants · $1.5M
Umkc Foundation - Office of Development2 grants · $252,142
Operation Breakthrough6 grants · $163,337
The Salvation Army5 grants · $122,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre8 grants · $120,000
Union Station of Kansas City4 grants · $110,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Day School4 grants · $107,500
Kansas City Community Gardens5 grants · $106,000
Junior Achievement of Middle America5 grants · $101,500
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kc - Administrative Center3 grants · $101,034

Giving over time

$904,945

2022

$445,000

2023

$1.1M

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

$750,000
Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: miller nichols library 4th floor renovation
$750,000
Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: miller nichols library 4th floor renovation
$251,142
Umkc Foundation - Office of Development · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Mnl 4th floor renovation
$102,500
Union Station of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gift - operations
$100,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Day School · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gift - south playground renovation
$58,966
Folly Theater · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gift - operations
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kc - Administrative Center · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Prjt learn edu prgm + operations
$48,593
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kc - Administrative Center · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - prjt learn edu prgm + operations
$47,558
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - prjt learn edu prgm + operations
$47,558
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - operations
$40,337
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: ignition labl capital campaign
$40,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: ignition lab students
$40,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: ignition lab students
$40,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: ignition lab intern prgm
$30,000
High Aspirations · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant for operations
$30,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant - community partner gardens
$30,000
The Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant-pathway of hope initiative
$30,000
The Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant-pathway of hope initiative
$30,000
The Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant-pathway of hope initiative fy 24
$30,000
The Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant-pathway of hope initiative
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Middle America · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Programming & learning experiences
$25,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: 5th annual kc rep for all
$25,000
Women'S Employment Network · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: 2025-26 prgm/serv delivery
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Middle America · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: ja pathways program
$25,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant - community partner gardens support
$25,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: 4th annual kc rep for all
$25,000
Women'S Employment Network · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: 2024-25 program & services
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Middle America · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: ja pathways program
$25,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant - community partner gardens support
$25,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - 2023-24 60th anniversary season operations
$25,000
Women'S Employment Network · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: wen program & services - 2023-24
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Middle America · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: ja biztown teacher trng prgm
$25,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - indiv & family gardens pgm
$25,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: pandemic recovery 5-yr plan
$25,000
Women'S Employment Network · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: 2021-22 prgm support & service delivery
$20,000
High Aspirations · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: fy 2023 operations
$20,000
Kansas City Young Audiences · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: youth arts education programs
$20,000
High Aspirations · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: fy 2023 operations
$20,000
Kansas City Young Audiences · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - fye 2024-operations
$20,000
High Aspirations · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: fy 2022 operations
$20,000
Kansas City Young Audiences · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: rebuilding operations
$15,000
Kansas City Ballet Association · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant - 68th season operations
$15,000
Kansas City Ballet Association · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant - season operations
$15,000
Kansas City Ballet Association · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant - season operations
$15,000
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - project support: education programs
$15,000
Youth Symphony of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: contributions
$15,000
Kansas City Ballet Association · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant - annual operations
$10,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2025
Gift - programming & capital campaign
$10,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2025
Add'l 2025 operations gift
$10,000
Kansas City Actors Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: 21st season productions
$10,000
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Grant: orchestra ed outreach
$10,000
Rediscover · Lee Summit, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$10,000
Rediscover · Lee Summit, MO · 2025
Additonal 2025 operations gift
$10,000
Kansas City Actors Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant - operations
$10,000
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: season operations
$10,000
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - youth education programs
$10,000
Rediscover · Lee Summit, MO · 2024
Gift - catherine's place (ann nichols request)
$10,000
Youth Symphony of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: orchestras programming
$10,000
After the Harvest · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift - gleaning & truckloads prgms
$10,000
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant - 31st season optns
$10,000
Kansas City Actors Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant - operations & 2023/24 19th season
$10,000
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Grant: season operations
$10,000
After the Harvest · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: core operations
$10,000
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: 29th season operations
$10,000
Kansas City Actors Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: optns & 2021/22 17th season
$10,000
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: 2021/22 educ outreach prgms
$10,000
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: year round education prgms
$10,000
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: education programs
$10,000
Youth Symphony of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Grant: orchestral education prgm
$5,000
Friend of Santa Fe Public Library · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Gift - operations
$5,000
Girl'S · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Gift - (nance lopez) buliding for her future capital campaign
$5,000
International Folk Art Market · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Artist sponsorship on behalf of nance lopez
$5,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift: umkc campus operations
$5,000
Santa Fe Botannical Garden · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Gift - operations-2025
$5,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2024
Gift - programming
$5,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2024
Gift - capital campaign
$5,000
International Folk Art Market · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Artist sponsorship on behalf of n. Lopez
$5,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift: umkc campus operations
$5,000
Many Mothers · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Gift - operations gift on behalf of nance lopez
$5,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Gift: umkc campus operations
$5,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Gift - umkc campus
$2,500
Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
City of Fountains Foundation (Kansas City Mo) · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Care Clinic · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Mill Creek Park Association · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Park maintenance / operations
$2,500
Pembroke Hill School · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
St Paul'S Episcopal Day School · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Union Station of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Gift - operations
$2,500
Children'S Mercy Hospital · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations
$2,500
Greater Kc Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - mill creek park association / park maintenance & improvements
$2,500
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Care Clinic · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations
$2,500
Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Grant: 4th annual kc rep for
$2,500
Pembroke Hill School · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations
$2,500
St Paul'S Episcopal Day School · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Gift - operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.