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Arts, culture and humanities nonprofits in Kansas City, MO: 294 registered with the IRS

294 arts, culture and humanities nonprofits are registered with the IRS in Kansas City, MO, 293 of them 501(c)(3) charities; the 116 that report revenue took in $331.8 million. The largest by revenue: Nelson Gallery Foundation ($55.6 million), American Theatre Guild ($32.3 million), National World War I Museum and Memorial ($24.4 million).

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Every organization, largest by revenue first

OrganizationTypeSinceRevenueAssetsFiling
Nelson Gallery Foundation501(c)(3)1957$55.6 million$611.5 million2025-04
American Theatre Guild501(c)(3)2018$32.3 million$39.8 million2025-06
National World War I Museum and Memorial501(c)(3)1920$24.4 million$58.4 million2024-12
Public Television 19 Inc501(c)(3)1971$24.2 million$33.8 million2025-06
Starlight Theatre Association of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)1951$23.2 million$50.1 million2025-03
Kansas City Symphony501(c)(3)1983$21.1 million$90.6 million2025-06
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts501(c)(3)2000$18.7 million$369.8 million2025-06
Union Station Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)2000$18.3 million$97.4 million2025-12
Kansas City Ballet Association501(c)(3)1959$16.2 million$56 million2025-06
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc501(c)(3)1991$9.8 million$24 million2025-06
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)1960$7.5 million$31.5 million2025-06
Kansas City Museum Foundation Inc501(c)(3)2014$6.8 million$13.6 million2025-04
Mid-America Arts Alliance501(c)(3)1973$6.6 million$11.6 million2025-06
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc501(c)(3)1979$6.1 million$17.4 million2025-06
Community Capital Fund501(c)(3)2013$3.9 million$2.9 million2024-12
Kemper Museum Operating Foundation501(c)(3)2025$3.6 million$17.7 million2025-12
Missouri Humanities Council501(c)(3)1977$3 million$6 million2025-10
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)1999$2.5 million$1.4 million2025-06
National Museum of Toys and Miniatures501(c)(3)2025$2.5 million$44.4 million2024-12
Musical Theater Heritage Inc501(c)(3)1999$2.4 million$1.2 million2025-12
Women in Dso Inc501(c)(3)2022$2.1 million$2.3 million2024-12
Folk Alliance International501(c)(3)1996$2 million$1.2 million2025-06
American Jazz Museum501(c)(3)2002$1.9 million$1.2 million2025-04
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey501(c)(3)1987$1.9 million$3.6 million2024-12
Theater League Inc501(c)(3)1976$1.8 million$7.3 million2025-12
Beacon Media Inc501(c)(3)2020$1.8 million$647,3432025-06
American Truck Historical Society501(c)(3)1972$1.7 million$3 million2025-12
Coterie Inc501(c)(3)1979$1.6 million$431,3462025-08
Brookside Irish Fest Inc501(c)(3)2001$1.2 million$1 million2025-12
Jewel Ball501(c)(3)2024$1.2 million$152,4462025-12
K C Clay Guild501(c)(3)1992$1.2 million$2.4 million2025-12
Kansas City Chapter of Young Audiences Inc501(c)(3)1964$1.1 million$4.9 million2025-07
Charlotte Street Foundation501(c)(3)2004$1.1 million$9.7 million2024-12
Friends of Chamber Music501(c)(3)1977$1 million$2.2 million2025-06
William Rockhill Nelson Trust501(c)(3)1940$999,032$83.4 million2025-04
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival501(c)(3)1992$996,108$1.5 million2025-09
Youth Symphony Association of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)1959$966,634$681,4822025-06
Unicorn Theatre501(c)(3)1977$947,451$1.8 million2025-06
Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City501(c)(3)2014$895,498$114,6562025-06
Youth Ambassadors Inc501(c)(3)2012$833,646$830,3132024-12
Lyric Opera of Kansas City FDN501(c)(3)2010$796,862$14.3 million2025-06
American Institute of Musical Studies Fund501(c)(3)2020$691,005$8.5 million2024-12
Kansas City Actors Theatre Inc501(c)(3)2004$664,130$994,8962025-03
Providence School of Arts Inc501(c)(3)2015$614,565$48,3222025-06
1881 Foundation501(c)(3)2025$580,702$510,8342025-12
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra501(c)(3)2003$557,133$125,5392025-06
Art As Mentorship Inc501(c)(3)1996$525,145$549,3802024-12
Mesner Puppet Theater501(c)(3)1988$524,464$428,0662025-06
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre501(c)(3)2006$519,516$2 million2024-06
Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium501(c)(3)1993$447,823$641,4152025-07
Bridge Leadership Academy501(c)(3)2014$435,530$120,9632024-12
Irish Museum and Cultural Center501(c)(3)1996$388,141$1.2 million2024-12
Owen-Cox Dance Group501(c)(3)2007$351,577$100,4742025-06
Ethnic Enrichment Cultural Council501(c)(3)2000$340,142$285,3362024-12
Kansas City Artists Coalition501(c)(3)2020$307,087$178,4442025-06
KC Fringe Festival Inc501(c)(3)2020$296,975$57,0352025-12
Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City501(c)(3)2016$294,002$78,5402025-08
Arts Asylum501(c)(3)2013$291,853$592,2002024-12
Cadet Air Corps Museum501(c)(3)2012$290,509$772,9252024-12
Wornall-Majors House Museums Inc501(c)(3)1999$271,283$1.3 million2024-12
Spire Chamber Ensemble501(c)(3)2013$269,558$21,1862025-06
KCPT Expansion Supporting Corporation501(c)(3)2022$259,821$12.6 million2025-06
Harriman-Jewell Series501(c)(3)2025$248,427$350,8982025-06
Bach Aria Soloists501(c)(3)1999$245,749$387,2332024-12
Stonelion Puppet Theatre501(c)(3)2001$242,595$428,6622024-12
Island Breeze Ministries501(c)(3)2005$221,859$52,4772024-12
Base Academy of Music501(c)(3)2014$220,833$51,4442024-12
Youth Chorus of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)2017$217,944$93,4602025-06
Northland Cathedral School of Music Inc501(c)(3)1998$208,218$35,7512025-12
Historic Northeast Media Inc501(c)(3)2023$206,398$87,9092025-04
Studios Inc501(c)(3)2010$204,425$2.8 million2024-12
Theatre for Young America Inc501(c)(3)1982$202,037$14,4132025-08
Twa Museum Inc501(c)(3)2013$195,405$452,8662024-12
Hella Good Deeds501(c)(3)2024$185,014$58,8872025-12
Kansas City Feis501(c)(3)2015$170,539$84,0282024-12
Crossroads Community Association501(c)(3)2026$167,621$45,9582024-12
City of Fountains Foundation501(c)(3)1973$164,516$4.6 million2024-12
National Storytelling Membership Association501(c)(3)2000$163,293$190,7752024-12
Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City501(c)(3)1965$154,960$11.8 million2025-08
No Divide KC501(c)(3)2017$151,999$25,0752024-12
Te Deum Inc501(c)(3)2009$150,376$100,3232025-06
Kansas City Womens Chorus501(c)(3)2001$143,704$59,2942024-06
Mutual Musicians Foundation Inc501(c)(7)2023$143,108$100,1572024-12
KC Melting Pot Theatre Productions Inc501(c)(3)2017$137,877$70,7272025-12
Art in the Loop Foundation501(c)(3)2005$133,067$131,9362025-12
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education501(c)(3)1998$129,452$45,8912025-06
Kansas City Oasis501(c)(3)2014$125,750$62,3812025-12
Kansas City St Patricks Day Parade Committee Inc501(c)(3)1998$113,707$173,9142025-12
Kansas City Jazz Alive501(c)(3)2014$99,819$54,8062025-12
Center for Recorded Music501(c)(3)2021$99,216$57,0382025-12
City in Motion Dance Theater Inc501(c)(3)1985$97,677$35,7852025-12
Kansas City Baroque Consortium501(c)(3)2016$96,958$57,8292025-12
The Conservatory of Music of Kansas City501(c)(3)1954$91,667$763,1042025-06
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee Inc501(c)(3)1998$88,183$89,3302025-06
Living Room Collective501(c)(3)2012$85,816$11,4742023-08
Midwest Music Foundation Inc501(c)(3)2010$79,184$270,1092025-12
Womens Committee for the Conservatory of Music-Umkc501(c)(3)1972$75,245$193,2082026-06
Fountain City Brass Band Inc501(c)(3)2008$73,467$10,8232024-12
Summerfest Concerts And-Or Recordings Inc501(c)(3)1992$72,554$20,3222025-12
Faith RXD501(c)(3)2011$63,250$25,8302024-12
Kansas City Architectural Foundation501(c)(3)1985$60,150$444,7442025-12
Reel Images Film and Video Group501(c)(3)2015$59,840$1,5872025-12
Just Off Broadway Theatre Association501(c)(3)2000$52,085$13,4722025-12
Fishtank Theatre Inc501(c)(3)2017$49,102$62,8692024-12
The Kansas City Boys Choir A Not- For-Profit Corporation501(c)(3)2012$45,485$12024-12
Traditional Music Society501(c)(3)1997$41,833$22,7102024-12
Westport Historical Society501(c)(3)1966$40,335$486,9102024-12
Word of Truth501(c)(3)1983$32,292$171,0702025-12
Kacico Dance501(c)(3)2004$30,879$11,4352024-12
Kansas City Local Organizing Committee501(c)(3)2023$26,000$57,7912025-12
Thank You Walt Disney Inc501(c)(3)1995$16,565$1.1 million2024-12
Weavers Guild of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)2012$15,470$28,8192025-12
Egbe Omoyoruba Kansas City501(c)(3)2024$4,910$12020-12
Pulse Proud Parents501(c)(3)2024$3,868$9542025-07
Institute of Black Invention & Technology Inc501(c)(3)2005$3,246$10,1452024-12
Inspire KC Inc501(c)(3)2020$180$10,5492025-12
627 Stomp501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
A Mark We Set Grow501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Advertising Icon Museum Inc501(c)(3)2006$458,5342025-12
African Daughters Initiatives Network - Adin501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-08
African-American Culture Club501(c)(3)2017$0$02025-11
Alaadeen Enterprises Inc501(c)(3)1999$0$02024-12
Albert Bloch Foundation501(c)(3)2003$1.4 million2025-12
American Sewing Guild Inc501(c)(3)1986
Angel Hands Art Foundation501(c)(3)2017$0$02024-04
Area Musicians Promotional Resource501(c)(3)2023$0$02025-12
Art History Educators of the African Diaspora501(c)(3)2024
Backporch Sound Collective501(c)(3)2026
Beacon Hill Community Council501(c)(3)2016$0$02023-12
Bead Society of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)2025$0$02026-06
Black Ensemble Theatre Company501(c)(3)2026
Black Movie Hall of Fame Foundation501(c)(3)2026
Black Student Pharmacist Organization501(c)(3)2024
Cameron & District Pipe Band501(c)(3)2022$0$02023-12
Central Standard Theatre501(c)(3)2016$0$02025-12
Choral Guild Kansas City501(c)(3)2025
Choral Spectrum501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-06
Cinemakc Inc501(c)(3)1994$0$02025-12
Civic Italian American Organization501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
Civil War Round Table of Kansas City501(c)(3)1996$0$02025-12
Communion501(c)(3)2025
Conflation Inc501(c)(3)2025
Creative Emajinations501(c)(3)2020$0$02025-12
Cypress Stage Theatre Company501(c)(3)2025
DSKC501(c)(3)2020$0$02025-12
Descendant Freedmen Alliance of Kansas City501(c)(3)2017$0$02023-12
Digital Storytelling Center of Kansas City501(c)(3)2014$0$02025-12
Downtown Eldon Historical Society501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-12
Drama En Motion Inc501(c)(3)2023$12023-12
East of Red Arthouse501(c)(3)2019$0$02024-12
Echoes of the City KC501(c)(3)2025
Ecuadorian Association of Kansas City501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-01
Encore Travel Alliance Inc501(c)(3)2026
Engage Arts Incorporated501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Ephesus Foundation Inc501(c)(3)2010$0$02025-12
Estelle and Morton Sosland Collection501(c)(3)2009$2.6 million2025-12
Film Society of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)1992$0$02025-12
Flew the Coop Sessions501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-12
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery Historical Society501(c)(3)2026
Fountain City Performing Arts501(c)(3)2019$0$02026-06
Frequency School501(c)(3)2025
Friends of Bruce R Watkins Cultural Heritage Center & Museum501(c)(3)2006$0$02025-12
Friends of Community Media501(c)(3)2016$0$02024-12
Friends of Kcur501(c)(3)2026
Great Midwest Melodrama & Vaudeville Theatre Inc501(c)(3)1987$0$02025-09
Greater Kansas City Genealogy Society501(c)(3)2018$0$02025-12
Heart of America Arab Cultural Arts501(c)(3)2018$0$02025-12
Heart of America Singles Square Dance Association501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Heartland Arts KC Inc501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-06
Helping Hands Art Foundation501(c)(3)2026
Historic Jazz Foundation Inc501(c)(3)2004$0$02025-12
Historic Northeast Events501(c)(3)2006$0$02025-09
Imago Performing Arts501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
Infinite Economics Inc501(c)(3)2026
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Archives Inc501(c)(3)1994$0$02025-06
International Radio Project of Kansas City501(c)(3)2015$0$02023-12
International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Interpretive Site Coalition501(c)(3)2014$0$02025-12
John F Baty Charitable Foundation501(c)(3)2021$165,7872024-12
John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation501(c)(3)1999$7.4 million2024-12
Juneteenthkc501(c)(3)2024
KC Film Academy501(c)(3)2026$0$02025-12
KC Ikebana501(c)(3)2023$0$02023-12
Kansas City Athenaeum501(c)(3)2017$0$02026-05
Kansas City Bagpipes and Drums501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Kansas City Blues Society Inc501(c)(3)1995$0$02025-12
Kansas City Booksellers Association501(c)(3)2024$0$02024-12
Kansas City Celtic Pipes & Drums Inc501(c)(3)2006$0$02024-12
Kansas City Chakra501(c)(3)2024
Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival501(c)(3)2020$0$02024-12
Kansas City Cherokee Community501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance501(c)(3)2017$0$02023-07
Kansas City Family Music Fest501(c)(3)2007$0$02024-12
Kansas City Folk Festival501(c)(3)2022$0$02025-07
Kansas City Herpatological Society501(c)(3)1997$0$02025-12
Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Inc501(c)(3)1995$0$02025-12
Kansas City Krampus Collective Inc501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra Inc501(c)(3)2020$0$02024-12
Kansas City Metropolitan Dance Theatre501(c)(3)2007$0$02023-06
Kansas City Performing Music and Arts Association501(c)(3)1994$0$02025-12
Kansas City Police Historical Society501(c)(3)2005$0$02025-05
Kansas City Ragtime Revelry Committee Inc501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-12
Kansas City Women in Film and Media501(c)(3)2006$0$02025-12
Kansas City in 2006 Inc501(c)(3)2003$0$02025-12
Kansas-Missouri Writers Collective501(c)(3)2026
Kcommunity Media501(c)(3)2025
Kemp McGee Arts Culture and Community Foundation Incorporated501(c)(3)2022$0$02023-12
Kinnor Philharmonic501(c)(3)2010$0$02026-06
Kostas Contemporary Dance501(c)(3)2026
Krucial Creations Blaque Krystals Dance Factory501(c)(3)2024$0$02024-12
LBC - Little British Car Society501(c)(3)2016$0$02025-12
Lantern Bearers of the Midwest501(c)(3)2026$0$02025-12
Latino Foundation for the Arts501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Laura E Mason Foundation501(c)(3)2014$0$02024-12
Leedy Foundation501(c)(3)2019$12025-12
Leroy Satchel Paige Family Home Corp Inc501(c)(3)2022$0$502,7002024-12
Liberation Lit501(c)(3)2020$0$02025-12
Magic501(c)(3)2004$0$02025-12
Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)2017$0$02026-05
Manor Records Foundation501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Manor Records Fund501(c)(3)2022$0$02024-12
Manyu Family Meeting Organization501(c)(3)2019$12,0402024-12
Midwest Center for the Literary Arts Inc501(c)(3)1979$0$02025-12
Midwest Dramatists Center Inc501(c)(3)2015$0$02025-12
Modern Quilt Guild Inc501(c)(3)2014$0$02025-12
Music Across Borders Inc501(c)(3)2018$0$02024-12
Musica Vocale501(c)(3)2009$0$02025-12
Mutual Musicians Foundation International501(c)(3)2013$0$02024-12
National Assoication of Composers USA501(c)(3)2011$0$02025-06
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century501(c)(3)1967$0$02026-03
Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)1979$0$02025-12
Nativity Puppets501(c)(3)2022$0$02023-12
Neighborhood Arts Academy for Kids501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
New and Improvised Music Foundation of Kansas City501(c)(3)2024$0$02026-06
Next Paige Foundation501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
North Kansascity High School Stinge RS Booster Club501(c)(3)2026
Northeast Arts KC501(c)(3)1998$0$02024-12
Northeast Kansas City Historical Society501(c)(3)2012$0$02025-12
Northland Big Band501(c)(3)2026
Northland JC Foundation501(c)(3)1999$0$02025-12
Northwinds Symphonic Band501(c)(3)2006$0$02026-06
Oak Park Theatre Alumni and Friends501(c)(3)2026
Oak Park Vocal Booster Club501(c)(3)2000$0$02025-05
Panamerican Association of Kansas City Inc501(c)(3)2011$0$02025-12
Parlor Art Salon & Exhibitions501(c)(3)2026
Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)1993$0$02026-06
Phoenix Arts501(c)(3)2025
Piertree Provides501(c)(3)2022$0$02025-12
Pinnacle Winds Inc501(c)(3)2022$0$02025-12
Plug501(c)(3)2020$0$02025-12
Preamble Foundation501(c)(3)2022$0$02026-06
Project Forever Thankful501(c)(3)2022$0$02025-12
Quixotic Performance Fusion501(c)(3)2007$0$02025-12
Raytown South Band Aides501(c)(3)2017$0$02025-06
Reginald Gibson Memorial Foundation501(c)(3)2018$0$02023-12
Riverbank Foundation501(c)(3)2016$0$02025-12
Sarah Rector Foundation501(c)(3)2026
Small Archives501(c)(3)2026
Smith Family Foundation MMXXV501(c)(3)2026
Social Institute for Media Literacy Inc501(c)(3)2026
Social Symphony of Kansas City501(c)(3)2020$0$02025-08
Society for Friendship With China Inc501(c)(3)2004$0$02024-12
Somali Bantu Community Association of Greater KC501(c)(3)2024
Sounds of South Kansas City Community Band501(c)(3)2021$0$02025-12
Spirit of Freedom Foundation Inc501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Spray Kansas City501(c)(3)2025
St Monica Museum of Black Catholic Culture and History501(c)(3)2026
Star Girls Spirit Club501(c)(3)2026
Stray Cat Film Center501(c)(3)2022$26,5032024-12
Technopolis501(c)(3)2016$0$02024-12
Thai Cultural Center of Greater Kansas City501(c)(3)2023$0$02025-12
The Bell Road Barn Players Inc501(c)(3)1977$0$02025-12
The Culture Vault KC501(c)(3)2026
Theatre Alliance Kansas City501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Theatre Community Fund of Kansas City501(c)(3)2020$0$02024-06
Theodore Gary Historical Society501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-12
Thidaware Indigenous Americans Asso Ciation501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Thin-Air Productions501(c)(3)2024$12025-12
Town Art Show Foundation501(c)(3)1999$0$02023-12
Troost Market Collective501(c)(3)2018$0$02025-12
Trowbridge Museum Fund501(c)(3)1996$643,3752025-12
United Square Dancers of America Inc501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Universal Film Festival501(c)(3)2026
Unplug KC501(c)(3)2024$0$02025-12
Vision Israel501(c)(3)2019$0$02025-12
Voices of Kansas City501(c)(3)2026
Westport Center for the Arts501(c)(3)2008$0$02025-06
What Is Noise501(c)(3)2016$0$02026-05
Whim Productions Inc501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Whimsadoodle Inc501(c)(3)2025$9.7 million2024-12
Womens Jazz Fest501(c)(3)2026$0$02025-12
Youth Music Academy501(c)(3)2015$0$02023-12
Yukari KC Incorporated501(c)(3)2025$0$02025-12
Zhou B Art Foundation of Kansas City501(c)(3)2023$0$02025-12

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