Non-Profit Organization List -

50/50 Art Gallery

50/50 was developed with the desire to diversify Kansas City’s art ecology by introducing progressive dialogues through collaboration, utilization of alternative building materials, and 21st century technology.

627 Stomp

Art ; Dance ; Music ; Non-Profit

627 Stomp is a growing non-profit organization indebted to the rich history of Kansas City jazz culture. Named for the Pete Johnson hit – itself an homage to the venerated Local 627 musicians’ union – it strives to create a sustainable community of dancers, musicians, historians, and regular citizens alike in pursuit of preservation, education, and sharing of this unique heritage. Currently, the group specializes in spreading accessibility and awareness of vernacular jazz dancing through teaching and social dance events

90.9 The Bridge

Music ; Non-Profit

Turn On. Tune In. Listen Local. The Bridge is listener-supported, non-commercial NPR music radio for Kansas City. In 2013, Kansas City PBS acquired the Triple-A (adult album alternative) radio station broadcasting out of Warrensburg, Missouri. While KTBG 90.9 moved down the road the 60-some miles from Warrensburg to Kansas City, the station’s passion for local music, community, and independent voices has remained the same. In fact, with the power of KCPT behind it, The Bridge has strengthened its commitment to weaving new, rare, and local music into all of our playlists, right alongside familiar hits and classics you know and love. The Bridge connects music lovers with music makers through performances and interviews. As KTBG 90.9, we’re out in the community, supporting the musicians, the venues, the listeners. Our website brings you local industry voices, breaking music news and national music news. No other station does what we do. And nobody else in town plays as much local music as The Bridge. Period. Our city is a true original. And so is The Bridge.

Accessible Arts/VSA Kansas, Inc.

Art ; Education ; Non-Profit

MISSION: To foster creativity and provide educational opportunities for people with disabilities while hosting an inclusive environment for all to engage, explore and enjoy the arts. CREATIVITY: To form mental or physical images that are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others. INCLUSIVITY: An inclusive community that is responsive and accessible providing all the arts, to all the people, all the time. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: Classrooms with art based curriculum, resourceful instructors and adaptations for people of all abilities.

Acoustic Alcove

Music ; Non-Profit

The Acoustic Alcove is a Listening Room located on the historic campus of Unity Village presenting great music from nationally touring folk and Americana artists in an intimate and welcoming setting.

American Jazz Museum

ArtsKC Supported ; Education ; Museum ; Music ; Non-Profit

The American Jazz Museum is the only museum of its kind in the world. With a permanent exhibit, a changing art gallery, and hundreds of concerts and events every year, the AJM is devoted to preserving and exhibiting the American art form of jazz music and culture. Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, the Changing Gallery exhibit space, Horace M. Peterson III Visitors Center, Blue Room jazz club and Gem Theater.

Angel Hands Art Foundation

Art ; Non-Profit

Founded by 10 year Savanna Williams, Angel Hands Art Foundation was created as a away to give back to the community in support of children’s charities. At the age of 5 Savanna held her first art exhibit and donated the proceeds to March of Dimes. Born 1lb 15oz Savanna has been a fighter since birth. Barely given a chance to survive she is now serving the community that once reached out to her when she needed it the most. Angel Hands Art Foundation is “dedicated to improving the lives of children through art”. Each year we host a gala where Savanna’s original works of art are auctioned off. The proceeds from the auction are donated to a children’s charity of her choice. For more information please visit www.angelhandsart.com. This year we sponsored our first AHAF Youth Arts Workshop. The workshop was a free event opened to the public designed to help students 4th-8th grade develop an interest in art or define a skill. More the 60 students registered for the event and we are looking forward to next years event.

Art in the Loop

ArtsKC Supported ; Non-Profit

The Art in the Loop Foundation is a private 501(c)3 organization committed to engaging artists in the on-going revitalization of Downtown Kansas City. Art in the Loop seeks to contribute to the visual identity of Downtown Kansas City while creating new opportunities for local artists to grow their practices and expand their audiences. We also seek to offer Downtown residents, workers and visitors the opportunity to interact with new art of excellence presented in the public realm. Art in the Loop is led by a board of directors with project management and oversight provided by staff of the Downtown Council of Kansas City, Missouri (DTC).

Arts & AGEing KC

Art ; Dance ; Education ; Family ; Music ; Non-Profit ; Theatre

We serve the community as catalyst, convener and connector for enriching lives through creative aging.

Arts Council of Johnson County

Art ; Literary ; Music ; Non-Profit ; Theatre

More than just an advocate for the Arts, The Arts Council of Johnson County is dedicated to the enrichment of our community through the Arts. Building a creative culture. Transforming the region into a vibrant, thriving area desirable to new businesses, new visitors, more tourists. Helping to bring the right people together to effect change.

Arts in Prison

Art ; ArtsKC Supported ; Education ; Music ; Non-Profit

Arts in Prison uses the arts as a tool to inspire positive change in the incarcerated, to reduce recidivism and to reconnect offenders with their community. By participating in classes like creative writing, choir, yoga, crochet, poetry, drama, visual art, and meditation inmates gain skills in positive self expression, collaboration and empathy.Why does this matter to the greater community? Because 99% of incarcerated men, women and juveniles will return to their community. We believe that they can either come back with hope in their heart or hate in their eyes. We believe that practicing the arts makes that difference.

ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council

Non-Profit

OUR MISSION To unleash the power of the arts. OUR VISION We will build a city of great dreams and vigorous life, where everyone participates in and benefits from the arts. OUR MESSAGE We Promote, Support and Advocate for the arts. We are a nonprofit organization serving the five-county region- Clay, Platte and Jackson in Missouri; Johnson and Wyandotte in Kansas. Some of our most well-known programs include the ArtsKC Fund, Kansas City’s united arts fund, and Now Showing, a program matching local artists looking to show their work in corporate spaces. However, our programs and services are not limited to just these core initiatives! ArtsKC aims to connect individuals to their arts community by providing detailed information in our online Resource Center. In addition, we work with local government and civic leadership to advocate for the arts. To get started, we recommend viewing our video or visiting us in person by attending First Friday. ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

ArtsTech

Art ; ArtsKC Supported ; Education ; Gallery ; Non-Profit

ArtsTech represents the culmination of efforts by government entities, local artists, non-profit organizations, and community groups to create a program that meets those needs. By offering opportunities that go beyond mere skill development, ArtsTech helps our youth to become health, productive young adults. Our mission is to better the lives of under served urban youth through the development of marketable and artistic and technical skills.

Bach Aria Soloists

ArtsKC Supported ; Music ; Non-Profit

Bach Aria Soloists is dedicated to presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries and those he inspired. The ensemble’s repertoire is adventurous and broad, including, but not limited to, chamber music from Baroque to Contemporary, arias, art songs, Latin songs and Tango. Bach Aria Soloists’ partners have included national and international artists: Dr. Christoph Wolff, Cellist Matt Haimovitz, the Kansas City Chorale, Kansas City Public Library, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, JCCC Performing Arts Series, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas Public Radio and contemporary dance ensembles Owen Cox Dance and Wylliams-Henry Contemporary Dance. BAS’ concerts were named “one of the highlights” of 2015 by the Kansas City Star. In July 2016, BAS made its Asian debut at the Thailand International Composition Festival as Ensemble-in-Residence and was awarded the USArtists International grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Ballet North Inc

Dance ; Education ; Non-Profit

Ballet North seeks to perform rarely seen full length classical and modern ballets to widespread audiences throughout the semi-rural and rural communities of the Northern tier of Kansas City. Ballet North is comprised of a complete ballet training and education program along with a youth based audition selected company plus a host of adult and guest artist performers enabling the performance of virtually any ballet plus Ballet North has many unique ballets created by Artistic Director Laura Reinschmidt rounding out it’s repertoire. The company also seeks to provide ballet education and training to all students regardless of financial or economic condition through the Three Faces of Dance initiative.

Base Academy of Music

Education ; Music ; Non-Profit

BAM is a nonprofit music school in Kansas City, Missouri that makes learning a musical instrument affordable and accessible for urban youth. We ignite our students’ love for music, help them play their very first notes and discover their potential, musically and otherwise. Together with our teachers and parents, we are raising up a generation of urban youth who possess the creativity, confidence, and perseverance to succeed. One-on-one lessons. Sliding scale rates. All instruments. Any child age 5+

Belger Arts Center

Art ; Education ; Gallery ; Non-Profit

Since 2000, the Belger Arts Center has encouraged viewers to explore, question, and deepen their understanding of art and of the world around them. Drawing upon the extensive John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection as well as a rich variety of local, national, and international artists, the Belger Arts Center, located conveniently in the Crossroads Arts District, has staged over 70 large-scale exhibitions that represent some of the best in contemporary art. Price: Free Hours: Open 10am-4pm Wednesday-Friday, Noon-4pm Saturday

Ben Ferrel Platte County Museum

Art ; Education ; Family ; Museum ; Non-Profit

The Ben Ferrel Platte County Museum is part of the Platte County Historical Society (PCHS). This historic house museum is a restored mini mansion built in 1882 – 1883 by Frederick Krause. Krause was inspired by the Governor’s mansion in Jefferson City. The museum’s (Krause mini mansion) exterior is brick with heavy limestone corner quoins, a mansard, slate roof, ornate grill work; the interior is restored and furnished to the period. Special exhibits and displays often are featured. A Christmas open house coincides each year with Platte City’s lighting ceremony.

Brookside Business Association

Non-Profit

A Century of Local. Brookside is Kansas City’s first suburban shopping area (fun fact – did you know the Brookside Shops predated the County Club Plaza?). On September 1, 1919, the headline of the Country Club District Bulletin read “Construction Begun on First Group of Neighborhood Shops at Sixty-Third and Brookside Boulevard.” Ground had been broken for the Brookside Shops. Conceived before the first World War and started in 1919, the shops were completed over the next decade. Designed to serve the automobile set, it boasted specialty, grocery and drug stores, medical offices, even a special community center, as well as the first south-side police and fire stations. 100 years later, Brookside is an enduring model of a neighborhood center. Unlike many other historic centers, Brookside still serves its community with basic needs like a grocery store, drugstore, restaurants, a dime store, realtors, accountants, and so many other services. Today Brookside is home to over 90 shops, restaurants, and offices, all unique and in keeping with the original neighborhood charm and architecture.

Burnett Music Foundation

ArtsKC Supported ; Education ; Music ; Non-Profit

Burnett Music Foundation is a Tax Exempt Organization under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501 (c) (3). Donors can deduct contributions they make to us under IRC Section 170. We’re also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under Section 2055, 2106, or 2522. Effective Date of Exemption: February 06, 2020. Grant funding and donations are pursued and used for strategic investments and arts integration. Visit our website for more information about our projects and organization infrastructure.

Buttonwood Art Space

Art ; Gallery ; Non-Profit

We are Buttonwood Art Space – “community focused” art space and gallery. Every purchase you make at Buttonwood will impact the community as a portion of every sale benefits a non-profit organization with local connections. Buyers can receive up to 50% of their purchase (rate depends on the show) as a tax deductible contribution to a non-profit. Our gallery is a place for local and regional artists to share their artworks and their commitment to non-profit charities. Buttonwood Art Space hosts exhibitions in our 3013 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri space. Over 7,500 square feet within our office building makes it a unique place to find local art! Click here to take a google tour of our space. Located In Kansas City Missouri, atop historic Union Hill, our space is provided to us through the philanthropic dedication of Jon & Wendy McGraw and Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC. Through the tireless efforts of the staff of BFG, and the leadership of a voluntary Art Space board of directors, Buttonwood Art Space has come to symbolize a quality community display space. We routinely host four to five “First Friday” Opening nights per year, are a member of the Crossroads Art District, and offer the Art Space free of charge as an event space to non-profit organizations. Although there have been many uses of our building since it was built in the late 19th century; circa 1880’s, one of its special tenants was the Union Hill Art Gallery: A Main Street feature in the 1980’s, with Martha Clay McDermott as proprietor. It is in the spirit of bringing quality art to our patrons, guests, and our community that Jon & Wendy chose to refurbish 3013 Main and continue to carry on the building’s remarkable art history. Buttonwood Financial Group LLC is an independent Wealth Management Company that has come to symbolize stability in markets that are anything but! McGraw has always said that “It can’t always be about the numbers, we work all day long with matters of financial importance; let’s bring people together and celebrate that symbiotic relationship that artists and their art help to create! Let’s have some fun and help our artists to enjoy the notoriety, foster their sales, and have a grand evening!” As the community has embraced us, Buttonwood Art Space continues to grow and evolve. Look for more growth in the website to come, and stop by anytime Monday through Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm to view the latest show. You can also find future show schedules and additional details on the Shows page of the site.

Calvary University

Education ; Non-Profit

CALVARY UNIVERSITY The history of Calvary University goes back 85 years. Founded in 1932 Kansas City Bible Institute, and in 1938 Midwest Bible and Missionary Institute was founded. The two schools eventually became Bible colleges, and in 1961 they merged to become Calvary Bible College. In 1987 Citadel Bible College, which was started in 1947 as Ozark Bible Institute, merged with Calvary. A graduate division was added in 1966, and named Calvary Theological Seminary in 1992. In 2016 the name was updated to Calvary University to reflect the broad scope of educational opportunities. Calvary University offers the following undergraduate degrees: Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Music. Calvary students may choose from numerous areas of study, ranging from Advanced Biblical Studies, Biblical Counseling, and Elementary Education, to Pastoral Ministry, Youth Ministry, Intercultural Studies, Music, and Theatre Arts, to name a few. Graduate Study programs include: Master of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Divinity and Master of Worship Arts. Calvary’s desire is to cultivate the personal, spiritual, and academic growth of men and women while preparing them for Christian service. The mission of Calvary is “providing undergraduate and graduate education which prepares Christians to live and serve in the church and the world according to a biblical worldview.” This mission is accomplished through quality academic instruction, encouragement in the development of the student’s spiritual life, and ministry involvement in the local church. Calvary is nationally and regionally accredited. The teacher education programs have been approved by the Missouri State Board of Education and are recognized by ACSI. Learn more about Calvary by visiting the website at www.calvary.edu.

Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College...

ArtsKC Supported ; Dance ; Music ; Non-Profit ; Theatre

Since 1990, the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, has presented an incredible array of concerts, shows and events, right here in the heart of Johnson County, Kansas. From Broadway to classical, there’s something for everyone! That drive for variety and diversity is one of the guiding principles for the Carlsen Center. From the development of new work in dance as part of New Dance Partners, to well-known celebrities celebrating their long careers, the willingness to offer this wide array of artists sets the Carlsen Center apart from other presenters in Kansas City, and certainly cements its reputation as the largest and well-loved performing arts center in Johnson County.

Chameleon Arts

Literary ; Non-Profit

Chameleon Arts is a Kansas City-based non-profit committed to enhancing the voices and projects of poets, providing an avenue for collaboration, growing community within Kansas City poetry, and increasing accessibility for local poets to be elevated to regional and national stages. Chameleon Arts is directed by Samantha Slupski and Caitlin Daily. Chameleon Arts supports Kansas City Poetry Slam, Poetic Underground, Fountainverse, and Chameleon Press.

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