Tag: DeAngela Burns-Wallace

Kauffman Foundation adds chief IT officer to CEO’s cabinet; role will use tech to open access, opportunities

By Tommy Felts / December 12, 2024

A Kauffman Foundation tech veteran is expected to help align the organization’s technology priorities in support of its mission to reduce barriers in college access, workforce development, and entrepreneurship, said Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace. Donell Hammond, who joined the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in 2018, has been named chief information technology officer and a member of…

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$11.2M+ awarded: 53 orgs tapped for first-ever tranche of Kauffman capacity building grants

By Tommy Felts / November 11, 2024

A new grantmaking strategy from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is manifesting through an inaugural round of funding to local and outside organizations whose work supports the priorities of college access and completion, workforce and career development, and entrepreneurship. The Kauffman Foundation on Monday announced its first tranche of grants — totaling more than $11.2…

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Here’s how Kauffman’s five just-hired directors fit into the Foundation’s new impact- and research-heavy focus 

By Tommy Felts / October 23, 2024

A handful of newly announced directors at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation are expected to help drive forward the influential philanthropic organization’s updated priorities and grantmaking strategy, said Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace, emphasizing an underlying theme for their work: prosperity for all. “These five new director positions welcome a combination of talent and commitment to our…

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Grantmaking reboot ‘just one piece of the larger puzzle’ in Kauffman Foundation reset, CEO says

By Tommy Felts / September 5, 2024

Overhauling the Kauffman Foundation’s grantmaking strategy aligns with a broader, holistic reset for the influential Kansas City organization, said Dr. DeAngela Burns Wallace, emphasizing org-wide moves to deepen the impact and dialogue sparked by its giving. “We’re still engaged in the work happening locally, regionally, and nationally,” said Burns-Wallace, president and CEO of the Ewing…

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Kauffman’s new grants go live this week; here’s what we know about the revised funding priorities

By Tommy Felts / August 26, 2024

The announcement of five new grants opportunities from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation brings months of anticipation and potential uncertainty to a head, offering a more clear view into the relaunched grantmaking strategy of the influential Kansas City philanthropic organization. New applications for funding through the Kauffman Foundation open Aug. 29 — about four months…

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