The Greater Kansas CIty AFN chapter was formed in late 2024 to support intersectional learning, coordinated goal setting, and the development of short- and long-term action agendas to equitably expand the economy through incremental change and bold action.
During 2025, the Greater Kansas City AFN Chapter organized and oriented to opportunities to collaborate. The group learned from local nonprofits about community needs and from AFN chapters around the country to understand how they work together, how they set agendas and how they document impact. Through this process the group landed on two focus areas for the coming year.
Focus Areas:
HOUSING & HOMEOWNERSHIP – Expanding pathways to affordable and sustainable homeownership in the region.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP- Supporting emerging developers and contractors to grow their businesses and expand affordable housing inventory in the region.
The chapter shares promising programs and smart strategies, gathers knowledge to make their grantmaking more effective, and works to increase investments in asset building. We also facilitate connections among funders, nonprofits, and the public and private sectors. This includes convening funders from both Kansas and Missouri, engaging national funders with regional interests, and leveraging partnerships with institutions like the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to strengthen collective impact.
If you want to join this evolving chapter, please contact Carrie Coleman.
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How We Work
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Inform: Highlight promising practices, key issues, and innovations in the field through funder-only dialogues as well as other convenings. Members provide an insightful regional voice to inform national conversations.
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Connect: Members learn from each other and from other organizations as they seek solutions to local challenges related to the regional focus areas.
- Influence: Engage key stakeholders to grow their knowledge and support. This includes efforts to raise the visibility of asset-building within the broader community of foundations, public-sector funders, and financial institutions.
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Build: We seek to build the number of grantmakers and resources focused on strategies and investments for low and moderate income people to build and protect assets increasing economic opportunities and prosperity.
Upcoming Events
Steering Committee
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kansas Health Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Marion & Henry Bloch Family Foundation
Central Bank of Kansas City
Arvest Bank
JPMorgan Chase
Wyandotte Health Foundation
UMB Bank
Holy Rosary Credit Union
