A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 43-1458119Arts and culture

Who funds Mesner Puppet Theater?

15 private foundations gave Mesner Puppet Theater in Kansas City, MO $408,842 across 43 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

43 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Jim Henson FoundationLong Island City, NY 2025

    Puppet production

    $4,000
  2. R A Long FoundationKansas City, MO 2025

    Organizations purpose

    $2,500
  3. Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2024

    General operating support

    $25,000
  4. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2024

    Unrestricted general

    $15,000
  5. Edward Jones FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    Arts, culture and humanities

    $250
  6. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for lower-income children in the kansas city region. 202206-12530

    $35,000
  7. Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    General operating support and new show development/production

    $25,000
  8. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2023

    Support for what if puppets

    $10,000
  9. Geraldine and R A Barrows Foundation 10013700Kansas City, MO 2023

    General operation support

    $2,500
  10. Hallmark Corporate FoundationKansas City, MO 2023

    General purpose

    $500
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $77
  12. Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Support for increasing access to high-quality early education programs for lower-income children in the kansas city region. 202206-12530

    $35,000
  13. Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    $30,000 general operating support; $10,000 capacity building

    $30,000
  14. The Francis Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Grant - emergency funding during covid-19 crisis.

    $15,000
  15. Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    General operating and capacity building

    $10,000
  16. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2022

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  17. E Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter CommunityKansas City, MO 2022

    Support of charitable

    $5,000
  18. R A Long FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    Organizations purpose

    $4,500
  19. The Jim Henson FoundationLong Island City, NY 2022

    Puppet production

    $4,000
  20. Hallmark Corporate FoundationKansas City, MO 2022

    General purpose

    $500
  21. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $107
  22. Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    General operating and capacity building

    $25,000
  23. The Francis Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Grant - emergency funding during covid-19 crisis.

    $15,000
  24. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2021

    Unrestricted general

    $15,000
  25. Richard J Stern Foundation for the ArtsKansas City, MO 2021

    2021/2022 season support

    $10,000
  26. Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - TrusteeLeawood, KS 2021

    General operations

    $5,000
  27. R A Long FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    Organizations purpose

    $5,000
  28. Hallmark Corporate FoundationKansas City, MO 2021

    General purpose

    $400
  29. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $73
  30. The Francis Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    Grant - general operating support

    $15,000
  31. The Francis Family FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    Grant - emergency funding during covid-19 crisis.

    $10,000
  32. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2020

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  33. Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - TrusteeLeawood, KS 2020

    General operations

    $5,000
  34. Richard J Stern Foundation for the ArtsKansas City, MO 2020

    2020/2021 season support

    $5,000
  35. R A Long FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    Organizations purpose

    $5,000
  36. Richard J Stern Foundation for the ArtsKansas City, MO 2020

    Used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization

    $4,000
  37. Hallmark Corporate FoundationKansas City, MO 2020

    General purpose

    $400
  38. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $35
  39. Louis and Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim CharitableDallas, TX 2019

    Unrestricted general

    $10,000
  40. Richard J Stern Foundation for the ArtsKansas City, MO 2019

    2019/2020 season support and used at the discretion of the board of directors or trustees as they see fit for operating their organization

    $5,000
  41. Gerald Oppenheimer Family FoundationAgoura Hills, CA 2019

    General support

    $1,000
  42. The H & R Block FoundationKansas City, MO 2018

    Signs of revitalization

    $19,000
  43. Ronald D Deffenbaugh Foundation CO Charles E Wetzler - TrusteeLeawood, KS 2018

    General operations

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Kansas City, MO and are not among Mesner Puppet Theater’s funders above.

  1. William T Kemper FoundationKansas City, MO 76 grants Accepts applications $4,872,962 to similar organizations
  2. The Sosland FoundationKansas City, MO 58 grants Accepts applications $1,287,150 to similar organizations
  3. Copaken Family FoundationKansas City, MO 54 grants Preselected only $620,620 to similar organizations
  4. The Estelle S and Robert A Long Ellis FoundationKansas City, MO 37 grants Accepts applications $482,500 to similar organizations
  5. The Sunderland FoundationOverland Park, KS 25 grants Accepts applications $17,358,069 to similar organizations
  6. Oppenstein Brothers FoundationKansas City, MO 61 grants Accepts applications $923,000 to similar organizations
  7. Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation 10018904Kansas City, MO 18 grants Preselected only $6,629,368 to similar organizations
  8. Marion and Henry Bloch Family FoundationKansas City, MO 57 grants Accepts applications $6,202,993 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 43-1458119 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.