Kauffman Gives $20 Million For UMKC Arts Campus
A proposal to move the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance downtown, along with its more than 700 students and staff, received its critical first gift — a $20 million challenge grant from the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation. The move is intended to raise both the profile of the 107-year-old conservatory and the Kauffman Center, while also providing a boost to the downtown’s Crossroads Arts District.
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Update – This story was edited to include the full name of the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation. A previous version of the story referred to it as the Kauffman Foundation.
