Julie Scheidegger

The Foundation’s Research, Learning, and Evaluation (RLE) is part of the larger landscape of economic mobility research activity. By building connections, shared learning, and support amongst researchers and their organizations, together, we can create a collaborative and robust research and data ecosystem in Kansas City that will deepen our collective impact. In November 2024, the Foundation hosted the inaugural Economic Mobility Research and Data Forum.

“I’m always happy and honored and love to be in the company of educators who are doing the darn thing and shaping the world and holding it down,” said Joyce Abbott, award-winning educator, veteran, and public speaker to the Amplify conference crowd. Amplify, hosted annually by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, welcomed more than 200 educators of color to this year’s conference around the theme “RECHARGE, RE-ENERGIZE, and REIMAGINE” on Nov. 8-9 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center.

The blue carpet was rolled out to welcome more than 250 community members into the Foundation for the second-annual open house Thursday, Sept. 19. President and CEO Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace, and other members of Foundation leadership, greeted guests for a night to “spark” connection and engagement.