Mission: The Kauffman Center, home to resident organizations including the Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera, Kansas City Symphony, and other innovative programming, embraces a variety of audiences with different tastes, interests and passions. At the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, everyone can have an opportunity to experience excellence. The mission of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is to provide these extraordinary experiences through programs, customer service, and education. The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts' vision is to enrich the lives of everyone in our community through extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences. (Less)

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2000, and donations are tax-deductible.