The Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Inc. is a program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation based in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Kauffman Foundation focuses its grant-making and operations on two areas: advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth.
Established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, it is among the 30 largest foundations in the United States, with an asset base of approximately $2 billion.