YSKC provides a full orchestra experience to students throughout the greater Kansas City Metropolitan area, as a high-functioning youth symphony at multiple grade and ability levels. Our students report that their time in the program has enhanced their overall musicianship for public, private, and homeschool music programs.
Ways to Support
The companies and entities listed below play a key role in helping Youth Symphony of Kansas impact thousands of lives each year. Thank you!
Sponsorship and Advertising dollars help to support YSKC’s mission to educate and further contribute to the greater Kansas City arts ecosystem by serving students and audiences.
Artist Level
Principal Level
Local Sponsors
Youth Symphony of Kansas City is a proud recipient of a Mission Support grant from ArtsKC Regional Arts Council.
Programs that take place in Missouri are presented with public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
YSKC performances are generously supported in part by a grant from the City of Kansas City’s Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
Our Impact
Students perform distinctive concerts throughout Kansas City in formal and informal settings at venues such as Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College.
Student participants and their families get inside access to the arts in Kansas City and routinely receive offers for discounted tickets to concerts and additional experiences from community partners. Area arts organizations recognize the value in engaging with YSKC, as our students are the future audience members, patrons and performers essential to long-term sustainability of the arts.
Many of the school music programs within underserved communities are minimal or non-existent, highlighting a need for after-school music enrichment programs such as YSKC. We address inclusivity by providing music program access and financial need within underserved schools.
Financial assistance is also an important strategy in our desire to provide program access to students. Recently, Youth Symphony budgeted and awarded a high number of families in need who qualified for need-based financial assistance exceeding $43,000. Specifically, the areas of financial support this season break down as follows:
• General Financial Assistance from YSKC: 36 students – $21,800
• Community Partner (Harmony Project/Musical Bridges) Waivers from YSKC: 14 students – $11,400
• Fee Waiver (exchange for regular season parent volunteers): 12 students – $10,140
Total – $43,340
Creativity takes Community
Grow together
Learn More About Sponsorship Opportunities
We’d love to have you join our list of sponsors to help not only make a difference in the Youth Symphony of Kansas City, but in the lives of each individual student as well.
Help Us Support Kansas City’s Young Musicians
Contact Director of Development Greg Carroll (gcarroll@yskc.org) to learn more about our nonprofit sponsorship, advertising and donation opportunities in Kansas City.
