威尼斯人娱乐城（威尼斯人娱乐城）获得了尤因·马里昂·考夫曼基金会（Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation）一项具有历史意义的5年1297万美元赠款，用于巩固其在堪萨斯城地区创业规划和影响力方面的全国领导地位。
赠款资金将支持各种努力，包括校园内新的和现有的项目。 威尼斯人娱乐城和考夫曼基金会有一个共同的使命，即支持不同的社区，这笔赠款将帮助每个社区继续接触到传统上无法获得创业资源的服务不足群体。
“威尼斯人娱乐城 has a number of programs designed to help reduce barriers to entrepreneurship,” said Philip Gaskin, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation. “We believe that expanding and aligning these programs will drive interest and success in entrepreneurship and result in a diverse pool of new businesses in the region.”
这项资助是威尼斯人娱乐城国家认可的项目合作的结果：威尼斯人娱乐城创新中心、亨利·w·布洛赫管理学院雷尼埃创业与创新研究所和威尼斯人娱乐城法学院。
“This grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a clear endorsement of the work we’re doing across the university and in our surrounding communities to support entrepreneurship,” said 威尼斯人娱乐城 Chancellor Mauli Agrawal.
该倡议将实现各种目标。 It will build on and expand the university’s existing commitment to interdisciplinary collaborations, allowing increasing numbers of undergraduate and graduate students to explore entrepreneurship across campus. 此外，它将增加社区联系，为不同的企业家扩大有影响力的教育资源的可用性，实施更强大的技术商业化系统，将威尼斯人娱乐城的研究创新推向市场，并为校园的所有领域提供更多参与创业活动的途径。
“This grant allows 威尼斯人娱乐城 to grow our programs and invest even more in both cross-campus and community entrepreneurial initiatives,” Agrawal said. “We are thrilled to work with the Kauffman Foundation and current and future partners to build upon our strong foundation and create more opportunities for the region’s innovators and entrepreneurs.”