Kansas City Star | 05/17/2005 | Nonprofits get advice on how to keep giving

Kansas City Star 05/17/2005 Nonprofits get advice on how to keep giving: "Nonprofits get advice on how to keep giving

By MIKE GLYNN

Special to The Star

In the home stretch as chief executive officer of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Jan Kreamer takes pride in knowing she's retiring with many local nonprofit agencies in full swing.
For example, Kansas City's philanthropic community has helped create what she calls a �premier� health-care system for the region, from the Children's Mercy Hospital expansion to the Cabot Westside Health Center, a bustling St. Luke's facility that caters to Hispanics.
Youth service agencies such as the YMCA and Boys & Girls Clubs are thriving, she said, and the region boasts an �extremely vibrant� arts community.
The nonprofit sector generates about 6.2 percent of total income or revenue for Kansas City's regional economy, according to the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership."