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University of Missouri

University of Missouri is a public land-grant university in Columbia, Missouri, known as Mizzou.

President

Mun Choi

Major gifts tracked

$25 million

Major gifts to University of Missouri

Donor	Amount	Announced	Purpose
Kinder Foundation Read the story	$25 million	Nov 3, 2026	Endowment of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and an expanded partnership with the University of Oxford

Key facts

Fundraising campaign: Power the Roar, $2 billionsource
Largest endowment held at Mizzou: Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, after a $25 million Kinder Foundation grant (Nov. 2026)source
Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy founded: 2015source

WYDE coverage of University of Missouri

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about University of Missouri, on Nov 4, 2026. University of Missouri is a recipient in 1 story. The most recent is Kinder Foundation Pledges $25 Million to Mizzou, Making the Kinder Institute's Endowment Its Largest.

Philanthropy

Kinder Foundation Pledges $25 Million to Mizzou, Making the Kinder Institute's Endowment Its Largest

The grant brings the Kinder Foundation's investment in Mizzou's Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy to over $85 million and will let master's students spend a full year at the University of Oxford starting in fall 2028.

Nov 4, 2026 · 3 min read · Recipient

Reported alongside University of Missouri

Kinder Foundation · in 1 story with University of Missouri
Rich Kinder · in 1 story with University of Missouri

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