UMB Bank Contributes $2 Million in Year-End Donations to 18 Non-Profit Organizations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 19, 2023) – UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corp., is pleased to announce a total donation of $2 million to non-profits across its footprint, including nine Kansas City-area organizations. Nine additional donations have been made to organizations in Denver, St. Louis, Phoenix and Dallas. This is the third consecutive year the company has made year-end donations totaling this amount. These year-end donations bring UMB’s 2023 total giving to more than $3.7 million

“Amidst a challenging economic year, these donations will make a significant impact for the receiving organizations and the people they serve,” said Mariner Kemper, chairman, president and CEO of UMB Financial Corporation. “We pride ourselves on being strong, financial stewards and partners to our customers and communities, and these donations highlight our longstanding commitment to those we serve.”

For more than a century, UMB has been honored to give back to the communities it serves. Recipient organizations were selected based on specific needs, current and future partnership opportunities and alignment with one or more of UMB’s philanthropic pillars: arts, agriculture, financial education and self-sufficiency.

Learn more about each organization below.

Kansas City Organizations

• Community Builders of Kansas City
• Developing Potential, Inc.
• Kansas City G.I.F.T.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) 
• Mattie Rhodes Center
• Team Smile, Inc.
• Urban Neighborhood Initiative
• Veterans Community Project

Manhattan, Kansas Organizations 

• The Guardians

Denver Organizations

• NEWSED
• Thriving Families
• West Denver Renaissance Collaborative (WDRC)

Fort Worth/Arlington Organizations

• National Medal of Honor Museum 
• National Juneteenth Museum

Phoenix Organizations

• Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona
• Child Crisis Arizona
• Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest

St. Louis Organizations

• Gateway Housing First

To learn more about UMB’s commitment to the communities it serves, please read the latest Corporate Citizenship Report.

About UMB

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a financial services company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. UMB offers commercial banking, which includes comprehensive deposit, lending and investment services, personal banking, which includes wealth management and financial planning services, and institutional banking, which includes asset servicing, corporate trust solutions, investment banking, and healthcare services. UMB operates branches throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Texas. As the company’s reach continues to grow, it also serves business clients nationwide and institutional clients in several countries. For more information, visit UMB.com, UMB Blog, UMB Facebook and UMB LinkedIn.