Kansas City’s Buttonwood Financial Group Has Committed to Helping Numerous Nonprofit Organizations and Associations.
Buttonwood Financial is a Kansas City, Missouri-based provider of wealth management, investment strategy, estate planning and retirement planning services, is a well-known and respected SEC-registered Investment Advisor. Named after an 18th-century agreement that helped establish the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan, Buttonwood has served hundreds of clients in the Kansas City area over two decades in business.
Along with achieving a great deal of success in the Kansas City community, Buttonwood has chosen to give back a fixed percentage of its annual revenue to worthy causes in and around the local region.
Support for the Arts
Buttonwood Financial operates Buttonwood Art Space, an independent exhibition space and community-focused gallery inside of its offices where local and regional artists can display their work year-round. In addition to its own art space and gallery, Buttonwood also financially supports the Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City, which builds audiences and increases participation in the arts through education and promotion of the region’s cultural offerings. Buttonwood is also a big booster of organizations that promote and raise awareness of jazz, such as the Kansas City Jazz Alliance, Kansas City Jazz Alive, The Folly Theater, All About Jazz, and the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors.
Support for Medicine
In the medical field, Buttonwood has given support to Proje5t for ALS, a charity helping to find a cure for ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Buttonwood financially supports AbilityKC, which assists disadvantaged individuals with becoming autonomous and taking more control over their lives. Buttonwood also supports Children’s Mercy Hospital which works to transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for the most vulnerable. Additionally, Buttonwood supports the Mid-America Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Kansas City Blood Center.
Support for Animals
Buttonwood Financial is active in helping animals through support for organizations and charities such as Horse Power, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the United States Dressage Foundation, KC Pet Project, Great Plains SPCA and the Wayside Waifs pet adoption center.
Support for Education
In the field of education, Buttonwood has provided support to the University of Missouri at Kansas City (including the Jazz Friends and Women’s Council groups there), the University of Missouri Division of Animal Sciences – Equine Science, and the University of Northern Colorado.
Support for the Local Community
Within the local Kansas City region, Buttonwood Financial supports the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City, Friends of the Konza Prairie, the Penn Valley Park Conservancy, the Kansas City Parks Foundation, Midtown KC Now, the United FC soccer club, and the Kansas City Blues rugby team. Buttonwood has also provided support to the Sister City Association of Kansas City, an international association committed to developing innovative programs in commerce, tourism, education, and cultural awareness.
Besides the above efforts, Buttonwood helps its clients to organize social events that bring together the community and introduce Buttonwood to new opportunities and worthwhile causes to contribute to. If you know of a Kansas City-based activity or organization that could benefit from Buttonwood’s participation or involvement, feel free to contact the firm via its website.
