Kansas City Young Matrons - KCYM - was organized in the Kansas City Athenaeum Club House on September 14, 1917, under the name Kansas City Athenaeum Young Matrons. Carolyn Farwell Fuller, President of the Athenaeum during the 1917-1918 fiscal year, conceived the idea of establishing a club for young married women for the purpose of developing their charitable, social, and educational interests. In 1920, a movement to withdraw from the parent organization was undertaken, and the  new Club became Kansas City Young Matrons.

In September of 1936, the Kansas City Young Matrons’ 15-year dream of having a permanent home for the Club was realized when the membership officially opened their colonial revival style Club House at the southwest corner of 51st and Oak Streets. In 1998, the Club House was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Buildings. The house was physically moved in 2015 to it's current location at 5211 Cherry Street.

With over a 100-year presence in Kansas City, KCYM has grown from an original membership of 34 to over 300 women. Through the years, KCYM has collaborated with more than thirty civic and social organizations to provide thousands of volunteer service hours. Since 1986, KCYM has held a biennial philanthropic event to raise money for a beneficiary chosen by the Club. For this purpose, the Club established the KCYM Philanthropic Fund, which received official 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in 1993.

Club members create enduring friendships and remain true to the same creed adopted by the Charter Members on September 14, 1917: “To Our Club, Loyalty; To The Community, Service.”

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