Grants made by Kansas Health Foundation
Kansas Health Foundation (EIN 48-0873431) reported 167 grants totaling $15.7M in FY2024 on Schedule I of its IRS Form 990 — the 100 largest are listed below. See the full financial profile for revenue, ratings and leadership.
Grant recipients (FY2024) · $15.7M total
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas Leadership Center Inc | To provide continued core support funding for two years to kansas leadership center, a non-profit organization committed to fosuitering leadership for stronger, healthier and more prosperous kansas communities. | $6,000,000 |
| Alliance For A Healthy Kansas Inc | To provide funding to alliance for a healthy kansas. alliance for a healthy kansas is a coalition of dozens of diverse groups from across the state that have come together to educate the public, lawmakers, and key stakeholders about the importance of expanding kancare and closing the coverage gap for 150,000 kansans. | $675,000 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | To provide funding in support of establishment of a robust initiative aimed at amplifying clients' voices. this initiative will enhance capacity to elevate client perspectives and actively engage community members in identifying service gaps, shaping program design, and ensuring effective program implementation. by fosuitering collaboration with community partners, this initiative will also play a key role in advocating for and influencing sysuitemic and policy changes that directly impact displaced and immigrant populations, ensuring more responsive and inclusive support sysuitems. | $600,000 |
| Kc Healthy Kids | To provide funding in support of the kansas food action network program to ensure kansas has well-resourced local coalitions and robust policies related to food security. | $496,000 |
| Kansas Food Bank Warehouse Inc | To provide dollar for dollar matching funds to the kansas food bank in support of their work to increase the capacity of 31 partner agencies in rural, wesuitern kansas communities. | $450,000 |
| Kansas Appleseed Center For Law and Justice Inc | To provide funding in support of universal access to free school meals for all students, regardless of family income, by increasing school district participation in community eligibility provisions (cep) and tailoring support to each district's needs. | $350,000 |
| Mid-america Regional Council | To provide funding in support of double up food bucks heartland program, a healthy food incentive program for people who receive snap benefits offered at grocery stores, farmers markets, farm stands and mobile markets in kansas and missouri. the incentive encourages customers paying with snap to purchase more fresh fruits and vegetables. | $333,000 |
| K-state Research and Extension - Sedgwick County | To provide funding in support of proposals submitted to k-state research and extension that align with the principles of the next gen k-state strategic plan, advance the work of hunger free kansas, and enhance collaboration with both university and community partners with an overall goal to elevate the role of extension agents in food sysuitems work. | $300,000 |
| Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation | To provide funding in support of establishment of a harvest hub, a sustainable, practical, and physical regional food sysuitem which includes production, processing, and distribution of food. this sysuitem will target economic development by expanding small businesses with new revenue streams and support entrepreneurs with new opportunities. community engagement will be targeted by bringing together all stakeholders to create a common agenda, shared measurements, mutually reinforcing activities, and continuous communication. | $298,122 |
| Kanbes Markets | To provide funding to support expansion of the healthy corner store program, which provides access to fresh, affordable, high-quality produce in wyandotte county. this program targets those struggling with mobility issues, lack of transportation, and those living in areas with limited grocery options. funding will cover costs of establishing new stores, operations costs, food costs, truck deliveries, drivers, and a dedicated kansas-specific healthy corner store liaison who will work exclusively on onboarding new stores, building community awareness, and promoting produce shopping adoption. | $276,875 |
| Kansas Health Institute | To provide funding in support of a landscape data analysis of the components of economic hardship that will help the foundation network understand and mobilize around the economic hardship index. funding will also support design and facilitation of data walks that will help the foundation network understand various interventions that will help kansans make progress towards improving economic hardship within the state. | $175,000 |
| Harvey County Health Department | To provide funding in support of harvey county health department's participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| Healthy Bourbon County Action Team Inc | To provide funding in support of healthy bourbon county action team, inc.'s participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| Tri-agency Intervention | To provide funding in support of tri-agency intervention, inc.'s participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| United Way of Kaw Valley Inc | To provide funding in support of united way of kaw valley, inc.'s participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| Livewell Northwest Kansas Inc | To provide funding in support of livewell northwest kansas, inc.'s participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| United Way of the Flint Hills Inc | To provide funding in support of united way of the flint hills, inc.'s participation as a member of the kansas food action network food secure communities initiative, a new community of practice focused on assessing and addressing the sysuitemic causes of food insecurity at the local level. project funds should be used to assess and address the policy, sysuitems and environmental barriers to food security in grantee?s region. | $165,000 |
| Kansas Health Institute | To provide funding in support of khi's work to assist khf partners regarding how to use and interpret data, metrics consultation, analysis support for activities such as crowdsourcing, and ad hoc technical assistance related to local data access. | $125,000 |
| Rosedale Development Association Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of rosedale development association, inc. | $100,000 |
| Salud Mas Bienstar Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of salud + bienestar - promotora de salud. | $100,000 |
| Sent Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of sent, inc. | $100,000 |
| Soce Neighborhood Action Foundation | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of soce neighborhood action foundation. | $100,000 |
| Suburban Balance | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of suburban balance. | $100,000 |
| The Black Mastermind Group Charitable Foundation | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of the black masuitermind group charitable foundation. | $100,000 |
| Hub Argentine Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of the hub argentine, inc. | $100,000 |
| Toolbox Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of the toolbox, inc. | $100,000 |
| Voter Network | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of kansas latino community network. | $100,000 |
| Wichita State University Foundation | To provide core support funding for the expansion of on-campus outreach efforts by the alce su voz program at wichita state university. | $100,000 |
| Loud Light | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of loud light, inc. | $100,000 |
| Advocates For Immigration Rights & Reconciliation Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of advocates for immigrant rights and reconciliation, inc. | $100,000 |
| Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills Association | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of black entrepreneurs of the flint hills. | $100,000 |
| Common Ground Producers and Growers Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of common ground producers and growers, inc. | $100,000 |
| Chwc Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of chwc, inc. | $100,000 |
| Create Campaign Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of create campaign, inc. | $100,000 |
| Destination Innovation Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of destination innovation. | $100,000 |
| Fort Hays State University | To provide core support funding for the expansion of on-campus outreach efforts by the diversity and inclusion program at fort hays state university. | $100,000 |
| Garden City Community College | To provide core support funding for the expansion of on-campus outreach efforts by the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging program at garden city community college. | $100,000 |
| Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of groundwork northeast revitalization group. | $100,000 |
| Hope Enterprise | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of hope community development corporation. | $100,000 |
| Kansas Birth Justice Society | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of kansas birth justice society. | $100,000 |
| Kansas Black Farmers Association Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of kansas black farmers association. | $100,000 |
| Kansas Family Advisory Network Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of kansas family advisory network, inc. | $100,000 |
| Metro Organization For Racial and Economic Equity Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of metro organization for racial and economic equity, inc. | $100,000 |
| Mt Carmel Redevelopment Corporation Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of mt. carmel redevelopment corporation. | $100,000 |
| Omni Circle Group Inc | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of omni circle group, inc. | $100,000 |
| Pittsburg State University | To provide core support funding for the expansion of on-campus outreach efforts by the diversity and inclusion program at pittsburg state university. | $100,000 |
| Empower Evergreen | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of empower evergreen, inc. | $100,000 |
| Kansas Leadership Center Inc | To address food security issues in kansas through planning, coordination, and facilitation of mass action strategies for kansas communities and quarterly meetings for the kansas food security advisory committee. | $60,000 |
| University of Kansas Center For Research Inc | To provide funding in support of university of kansas center for research, inc.'s work to (i) develop and test iterative processes of integrating research and practice in support of technology learning and computational thinking skills among women who are about to be or have been recently released from jails or prisons in kansas or missouri, (ii) advance knowledge and best practices regarding university-community partnerships focused on broadening technology education for justice-impacted populations, and thereby (iii) build capacity within a local community for enhancing digital equity among a historically underrepresented population. | $50,000 |
| Wichita State University Foundation | To provide funding to facilitate the development of a full proposal to secure future funding and create a sustainable financial model to establish an actionable data policy lab in kansas. funding will be used in the following areas: 1. facilitation of a leadership team 2. site visits 3. research and planning and 4. proposal and development plan. | $50,000 |
| Voter Network | To provide funding in support of collaboration with nonprofits across the state to help them embed paid relational programs into their election activities. this effort aims to increase turnout by at least 1.5% - and up to 5%. | $50,000 |
| Opportunity Wichita Inc | To provide funding to establish an economic mobility plan for south central kansas, specifically targeting enhanced opportunities for economic advancement across the region. | $50,000 |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | To provide funding in support of creation of a business plan for a local food sysuitem development in salina, ks, connecting local producers to local large-scale markets and dramatically shortening the food supply chain. | $50,000 |
| Kansas State University | To provide funding in support of hiring a director who will convene the inter-tribal planning committee to create a vision for operating a successful sustainable infrastructure. | $50,000 |
| Kansas Leadership Center Inc | To plan and facilitate a two-day convening of the policy hub to help develop a policy agenda to address food security in kansas. | $50,000 |
| Kansas Food Bank Warehouse Inc | To provide core support funding in support of kansas food bank warehouse, inc. to carry out their mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate hungercare whenever and wherever it is needed to safeguard the health, well-being and productivity of food-insecure kansas families and their children, as well as senior citizens, the homeless and the chronically ill and impoverished among us. | $50,000 |
| Hunter Health Clinic Inc | To provide funding to hunter health clinic, inc. in support of their work to educate people in the 29th and grove area about the risks associated with trichloroethylene (tce) exposure and provide medical screening to address medical concerns associated with chemical spills. | $50,000 |
| Harvesters-the Community Food Network | To provide core support funding in support of harvesuiters - the community food network to carry out their mission of mobilizing the power of community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger. | $50,000 |
| Greater Manhattan Community Foundation | To provide funding for a contracted consultant who will evaluate where the capacity of kansas rotary clubs and kansas mental health needs intersect. | $50,000 |
| Empower Evergreen | To provide funding in support of development of an experimental new type of financial institution designed to serve people who are traditionally thought of as being "un-bankable." this population usually has to resort to payday lending type institutions. this new organization is co-funded by stand together and a number of other local funders, including most of the major banks in wichita. the total project is over $600,000. | $50,000 |
| Emporia Spanish Speakers | To provide core support funding for the continued operational and programmatic work of emporia spanish speakers. | $50,000 |
| Douglas County | To provide funding in support of the indigenous food sysuitem study and action plan, which focuses on collecting essential data from indigenous food entrepreneurs and leaders, including farmers, chefs, retailers, and elders, to enhance the indigenous foods sector in douglas county and kansas. | $50,000 |
| Community Operations Recovery Empowerment Inc | To provide core support funding in support of community operations recovery empowerment, inc. to carry out their mission to create an empowered community focused on economic development, academic success, civic engagement, and family involvement within the community and educational sysuitem. | $50,000 |
| Podemos Corp | To provide funding in support of podemos: psico-educacion comunitaria program that will bring evidence-based, trauma informed, culturally competent and linguistically appropriate mental health services to the hispanic population within sedgwick county kansas. | $50,000 |
| University of Kansas Center For Research Inc | To provide funding in support of free grant writing and technical assistance to a range of organizations in kansas, including nonprofit organizations, state associations/coalitions, school districts, state agencies, and tribal councils/communities. | $49,500 |
| Guadalupe Clinic Inc | To provide funding for a year's worth of salary and benefits for a promotora position at the clinic. the promotora is a community health worker who specifically engages with the latino population that utilizes guadalupe clinic for their health care needs. the promotora is a bridge between the diverse populations served and the health care sysuitem and has cultural ties, history and background similar to the clinic's first-generation minority patients, who make up 79% of the patient population. | $46,800 |
| Community Inc | Convergence partnership renewal 2024: regional investments to advance racial justice and health equity | $37,500 |
| Hutch In Harmony Inc | Convergence partnership renewal 2024: regional investments to advance racial justice and health equity | $31,250 |
| Omni Circle Group Inc | Convergence partnership renewal 2024: regional investments to advance racial justice and health equity | $31,250 |
| Destination Innovation Inc | Convergence partnership renewal 2024: regional investments to advance racial justice and health equity | $31,250 |
| Rosedale Development Association Inc | To provide funding in support of a market study related to building a new community center which will enable rosedale development association to apply for federal funding that would completely cover construction of the community center. | $30,000 |
| Medical Soceity of Sedgwick County Physician Leadership Alliance | To provide funding in support of development of a new business model for wichita health and wellness coalition. funds will cover phase one of their relationship with a development consultant. | $27,500 |
| Wichita Childrens Home | In an effort to better align khf's efforts with textron aviation's philanthropic efforts, we are contributing $25,000 to wichita children's home as part of textron's wings for dreams event. the event raised a total of $4.2 million. this contribution from khf was considered part of that total. | $25,000 |
| William Newton Memorial Hospital | To provide funding for incentives for each household that takes the cowley county community perception survey. participants will receive $10 chamber bucks (either in ark city or winfield), so the funds are funneled back into the local economy. | $25,000 |
| El Centro Inc | To provide funding in support of in-depth strategic planning process development. | $15,000 |
| Hub Argentine Inc | To provide funding to the hub argentine inc. to continue work consisuitent with kansas health foundation's mission, directed in connection to rev. tom brady's service as a kansas health foundation board member. | $15,000 |
| The Caring Congregation Inc | To provide funding to the caring congregation, inc. to continue work consisuitent with kansas health foundation's mission, directed in connection to rev. tom brady's service as a kansas health foundation board member. | $10,000 |
| The Single Mom Kc | To provide funding in support of hope ambassadors, a volunteer-fueled community referral program focused on supporting single mothers. | $5,000 |
| Tiny News Collective Inc | To provide funding to develop support groups, educational content, and resources tailored for black women facing hysuiterectomies. | $5,000 |
| Topeka Community Foundation | To provide funding in support of a community trail that will serve as a hub for outdoor recreation promoting health, wellness, and community engagement. | $5,000 |
| Trego County Health Department | To provide funding in support of a contract with krisuiten jane anderson -- suicide survivor and author. krisuiten would present to students and teachers during the day, as well as community members in the evening. | $5,000 |
| United Way of Central Kansas Inc | To provide funding in support of the auto care access program which aims to eliminate transportation barriers faced by families living in poverty. | $5,000 |
| United Way of Harvey and Marion Counties Inc | To provide funding in support of installing a born learning trail. born learning provides kits with interactive, educational signs to install along a path that families can enjoy while walking. | $5,000 |
| Urban League of Kansas Inc | To provide funding in support of a consultant to assist with creating a vision for revitalization of the 9th street corridor. | $5,000 |
| Unified School District 409 Atchison County Kansas | To provide funding in support of mental health field trips, speakers and health professionals to help support mental health, and purchasing curriculum that supports mental health in teens. | $5,000 |
| Usd 446 Independence | To provide funding in support of cardio machines that can be used to improve functional fitness as a whole. these machines will be available to staff, students, and the public. | $5,000 |
| Usd 501 Topeka Public Schools | To provide funding in support of a bicycle club, which will address the physical, emotional, and social challenges children face. | $5,000 |
| Van Go Mobile Arts Inc | To provide funding to support "junior staff," who are participants that completed the job training portion of programming but would benefit from additional mental health and wellness support before they exit. these graduates will provide assistance with go healthy activities, including snack and meal preparation, helping on the art floor, in the gallery, at special events, and will be trained to give tours of the facility. additionally, junior staffers will continue to receive the full array of social services and go healthy activities. | $5,000 |
| Warriors Ranch | To provide funding in support of dine-in community dinners serving the homeless with a focus on veterans and youth. during and following the meal experts will be available to assist with resumes/job applications, housing applications, setting medical, mental and dental appointments at our community clinic, va paperwork, government paperwork and spiritual care. as guests leave, they will be given a different bagged meal for the evening. leftover food will be packaged up and distributed via the mobile outreach trailer. | $5,000 |
| Wichita Recovery Hub Society | To provide funding to purchase equipment and kitchen supplies for the snack bar, social space items to include a ping pong table, tables, and games, and supplies to include paint and wall decor. these funds will make an impact by creating a space that is inviting and fun, somewhere people in recovery will want to be to build a healthy social network, develop new skills and hobbies, and thrive in their recovery. | $5,000 |
| Wilson Medical Center Foundation | To provide funding in support of a local health and wellness fair and a health and wellness workshop series. | $5,000 |
| Adoption & Beyond Inc | To provide funding in support of an educational program that will enhance pre- and post-training for adoptive families to ensure they are well-prepared and competent in adoption; identify suitable professionals to provide expertise in educating the public about important aspects, challenges, and opportunities related to adoptive families; and utilize a direct educational approach, such as zoom meetings, group mentoring, and online services, with agency members or guest experts presenting adoption topics to families. | $5,000 |
| African American Council of Elders - Wichita-sedgwick County | To provide funding in support of comprehensive training, mentorship, and support to intergenerational digital storytelling program participants. | $5,000 |
| All For Moms Foundation Inc | To provide funding for a covered trailer, which would expedite load time and avoid costly rentals and weather issues associated with exposed open bed trailers. this would better facilitate picking up donated furniture across the city. at the end of the mission, the trailer could be loaded with the removed trash insuitead of leaving the trash with the family to deal with. trash could be transported to the dump or donation service directly. | $5,000 |
| All For Moms Foundation Inc | To provide funding in support of launching new support services, increasing the scope of financial assistance programs, and reaching underserved communities previously beyond the foundation's reach. this could involve investing in new technologies, developing creative solutions to address sysuitemic issues, or partnering with other organizations to leverage resources and expertise. | $5,000 |
| Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc | Aware is a new program for wichita women community leaders, alliance of women for alzheimer?s research and education. the aware group is comprised of women who are seeking information and who are getting involved to change the future. the focus of aware is advancing research, providing care and support. it provides funding for caregiver/family support programs. funds are used to educate women that a healthy heart, diet and exercise lead to a healthy brain. funding provides a presence in the kansas legislature to raise awareness for more funding to respite care and elder abuse. | $5,000 |
| Andover Public Library Friends | To provide funding in support of the children's creative playroom to purchase and install sensory learning walls and interactive play equipment, to introduce educational panels and activities that enhance creative thinking and problem-solving skills, create an inviting environment that supports physical activity, learning through play, and creative expression, and to cover programming expenses. | $5,000 |
| Bemorelikeclaire | To provide funding in support of claire's community, a program which equips young people with the tools they need to recognize the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships. | $5,000 |
| Wichita Catholic Secondary Schools | To provide funding to equip teachers with skills and strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout, and maintain good mental, emotional, and physical health to provide the best atmosphere and opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to achieve by offering a professional development opportunity focused on stress management, resilience, and self-care | $5,000 |
| Wichita Catholic Secondary Schools | To provide funding to purchase equipment to enhance students? and teachers? understanding of the flight or fight responses, equipping them with effective tools to manage stress, particularly students on the spectrum and to explore innovative approaches, such as myofascial release techniques, in coping with stressors beyond conventional methods, particularly for student-athletes. | $5,000 |
Grant data comes from Schedule I of Kansas Health Foundation's e-filed Form 990, via CharityIndex. Recipients link to their own profiles where the EIN matches our directory.