Unrestricted Grants for Nonprofits in Kansas
Unrestricted Grants for Nonprofits in Kansas
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Hearst Foundations Grants
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Hearst Foundations' Mission
The Hearst Foundations identify and fund outstanding nonprofits to ensure that people of all backgrounds in the United States have the opportunity to build healthy, productive and inspiring lives.
Hearst Foundations' Goals
The Foundations seek to achieve their mission by funding approaches that result in:
- Improved health and quality of life
- Access to high quality educational options to promote increased academic achievement
- Arts and sciences serving as a cornerstone of society
- Sustainable employment and productive career paths for adults
- Stabilizing and supporting families
Funding Priorities
The Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of interests – culture, education, health and social service – and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support.
Culture
The Hearst Foundations fund cultural institutions that offer meaningful programs in the arts and sciences, prioritizing those which enable engagement by young people and create a lasting and measurable impact. The Foundations also fund select programs nurturing and developing artistic talent.
Types of Support: Program, capital and, on a limited basis, general and endowment support
Education
The Hearst Foundations fund educational institutions demonstrating uncommon success in preparing students to thrive in a global society. The Foundations’ focus is largely on higher education, but they also fund innovative models of early childhood and K-12 education, as well as professional development.
Types of Support: Program, scholarship, capital and, on a limited basis, general and endowment support
Health
The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to high-quality healthcare for low-income populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving needs, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. Because the Foundations seek to use their funds to create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health, support for medical research and the development of young investigators is also considered.
Types of Support: Program, capital and, on a limited basis, endowment support
Social Service
The Hearst Foundations fund direct-service organizations that tackle the roots of chronic poverty by applying effective solutions to the most challenging social and economic problems. The Foundations prioritize supporting programs that have proven successful in facilitating economic independence and in strengthening families. Preference is also given to programs with the potential to scale productive practices in order to reach more people in need.
Types of Support: Program, capital and general support
Rapid REACH Equity Fund
Reach Healthcare Foundation
NOTE: The Rapid REACH Equity Fund will remain open until all allocated funds have been awarded for this calendar year.
About REACH
The REACH Healthcare Foundation is a charitable foundation dedicated to improving health coverage and access to quality, affordable health care for uninsured and medically underserved people. The foundation maintains a regional focus, with a six-county service area that encompasses Allen, Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, and Cass, Jackson and Lafayette counties in Missouri.
Vision
All people in our communities achieve equitable health outcomes.
Mission
Advance health equity through coverage and care for underserved people in our region.
Rapid REACH Equity Fund
The REACH Healthcare Foundation announces the launch of the Rapid REACH Equity Fund, a new grantmaking opportunity to provide flexible funding to small and developing nonprofit organizations aligned with the foundation's mission.
Purpose
These grants are designed to support organizations that focus on highly vulnerable populations: Black-, Brown-, Immigrant-, Refugee-, and rural-serving partners.
This fund will provide unrestricted dollars with minimal requirements to organizations that serve highly vulnerable populations, with the goal of reducing the turnaround time in awarding a grant.
Phillips County Unrestricted Endowment Fund – Fundraising Event Matching Grant
Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation
Phillips County Unrestricted Endowment Fund
The Phillips County Unrestricted Endowment Fund was established through a matching initiative provided by the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. Incoming donations into this endowment fund are eligible for a $1 for $1 match up to $50,000 during the month designated as Match Your Money Month by Phillips County Community Foundation through 2021. Only investment earnings on the principal balance of the Fund is available for grants.
Phillips County Unrestricted Endowment Fund grants are to help benefit Phillips County Kansas as a whole, as well as the communities and school districts within. Applications are accepted monthly and are due by the end of day on the first day of each month.
Fundraising Event Matching Grant
Purpose: To provide matching funds to a Phillips County non-profit for an eligible fundraising event
Areas of Interest: Projects that involve the following
- Public Space: to enhance, renovate or upgrade a public space, park, or recreation area
- Health Care: to promote a healthcare initiative for a specified group or all County residents
- Education: to promote a non-traditional education initiative
- Public Health and Safety: to promote an effort to improve public health or safety and security for a specified group or for all residents
- Open Category: to promote a project designed to enhance the quality of life or address an issue of concern not covered in another category
Open Applications: Local Community Grants
Wal Mart Foundation
Walmart’s more than 2 million associates are residents, neighbors, friends and family in thousands of communities around the globe. Walmart works to strengthen these communities through both retail business and community giving, and we support and invest in communities through local giving. The following programs have open application processes with specific deadlines for eligibility and consideration.
Local Community Grants
Each year, our U.S. stores and clubs award local cash grants ranging from $250 to $5,000. These local grants are designed to address the unique needs of the communities where we operate. They include a variety of organizations, such as animal shelters, elder services and community clean-up projects.
Areas of Funding
- There are eight (8) areas of funding for which an organization can apply. Please review the areas listed below to ensure your organization’s goals fall within one of these areas.
- Community and Economic Development: Improving local communities for the benefit of low-income individuals and families in the local service area
- Diversity and Inclusion: Fostering the building of relationships and understanding among diverse groups in the local service area
- Education: Providing afterschool enrichment, tutoring or vocational training for low-income individuals and families in the local service area
- Environmental Sustainability: Preventing waste, increasing recycling, or supporting other programs that work to improve the environment in the local service area
- Health and Human Service: Providing medical screening, treatment, social services, or shelters for low-income individuals and families in the local service area
- Hunger Relief and Healthy Eating: Providing Federal or charitable meals/snacks for low-income individuals and families in the local service area
- Public Safety: Supporting public safety programs through training programs or equipment in the local service area
- Quality of Life: Improving access to recreation, arts or cultural experiences for low-income individuals and families in the local service area
Dr. Scholl Foundation Grants
Dr Scholl Foundation
NOTE:
Application forms must be requested each year online prior to submitting an application. When you submit an LOI, a member of the foundation staff will be contacting you within the next five business days regarding the status of your request.
Full applications are due at the "full proposal" deadline above.
The Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance to organizations committed to improving our world. Solutions to the problems of today's world still lie in the values of innovation, practicality, hard work, and compassion.
The Foundation considers applications for grants in the following areas:
- Education
- Social Service
- Health care
- Civic and cultural
- Environmental
The categories above are not intended to limit the interest of the Foundation from considering other worthwhile projects. In general, the Foundation guidelines are broad to give us flexibility in providing grants.
The majority of our grants are made in the U.S. However, like Dr. Scholl, we recognize the need for a global outlook. Non-U.S. grants are given to organizations where directors have knowledge of the grantee.
Lawrence Foundation Grant
The Lawrence Foundation
The Lawrence Foundation is a private family foundation focused on making grants to support environmental, human services and other causes.
The Lawrence Foundation was established in mid-2000. We make both program and operating grants and do not have any geographical restrictions on our grants. Nonprofit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or other similar organizations are eligible for grants from The Lawrence Foundation.
Grant Amount and Types
Grants typically range between $5,000 - $10,000. In some limited cases we may make larger grants, but that is typically after we have gotten to know your organization over a period of time. We also generally don’t make multi-year grants, although we may fund the same organization on a year by year basis over a period of years.
General operating or program/project grant requests within our areas of interests are accepted. In general, regardless of whether a grant request is for general operating or program/project expenses, all of our grants will be issued as unrestricted grants.
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Grant
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Grant
The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs.
Future Fund Giving Circle
Community Foundation Of Southeast Kansas
About
Welcome to the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas! We help our donors establish long-term charitable funds, using the best tax advantages, to benefit their causes and our community.
Founded in 2001 by a group of citizens interested in encouraging philanthropy and strengthening communities, the Community Foundation has awarded over $16.9 million in grants through its donor-advised, unrestricted, designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, and agency funds. It is one of more than 800 community foundations in the country and is a member of the Kansas Association of Community Foundations.
Our mission
The Community Foundation serves the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.
Future Fund Giving Circle
The Future Fund is a philanthropic giving circle comprising friends and family of the Pittsburg area who pool their resources to make a difference in Crawford County. Contributors’ gifts make grants in the Crawford County, Kansas, area possible for nonprofit organizations, schools, and religious and governmental institutions.
Since 2006, the Future Fund Giving Circle has awarded over $155,000 in grants, including $18,509 in 2022 alone. Future Fund grant applications are available during August.
Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund
Community Foundation Of Southeast Kansas
About
Welcome to the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas! We help our donors establish long-term charitable funds, using the best tax advantages, to benefit their causes and our community.
Founded in 2001 by a group of citizens interested in encouraging philanthropy and strengthening communities, the Community Foundation has awarded over $16.9 million in grants through its donor-advised, unrestricted, designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, and agency funds. It is one of more than 800 community foundations in the country and is a member of the Kansas Association of Community Foundations.
Our mission
The Community Foundation serves the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.
Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund
The Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund Women’s Giving Circle and Circle of Friends provide grants to improve the health and well-being of women by supporting education, increasing awareness, and sharing quality-of-life opportunities that benefit all women.
The Women’s Giving Circle was established in 2007, and the Circle of Friends Giving Circle was established in 2013. Each year members of the two giving circles review grant applications and approve funds for programs fulfilling the Fund’s mission. The COF offers grants of up to $2,000, and the WGC provides grants in excess of $2,000.
Since their inception, the Women’s Health Fund’s two giving circles have generously granted over $350,000 to improve women’s health in our community.
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