Grants Archive

2023 Future Fund Giving Circle applications are now available through CFSEK [Update: Closed]

Update: Applications for the 2023 Future Fund Giving Circle grants were due August 31, 2023, and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is pleased to announce the Future Fund Giving Circle grant application is available now and will remain open through Thursday, … Continue reading →

Elm Acres Foundation Grant Application Now Available! [Update: Closed]

Update: Applications for the Elm Acres Foundation at-risk youth grants were due April 30 and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is proud to announce that Elm Acres Foundation grants are now available for organizations working with at-risk youth in Cherokee, Crawford, … Continue reading →

A new bed for a new beginning

Note: This guest post about Safehouse Crisis Center was written by Rebekah Wilkinson and Jeannette Minnis for the January 2023 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Thank you, Rebekah and Jeannette, for helping us all learn more about this wonderful organization! Safehouse Crisis Center has provided services … Continue reading →

Announcing the Women’s Health Fund grant process of 2022 [Update: Closed]

Collage featuring past recipients of Women's Health Fund grants.

Applications for the Women’s Health Fund grant process were due September 30, 2022. The original version of this post follows: The Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund (WHF) giving circles, the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) and the Circle of Friends Giving Circle (COF), are pleased to make available their annual grant opportunity to Southeast Kansas nonprofits in support of the WHF … Continue reading →

Labette Health Foundation: Giving Back to the Community It Serves

Note: This guest post about Labette Health Foundation was written by Debbie Hawley for the July 2022 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Because of space constraints, we had to publish a shortened version of the post in Circle Conversations, but we’re publishing the full version here. … Continue reading →