KHI News

The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City recently awarded four nonprofit organizations a total of $230,000 in applicant defined grants.

The four organizations, grant amounts and projects are:

Community LINC, $30,000. To help Community LINC build a funding base for long-term stability.

Harvesters – The Community Food Network, $75,000. To support Harvesters’ BackSnack program, which will provide 19,500 children with weekly backpacks full of nutritious food during the school year, as well as 5,000 children over the summer.

Rosedale Development Association Inc., $50,000. To conduct intensive community engagement for the 2015 Rosedale Master Plan and evaluation of the remaining barriers to health in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kan., and to work with a planning firm on the development of the 2015 Rosedale Community Master Plan.

SAFEHOME Inc., $75,000. To provide no-cost, expert services for children traumatized by domestic violence.
HCF applicant defined grants are awarded outside the foundation’s annual requests for proposals. Organizations are allowed to apply for these grants once per year and are capped at $75,000. In 2015, HCF will award $4.1 million in applicant defined grants.

“We are proud to support the work these organizations are doing to provide behavioral health services, improve access to healthy food and safe places to be physically active, and support the most vulnerable populations in our servive area,” said Dr. Bridget McCandless, president and chief executive officer of the foundation.