Areas of Interest While it is tempting to want to address many health needs in our state – to be "all things to all people" – we have learned that our resources will be most effective if our grantmaking is focused. After examining the state’s leading health issues, the foundation has focused its current program activities on the following areas of interest: Health Care Access Projects that focus on improving access to health care for growing numbers of uninsured and underinsured, with an emphasis on community based health services, and projects that address health disparities. (learn more) Healthy Behaviors and Prevention Projects that emphasize the importance of physical activity and healthy nutrition as a means to preventing obesity, especially in children and youth, and projects that seek to prevent or control tobacco use among Kansans, with an emphasis on children and youth.(learn more) Capacity Building Projects that strengthen the organizational capacity of community-based health and human services organizations, with a focus on organizations that provide primary health care and prevention services. (learn more) Advocacy Projects that help nonprofits become engaged in the public policy process and more effective in promoting the populations they serve. (learn more) | Calendar October 28, 2010 Final application deadline for the foundation's three current Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Plan to participate in TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL BRIEFINGS to discuss the RFPs and the new Online Application process. Watch this website for the briefing schedules as they are announced. Sign up here to receive information on funding opportunities, new projects, grants awarded, news bulletins and more from Sunflower Foundation. NOTE: For best results in receiving electronic communications from the Sunflower Foundation, add info@sunflowerfoundation.org to your address book. |
