Unless otherwise noted, grants are for one year.
_{Note: The foundation’s fiscal year (FY) is July 1 through June 30.}

Bridge Grants

• Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $100,000 to expand services by adding a psychologist and social worker for on-site behavioral health services (two-year grant)

• Good Samaritan Health Ministries, Wichita - $99,472 to expand services by adding an RN and ARNP to provide care in a mobile clinic setting (three-year grant)

• Guadalupe Clinic, Wichita - $20,368 to expand primary care services on weekends

• Health Ministries Clinic, Newton - $100,000 to expand services by adding a half-time physician/Medical Director and a staff nurse (two-year grant)
• Marian Clinic, Topeka - $30,000 to expand services by adding a part-time dentist, two part-time dental assistants and a part-time social worker

• Miami County Mental Health Center, Paola - $52,402 to expand services by adding a licensed therapist for a satellite office in Louisburg, KS (two-year grant)

• Morris County Hospital, Council Grove - $100,000 to expand services by adding two family physicians to provide services at the White City and Chase County Clinics (three-year grant)

• Pratt Community College, Pratt - $16,441 to expand primary care services for students and staff

• Swope Health Services, Kansas City - $75,000 to expand services by adding a dental hygienist at Swope Health Wyandotte Dental Clinic (two-year grant)

• We Care Project, Inc., Great Bend - $100,000 to expand services by adding a dentist, dental hygienist and dental assistant

Health Disparities Grants

• Black Health Care Coalition, Inc., Kansas City - $14,713 to add two church-based screening centers in northeast Kansas City, KS
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $5,000 to support the 2006 Health Disparities Conference, “Healthy Cultures, Healthy Kansas”
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $10,500 to support an advisory committee process for the Office of Minority Health
• Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc., Topeka - $85,127 to assess statewide the utilization of physical, mental and behavioral services for children receiving services under the Child Welfare program, stratified by race and region (13-month grant)
• Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas, Reserve - $59,120 to secure a director for the Four Tribes Women’s Wellness Coalition’s breast and cervical cancer education program
• St. Mark - E.C. Tyree Health Clinic, Wichita - $65,000 to assess obesity-related health status and develop a nutrition education and fitness program for selected minority populations in northeast Wichita (three-year grant)

General Grants

• Kansas Action for Children, Inc., Topeka - $167,890 to assess the effectiveness of free and reduced school meals as a gateway for identifying and enrolling eligible children in public health insurance
• Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $326,496 to expand the participation of qualifying health clinics in the federal 340B program and other prescription drug assistance programs (two-year grant)
• Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $69,276 to create a central source of timely information about health insurance coverage rates and related issues for state policymakers, advocates, the press and other interested parties (two-year grant)
  
• Kansas Public Telecommunication Services, Inc., Wichita - $34,103 to produce nine half-hour television programs that focus on public policies and practices that impact access to health care in Kansas
• Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $250,000 to assist in establishing an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program at Wichita State University

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

• Autism Asperger Resource Center, Kansas City - $20,000 for telephone upgrades, computer hardware and treatment planning software
• Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Lawrence - $22,553 to support a comprehensive evaluation of the WRAP (Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities) Program implemented in Lawrence public schools
• Breakthrough Club of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $13,687 to update client management technology and support related staff training
• Catholic Charities, Inc., Wichita - $13,600 to upgrade fund development technology
• Center for Health and Wellness, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for organizational evaluation consultation and a sustainability challenge grant
• Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City - $22,500 to assess and expand the service capacity of a referral network that links low income uninsured with specialty medical care
• Disability Planning Organization of Kansas, Inc., Salina - $12,280 to develop a Web site and database to capture service quality and satisfaction data
• Harper Hospital District #5, Harper - $5,656 for multiple technology enhancements
• HopeNet, Inc., Wichita - $11,513 for telephone system and donor/volunteer management software upgrades
• Iroquois Center for Human Development, Inc., Greensburg - $20,000 to upgrade patient management software
• Kansas Advocates for Better Care, Inc., Lawrence - $11,359 to upgrade communications hardware and software
• Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for a telephone system upgrade
• Kansas Public Health Association, Topeka - $20,000 for technology upgrades for the association and capacity building training for members
• Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition, Topeka - $11,657 for financial management consultation and software
• Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina - $10,527 to support organizational assessment and strategic planning for the Volunteer Connection
• Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Inc., Parsons - $19,100 for computer hardware
• Lyons Good Samaritan Center, Lyons - $20,000 for telephone system upgrades
• Marshall County Community Resource and Education Center, Marysville - $7,651 for strategic planning and board development
• Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for telephone system, Web site and database upgrades
• Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $15,750 for strategic planning and membership management software
• Partnership for All Cherokee County Children, Inc., Riverton - $5,096 for financial management and strategic planning consultation and technology upgrades
• Pregnancy Crisis Center of Wichita, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for client information management software
• Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $20,024 for a medical records consolidation project
• Shepherd’s Crossing, Inc., Manhattan - $11,254 for hardware and client management software upgrades
• Sumner Mental Health Center, Wellington - $19,500 for record management software
• Sunflower Diversified Services, Great Bend - $20,000 for payroll and client management software and hardware upgrades
• The Center for Learning Tree Institute, Girard - $17,229 for a program and needs assessment of the Addiction Recovery Center (14-month grant)
• The Guidance Center, Leavenworth - $20,813 for a new telephone system
• TLC for Children and Families, Inc., Olathe - $9,360 to develop a payroll processor and accounting system interface
• United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc., Garden City - $35,000 to upgrade practice management software at networked clinic sites in four communities
• United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for strategic and business planning
• University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita Medical Practice Association, Wichita - $20,000 to help support the transition to a new practice management system
• Valeo Behavioral Health Care, Topeka - $20,000 for Human Resources and payroll software upgrades
• Wichita Community Foundation, Wichita - $20,000 to help support a pilot project to build capacity in area health and human services nonprofit organizations through a community foundation-directed program (18-month grant)

General Grants

• Governor’s Health Care Cost Containment Commission, Topeka - $25,000 to help support the first phase of an initiative to develop a statewide strategic plan for Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)
• Governor’s Health Care Cost Containment Commission, Topeka - $30,000 to help support the second phase (working groups and implementation) of the initiative to develop a statewide strategic plan for Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Exchange (HIE)
• Hutchinson Community Foundation, Hutchinson - $14,000 to build the capacity of the newly organized Kansas Association of Community Foundations (KACF) by providing start-up membership incentives (two-year grant)
• Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $60,000 to develop a statewide network of oral health advocates through intensive leadership training (18-month grant)

Special Events

• Sunflower Foundation Grantee Workshop, October 12, 2005 – Delivering the Message: How Strategic Communications Can Build and Strengthen Your Organization

School, Community and Worksite Grants

• Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority, Kansas City - $120,218 for the Healthy Kids in KCK program for youth in seven public housing sites (three-year grant)
• Kansas Department on Aging, Topeka - $149,631 to implement Healthy Aging: STEPS, a program to increase physical activity among persons 60 and over at 15 sites in Kansas (three-year grant)
• Mid-America Coalition on Health Care, Kansas City - $5,000 for consulting services to advise the development of a Healthy Lifestyles Employee Attitudinal Survey to measure attitudes and receptivity among over 75,000 Kansas employees towards employer interventions aimed at changing unhealthy behaviors
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $136,254 to the Kansas Enrichment Network to research and disseminate a physical activity curriculum and training to after-school programs statewide (three-year grant)
• USD 337/Royal Valley School District, Mayetta - $78,807 to plan and implement a K-8 after-school program that encourages life-long fitness and learning and incorporates the tribal heritage of the Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation (two-year grant)
• USD 484/Fredonia, Fredonia - $10,271 to increase physical activity among students in grades 6-9, to enhance nutrition curriculum in Family & Consumer Science classes and to involve students in instructing adults on these issues during a series of community Adult Exercise Events Tobacco Control and Prevention Grants

Tobacco Control and Prevention Grants

• Coffey County Health Department, Burlington - $9,000 to bring a tobacco control and prevention motivational speaker to six communities, in partnership with the American Legacy Foundation and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Meade County Health Department, Meade - $9,000 to bring a tobacco control and prevention motivational speaker to six communities, in partnership with the American Legacy Foundation and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition, Topeka - $151,926 to support the implementation of grassroots and media strategies to reduce spit tobacco use in Kansas (18-month grant)

Walking Trails Grants

• City of Washington, Washington - $15,000 to create a one-half mile trail around the city park
• City of Wichita, Department of Park and Recreation, Wichita - $15,000 to build a one-quarter mile trail loop in Grove Park
• Franklin County Mental Health Clinic, Inc., Ottawa - $15,000 to build a one-third mile walking trail on the south side of Ottawa
• Friends of the Kaw, Inc., Kansas City - $15,000 to build a one-third mile trail to connect with the River Front Heritage Trail along the Kansas River
• Riley County-Manhattan Health Department, Manhattan - $15,000 to build a one-quarter mile trail connecting several health facilities
• Sunflower Resource Conservation & Development Area, Harper - $15,000 to build a three-quarter mile trail to connect the Wellness Center, city park, tennis courts, basketball courts and swimming pool
• USD 259/Pleasant Valley Elementary School, Wichita - $4,538 to build a one-quarter mile trail around an existing playground/park area between Pleasant Valley Elementary School and Pleasant Valley Middle School
• USD 340/Jefferson West Schools, Meriden - $15,000 to build a half-mile trail around the middle and high school property
  General Grants

General Grants

• Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD), Topeka - $3,227 to support the keynote presentation of Steven Blair, P.E.D., President & CEO, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX, at the KAHPERD 2005 Annual Convention
• Kansas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD), Topeka - $5,000 to support speakers for the Health and Physical Activity Symposium to be held during the KAHPERD 2006 Annual Convention
• Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $3,632 to support a presentation to policymakers, advocacy groups and the media by Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, on the connection between obesity and rising health care costs
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $3,500 to support the keynote presentation of David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard University, Boston, MA, and Director, Obesity Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, at the University of Kansas 2005 Conference on Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obese Individuals

Responsive

• Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $150,000 to help leverage a challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation for the construction of a new facility to consolidate children’s mental health services at one centralized location (22-month grant)
• Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $227,108 to hire a health policy analyst and create a legislative education program for member clinics statewide (three-year grant)
• Kansas Food Bank, Wichita - $250,000 to help leverage challenge grants from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation and the Kresge Foundation for the construction of a new headquarters and distribution center