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

Bridge Grants

• All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison, Atchison - $22,542 to expand services by increasing the hours of a part-time LSCSW (three-year grant)
• Area Communities Enrichment (ACE) Foundation, Atwood - $100,000 to expand services by hiring a dentist for the Rawlins County Dental Clinic (three-year grant)
• Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $200,000 to expand services by adding a physician, ARNP and RN (two-year grant)
• Douglas County Dental Clinic, Inc., Lawrence - $43,936 to expand services by adding a full-time dental hygienist
• Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc., Ottawa - $200,000 to expand services by adding a full-time LSCSW and a part-time psychiatrist (two-year grant)
• Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $200,000 to expand services by increasing the hours of a .5 FTE pediatrician to 1.0 FTE (three-year grant)
• GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $200,000 to expand services by adding a physician assistant and a dental hygienist (two-year grant)
• GraceMed, Inc., Wichita - $200,000 to partner with Health Ministries Clinic, Inc., Newton, to expand services at both facilities by adding a shared full-time family practice physician (two-year grant)
• Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita - $200,000 to expand services by adding one full-time MD, one full-time ARNP, one full-time LPN and related clinical support staff
• Konza Prairie Community Health Center, Inc., Junction City - $188,505 to expand services by adding a dentist and a dental hygienist to establish an on-site dental clinic (three-year grant)
• PrairieStar Health Center, Hutchinson - $200,000 to expand services by partnering with Health Ministries Clinic in Newton to add a dentist, a .6 FTE dental hygienist and two dental assistants (three-year grant)
• Salina Health Education Foundation, Salina - $200,000 to expand services by adding two full-time family practice physicians.
• The Guidance Center, Leavenworth - $23,261 to expand services by adding an advanced registered nurse practitioner
• United Methodist Western Kansas Mexican-American Ministries, Inc., Garden City - $125,000 to expand services by adding a family practice physician for the Dodge City Clinic (two-year grant)

Health Disparities Grants

• Healthy Options for Kansas Communities, Wichita - $53,012 for start-up expenses related to new dental services, including hiring bilingual staff and purchasing technology (two-year grant)
• Kansas State University, Community Health Institute, Manhattan - $39,518 to implement “Faithful Footsteps,” a faith-based physical activity program for Hispanics, in two churches

General Grants

• Inter-Faith Ministries, Wichita - $149,556 to help develop and field test the Kansas Benefit Bank, a program to link low-wage and at risk individuals and families to appropriate public resources (three-year grant)
• Kansas Action for Children, Topeka - $25,000 to help develop and implement a plan to strengthen support for SCHIP reauthorization and children’s access to health care
• Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, Topeka - $500,000 to help support a public/private collaborative project to increase the capacity of the Kansas dental safety net by increasing access to care through a dental hub and spoke model (three-year grant)
• Kansas Health Policy Authority, Topeka - $25,000 to help support a Senior Program Coordinator position, in partnership with four area health foundations (two-year grant)
• Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City - $50,000 to help support a process to develop a health care system in Kansas City for the uninsured and indigent (19-month grant)
• University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc., Kansas City - $10,000 to help support the Community Health Project, an interdisciplinary summer internship program
• Washburn University - School of Nursing, Topeka - $199,699 to increase service capacity and nursing student training by expanding the hours of the Mobile Health Clinic (three-year grant)

Assessment and Organizational Development Grants

• All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison, Atchison - $14,662 for board development, financial management, fund development and technology upgrades (16-month grant)
• American Red Cross, Central Plains Blood Region, Wichita - $20,000 for technology to facilitate accurate and confidential donor information
• Arthritis Foundation, Kansas Chapter, Wichita - $2,107 for presentation technology
• Ashby House, Ltd., Salina - $20,000 for technology and telephone system upgrades
• Caritas Clinics, Inc., Leavenworth - $18,500 for fund development consultation and technology
• Central Kansas Foundation for Alcohol and Chemical Dependency, Salina - $11,000 to support a planning process among area health and human service agencies to improve intake, assessment and referral processes and increase access to services
• COMCARE of Sedgwick County, Wichita - $10,000 for strategic planning
• Communities in Schools of Wichita/Sedgwick County, Inc., Wichita - $5,860 for consultation to develop a leadership succession plan
• Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg - $20,000 to upgrade client management services, communications and information systems
• El Centro, Inc., Kansas City - $18,270 to upgrade computer technology
• Elizabeth Layton Center, Inc., Ottawa - $20,000 for consultation and training on new clinical/administrative information software
• Families Together, Inc., Wichita – $14,150 for strategic planning, board development, fund development, evaluation of staffing patterns and leadership development
• Family Consultation Service, Inc., Wichita - $14,950 for strategic planning, fund development and related software
• Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc., Topeka - $19,004 for client scheduling and appointment reminder software
• Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia - $20,000 to help support the development of the Kansas Health Choice Network, a centralized Information Technology system for safety net clinics
• Good Samaritan Health Ministries, Wichita - $17,610 for a telephone system
• Guadalupe Clinic, Wichita - $12,676 for multiple technology upgrades
• Hays Medical Center, First Care Clinic, Hays - $15,000 for grant writing technical assistance to support a federal grant application
• Headquarters Counseling Center, Lawrence - $1,849 for presentation technology
• Hutchinson Community College, The Volunteer Center, Hutchinson - $11,340 for strategic planning
• Iroquois Center for Human Development, Inc., Greensburg - $150,000 to help support the organization’s capacity to sustain services following the May 4, 2007, tornado that destroyed much of the community (six-month grant)
• Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, Inc., Topeka - $20,000 for a new telephone system
• Jewell County Hospital, Mankato - $19,826 to upgrade a telephone/paging system
• Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita - $15,546 for payroll and management software
• Kansas Children’s Service League, Wichita - $20,000 for Web site management technology
• Kansas Health Consumer Coalition, Topeka - $10,000 for strategic planning consultation
• Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 for information technology upgrades and training
• Medical Service Bureau, Inc., Wichita - $3,881 for accounting software and financial management training
• Midway-Kansas Chapter, American Red Cross, Wichita - $19,100 for strategic planning and leadership development
• National Kidney Foundation of Kansas & Western Missouri, Overland Park - $18,000 for technology upgrades and related training for fund development, volunteer management and event management
• Planned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid-Missouri, Overland Park - $20,000 for financial and clinical services systems technology for four Kansas clinics
• Positive Directions, Inc., Wichita - $5,209 for a new telephone system
• Scott County Hospital, Scott City - $20,000 to interface technology between the main facility and two off-site locations
• South Central Mental Health Center, El Dorado - $20,000 for practice management software
• South Wind Hospice, Inc., Pratt - $11,395 for board and staff development, strategic planning, succession planning and fund development software
• Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care, Kansas City - $19,706 to network computers and telephone systems between the main facility and an annex building
• The Race Against Breast Cancer, Inc., Topeka - $12,500 for program evaluation
• tiny-k Foundation, Hutchinson - $19,490 for strategic, financial and marketing planning and leadership development
• Tiyospaye, Inc., Wichita - $11,790 for telephone system and Web site upgrades
• Topeka AIDS Project, Topeka - $14,436 for a new telephone system and strategic planning
• United Methodist Youthville, Inc., Wichita - $20,000 to establish a videoconferencing link between the Wichita and Dodge City facilities
• YWCA of Topeka, Topeka - $20,000 for program assessment consultation and technology enhancements

General Grants

• Oral Health Kansas, Inc., Topeka - $68,600 to help support training and evaluation components of the Dental Champions Leadership Program, a statewide network of oral health advocates (18-month grant)

Special Events

• Sunflower Foundation Grantee Workshop, September 14, 2006 – Framing Social Issues for Public Understanding and Support

School, Community and Worksite Grants

• East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Ottawa - $45,393 to assess community walkability and implement interventions to increase physical activity (two-year grant)
• Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council, Kansas City - $49,064 to implement a program to address health, nutrition and physical activity among Latino girls in Wyandotte County (three-year grant)
• Healthy Kids Challenge, Dighton - $72,905 for a pilot project, in collaboration with USD 418, McPherson, to assess physical activity and healthy eating in district schools, to recommend strategies to make the school environment healthier for students and staff, to evaluate the project and to develop a mechanism for dissemination lessons learned to other school districts (31-month grant)
• Kansas Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Lenexa - $103,625 to create, test and disseminate an online intervention for pediatric obesity for Kansas pediatric primary care providers in private and public health settings (three-year grant)
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $74,168 to assess, develop and evaluate a community downtown walking program and mid-week Farmers’ Market to increase physical activity and access to fruits and vegetables among area workers and to develop, promote and disseminate a toolkit to communities interested in replicating project (two-year grant)
• Kansas Recreation and Park Association, Topeka - $80,053 to develop and implement a statewide recreation amenity database and map server (three-year grant)
• Kansas State University, Manhattan - $7,913 to develop a Web site on youth obesity information to be used by adults who work with Kansas teens
• Kansas State University, Manhattan - $149,672 to enhance the capacity of rural communities in thirteen counties to understand and create healthy food environments in areas with limited access to grocery stores (three-year grant)
• Sedgwick County Health Department, Wichita - $169,342 to provide area employers with resources, trainings, data and technical assistance to implement and evaluate worksite wellness interventions (three-year grant)
• University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, Wichita - $69,774 to develop a Web-based, multi-component physical activity program to be piloted with faculty and staff of USD 259 Wichita
• USD 418, McPherson - $82,224 to develop a physical activity and healthy eating program, with specific emphasis given to Roosevelt Elementary School and to increasing physical activity to 150 minutes per week for all students (three-year grant)

Walking Trails Grants

• City of Arkansas City, Arkansas City - $14,882 to build a 4,380 foot walking trail around Veterans Lake
• City of Merriam, Merriam - $7,534 to build a 1/3 mile neighborhood walking trail to connect to the Turkey Creek Streamway Trail
• City of Newton, Newton - $15,000 to build a 1/4 mile neighborhood walking trail
• City of Pittsburg, Pittsburg - $10,000 to build a 5,400' long, 10' wide compacted gravel and asphalt trail from Georgia Street to Broadway Avenue
• Community Foundation of Dickinson County, Abilene - $4,500 to build a 1/2 mile walking trail in Eisenhower Park
• USD 233, Olathe - $7,500 to build a 1/5 mile walking trail around the Ridgeview Elementary School playground

General Grants

• Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka - $10,000 to help support the Governor’s Fitness Council, in partnership with two area health foundations
• University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence - $109,703 to help support the continuation of the weekly statewide radio series “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change” (30-month grant)

Responsive Grants

• Corner House, Inc., Emporia - $70,000 to help leverage challenge grants from the J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation and the W.S. & E.C. Jones Trust to support the organization's campaign to build a new facility
• Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $3,000 for a planning grant to assist in the development of the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowships program, in partnership with four area health foundations (two-month grant)
• Kansas Health Institute, Topeka - $120,000 to help support the Midwest Health Journalism Fellowships program, in partnership with five area health foundations (three-year grant)