Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

August 31, 2026

145 days left

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Impact Grants

Formerly Known As: CFSEK General Fund Grants

Geographic Scope: Southeast Kansas region

Purpose: Fund programs focusing on community benefit and improvement

Focus Areas:

  • Basic human needs

  • Youth activities

  • Arts and culture
  • History: Since 2004, the funds directly managed by the Community Foundation have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to Southeast Kansas nonprofit projects. Recent annual awards:

  • 2025: $180,000 awarded

  • 2024: $170,000 awarded

  • 2023: $160,000 awarded

  • 2022: $150,000 awarded

  • 2021: $155,000 awarded
  • Eligibility: Open to nonprofit organizations

    Review Process: Community Foundation's Grant Review Committee reviews and funds applications

    Funded By: Several charitable endowment funds including:

  • Pittsburg Area Arts and Culture Field of Interest Endowed Fund

  • Rosalie D. Manley Endowment Fund

  • Glenda K. Sanderson Mays and Robert L. Mays Memorial Endowment Fund

  • James and Eleanora Belew Endowment Fund

  • Kansas Health Foundation Operating Fund – CFSEK

  • Kansas Health Foundation Public Health Fund – CFSEK

  • Kansas Health Foundation Children's Fund
  • Contact: Kara Mishmash, Program Coordinator

  • Phone: 620.231.8897

  • Address: 100 S. Broadway St., Ste. 100, P.O. Box 1448, Pittsburg, KS 66762

  • Office Hours: Weekdays 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
  • How to Apply

    Application Process

    • Application Window: Typically available during June
    • Announcement: Recipients announced in newsletter, blog, and Facebook page

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitsyouth-programsartshuman-services

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