TEFFI Seed Grant Opportunity
Funding Amount
$5,000 - $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Purpose: Support the economic revitalization of Kansas communities under 5,000 population through investments in quality-of-life initiatives.
Geographic Scope: Kansas communities in 78 designated counties with a population of 5,000 or less
Funding Categories:
- Community vibrancy (downtown façade improvements, signage, banners, streetscape amenities, public art)
- Childcare and senior programming
- Food retail
- Libraries
Program Name: Strategic Economic Expansion and Development (SEED) program
What Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 116
- Total given
- $2.24M
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $5,007–$165K
- By dollars: Kansas >99%, Colorado <1%, Georgia <1%. Top recipient cities: Goodland, KS; Russell, KS; Oberlin, KS.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 38% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
USD #407 Russell County · Russell, KS
Education
$165K
Logan Community Development Foundation Inc · Logan, KS
Philanthropy, voluntarism, grantmaking foundation
$152K
USD #294 Decatur Community Schools · Oberlin, KS
Education
$149K
West Central Kansas Association Inc · Russell, KS
Health care
$108K
Phillips County Community Foundation Inc · Phillipsburg, KS
Philanthropy, voluntarism, grantmaking foundation
$67K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community development
- Quality of life
- Daycare
- Seniors
- Food security
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