Leavenworth County Grants for Nonprofits

Water & Sewer Infrastructure

This program provides funding to assist with water and sewer infrastructure projects.

Funding Amounts

$1 million has been allocated for the Water and Sewer Infrastructure Grant program in 2024. Communities can receive up to $2,000 per beneficiary up to $650,000 (<5,000 population) and $800,000 (>5,000). Administrative costs are limited to $25,000.  The funding ceiling for this grant will be calculated by the population of the applicant and not per beneficiary.

The application requires a 25% cash match.

Qualifying Projects

This program funds water and sewer infrastructure projects. Eligible expenses include:

• Improvement to water and sewer infrastructure.
• Engineering costs related to these projects.
• Administration costs for grant funds.

Nestlé Purina

At Purina, we're passionate about pets and committed to serving the needs of the communities where we live and work. Our giving takes on many forms, from philanthropy to volunteerism to sharing expertise with non-profits.

Because we believe that people and pets are better together, our primary focus is centered around the well-being of pets and the people who love them. We work with pet shelters across the U.S. in addition to supporting organizations that benefit people and pets in our Headquarters city of St. Louis and communities where we operate our manufacturing facilities.

Pet Welfare Grants

Purina provides monetary donations to select pet welfare organizations that promote pet welfare to support growth in the areas of capacity building, capital improvements and program and spay/neuter funding outside of an event.

Mission

Since 2001, we have been able to provide over $25 million to support organizations across the KC Metro, including more than $8 million since 2021. We prioritize organizations that align with our three pillars: Literacy and Education, Healthy and Active Communities, and Military and Veteran Support. 

Literacy and Education

• $1 Million given in scholarships to first generation and underrepresented students since 2012​
• 500+ students impacted through Royals Literacy League​ since 2023
• 9,000 students participated in Royals Scholastic Victory program in 2023
• Over 100 schools supported in 2023

Healthy and Active Communities

• The Kansas City Urban Youth Academy has welcomed over 60,000 youth and families since 2018
• Over 43,000 students participated in the Crown Schools Program since 2021​
• 1,000 youth participated in softball and baseball in 2023
• $176,000 provided in grants to improve baseball and softball fields throughout the Midwest in 2023 through Royalty Fields presented by Price Chopper

Military and Veterans

• Veteran and active-duty military members have been recognized at each home game with the Salute to Service seat presented by Miller Lite since 2017
• Completed military focused activations to support area veterans such as writing and delivering appreciation letters written by players, fans, alumni, and staff
• Provided support to organizations such as the KCVA, Veterans Community Project, American Patriot Foundation, Horses for Heroes, Wounded Warrior, and many more

Mission

The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund brings our vision to life through grant-making efforts in three program areas: Education, Human Services, and Healthcare initiatives. We give priority to programs that have demonstrated success, have measurable outcomes and plans for sustainability, and aim to end cycles of poverty and suffering.

Resolute in our belief in the power of partnerships or collaborative efforts to maximize impact, we embrace opportunities to work with other funders in our program areas. We look for funding opportunities that share our philosophy and explore the possibility of joint projects with other nonprofit organizations.

Vision

To impact lives today, create sustainable change, and empower future generations to achieve their greatest potential.

Funding Focus

The Fund puts an emphasis on the building blocks that adults and children need to flourish. While many community efforts are important and enriching—including the arts, animal welfare, and civic life—the programs that are most likely to receive our support hone to our mission and vision of addressing the roots of poverty. In our community grantmaking, we look toward programs that address immediate needs and those that reach for long-term impact in the lives of vulnerable families and individuals.

Education Initiatives

Education makes all the difference. It is the most powerful point of departure for children struggling with poverty, community disruption, family stress, or failure. It’s the prerequisite for most long-lived careers that provide sustainable wages.

Through our grant-making in five geographic regions, the McGowan Fund focuses on innovative programs that show measurable improvement in addressing achievement gaps, improving teaching and learning, and reducing disparities among students.

Areas of support in this initiative include:

• Out-of-school Programs
• Charter, faith-based, and alternative schools
• Scholarships for high potential students in private education.

Human Services Initiatives

The cycles of poverty and homelessness can seem intractable. Homelessness decreases access to food, health, and work and this limited availability in turn hinders access to long-term housing. Recognizing the complexity and dependencies of the problem, the Fund focuses on projects that address basic human needs and stabilize individuals and families.

Areas of support in this initiative include:  

• Stabilized Housing
• Food/Clothing Security
• Adult Education (e.g. ESL, Financial Literacy, GED Attainment)
• Homelessness Remediation/Prevention

Healthcare Initiatives

Lack of healthcare can be a barrier to work, education, and a family’s mobility out of poverty. We fund programs that seek to remove this barrier by providing quality care to those who may not have other care options.

Areas of support in this initiative include:

• Primary Care
• Dental/Vision
• Mental Health Services
• Pharmacy

Background: 

Established in 2002, Heartland Utilities for Energy Efficiency (HUEE) was organized with the purpose to promote energy efficiency through energy education, resources and actions to help assure a secure energy future for residents of the greater Kansas City area. HUEE provides grants to organizations focusing on providing energy efficiency education activities or the adoption of energy efficiency measures in the residential sector.

Areas of Primary Focus

Priority will be given to organizations with a focus on the following:

• Housing stock built prior to 1990.
• Increasing energy efficiency education awareness.
• Programs focusing on low to moderate income families, including education and follow-up on issues that need to be resolved (a third party may need to be consulted).
• General information and techniques to increase energy efficiency; rather than a specific fuel, device, or energy source.
• Purchase and/or installation of residential energy efficient device, i.e., caulking, weather-stripping, outlet/light switch gaskets, low flow faucet aerators and showerheads, water heater insulation pipe wrap, and minor exterior home repair to reduce air infiltration.
• (Limitations will be at the discretion of the HUEE board.)
• Labor or materials to weatherize homes in conjunction with a larger program (funding will be considered for small or incidental items and unit costs must be delineated in the proposal); total costs not to exceed $5,000 per grant approved.

Grant Funding Amount

Grants can range from $500 to $5,000. The HUEE Board reserves its right to select projects it feels best meets the criteria of the program and goals of the organization.

IMA Foundation

Shortly after the incorporation of IMA more than 40 years ago, the company’s founders showed true vision and commitment to the community by creating the IMA Foundation. With employee owners at the core of our business, the goal of the IMA Foundation is to represent the passions of our associates and make strategic contributions within the foundation focus areas.

IMA Foundation Vision

Empowering our communities to create opportunities which protect assets and make a difference.

IMA Foundation Mission

To provide philanthropic support in the communities where we work and live.

Advancing Youth (over-arching)

The IMA Foundation provides grants to organizations that have a primary focus on advancing youth, with five key areas identified:

• education,
• mental health,
• arts & culture,
• food insecurity and
• homelessness. 

We strive to empower our communities by creating opportunities where we work and live to protect assets and make a difference.

To support organizations and programs that encourage youth and help develop the necessary skills and mindset needed to achieve success in their future careers and make a difference in their communities.

Samples include but are not limited to:

• Mentoring or after-school programs
• K-12 public education
• Higher education
• Scholarship programs
• Workforce development

To support organizations and programs that provide access or direct programming of mental health services, promoting resiliency and mental well-being, specifically, depression, stress, anxiety, and death by suicide.

• Mental health education and/or training
• Training and education for staff
• Awareness and prevention programs

To foster cultural vitality in our communities, we support arts and cultural organizations or programs that encourage inclusive creative expression, creating a well-rounded and connected community.

• Cultural institutions with focused programming for underserved K-12 youth
• Arts in Education programs
• Arts programs delivered to public schools

To increase access to healthy and nutritious food for our communities. Our goal is to provide funding to organizations addressing the root causes of hunger, eliminating barriers related to food insecurity and promoting equitable access to quality food.

• Food banks
• Public school assistance programs
• Organizations or programs that address “food deserts”

To support youth experiencing homelessness, we endorse programs and organizations that focus on the coordination, operation, and administration of homeless assistance projects. Our goal is to better serve youth by providing them with a path to safe and stable housing.

• Homeless shelters or drop-in centers
• Support services for youth experiencing homelessness

Urgent Need for Disasters Grant Program

This program helps communities address an urgent need resulting from a sudden and severe natural or other disaster where no other financial resources are available.

These funds will be used for project activities that address an urgent need resulting from a sudden and severe natural or other disaster. The following conditions must be met in order to secure an Urgent Need grant:

• The conditions are such that they pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community.
• These conditions must be of recent origin and have become urgent within six months following the disaster.
• Applications must be certified as an urgent need by the agency having jurisdiction over said conditions.
• The project must demonstrate that no other financial resources are available to address the conditions.
• The project must demonstrate that no other financial resources are available to address the conditions.
• This includes financing the project themselves or having access to any local, state, or federal funding resources.

Funding Amounts

$100,000 is allocated for the Urgent Need for Disasters program in 2024. Communities can request up to $100,000 for eligible expenses.

About Us

The SkillBuilders Fund was created in 1983 by the late Marjorie Powell Allen, a civic leader and philanthropist, who championed women’s causes and education, as well as many other community-building activities.

The SkillBuilders Fund is committed to preparing women and girls for a future that honors their individual potential. Our goal is to support organizations that are aware of the barriers that keep women and girls from achieving their full potential and design programs that will systematically improve women and girls’ lives.

Funding Priorities

This private foundation is especially interested in innovative means to help women and girls gain self-sufficiency, build their capacity to function in our society, and become responsible citizens. SkillBuilders Fund funds projects that exclusively serve women and girls in the Kansas City region. The Fund favors projects that provide educational opportunities, build entrepreneurial skills, and cultivate and foster women and girls’ leadership. Proposals from new as well as traditional organizations will be considered.

Funding

Grants will range from $20,000 – $50,000 and may on rare occasion exceed $50,000. 

Community Involvement Program Guidelines

We believe that the well-being of our communities has a direct bearing on the success of Hallmark and our employees.

The mission of our Community Involvement Program is simple. We want to help create communities where:

• All children have the chance to grow up as healthy, productive and caring persons;
• Vibrant arts and cultural experiences enrich the lives of all citizens;
• There is a strong infrastructure of basic institutions and services, especially for persons in need; and
• All citizens feel a responsibility to serve their community.

Organizations that serve the communities where we operate facilities and that share this same mission may apply for the following types of support from Hallmark:

• Cash contributions for specific programs, capital improvements and, in some cases, operating support.
• Volunteer assistance. Organizations may request assistance in recruiting Hallmark employees for board membership, program services and other meaningful volunteer experiences. We cannot guarantee that Hallmark employees will agree to volunteer; volunteering is an individual, personal decision made by each employee.
• Product donations.
• Fundraising event sponsorship for organizations based in Kansas City only.

Cash contributions are provided by both Hallmark Cards, Inc., and the Hallmark Corporate Foundation, an endowed foundation funded solely by Hallmark. Although there are some legal restrictions on how funds from the Hallmark Corporate Foundation may be used, the Foundation supports the same mission and employs the same online application process.

ART CREATORS

Teri Rogers Film Grants

ArtsKC and the Kansas City Film Office present: the Teri Rogers Film Grants. These grants were created in honor of the late Teri Rogers, a woman who dedicated her life to uplifting women creatives in Kansas City. ArtsKC offers two programs to honor Teri Rogers’ legacy: the Teri Rogers Filmmakers Grants and the Teri Rogers Screenwriting Award.

TERI ROGERS SCREENWRITING AWARD

About

ArtsKC will award one full feature or pilot script with the Teri Rogers Screenwriting Award of $1,000. Scripts where Kansas City or the region is highlighted as a place and/or that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion will be given special consideration. 

Last year, ArtsKC awarded one screenplay out of eight applications.

PNC Foundation

Strengthening and enriching the lives of our neighbors in communities where we live and work.

Vision & Mission

For decades, we have provided resources to seed ideas, foster development initiatives and encourage leadership in nonprofit organizations where imagination and determination are at work enhancing people's lives everyday.

The PNC Foundation's priority is to form partnerships with community-based nonprofit organizations in order to enhance educational opportunities, with an emphasis on early childhood education, and to promote the growth of communities through economic development initiatives.

Foundation Grant

The PNC Foundation supports a variety of nonprofit organizations with a special emphasis on those that work to achieve sustainability and touch a diverse population, in particular, those that support early childhood education and/or economic development.

Education

The PNC Foundation supports educational programs for children and youth, particularly early childhood education initiatives that meet the criteria established through PNC Grow Up Great. Specifically, PNC Grow Up Great grants must:

• Support early education initiatives that benefit children from birth to age five; and
• Serve a majority of children (>50%) from low- to moderate-income families; and
• Adhere to all other standard PNC Foundation guidelines, as outlined on the PNC Foundation website, applicant eligibility quiz, as well as the Foundation policies and procedures; and
• Include one or a combination of the following:
  • direct services/programs for children in their classroom or community;
  • professional development/workforce development for early childhood educators;
  • family and/or community engagement in children’s early learning
• Additional considerations:
  • The grant focus should include math, science, reading, vocabulary development, the arts, financial education, or social/emotional development.
  • The grant recipient, or collaborative partner, should have early childhood education as an area of focus. If the organization’s focus is beyond birth to age five, the specific grant must be earmarked for birth to age five.
  • Incorporate opportunities for PNC volunteers in classroom or non-classroom-based activities.

Economic Development

Economic development organizations, including those which enhance the quality of life through neighborhood revitalization, cultural enrichment and human services are given support. Priority is given to community development initiatives that strategically promote the growth of low-and moderate-income communities and/or provide services to these communities.

• Affordable Housing
  • The PNC Foundation understands the critical need for affordable housing for low-and moderate-income individuals.
  • We are committed to providing support to nonprofit organizations that:
    • give counseling and services to help these individuals maintain their housing stock;
    • offer transitional housing units and programs; and/or
    • offer credit counseling assistance to individuals, helping them to prepare for homeownership.
• Community Development
  • Because small businesses are often critical components of community growth and help foster business development, the PNC Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that
    • offer technical assistance to, or loan programs for, small businesses located in low-and moderate-income areas or
    • support small businesses that employ low-and moderate-income individuals.
• Community Services
  • Support is given to social services organizations that benefit the health, education, quality of life or provide essential services for low-and moderate-income individuals and families.
  • The PNC Foundation supports job training programs and organizations that provide essential services for their families.
• Arts & Culture
  • Support is given for cultural enrichment programs benefitting the community.
• Revitalization & Stabilization of Low-and Moderate-Income Areas
  • The PNC Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that serve low-and moderate-income neighborhoods by improving living and working conditions.
  • Support is given to organizations that help stabilize communities, eliminate blight and attract and retain businesses and residents to the community.

The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation has granted more than $4 billion to nonprofit organizations in Kansas City and beyond throughout its history. But we cannot take all the credit. The vast majority of our grants are driven by our donors. These are individuals, families and companies making grants from their funds to the organizations and causes that are important to them.

Black Community Fund

Established as a fund at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation by the Hall Family Foundation in 1983, the Black Community Fund (BCF) has been investing in the African American community in Greater Kansas City for over 30 years. BCF grants provide support to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations focusing on enhancing the socio-economic aspects of the African American community in the Greater Kansas City area. BCF became an affiliate of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in 2007.

The Curry Family Foundation intends to assist local not-for-profit organizations in their efforts to improve the lives of endangered children and other disadvantaged persons, to promote cultural enrichment, and to provide educational opportunities. 

Grant Types

• Program Development 
• Operational Expenses 
• Equipment and Building Renovation 
• Matching Funds 

STEM + Families Science Festival, sponsored by Bayer Fund

This program is for elementary schools. Forty (40) local PTAs will be selected, and each will be awarded $1,250 in funding. Two (2) district/council/region (DCR) or SEPTA/community PTAs will receive $5,000. Science Festivals empower PTAs with resources to host hands-on, fun STEM experiences that bring students and families together and help families experience and explore activities in STEM. To be considered, PTAs must hold their programs in-person. At-home programming will not be supported.

Georgia-Pacific Foundation

Established in 1958, the Georgia-Pacific Foundation sets aside resources to improve life in the communities where we operate. We’ve worked with thousands of outstanding community-based programs, service projects and disaster relief efforts, focusing our investment in four areas we believe make the most impact:

• education,
• environment,
• enrichment and
• entrepreneurship.

Investment Priorities

• Aligns with GP’s mission and values
• Aligns with GP’s Four Focus Areas of giving: Education, Environment, Enrichment of Community and Entrepreneurship
• Serves communities where GP has manufacturing facilities
• Creates value by contributing to and positively impacting long term well-being and sustainability of GP communities

The Gould Charitable Foundation  is a philanthropic trust created as a memorial to the late Robert L. Gould.

About Us

Our mission is to assist organizations in improving the communities where Mr. Gould lived and worked--the greater metropolitan areas of Boston and Kansas City--by making grants to fund projects at 501(c)(3) charitable organizations whose vision and goals are aligned with our areas of interest.

Gould Charitable Foundation Grant

We are currently most interested in funding programs in the following areas (in alphabetic order):

• Elder Services
• Environmental Stewardship
• Health Care
• Preservation of Personal Rights
• Training for the Disadvantaged
• Welfare and Education of Children
• Women's Issues

You are encouraged to visit our FAQ page for information about the characteristics of projects we are more likely to fund and for suggestions for submitting a well-received application.

We have particular interest in funding innovative projects rather than ongoing maintenance or capital campaigns, with priority given to moderately-sized projects for which the foundation's contribution can comprise a significant portion of the project's budget. We also give priority to projects that have high leveraging potential in terms of expansion and/or replication, and projects that will provide ongoing value past the grant year.

Kansas Community Development Block Grant Program

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is funded by an annual Congressional appropriation through the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As outlined in the federal statute, the purpose of the program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate- incomes.

Downtown Commercial Rehabilitation

The purpose of the program is to help cities improve the quality of their downtown commercial districts by assisting private property owners in the rehabilitation of blighted structures. It is hoped that a strategic investment of grant funds in a key building would prevent the spread of blighted conditions to other nearby structures and be a catalyst for change in the commercial district.

About PLTW Grants

We work with companies and foundations across the U.S. to provide school grant opportunities to implement or expand PLTW programs. Over the last 10 years, PLTW with the support from these generous partners, has distributed over $75 million in school grants to more than 6,600 PreK-12 schools. Is your school considering adding a PLTW program or expanding an existing program but need support with initial expenses? You may be eligible for a PLTW school grant! 

PLTW Gateway

John Deere Foundation has partnered with PLTW to increase access and participation to PLTW programs for students located in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM. This partnership is part of the John Deere Foundation's Bold Commitments to support 1 million underserved and underrepresented youth by 2030. 

As part of their 10-year commitment, the John Deere Foundation is dedicated to ensuring inclusive and equitable student access to resources and educational opportunities critical for human dignity and self-sufficiency. 

PLTW programs empower students to develop and apply in-demand, transportable skills by exploring real-world challenges. Through this partnership, John Deere Foundation has committed funds to support PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW Gateway programs beginning in the next academic year.

PLTW Program Status:

Program Expansion

The Helen S Boylan Foundation

The mission of the Helen S. Boylan Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in our communities of Carthage, Missouri, the Greater Kansas City Area, and Lindale, Texas. We actively distribute quarterly grants to local non-profit organizations serving arts & education, women & children, health & wellness and the beautification of our communities.

Grant Guidelines

The Helen S. Boylan Foundation is a private family foundation established in 1982 to continue the family tradition of commitment to enhancing the quality of life of the community through grants to qualified charitable organizations. In carrying out its mission, the Foundation considers a wide range of proposals within the following areas: arts, education, health, human services, environment, and public interest.

PNC Foundation

Strengthening and enriching the lives of our neighbors in communities where we live and work.

Vision & Mission

For decades, we have provided resources to seed ideas, foster development initiatives and encourage leadership in nonprofit organizations where imagination and determination are at work enhancing people's lives everyday.

The PNC Foundation's priority is to form partnerships with community-based nonprofit organizations in order to enhance educational opportunities, with an emphasis on early childhood education, and to promote the growth of communities through economic development initiatives.

Grow Up Great Grant

PNC Grow Up Great is our signature program. It is a $500 million, multi-year, bilingual initiative that began in 2004 to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.

As part of this initiative, the PNC Foundation has earmarked funds for grants to nonprofit organizations that work to improve school readiness by providing support in areas such as:

• vocabulary development; social-emotional learning; math; science; and the arts.

By focusing our support on high-quality early childhood education, we aim to positively impact school readiness and contribute to stronger, smarter and healthier children, families and communities. PNC supports eligible organizations, events and initiatives across the States, in the counties specified.

Mission

The Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation was established to support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming. The Flarsheim Foundation supports organizations that serve the residents of the Greater Kansas City Metro area.

Grants from the Foundation are 1 year in duration.

Mission

The John W. Speas & Effie E. Speas Memorial Trust was established in 1943 to support and promote quality educational, cultural, human services and health care programming. The Speas Memorial Trust supports organizations that serve the residents of Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area.

Grant requests for general operating support and program support will be considered. 

Program type

Arts, Culture, & Humanities; Community Improvement & Capacity Building; Education; Health; Human Services

Healthy Habits for Life Grants

Healthy Habits for Life is a major grant-giving program of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation for schools. It is offered to help schools fund healthy initiatives for students in kindergarten through grade 12.

The Healthy Habits for Life program is offering grants to assist schools in promoting healthy lifestyle choices to their K-12 students. School nurses, physical education teachers, principals, health or family and consumer science teachers, or other administrators are encouraged to apply for funding that they may use during 2025.

The Foundation recognizes that schools have a unique opportunity to teach students about healthy habits through curriculum and programs that reach them where they spend so much of their time: school. As a young, captive audience, students can be more easily influenced to develop life-long healthy habits and behaviors. The Foundation hopes that curbing childhood obesity and improving mental health now will translate into healthy adults later, saving health care dollars for all Kansans.

The Foundation is seeking programs that will help Kansas youth:

• Reduce their cardiovascular risk,
• Increase their physical activity,
• Learn healthy eating habits, or
• Reinforce positive mental health

Program Ideas:

• Offer Folk Dance Fridays where students learn dances to American folk songs along with a history lesson.
• Assemble sports and physical activity bags for students to check out on the weekends.
• Build an all-school garden or greenhouse, providing both nutrition education along with fresh produce.
• Add a DISC golf course to school grounds, or create programs for children to walk or run throughout the duration of recess.
• Create programs like Project Produce or Let’s Have a Taste that give students the opportunity to taste and learn about healthy foods.
• Educate students on health aspects of the entire body system through the Body Venture exhibit.
• Obtain heart rate monitors, blood pressure sensors, oxygen gas sensors and other medical equipment to measure students’ pre- and post-activity rates.
• Incorporate Spike Ball into the physical education curriculum, or invest in weight lifting and circuit training equipment for physical education classes.
• Keep students engaged by allowing older students to produce videos that offer daily healthy messages.
• Create a weekly walking program and invite the community to participate, or begin a daily walking program just for students before or after school.
• Plan a Senior Health Fair and invite people from local senior centers to interact with students.
• Organize healthy living family nights so students, their siblings and parents can be active together.
• Provide healthy breakfast and snack options.
• Educate students on nutritional and healthy portion size meals through the MyPlate program.
• Offer oral, visual, hearing or health screenings to all students.

Charitable Contributions

Our goal with financial contributions from BOK Financial and the BOKF Foundation is to enhance the quality of life and economic wellbeing in the communities where BOK Financial operates and where our employees work and live including Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Our charitable contributions are focused on four pillars of giving: United Way, economic development, education and basic needs

Our long-term strategic plan guides all contributions to assure maximum impact in the community and to develop mutually beneficial relationships with our nonprofit partner agencies. BOK financial contributions are budgeted on an annual calendar basis. We accept online charitable contribution/grant applications throughout the year.

Pillars of giving

Basic Needs

We provide volunteer and financial support to organizations serving the most vulnerable members of our community. Our efforts largely focus on organizations providing direct services addressing such issues as poverty, hunger, healthcare, housing and safety.

Education

An equitable, robust educational system drives long-term community growth. We support local nonprofits whose primary mission is promoting basic education, including public school foundations, early childhood education, financial literacy, and institutions of higher education.

Economic Development

Actions that raise the standard of living and economic health of our communities make them better places to live and work. We provide support to local chambers of commerce; nonprofits focused on workforce development, job training, etc.; and public/private partnerships investing in our communities.

United Way

Our focus on strategically investing in the community aligns perfectly with United Way’s approach to achieving its mission of mobilizing the caring power of communities to advance the common good.

PLTW Computer Science

John Deere Foundation has partnered with PLTW to increase access and participation to PLTW programs for students located in John Deere home communities who historically have been underserved and underrepresented in STEM. This partnership is part of the John Deere Foundation's Bold Commitments to support 1 million underserved and underrepresented youth by 2030. 

As part of their 10-year commitment, the John Deere Foundation is dedicated to ensuring inclusive and equitable student access to resources and educational opportunities critical for human dignity and self-sufficiency. 

PLTW programs empower students to develop and apply in-demand, transportable skills by exploring real-world challenges. Through this partnership, John Deere Foundation has committed funds to support PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW Computer Science programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

PLTW Program Status - New Program

School Type: Public, Private, Charter

Program Requirements

Grantee must offer at least one PLTW Computer Science course in the 2025-2026 academic year and must offer one additional course each academic year of the grant period (three different courses in three years). Grantee may implement any PLTW Computer Science courses of their choosing.

Our Mission Statement

To wisely invest dollars in community efforts that will help impact (in measurable terms) individuals in our society who are dependent on the charitable support of others. We believe the most effective way to do that is to invest our contribution dollars and volunteers in strategic efforts that help those at risk reach their functional capacity as successful, independent citizens.

QuikTrip believes in investing in the communities in which our employees live and work. Every year, QuikTrip donates 5% of our annual net profit to qualified 501c3 non-profit agencies, which includes our United Way campaign match, support for National Safe Place agencies, Folds of Honor scholarships and many other agencies that support at-risk youth and early childhood education.

Types of Support

• Coupon, Gift Card and Product Donations
• Fundraiser/Event Sponsorship
• Grants
• Volunteers

At-Risk Youth and Early Childhood Education

QuikTrip partners with non-profit organizations that work with at-risk youth, to help end the generational cycle of poverty. We believe that education is the key to reaching this goal. QuikTrip believes that all youth, regardless of their economic situation, deserve the chance to become successful, independent citizens. To that end, QuikTrip partners with non-profit organizations that provide at-risk youth opportunities to grow and succeed.

ART CREATORS

Teri Rogers Film Grants

ArtsKC and the Kansas City Film Office present: the Teri Rogers Film Grants. These grants were created in honor of the late Teri Rogers, a woman who dedicated her life to uplifting women creatives in Kansas City. ArtsKC offers two programs to honor Teri Rogers’ legacy: the Teri Rogers Filmmakers Grants and the Teri Rogers Screenwriting Award.

TERI ROGERS FILMMAKERS GRANTS

About

Teri Rogers Filmmakers grants are for early-career directors creating new film, video, and digital production work in the short film, narrative genre (non documentary). 

The purpose of these grants is to support ambitious projects of risk, growth, and change for the filmmaker that also make a positive impact on the community. This funding is meant to support the process of production (filming) or post-production.

Last year, ArtsKC awarded two grants out of 13 applications for $10,000 each. 

This year, ArtsKC will award two $10,000 grants, which also each include a membership to Film Independent, a subscription to Movie Maker Magazine, and mentorship opportunities with professionals in the field.

One grant will be awarded to a self-identifying women and/or gender nonconforming filmmaker and one grant will be open to all genders.