Success Stories

15 Sep Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $10,000 Grant from the American Century Foundation

Posted at 21:31h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the American Century Foundation to provide operating support to ensure CCVI can deliver quality programming for children with blindness and visual impairment. Funding will support education programming for children including: provide operating support to ensure...

13 Sep Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $100,000 Grant from the North American Saving Bank

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Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) recently received a grant for $100,000 from the North American Saving Bank to support onsite in-service trainings as well as local, regional, national, and in some cases international outreach opportunities. Funding from the North American Saving Bank will support the cost of...

11 Sep Children’s Mercy Hospital Receives $60,253 Grant from the Health Forward Foundation

Posted at 21:33h in Success Stories

Children’s Mercy Hospital recently received a grant for $60,253 from the Health Forward Foundation to achieve physical and mental well-being for families, caregivers, and children with medical complexity by providing an eight-week, mindfulness-based stress reduction group for parents. Funding will support staff costs, facility costs (rental space), and program...

10 Sep Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) Receives $30,000 Grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation

Posted at 21:34h in Success Stories

Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation to support outside professional services that will allow CMHS to build and strengthen the essential infrastructure and activities of its development department. CMHS will partner with Encore Nonprofit Solutions (Encore NPS), a leading provider of...

09 Sep Genesis Promise Academy is Awarded a $176,890 Grant from the Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund

Posted at 21:34h in Success Stories

Genesis Promise Academy was recently awarded a $176,890 grant from Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund to support the counseling program. The Counseling Program provides support services for students. Counselors employ Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI) for individual and group therapy. Genesis employs training skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, focused...

07 Sep Girls in the Know Receives $5,000 Grant from Express Scripts/Cigna

Posted at 21:35h in Success Stories

Girls in the Know (GITK) was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from Express Scripts / Cigna to support their 6th annual Knowledge & Power: Small Bites and Big Ideas event. The event will include the unveiling of our #10,000in10 campaign goal of providing our Empowerment Workshop programming...

06 Sep Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Receives a Grant for $6,748 from the Missouri Arts Council

Posted at 21:36h in Success Stories

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey recently received a grant for $6,748 from the Missouri Arts Council, Education to the support Paseo Project (PP). Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA) will host four two-week residencies of dancers and choreographers at the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing...

05 Sep Te Deum Receives a $6,421 Grant from the Missouri Arts Council

Posted at 21:39h in Success Stories

Te Deum was recently awarded a $6,421 grant from the Missouri Arts Council, Annual Grant Program to support the concert series of their two ensembles – Te Deum Chamber Choir and Antiqua. Te Deum’s concerts meet community needs for audiences, choral artists, and the artistic community as a...

04 Sep Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives a $3,800 Grant from the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund

Posted at 21:40h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) was recently awarded a $3,800 grant from the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund to help sponsor their CCVI Trolley Run. The CCVI Trolley Run will take place April 26, 2020, rain or shine, and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide services critical...

03 Sep Council Bluffs Community School District (CBCSD) Receives $119,428 Grant from the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Posted at 21:41h in Success Stories

Council Bluffs Community School District was recently awarded a $119,428 grant from the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to provide an enhanced security system to mitigate potential threats. Council Bluffs Community School District will utilize grant funding to support implementation of an integrated electronic security system...