Success Stories

23 May KidsTLC Receives $2,000 Grant from the Johnson County Bar Foundation

KidsTLC recently received a grant for $2,000 from the Johnson County Bar Foundation to support their Thriving Families program. KidsTLC’s Thriving Families program is available to help all families navigate the complexities of finding mental health/health care and daily living support. This eliminates barriers and helps them have better family relationships and improve mental health issues for themselves and their children.

02 May Kansas City Arts Institute (KCAI) Receives $30,000 Grant from the Francis Family Foundation

Kansas City Arts Institute (KCAI) recently received a grant for $30,000 from the Francis Family Foundation to support the KCAI Annual Fund, which helps bridge the gap between student tuition and the actual cost of educating each student. The Annual Fund finances 8% of the KCAI operating budget, and it helps to support institutional scholarships, student aid, and our programs like the B.F.A. curriculum, Continuing Education, the Artspace, and the Current Perspectives Lecture Series. The funding from the foundation will help provide a one-of-a-kind educational experience for KCAI students and enhance program offerings for our art and design community.

02 May Developing Potential, Inc. Receives $7,500 Grant from Greater Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation

Developing Potential, Inc. recently received a grant for $7,500 from the Greater Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation to purchase two patient transfer arm recliners, a Pegasus massage chair, three flexible massagers, and a tactile solutions box. The recliners, massage chair, and flex massagers encourage comfort, relaxation, and joint stress relief. The tactile solutions kit encourages healthy development of sensory input processing pathways and encourages wellbeing through increased environmental engagement. Nearly all participants at the Lee’s Summit site are residents of the greater Lee’s Summit area. This aligns with GLSHF’s mission to enhance the health and wellbeing of the greater Lee’s Summit area.

02 May KidsTLC Receives $50,000 Grant from the H&R Block Foundation

KidsTLC was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the H&R Block Foundation to underwrite agency wide professional development. Foundation funds will be used to specifically to support staff training, consultation, and supplies focused on our agency’s “Philosophy of Care,” Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).

02 May Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City Receives Grant for $823,368 from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st Century Learning Centers

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City (BGCKC) recently received a grant for $823,368 from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers to provide youth development and academic improvement opportunities to middle school students at Clifford H....

25 Apr Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Awards the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City a $754,083 21st Century Learning Centers (21st CCL) Grant

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City (BGCKC) was recently awarded a $754,083 grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21^st Century Learning Centers to create a new afterschool site at Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy (LATCA).

25 Apr Fuller Center for Housing of Greater Kansas City Receives $2,000 Grant from Home Depot Foundation

Fuller Center for Housing of Greater Kansas City was recently awarded a $2,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation to support their Greater Blessing Minor Home Repair program.

22 Jan Best Buy Teen Tech Center Awards $150,000 Grant to YMCA of Greater Kansas City

YMCA of Greater Kansas City was recently awarded a $150,000 grant, over 3 years from the Best Buy Teen Tech Center to launch a Best Buy Teen Tech Center and offer programming designed for teenagers to learn in a non-traditional way, with training in Music,...

10 Jan Department of Health and Human Services Awards $150,000 Grant to Wichita Children’s Home (WCH)

Wichita Children’s Home (WCH) was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Department Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Street Outreach Program to provide prevention and intervention services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of...

02 Jan Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Awards $100,000 Grant to Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity (THHFH)

Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity (THHFH) recently received a grant for $100,000 from the Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Habitat for Humanity International Capacity Grant to support a new, full-time Aging In Place (AIP) Coordinator. THHFH will hire a new, full-time Aging In Place (AIP) Coordinator to assist...