The YMCA of Greater Kansas City recently received a grant for $15,000 from the Prime Health Foundation to create healthy living strategies that meet the needs of their members. The Y seeks to deliver a weight-loss program with a research-based curriculum that helps individuals get moving, eat healthy, and make...
Powell Gardens recently received a grant for $40,000 from the Louetta M. Cowden Foundation to implement and maintain a modern plant database, purchase a label machine, and install new signs that display taxonomic information for current living plants. The Gardens will acquire the IrisBG database that supports emerging technologies,...
ReDiscover recently received a grant for $15,000 from the Oppenstein Brothers Foundation to support their “You Are Enough” School-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program. ReDiscover’s “You Are Enough” school-based therapeutic intervention program will provide on-site therapeutic services to low-income students at Raytown High School (RHS), addressing issues like bullying,...
United Inner City Services (UICS) recently received a grant for $40,000 from the M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation to support the Arts@St.Mark initiative which infuses the arts into the St. Mark Center’s learning environment and offers community experiences in the arts. Funds will be designated for Arts@St.Mark and will support a full-time arts...
YMCA of Greater Kansas City recently received a grant for $33,500 from the YUSA Walmart Food Program to support the Y’s scaling of the number of open meal sites and available weekend breakfasts as well as the implementation of a food pantry between June 1, 2019-May...
United Inner City Services (UICS) recently received a grant for $15,000 from the Curry Family Foundation in general operating support for its early childhood education programs at St. Mark Center and the new Metro Center location. Funding will support approximately 275 children and their families through the following program...