Kansas Health Foundation awards $1 million in grant funds to 53 projects

The Kansas Health Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in grants to 53 community projects around the state.

Here are the recipients announced Thursday:

▪ American Red Cross North Central Kansas Chapter, $25,000

▪ America’s Dentists Care Foundation, $24,860

▪ Boys and Girls Club of Hutchinson, $24,904

▪ Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, $18,671

▪ Bread of Life Distribution Center, $25,000

▪ Child Start, $24,750

▪ City of Lawrence, $10,500

▪ Climate and Energy Project, $24,956

▪ Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, $25,000

▪ Dress for Success Wichita, $20,045

▪ Eisenhower Foundation, $25,000

▪ El Centro, $25,000

▪ First Call for Help, $12,500

▪ Four County Mental Health, $3,705

▪ Friends of Johnson County Developmental Supports, $23,200

▪ Harvey County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Task Force, $24,530

▪ Harvey County Homeless Shelter, $8,538

▪ Heartspring, $24,896

▪ Integrated Behavioral Technologies, $25,000

▪ Jana’s Campaign, $25,000

▪ Kansas CASA Association, $19,631

▪ Kansas City Community Gardens, $25,000

▪ Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, $24,997

▪ Kansas Eye Bank and Cornea Research Center, $22,280

▪ Kansas State Research and Extension, $4,845

▪ Kansas State University, $25,000

▪ Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, $25,000

▪ Lawrence Sponsoring Committee, $15,000

▪ Leadership Butler, $8,505

▪ Partners for Wichita, $20,000

▪ Prairie Travelers, $9,195

▪ Rainbows United, $25,000

▪ Safehome, $25,000

▪ Safe Kids Kansas, $12,925

▪ Seed House – La Casa de la Semilla, $25,000

▪ Southwest Guidance Center, $25,000

▪ Special Olympics Kansas, $24,552

▪ St. John Lutheran Church, $10,000

▪ Sunflower House, $19,800

▪ TDC Learning Centers, $20,000

▪ TFI Family Services, $1,375

▪ The Family Conservancy, $25,000

▪ Topeka Justice Unity and Ministry Project, $24,750

▪ University of Kansas, $24,918

▪ Urban League of Kansas, $24,994

▪ USD 252 Southern Lyon County, $10,542.77

▪ USD 259 Wichita Public Schools Parents as Teachers, $25,000

▪ USD 366 Woodson, $19,350

▪ USD 500 Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, $10,168

▪ Valeo Behavioral Health Care, $7,610

▪ Van Go, $24,250

▪ Wichita Grand Opera, $25,000

▪ Wildwood Outdoor Education Center, $25,000

For more information about the recipients, visit www.kansashealth.org.

The foundation will award another $1 million in grants later this year. The application deadline is Sept. 15.

This story was originally published June 9, 2016 at 6:58 PM with the headline "Kansas Health Foundation awards $1 million in grant funds to 53 projects."