Knights of Columbus Endowment Announces 2025 Recipients

The Knights of Columbus Endowment Fund through the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is excited to announce its 2025 grant awards to 17 Southeast Kansas organizations for projects to address basic human needs in Crawford County, totaling $77,500. Since its inception in 2021, the fund has distributed over $256,000 to over 40 projects! “Following … Continue reading →

Columbus Schools Park Elementary: Sensory Room Success

Have you ever seen a space that just wasn’t put to full use? You don’t even have to have a plan for it; you just know that it isn’t being used to its full potential? Well, Park Elementary Special Education (SPED) teacher Rylee Crain saw an empty office space in her classroom and had an … Continue reading →

CFSEK launches 2025 General Funds grant cycle [UPDATE: Closed]

UPDATE: Applications for the 2025 General Funds grants were due June 30, 2025. The original version of this post follows: The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas announced today that applications for its General Funds grant cycle are being accepted during June. Applications are available at SoutheastKansas.org/Grant-App, and more information about the fund and lists of … Continue reading →