Seventeen Crawford County nonprofit organizations recently received good news: The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) has selected its Future Fund Giving Circle grant awards for 2021. A total of five Crawford County communities received grant funding in the amount of $16,630. The Future Fund Giving Circle is a philanthropic group composed of Crawford County … Continue reading →
Every summer, the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) Grant Review Committee awards funding to programs focusing on Basic Human Needs, Youth Activities, and Arts & Culture. CFSEK is pleased to announce General Grant Funds totaling $155,000 have been awarded to 45 nonprofit organizations in Southeast Kansas representing 20 communities in 6 counties. Since 2004, the funds directly managed … Continue reading →
The women of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund have been hard at work over the last several weeks preparing for a recent tour of the Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing at Pittsburg State University and drafting the first edition of a new quarterly newsletter called Circle Conversations. The first edition of Circle … Continue reading →
The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas is celebrating 20 years of philanthropic work in our community. With a mission to encourage charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life, CFSEK has made and continues to make a tremendous impact on the Southeast Kansas area. Founded in 2001 to support a wide variety … Continue reading →
Pittsburg’s Broadway Tower Corporation has established the Knights of Columbus Endowment Fund with the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas using proceeds from the sale of the Knights of Columbus Tower. The new fund will continue the Tower’s mission through grants addressing Crawford County housing needs. Starting in 2022, the Knights of Columbus Endowment Fund will … Continue reading →