The fall 2021 Charitable Connection newsletter is finally here! Here’s what’s included in this edition: A welcome letter from our new executive director, Devin Gorman. A report from our 2021 Estate Planning Forum. Our 2021 scholarship and grant recipients. What’s coming up at the Community Foundation. Check it out by clicking the button below! Get … Continue reading →
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 →