CFSEK awards over $214,000 for 2025 Mount Carmel Foundation Legacy grants

The inaugural Mount Carmel Foundation Legacy grant cycle has awarded $214,660 in grants to promote healthcare projects in Southeast Kansas in 2025! This grant cycle is for nonprofit healthcare agencies across the region to help with projects benefiting SEK residents. With over $210,000 granted, this makes the MCF Legacy Grants CFSEK’s largest annual grant cycle … Continue reading →

Special Olympics Kansas: Not just a track meet!

In June 1962, Eunice Shriver hosted a summer camp in her backyard in Maryland for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Following this idea, in 1968, the first International Special Olympics Summer Games were held in Chicago at Soldier Field. 6 Kansas athletes were represented at the games! Special Olympics Kansas (SOK) … Continue reading →

VIDEO: Cultivating Your Legacy: Farm & Ranch Transition Planning

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) and its affiliate, the Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF), hosted the Cultivating Your Legacy: Farm & Ranch Transition Planning Luncheon on Saturday, March 15, at Girard High School. The luncheon featured Ashlee Westerhold, director of K-State’s Office of Farm and Ranch Transition, who spoke about the importance of, … Continue reading →

CFSEK Launches 2025 Get Busy Livin’ Grant Cycle

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) has officially launched the 2025 Dylan Meier Get Busy Livin’ Foundation (GBL) grant cycle, continuing a successful and multifaceted community partnership that has supported youth volunteerism throughout the region since 2016. Since 2011, GBL has sought to uplift young people that embody the spirit Dylan brought to his … Continue reading →