Giving Circles Archive

Our latest newsletter is here!

We just published the June 2024 edition of The Charitable Connection, our primary newsletter. Here’s what’s included: You may notice that the newsletter has a new, web-exclusive format this month. We hope the new format will be more accessible, easier to read, and easier to share with friends! Finally, don’t forget to join our email … Continue reading →

Inspiring Women Inspiring Health

Note: This is an excerpt from Lyn Schultze’s feature story about the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas‘ Inspire Health Foundation written for the April 2024 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Thank you, Lyn, for helping us all learn more about this inspiring new resource! In March, forty-three young women … Continue reading →

Future Fund Giving Circle awards $18,478 to Crawford County nonprofits

On behalf of the contributing members of the Future Fund Giving Circle, the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is pleased to announce that Future Fund grants totaling $18,478 have been awarded to 23 nonprofit organizations in Crawford County. The Future Fund Giving Circle is a philanthropic group comprising community members from Crawford County who … Continue reading →

WELCOME to the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund Grant Process for 2023! [Update: Closed]

Update: Applications for the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund grant cycle were due September 30, 2023, and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Women’s Health Fund (WHF) giving circles, the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC), and the Circle of Friends Giving Circle (COF), are pleased to make available their annual competitive grant opportunity to … Continue reading →

Healthcare the way it should be

Note: This guest post about the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas was written by Gail Deatherage for the April 2023 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Thank you, Gail, for helping us all learn more about this critical local resource! The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas stands as a … Continue reading →