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Recognition Grant Guidelines
Recognition Grants expand the Kansas Health Foundation’s support to a broad range of health-related organizations throughout the state. While the majority of the Foundation’s funding is through invited proposals, the Recognition Grants program is designed to fund unsolicited requests. It is targeted for organizations and agencies proposing meaningful and charitable projects that fit within the Foundation's mission of improving the health of all Kansans.
Recognition Grants are grants of up to $25,000 per organization. Using a competitive process, the Foundation will award as much as $2 million annually to Recognition Grant projects. Application deadlines are March 15 and September 15 each year. In the event these deadlines fall on a weekend, applications will not be due until the next business day.
Application deadlines: March 15 and September 15.
Organizations Must Be
- Classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3), a government entity or a church (there are some exclusions, please see restrictions below)
- Located within the state
- Not a previous recipient of a Recognition Grant within the calendar year
Non-Eligible Projects
- Medical research
- Contributions to capital campaigns
- Operating deficits or retirement of debt
- Endowment programs not initiated by the Foundation
- Political advocacy of any kind
- Vehicles, such as vans or buses
- Medical equipment
- Construction projects or real estate acquisitions
- Direct mental health services
- Direct medical services
Review Criteria
An independent review committee made up of Kansans from all walks of life who live in different areas of the state evaluate all of the grant applications received in each Recognition Grant cycle. There are many factors and questions that we consider when deciding which projects to fund. They include:
- Does this project involve any of the Foundation’s exclusions listed previously?
- Does this proposal address a significant community health problem that is defined in a clear and compelling way?
- Are the outcomes of the project clear, measurable and reasonable?
- Are the activities planned to address the health problem clear and align logically with the need?
- Is the budget appropriate for the planned activities?
- Does the applicant organization have the capacity to carry out the project’s activities and achieve the defined outcomes?
- If the total cost of the project exceeds the amount of money requested from the Kansas Health Foundation, have commitments from other funding sources been secured to cover the remaining costs?
- How does this project rank when compared with other applications received during the funding cycle?
Deadlines and Restrictions
- All applications must be submitted online to the Kansas Health Foundation by 5 p.m. on the due date. Deadlines are firm, except in the case when the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday. In that case, applications will be due by 5 p.m. the next working day.
- All applications must be submitted online.
- The Kansas Health Foundation does not provide Recognition Grant funding to private foundations, Internal Revenue Code Section 509(a)(3) organizations and tax-exempt organizations with $25,000 or less in gross annual receipts.
- Your organization’s IRS tax exempt status and filing of a current Federal information return (990-EZ or 990) will be verified through the IRS database, with the exception of churches and government entities. We will also check your organization’s status with the Kansas Secretary of State. Prior to submitting your online application, you may check your organization’s IRS status at www.irs.gov and your Secretary of State Business Entity Search status at www.kssos.org.
- Grants are for amounts up to $25,000. The Foundation wants to support as many programs across the state as possible; therefore, smaller requests are encouraged.
- If we have any questions regarding your application we may contact you for additional information.
- Grant announcements will be mailed on June 1 and December 1 each year.
- The Foundation will not provide an oral or written explanation for denied applications.
How does your organization apply?
Complete the online application form provided in the link below:
Recognition Grant Application
Once the application is completed, you will receive an immediate notification that your application has
been submitted for consideration.
If you have questions or problems with the application, please call Gina Hess, Kansas Health
Foundation Grants Assistant at, (316) 262-7676 or (800) 373-7681. You may also e-mail Gina at
rginfo@khf.org.
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