The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City has announced awards to 18 nonprofit organizations in applicant defined grants, including some in Kansas City, Kan.
Among the recipients:
FreeWheels for Kids Inc., received $30,847 to support bike clubs for youth in Wyandotte County.
Kansas City Kansas Community College received $45,000 to support the University of Kansas Medical Center Medical Camp and Internship program, which has been operating since 2010. Support of the program will help youth from under-resourced communities enter the health care workforce and be successful in higher education. This program will build on learning from a successful college-retention curriculum that was designed for Latino youth and will be overseen by experienced staff.
HCF Applicant Defined Grants are awarded outside of the foundation’s annual requests for proposals. The ADGs are reviewed monthly and allow organizations to define their own immediate grant needs in relation to the HCF mission. Organizations are allowed to apply for an ADG once per year and are capped at $75,000. In 2014, HCF will award a total of $4 million in Applicant Defined Grants.
“We are proud to award these Applicant Defined Grants to support organizations in our service area who are working diligently to help eliminate barriers to quality health for the uninsured and underserved,” said Dr. Bridget McCandless, HCF president-CEO.