Beck Bookman Library | 70% | Holton | The Beck Bookman Library Expansion and Renovation Project will increase the library’s current footprint and modernize the infrastructure of the building. This expansion will allow Beck Bookman Library (BBL) to provide the only free meeting space in the community and create an ADA compliant library. The Project will nearly double the children’s area, add a space specific for teens, and provide private work/meeting rooms for remote employees, students and others. | Amy Austin | 785-364-3532 | $166,600.00 |
Centralia PRIDE Association | 70% | Centralia | Replacing the City of Centralia Pool built in 1959 that has reached the end of its useful life. This is a Two Phase plan to modernize the swimming pool and rehabilitate the city park with new amenities. Private dollars raised with the CSP tax credit will construct a 1,200 sq foot handicap-accessible pool house, provide new entry sidewalks, benches, and pool amenities. | Evan Whetzal | 785-294-8498 | $166,600.00 |
Comanche County Hospital | 70% | Coldwater | Physical Therapy expansion to provide a larger treatment area, adding Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Women’s Health Services to treat conditions for women such as pelvic floor rehabilitation, incontinence, issues arising from pregnancy and post-partum. The space includes private therapy rooms and a small Aquatic Therapeutic Pool. Aquatic Therapy benefits all ages, effective treatment for early weight bearing after injury or surgery, flexibility, gait and balance problems, chronic pain, spinal disorders, neurological disorders, sports and orthopedic rehabilitation. | Lisa Brooks | 620-582-2144 | $90,000.00 |
Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation | 50% | Manhattan | The Outdoor Classroom at the Flint Hills Discovery Center is a simple learning space that has engaged hundreds school-age youth in environmental education programming, but always weather permitting. We now seek funding to enhance this space with a permanent shade structure, privacy screening, and a boardwalk to make it an all-weather, all-season learning location. With these enhancements, we will continue to grow our suite of education programs to inspire the next generation of prairie stewards. | Lesley White | 785-748-1275 | $166,600.00 |
Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center | 50% | Wichita | Freedom Hooves Therapeutic Riding Center (FHTRC) is the only nonprofit certified equine therapy organization in southcentral Kansas (MSA population of 700,000). This project allows FHTRC to address a waiting list of clients (ages 4 to 80) by expanding its capacity to house more trained horses, care for its horses, and use the horses in greater numbers year-round. In short, the renovated facilities allow more people to be treated/served annually. | Amanda Hale | 316-733-8943 | $166,600.00 |
Friends of the Topeka Zoo, Inc. | 50% | Topeka | My World” is an exploration where Kansas animals share habitat space with exotic counterparts, offering an enriching experience for visitors. Witness the playful antics of meerkats and penguins, and get up close with chickens, goats, and alpacas. Children can swing and climb like their animal friends in the interactive play area. This innovative project combines themed habitats, a new dining facility, and a sustainability center, fostering wildlife conservation and education in an immersive setting. | Jannett Wiens | 785-845-3376 | $166,600.00 |
Great Bend Alive | 70% | Great Bend | Great Bend Economic Development launches IGNITE Innovation Center, fostering innovation and empowerment. Through collaborative partnerships in healthcare, workforce, and education, it will address community needs with services like a makerspace, classes, co-working space, and workforce hub. It integrates health screening, podcasting, and a community kitchen to enhance well-being and connectivity. IGNITE is set to elevate the quality of life, serving as a catalyst for sustained growth and prosperity. | Sara Hayden | 620-617-4379 | $166,600.00 |
Greenwood Preservation Society | 70% | Eureka | The Greenwood Preservation Society (GWPS) is creating a multi-use community space in Eureka, Kansas by renovating the Main Street Red Owl Building into a 1) educational storefront for high school CTE students, 2) non-profit hub and 3) small meeting space. The project will benefit the 6,000 residents of Greenwood County and mend a frail link in a currently walkable Main Street. GWPS has secured 100% of requested donations. | Heather Fuesz | 785-766-8713 | $125,000.00 |
Hays Arts Council | 50% | Hays | The Hays Arts Council is a 501©3 not-for-profit organization committed to providing exhibitions, programs and events. The organization is based in downtown Hays and works with 12 elementary schools in five different towns in three counties. As an integral part of the Hays community, it operates the Hays Arts Center and its Annex with high standards of community commitment and service, providing traditional operations in its galleries, schools, and community. | Brenda Meder | 785-625-7522 | $166,600.00 |
Hetlinger Developmental Services, INC. | 50% | Emporia | As the areas largest Day Service provider for adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Hetlinger is committed to sustainably using the resources provided to the organization. The Sustainable Futures Initiative allows our 33,000 sq ft facility to be far more energy efficient, redirecting the cost savings to our mission-based work. The project includes 120kW solar array; the largest in Emporia, added high-efficiency attic insulation, facility-wide conversion to LED lighting, and a backup generator for our therapeutic greenhouse. | Jill Burton | 620-342-1087 | $139,000.00 |
HumanKind Ministries, Inc. | 50% | Wichita | HumanKind (HK) has raised $2.56 million towards its goal of $10.1 million to address accessible housing units for families currently experiencing homelessness. The project allows for longer-term housing to assist those who are homeless in addressing basic challenges that prevent them from leaving the street. It is the regular and persistent availability of treatment and services combined with the stability of housing that has proven the effectiveness of this program. | Amber Avery | 316-264-9303 | $166,600.00 |
Inclusion Connections | 50% | Olathe | Adults with developmental disabilities (I/DD) experience limited options for housing in Kansas. Inclusion Connections is creating BelongKC, a $25M campus in Johnson County, KS, which will provide an affordable, sustainable community housing development for adults with I/DD. By combining BelongKC with current outstanding programs, and a strong capital campaign, Inclusion Connections strengthens the lives of I/DD by creating inclusive opportunities for community involvement, access to meaningful employment, and better options for supportive living. | Laura Uzzell | 913-428-1360 | $166,600.00 |
Independence Community College Foundation | 50% | Indpendence | For 48 years the Inge Theatre & Fine Arts Center, on the campus of Independence Community College, has been the cultural hub for the college, the community, and the five-county area surrounding Independence. This project will make the Theater a 21st-century venue with badly needed upgrades to seating, technology, and infrastructure. This complete interior rehabilitation will be the Theater’s first major remodeling in almost 50 years. | Cody Oates | 620-332-5625 | $166,600.00 |
Kansas Children’s Discovery Center | 50% | Topeka | Our vision is to create an expanded museum where every child can find exciting opportunities to explore, experiment, and learn. Three new learning lab classrooms, incorporating indoor and outdoor spaces, will cater to STEAM learning camps and programs. A state-of-the-art test kitchen combined with an intergenerational garden space will blend education, nature, and culinary arts. Additionally, critical amenities such as a nursing room, sensory-friendly space, and storm shelter ensure accessibility and safety for all visitors. | Miranda Heeren-Driml | 785-783-8300 | $125,000.00 |
Kansas Health Science Center | 50% | Wichita | In 2022, the Kansas Health Science Center’s Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (KansasCOM) opened its doors to students to address a growing shortage of more than 700 primary care physicians in Kansas. As an osteopathic medical school, KansasCOM must engage students and faculty in medical research, and this project details plans to establish a new biomedical science laboratory. Given the crucial role of research in medical education, KansasCOM is committed to building this on-site laboratory. | Beth Sturm | 316-315-5666 | $166,600.00 |
Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum | 70% | Lindsborg | The internationally known historic treasure of the World’s Fair Swedish Pavilion is not only the venue for multiple community and educational events, it also is a major attraction for tourists around the world, bringing significant revenue to the local and regional community. However, the Pavilion is in dire need of repair. Structural repairs are needed to prevent it from collapse, and a new roof is needed to protect it from water damage. | Lenora Lynam | 785-227-3595 | $166,600.00 |
McPherson County Community Foundation (Cradle to Crayons) | 70% | McPherson | Cradle to Crayons Childcare seeks to develop a new 18,000 square foot Moundridge Early Childhood Center and use tax credits to cover the new center’s facility safety items that include fire alarm and suppression systems, hardened space, playground turf, site fencing, and site lighting. | Stephanie Marsh | 620-245-9070 | $166,600.00 |
Midland Care Connection, Inc. | 50% | Topeka | Midland Care is expanding PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) services to Johnson, Miami, and Franklin Kansas counties with the completion of a new PACE Center. Midland Care is building upon its legacy of compassionate care, extending its reach to more communities and empowering older adults to maintain their independence, age gracefully in the comfort of their homes, avoid unnecessary hardships, and provide all needed preventive, primary, acute, and long-term care services. | Shawna Slack | 785-230-8033 | $166,600.00 |
Music Theatre Wichita, Inc. | 50% | Wichita | Music Theatre Wichita (MTWichita) is renovating and equipping a facility to serve as its Education Academy. The facility project serves to address the growing number of youth and young adults engaged in the art and craft of musical theatre, including but not limited to the following: performance, lighting, sound, set design, costumes, wig and makeup design, and more. Skills are developed as students are immersed in a set of integrated educational programs. | Angela Cassette | 316-265-3253 | $166,600.00 |
OPTIONS Domestic & Sexual Violence Services | 70% | Colby | Renovate a facility in Colby, Kansas to serve the nine counties on the western side of OPTIONS’ 18-county service area. The domestic violence shelter and service center provides safety and security to domestic violence victims and their children while they receive trauma-informed recovery services. Renovation will include shared living rooms and laundry, individual bedrooms and bathrooms, advocate space, space for children’s services, and community education. | Jennifer Hecker | 785-625-4202 | $166,600.00 |
Ottawa Library Endowment Fund, Inc. | 70% | Ottawa | The Ottawa Library is seeking to advance its technology and equipment. The $575,000 project serves to 1) increase educational programming for early childhood and youth programs, 2) connect Ottawa’s community with greater ability to research and hold video conferencing, 3) update book and periodical management systems. Advancing technology and equipment allows Ottawa Library to provide the quality services and support required for our community to be connected together and experience a world beyond. | Terry Chartier | 785-242-3080 | $166,600.00 |
Rawlins County Dental Clinic Fund | 70% | Atwood | This project consisted of remodeling a 6,700 square foot retail space into an 11 operatory dental clinic. The clinical portion of the build is nearing completion. Final phase: includes remodeling the final 2000 square foot of the clinic into storage and a staff bathroom with shower, washer, dryer and locker room. Furnishing the remaining 4 clinical rooms with dental equipment and completing the dirt work parking area and staff entrances. | Debra Pochop | 785-626-8290 | $166,600.00 |
Salina – The Garage | 50% | Salina | The Garage currently offers simulated experiences in welding, painting, and driving. These simulators have been successful and popular. Our current space was not designed for actual shop work or ventilated for actual welding. The expansion space in The Garage known as The Shop will allow us to teach these hands-on classes; Mig & Tig Welding, Painting, Airbrush, Pin Striping, Small Engine Repair and much more. Relive The Past! Drive The Future! | Michelle Peck | 785-826-5073 | $166,600.00 |
The Midland Theater Foundation, Inc. | 70% | Coffeyville | Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing (MEP) for the renovation and restoration of the Midland Theater in downtown Coffeyville. This project consists of installation, refurbishing and updating of the MEP systems including HVAC system, fire sprinkler system, electrical power and lighting. | Denise York | 620-252-5872 | $166,600.00 |
Victoria Community Coalition, Inc. | 70% | Victoria | Victoria Community Coalition, Inc. (VCC) is redeveloping approximately 13,000 SF of the former St. John’s Rest Home building to provide twelve apartments for independent living to seniors and persons with disabilities. Seven one-bedroom, four two-bedroom and one studio apartments are planned. Also included are common gathering room, laundry room and new entrance with covered parking. This is the first step in preserving this wonderful 42,000 SF building that, along with 6.5-acres, was donated to VCC. | Jeff Pfeifer | 913-904-8618 | $166,600.00 |
William Newton Hospital | 70% | Winfield | William Newton Hospital currently has 8 defibrillators scattered throughout the facility in various clinical areas (Cath Lab, Surgery, ER, ICU, MedSurg, OB, and Cardiac Rehab). Most of the defibrillators are needing upgraded, as they are nearing the end of life, and parts to replace them are expensive. This project is requesting assistance to purchase the following critical pieces of equipment: 7 defibrillators, 2 AEDs, 1 LUCAS machine, and 6 new crash carts. | Annika Morris | 620-222-6276 | $122,000.00 |