Wichita Community Foundation

To supplement an existing donor-advised fund

Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research

To diversify the local economy by providing startup funding to build a composite prototyping lab whose products can be manufactured locally

Wichita Community Foundation

To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center

Wichita State University Foundation

To transform the way students in south central Kansas learn science, technology, engineering and math by creating a comprehensive elementary through college education system that will be replicated throughout the state

Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas

To connect low-skilled workers to high-skilled, high-paying aviation jobs by improving the local workforce development system and engaging funders to form a regional funding collaborative

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas

To address Wichita's "talent imperative" by creating an innovative program that networks youth development and workforce development in the setting of a key neighborhood institution

The Opportunity Project Learning Center

To teach social and emotional learning skills to 80 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds attending early learning centers in Wichita and providing a potential model for a statewide universal pre-Kindergarten program

Bothner and Bradley, Inc.

To coordinate an early childhood advocacy initiative to sustain the Wichita CARES project

Visioneering Wichita

For phase II of the Visioneering Wichita collaborative, a metropolitan statistical area community capacity building initiative and long-term vision

United Methodist Urban Ministry of Wichita

For Spanish translation services for the Community Food Ministry

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

To analyze the impact of federal and state budget proposals on Knight priority areas and help grant partners access and use budget and tax policy data

Knox Center

To use the Effective Black Parenting model to provide services to children ages 0-5 and their parents