Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund Grantees

The Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund has provided more than $17 million to hundreds of organizations across the Kansas City region. The first five rounds of grants focused on the following:

Housing (rent, mortgage, utilities)
Food insecurity
Access to health care
Access to childcare
Other critical human services

Details on the initial five rounds and additional, targeted grants are available below. The Fund's current focus is supporting broad, collaborative partnerships that leverage other public and private funds and address critical COVID-19 response and recovery needs.

Nonprofit organizations are realizing ongoing and additional deficits as the region faces each new phase of the crisis, and donations are still needed. We encourage you to learn more about the Fund's grantees and make direct donations.

Total Awarded: $792,000

Thirty-three organizations were awarded grants totaling $792,000, focusing 70% in low-income, Black and brown communities and 30% in the suburban metropolitan area.

After the Harvest
Avenue of Life
Bishop Sullivan Center
Center of Grace
Community Assistance Council
Community Services League
Crosslines
Don Bosco
Dotte Mobile Grocery
Emmanuel Child Development Center
Fairmount Community Center
Food Equality Initiative
Grace United Community Ministries
Grandview Park Church
Guadalupe Centers
Kanbe's Market
Lee Summit Social Services
Mattie Rhodes
Metro Lutheran Ministries
Mission Southside
NBC Community Development Corporation
Northland Shepherd's Center
Nourish KC
Platte Senior Services
Prospect KC
Reconciliation Services
Rosedale Development Association
Seton Center
Shepherd's Center of KC Central
St. Therese Little Flower
STW Charities KC
United Inner City Services
Willa Gill Center

Total Awarded: $855,000

Twenty-eight organizations were awarded grants totaling $855,000, primarily to community mental health centers; federally qualified health centers; and organizations serving Spanish-speaking populations, individuals experiencing addiction, children and youth, and rural communities.

Ad Hoc against Crime
Artists Helping the Homeless
Benilde Hall
Compass Health
Comprehensive Mental Health Services
Cornerstones of Care
Elizabeth Layton Center
Family Conservancy
First Call
Friends of Recovery
Gate Way of Hope
The Guidance Center
Health Partnership
Heartland RADAC
Jewish Family Services
Jewish Vocational Services
Johnson Co Mental Health
KC CARE Health Center
KVC Niles Home for Children
Mattie Rhodes
ReDiscover
Samuel U Rodgers Health Center
Swope Health
Tri-County Mental Health Services
Truman Behavioral Services
Vibrant Health
The Village Initiative
Wyandot Center

Total Awarded: $1 million

Supports a regional partnership involving legal, social service and community coordinating agencies in a comprehensive and connected strategy to prevent evictions and foreclosures, including financial assistance, legal representation, case management, landlord and lender negotiations, housing location services, and other essential support systems. Funds will be administered by United Way of Greater Kansas City, in partnership with the following agencies, some of which will receive funding for services and others that will bring cooperative support:

LEGAL SERVICES

Heartland Center for Jobs & Freedom
Kansas Legal Services
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
UMKC School of Law

SOCIAL SERVICES

CONVENING, INTAKE/REFERRAL AND ADMINISTRATION

Greater KC Coalition to End Homelessness
KC Tenants
LISC Greater Kansas City
Mid America Regional Council
United Community Services of Johnson County
United Way of Greater Kansas City
Urban Neighborhood Initiative

Total Awarded: $500,000

Supports a multi-faceted regional strategy developed by area public health directors to augment local coronavirus response efforts, including COVID-19 testing teams focusing on highly impacted communities, at-risk individuals and essential workers; emergency support for individuals affected by COVID-19; prevention and outreach activities focusing on targeted communities, and assisting local community services agencies with the purchase of personal protective equipment for workers and clients.

Funds will be administered by Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in partnership with public health departments, area hospitals and organizations such as:

Total Awarded: $751,530

Supports an inter-connected group of regional partners to broaden digital access and support systems to enhance economic opportunity and remote learning support systems in targeted communities, including providing technology, training, internet connections to support education, tele-health, access to resources and employment.

Literacy KC - $75,000
remote literacy services to students
SchoolSmartKC - $250,000
KC Schools Technology and Connectivity Access Fund to assist schools in equipping students with the necessary technology to learn remotely.
PCs for People (fka Connecting for Good) - $75,000
Provide technology to 500 families to support education, tele-health, access to resources and employment.
Mid-America Assistance Coalition - $250,000
Subsidy Program administered by MAAC to Support Internet Connectivity
Kansas City Public Library – Coalition for Digital Inclusion - $101,530
Connects patrons with affordable personal computers, home internet service, and any training or tech support needed to use these resources effectively.

Total Awarded: $1,200,000

Supports a collaborative of community service agencies to provide safe, supervised learning environments for students who are not able to attend school in person.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City - $250,000
Support virtual school for members at the Breidenthal Club located in 1240 Troup Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.
Kansas City Out of School Time Collaborative - $700,000
Support capacity at The Upper Room, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, and Campfire Heartland to serve hundreds of students who attend Kansas City Public School District, Center School District and Charter Schools in Kansas City, MO.
YMCA of Greater Kansas City - $250,000
The funds will be used to support out of school services for students in Wyandotte and Johnson counties.

On July 17, the Fund issued a $750,000 grant to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to support increased testing, tracing, and wraparound services for vulnerable populations in Wyandotte County. The Unified Government will be working with trusted, community-based organizations to increase access to testing in Black and Latinx communities and provide assistance to those individuals who test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus.

The Advisory Board for the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund conducted a review of its initial grants. When the first and second rounds of grants were issued, the Board took a more conservative approach, as the total amount of available funds was still unknown at that time. On August 20, the Fund issued the following level-up grants in order to bring parity to funding levels.

This round provides an additional $542,000 to 28 organizations.

Avenue of Life $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Avenue of Life is the backbone organization for Impact KCK, focusing on providing stable housing for at-risk children. They provide food and emergency assistance to families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Center of Grace $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
Center of Grace provides food and personal hygiene kits to individuals and families living in southern Johnson County, Kansas.

City Union Mission $25,000 (Housing Supports)
City Union Mission provides housing for men and families experiencing homelessness in emergency shelters.

Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Community Action Agency provides emergency services to meet the housing, food, medical, utility and other crisis needs of families in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri.

Community LINC $30,000 (Housing Supports)
Community LINC provides housing supports for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in Jackson County, Missouri.

Community Services League $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Community Services League provides comprehensive case management and housing services and operates 10 feeding sites in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri. CSL partners with Giving the Basics and KC Medicine Cabinet to provide personal hygiene kits and prescription assistance.

Della Lamb Community Services $32,500 (Critical Human Services)
Della Lamb Community Services provides emergency assistance and food to low-income families, immigrants and refugees living in the Historic Northeast neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation (ECKAN) provides assistance with rent, utilities, transportation and access to healthcare to individuals and families in crisis in Miami County, Kansas.

Fairmount Community Center $7,500 (Food Insecurity)
Fairmount Community Center provides meals for homebound seniors, children and families in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri.

Food Equality Initiative $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Food Equality Initiative works to increase access to safe and healthy food for individuals with food allergies and celiac disease.

Gan Chabad Torah Center $15,000 (Food Insecurity)
Gan Chabad Torah Center provides kosher Meals on Wheels to home-bound seniors living in the greater Kansas City area.

Grandview Assistance Program $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Grandview Assistance Program provides housing assistance, food and hygiene products for individuals and families living in Grandview, Missouri.

Harvesters - The Community Food Network $100,000 (Food Insecurity)
Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others.

Hillcrest Ministries of MidAmerica, Inc., dba Hillcrest Transitional Housing $5,000 (Housing Supports)
Hillcrest Transitional Housing provides housing for at-risk families in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas, and Jackson and Clay Counties in Missouri.

Lazarus Ministries KC $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Lazarus Ministries provides emergency assistance to low-income residents in the historic Ivanhoe neighborhood.

Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope $5,000 (Housing Supports)
Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope operates an emergency night shelter, a day shelter and a service agency for people experiencing homelessness in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Lee's Summit Social Services $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Lee’s Summit Social Services provides food, utility and rent assistance for those in need in Lee’s Summit, Greenwood, Lone Jack, and Lake Lotawana in Missouri.

Love INC of Clay County $2,500 (Critical Human Services)
Love INC. provides emergency assistance and housing supports to low-income residents in Clay County, Missouri.

Metro Lutheran Ministry $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Metro Lutheran Ministry provides emergency assistance, food, and housing programming across the Greater Kansas City metro area. Service centers are located in Clay, Jackson, & Wyandotte Counties.

Northland Shepherd's Center $7,500 (Food Insecurity)
Northland Shepherd’s Center delivers meals and provides transportation to medical appointments to seniors living in Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri.

Platte Senior Services, Inc. $7,500 (Food Insecurity)
Platte Senior Services serves low-income and minority seniors living in Platte County, Missouri, ensuring that they have proper nutrition and household supplies.

Pleasant Hill Lay Clergy Council $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Pleasant Hill Lay Clergy provides emergency assistance and Meals on Wheels to low-income seniors and families living in the Pleasant Hill School District area.

reStart, Inc. $25,000 (Housing Supports)
reStart provides housing and supportive services for youth, families, women and men experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

SAVE, Inc. $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
SAVE, Inc. provides emergency assistance and hygiene supplies to socially and medically disadvantaged individuals and operates a drop-in center for LGBTQIA+ young adults experiencing homelessness.

Shawnee Community Services $12,000 (Critical Human Services)
Shawnee Community Services provides emergency assistance for residents of Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

Shepherd's Center KC Central $30,000 (Food Insecurity)
Shepherd’s Center KC Central provides home delivered meals and other supplies to seniors living in Kansas City, Missouri.

Veterans Community Project $30,000 (Critical Human Services/Housing Supports)
Veterans Community Project provides housing supports and emergency assistance to veterans living in poverty or experiencing homelessness.

Working Families' Friend $32,500 (Critical Human Services)
Working Families’ Friend provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.

Announced on June 8: more than $1.7 million to 63 organizations

Ability KC $25,000 (Access to Childcare)
Ability KC operates a nationally accredited therapeutic preschool that serves children with and without disabilities.

Assistance League of Kansas City $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Assistance League of Kansas City provides clothing, toiletries and personal care baskets to children and seniors in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

Avila University $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Avila University operates a food pantry and provides emergency assistance for students and families.

Bethel Neighborhood Center $38,550 (Critical Human Services)
Bethel Neighborhood Center provides food and emergency assistance to seniors and families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

BlaqOut $35,000 (Access to Healthcare)
BlaqOut KC will be expanding their existing telehealth initiative to increase access to healthcare and COVID-19 related services in the Black LGBTQ community.

Brothers in Blue Reentry $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Brothers in Blue Reentry program will provide food and emergency assistance to support individuals previously involved in the criminal justice system.

Child Protection Center $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Child Protection Center will provide emergency assistance to children ages three to 17 who are alleged victims of sexual and physical abuse.

Children’s Mercy Hospital $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Children’s Mercy Hospital will provide emergency assistance to families and employees impacted by COVID-19.

Community Blood Center of Greater KC $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Community Blood Center of Greater KC will use the funds to safely collect and distribute blood products to hospitals in the Greater Kansas City area.

Community Builders of Kansas City $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Community Builders of Kansas City will provide rent assistance to assist residents living in their affordable housing units.

Community Health Council of Wyandotte County-$75,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Community Health Council will provide wellness checks, screen for food insecurity and refer individuals for Community Health Worker support in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Cultivate KC $30,000 (Food Insecurity)
Cultivate KC will donate the produce grown at the Westport Commons Farm to individuals in need in Kansas City through Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries and Welcome House.

Donnelly College $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Donnelly College will provide emergency assistance to their students in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Drumm Farm Center for Children, Inc. $28,700 (Housing Supports)
Drumm Farm will provide housing supports for youth experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

Empowering Parents KC $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Empowering Parents KC will provide telehealth therapy services to children and parents impacted by COVID-19.

Feed His Lambs Foundation $10,000 (Food Insecurity)
Feed His Lambs Foundation provides meals for food insecure families and seniors in the Bonner Springs/Edwardsville area in Kansas.

First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention & Recovery $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
First Call provides mental health and substance abuse counseling to individuals in Jackson and Cass counties in Missouri.

Gathering Table $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
The Gathering Table provides meals for individuals and families living in northeast Kansas City, Missouri.

The Grooming Project $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Grooming Project will provide emergency assistance to students and graduates of their program.

Growing Futures Early Education Center $10,000 (Access to Childcare)
Growing Futures provides center-based Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Johnson County, Kansas.

Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City will provide mortgage assistance to their clients in their Affordable Housing and Home Preservation programs.

Health Outreach Foundation $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Health Outreach Foundation provides healthcare services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

Heartland Presbyterian Center $20,338 (Access to Childcare)
Heartland Presbyterian Center provides childcare for the children of essential workers in Platte County, Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Impact Family Resource Center $22,400 (Critical Human Services)
Impact Family Resource Center provides food and emergency assistance to families in Jackson County.

Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council provides emergency assistance for youth and seniors located within the Ivanhoe Neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City $75,000 (Access to Childcare)
The Jewish Community Center provides childcare services to essential workers at the request of the Johnson County Health Department.

Johnson County Community College Foundation $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Johnson County Community College will provide emergency assistance and housing supports for students.

Kansas City, Kansas School Foundation for Excellence $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Kansas City, Kansas School Foundation for Excellence will provide food and emergency assistance for the children and families of the Kansas City, Kansas School District.

Kansas City Medical Society Foundation $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
The Kansas City Medical Society Foundation will provide specialty healthcare for the uninsured in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

KC Digital Drive $15,000 (Access to Healthcare)
KC Digital Drive is working with the UMKC Center for Neighborhoods and the Black Healthcare Coalition to support testing and tracing for COVID-19.

KVC Health Systems $39,362 (Access to Healthcare)
KVC Health Systems provides medical and behavioral health services to children and families in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Learn A Lot Academy $10,000 (Access to Childcare)
Learn A Lot Academy provides childcare, mental health, and nutritional services to children and families in Kansas City, Missouri.

Literacy KC $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Literacy KC provides educational services and supports to adult learners to support a homeschooling environment for children.

Meals on Wheels of Lee’s Summit $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Meals on Wheels of Lee’s Summit provides food assistance to homebound seniors living in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

Mental Health America of the Heartland $41,170 (Access to healthcare)
Mental Health America of the Heartland provides mental health services and emergency assistance in Leavenworth, Johnson, and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

NBC Community Development Corporation $20,000 (Food Insecurity)
NBC Community Development operates a food pantry in the urban core of Kansas City, Kansas.

Neighborhood Legal Services $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Neighborhood Legal Services provides food assistance to refugee families living in the Lykins Neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

Northeast Community Center $6,500 (Critical Human Services)
Northeast Community Center provides educational supports and emergency assistance to children and families living in northeast Kansas City, Missouri.

Project 1020 $5,000 (Housing Supports)
Project 1020 provides housing supports for individuals experiencing homelessness in Johnson County, Kansas.

ReNewed Hope Food Pantry $15,000 (Food Insecurity)
ReNewed Hope Food Pantry provides food assistance to families in Johnson County, Kansas.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City $25,000 (Housing Supports)
Ronald McDonald House is providing respite space for healthcare workers and housing for the families of patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital.

Santa Fe Waystation $3,000 (Food Insecurity)
Santa Fe Waystation operates a weekly food pantry for individuals and families in metropolitan Kansas City.

Scripted Healthcare System $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Scripted Healthcare System provides durable medical equipment, home medical equipment and oxygen supplies in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Shawnee Mission Education Foundation $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Shawnee Mission Education Foundation provides food and emergency assistance to students and families in the Shawnee Mission School District in Kansas.

Start at Zero $10,000 (Access to Childcare)
Start at Zero provides learning kits to children and families living within the boundaries of the Kansas City Public Schools district in Missouri.

The Children’s Place $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Children’s Place will provide food and emergency assistance to the children and families served by the organization.

The Guidance Center $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
The Guidance Center provides mental health services to children and adults in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Tikkun-KC $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Tikkun-KC provides rent and utility assistance to individuals and families living in the central core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Triple A Foundation $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Triple A Foundation provides essential supplies for babies and young children in South Kansas City, Missouri.

Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity will provide mortgage assistance to their clients in eastern Jackson County, Missouri.

UMKC Foundation $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
The UMKC Foundation will provide emergency assistance to students attending the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

UMKC Law Foundation $25,000 (Housing Supports)
The UMKC Law School’s clinics provide legal services to individuals for rent disputes and evictions and assists clients with barriers to employment.

Urban League of Greater Kansas City $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Urban League of Greater Kansas City provides employment assistance, job placement and COVID-19 testing in Kansas City, Missouri.

Uzazi Village $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Uzazi Village is providing COVID-19 testing to women living in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Visitation Parish of Kansas City Society of St. Vincent de Paul $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Visitation Parish provides emergency assistance to families in Kansas City, Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Warriors 4 Wyandotte $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Warriors 4 Wyandotte provides food and hygiene/cleaning supplies to families with students enrolled in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.

Welcome House $25,000 (Housing Supports)
Welcome House provides housing and support for men recovering from drug and/or alcohol addiction.

Whatsoever Community Center $25,000 (Access to Childcare)
Whatsoever Community Center provides childcare for low-income, minority families living in the northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri.

Women’s Community Y Child Development Center $10,000 (Access to Childcare)
Women’s Community Y Child Development Center provides full and part-time childcare in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Women’s Employment Network $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Women’s Employment Network provides employment preparation, case management and emergency assistance to low-income women in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Workforce Partnership $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Workforce Partnership will provide job training and employment assistance to residents in Leavenworth, Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

Young Life, Kansas City, Kansas $21,000 (Critical Human Services)
Young Life, Kansas City, Kansas provides food and rent assistance to teens and families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

YouthBuild KCK $13,000 (Critical Human Services)
YouthBuild KCK provides GED services, construction training and emergency assistance to students and their families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Announced on May 19: $2.4 Million to 70 organizations

After the Harvest $100,000 (Food Insecurity)
After the Harvest’s Produce Procurement Program works with farmers, growers, and produce packing plants to provide fresh produce for distribution through Harvesters Community Food Network.

Angels of Grace Family Service Center $15,000 (Critical Human Services)
Angels of Grace will provide food assistance and housing supports for families with young children in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Argentine Neighborhood Development Association $15,000 (Housing Supports)
Argentine Neighborhood Development Association will provide rent and mortgage assistance for families in the Argentine Community in Kansas City, Kansas.

Benilde Hall $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Benilde Hall provides food assistance and housing support to homeless men with substance use and mental health disorders.

Blue Valley Neighborhood Association $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Blue Valley Neighborhood Association provides food and emergency assistance to individuals and families living in Kansas City, Missouri.

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
Boys Hope Girls Hope is a state licensed group home for boys and will provide food and emergency assistance to the families of their clients.

BoysGrow $15,000 (Food Insecurity)
BoysGrow will provide planting pots and bags to assist families in growing healthy produce.

Bright Futures Fund $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Bright Futures Fund will provide emergency assistance to students and families in two Bright Futures schools located in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Calvary Community Outreach Network $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Calvary Community Outreach Network provides food and emergency assistance to individuals and families living in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Care to Learn – Scuola Vita Nuova $10,000 (Food Insecurity)
Care to Learn – Scuola Vita Nuova provides food and hygiene supplies to the families of students attending Scuola Vita Nuova Charter School in the Northeast neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.

Carry The Cross Ministries $70,000 (Critical Human Services)
Carry The Cross Ministries provides food and emergency assistance to youth aging out of foster care and families living in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
CAPA will provide assistance with food, formula and diapers to children and families served by the organization.

Choices Health Services, Inc. $15,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Choices Health Services assists clients with chronic health issues access medications, medical supplies and healthy food options.

Church of Faith International $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Church of Faith International provides food and emergency assistance to individuals and families living in the 64130 zip code in Missouri.

Coldwater of Lee’s Summit $23,000 (Food Insecurity)
Coldwater of Lee’s Summit operates a food pantry and a summer lunch program for children living in subsidized housing in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

Communities in Schools of Mid-America $37,500 (Food Insecurity)
Communities in Schools provides case management and food assistance to students and families living in the 3rd District in Kansas City, Missouri.

Community Christian Church $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
Community Christian Church operates a food pantry for residents living in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Compass Health Network $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Compass Health Network provides health care and crisis services to individuals and families living in Jackson and Cass counties in Missouri.

Connections to Success $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Connections to Success provides emergency assistance and workforce training to individuals living in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties in Kansas and Clay and Jackson counties in Missouri.

Cornerstones of Care $100,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Cornerstones of Care provides mental and behavioral health, foster care and adoption, education, and community supports in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Dismas House $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
Dismas House provides outpatient substance abuse treatment and maintains a residential recovery residence for men who need safe housing during recovery.

Edgerton Community Food Pantry $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
Edgerton Community Food Pantry provides a monthly food distribution to individuals and families living in Edgerton, Kansas.

Eleos Ministries $7,000 (Food Insecurity)
Eleos Ministries provides food assistance to families living in the Northeast neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.

Freedom Fire $30,000 (Food Insecurity)
Freedom Fire provides groceries and household items to individuals and families living in federal housing in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Front Porch Alliance $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
Front Porch Alliance provides emergency assistance and basic need supplies for families living in the Ivanhoe neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

Global FC $30,000 (Food Insecurity)
Global FC operates a food relief program for immigrant and refugee families living in Northeast Kansas City, Missouri.

God’s Bucket Brigade $6,000 (Critical Human Services)
God’s Bucket Brigade provides, food, toiletries and clothing to people experiencing homelessness in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Grace United Community Ministries $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Grace United provides childcare and food assistance to families living in Northeast Kansas City, Missouri.

Grandview Park Presbyterian $50,000 (Food Insecurity)
Grandview Park Presbyterian operates a food pantry in the Central Avenue area of Kansas City, Kansas.

Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness’s COVID-19 Homeless Response Isolation Program provides alternative housing and quarantine options for persons experiencing homelessness in Jackson County, Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Heart N Hand $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Heart N Hand operates a food pantry and provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in Cass County and Grandview, Missouri.

Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom, Inc. $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom provides assistance and attorney referrals to low-wage workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Heartland RADAC $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Heartland RADAC provides emergency assistance to individuals with substance use disorders and other co-occurring mental health and housing issues in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

HGC Community Development Corporation $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
HGC operates a food pantry and provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri.

Hope City Homes, Inc. $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Hope City Homes provides housing supports to individuals experiencing homelessness in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

House of Compassion $25,000 (Housing Supports)
House of Compassion works with youth that are in foster care or otherwise need emergency shelter due to neglect or homelessness.

In the Name of Grace $30,000 (Housing Supports)
In the Name of Grace operates 14 houses providing shelter to 125 residents in Jackson County, Missouri.

Independence School District $30,000 (Access to Childcare)
The Independence School District provides emergency childcare for Independence police, fire and Independence School District essential staff members.

Kansas City Dream Center $20,000 (Food Insecurity)
Kansas City Dream Center provides food and basic hygiene supplies for individuals and families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy $17,000 (Food Insecurity)
Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy provides food, hygiene and cleaning supplies to families attending the school.

Linwood Properties Inc. (LPI) $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
LPI is working with the health initiatives at the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council and Connecting for Good to distribute food and technology infrastructure (computers, hot spots and technical assistance).

Little Sisters of the Poor $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Little Sisters of the Poor operates a home for the elderly poor with varying levels of care ranging from independent living to skilled nursing care.

Lutheran Urban Mission Agency $6,000 (Food Insecurity)
Lutheran Urban Mission operates a food pantry serving families living in central Kansas City, Missouri.

Macedonia Baptist Church $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Macedonia Baptist Church provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Made Men Inc. $29,040 (Food Insecurity)
Made Men Inc. operates a food pantry in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and delivers food to seniors and families with transportation issues.

MCC Foundation $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
MCC Foundation provides housing and food supports for Metropolitan Community College students over five campuses throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Mercy and Truth Medical Missions $100,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Mercy and Truth provides health care for uninsured and underinsured residents of Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Midland Care Connection, Inc. $15,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Midland Care Connections operates Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a health care program for frail seniors at risk for needing nursing home care who meet a level of care requirement to stay in their home and community in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Mission Southside $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Mission Southside provides food and housing supports for individuals and families living in southern Johnson County, Kansas.

MorningStar’s Development Co., Inc. $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
MorningStar Youth and Family Life Center provides food and emergency assistance for individuals and families living in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Multiply Church $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
Multiply Church works with the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools to distribute food to families.

N2N $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
N2N provides sack lunches for individuals receiving drug and alcohol treatment in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Pete’s Garden $10,000 (Food Insecurity)
Pete’s Garden distributes ready-to-eat meals for families served by Operation Breakthrough, Amethyst Place, and True Light Family Resource Center.

Pythons Drill Team $5,500 (Critical Human Services)
Pythons Drill Team provides food and utility assistance to youth and families.

Reconciliation Services $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Reconciliation Services provides free to-go lunches at Thelma’s Kitchen and social and mental health services in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

ReDiscover $100,000 (Access to Healthcare)
ReDiscover provides behavioral health and/or substance abuse treatment for individuals throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Resurrection Catholic School $6,000 (Critical Human Services)
Resurrection Catholic School provides emergency assistance to students in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

River of Refuge $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
River of Refuge provides food and utility assistance to individuals and families in Raytown, Missouri.

Roeland Park United Methodist Church $16,000 (Food Insecurity)
Roeland Park United Methodist Church provides food assistance to residents of Roeland Park, Kansas.

Sarita Lynne Ministries $7,000 (Housing Supports)
Sarita Lynne Ministries provides housing support for clients with mental health, substance use issues and returning citizens.

St. Peter’s Social Services $10,500 (Critical Human Services)
St. Peter’s Social Services provides emergency assistance to clients located near St. Peter’s Parish in Kansas City, Missouri.

Street Medicine KC $20,000 (Food Insecurity)
Street Medicine KC is establishing a shelter-in-place community for persons experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

STW Charities $30,000 (Food Insecurity)
STW Charities operates a food pantry at Evangel Church in south Kansas City, Missouri and provides support for homeless families in the Center School District.

The Family Conservancy $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Family Conservancy provides emergency assistance for food, infant care, and cleaning supplies to low-income clients in the five-county metropolitan area.

Tri-County Mental Health Services $85,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Tri-County Mental Health Services provides mental health and substance use services to individuals in Clay, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.

Urban Neighborhood Initiative $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Urban Neighborhood Initiative is providing residents in the urban core assistance with food, medications and other necessities.

Urban Ranger Corps $10,000 (Food Insecurity)
Urban Rangers provides summer meals and food to the youth and families participating in their community programming.

Urban Scholastic Center $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Urban Scholastic Center provides food assistance and weekly mentoring to children and families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Westside CAN $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Westside CAN provides food and emergency assistance to families living in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.

Youth Ambassadors, Inc. $2,800 (Food Insecurity)
Youth Ambassadors delivers food to 63 underserved youth in the five-county metropolitan area.

Youthfront $70,000 (Food Insecurity)
Youthfront delivers meals through the Something to Eat meal packaging program in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Announced on April 27: more than $3.2 Million to 72 Organizations

A Turning Point $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
A Turning Point provides food and emergency assistance to individuals and families in need in the greater Kansas City area.

Amethyst Place $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Amethyst Place provides housing and individualized supports for women recovering from drug and alcohol addiction and their children.

Artists Helping the Homeless $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Artists Helping the Homeless works with hospitals, police and recovery agencies to assist with transitional housing, transportation and other services for people experiencing homelessness.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City $75,000 (Food Insecurity)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City is providing on-site and meal delivery at each of their six club sites as well as dinner meal kits and snacks to members and their families.

Care Beyond the Boulevard $30,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Care Beyond the Boulevard provides medical interventions to people experiencing homelessness.

Caritas Clinics $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Caritas Clinics provides medical care for uninsured patients living in poverty in Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

CHWC, Inc. $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
CHWC provides affordable housing in urban Wyandotte County to low income families.

City of Independence Palmer Senior Center $2,629 (Food Insecurity)
The Palmer Senior Center provides home delivered meals to high risk seniors and persons with disabilities.

CommCARE Behavioral Health $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
CommCare Behavioral Health provides mental health and substance use disorder crisis intervention, assessment and referrals.

Community Assistance Council $58,224 (Critical Human Services)
Community Assistance Council provides emergency assistance to low-income residents in south Kansas City, Missouri.

Comprehensive Mental Health $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Comprehensive Mental Health is a community-based mental health center that serves eastern Jackson County, Missouri.

Credit & Homeownership Services, Inc. $42,000 (Housing Supports)
Credit & Homeownership Services provides counseling assistance to individuals facing foreclosure or eviction.

Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center provides emergency assistance to unemployed families in Kansas City, Missouri.

Foster Adopt Connect $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Foster Adopt Connect provides emergency assistance and in-home behavioral assistance to foster families and older foster youth and alumni.

Friends of Recovery $44,000 (Critical Human Services)
Friends of Recovery operates 44 residential facilities for individuals and families recovering from substance use disorders in Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

Gan Chabad Torah Center $10,000 (Food Insecurity)
Gan Chabad Torah Center provides kosher Meals on Wheels to home-bound seniors living in the greater Kansas City area.

Greater KC Housing Information Center $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Greater KC Housing Information Center provides assistance to individuals struggling to maintain their current housing.

HappyBottoms $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
HappyBottoms provides diapers and other supplies to low-income families throughout the metropolitan area.

Hillcrest Ministries, Inc. dba Hillcrest Hope $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Hillcrest Ministries provides transitional housing and eviction prevention services in Clay County, Missouri.

Hillcrest Platte County $20,000 (Housing Supports)
Hillcrest Platte County provides emergency rent and utility assistance to the insecurely housed in Platte County, Missouri.

Hope Center $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Hope Center provides emergency assistance to families living in the 64128 zip code on Kansas City’s east side.

Hope Family Care Center $75,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Hope Family Care Center provides healthcare to low-income, medically underserved residents in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri.

Hope House $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Hope House provides housing and support for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence.

Hope Network of Raytown $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Hope Network of Raytown provides emergency assistance and food to individuals and families living in Raytown, Missouri.

Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Jewish Family Services provides emergency assistance, food and behavioral health supports to individuals, families, and seniors living in Jackson County, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas.

Jewish Vocational Services $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Jewish Vocational Services provides emergency assistance and support to immigrant families living in Jackson County, Missouri.

Journey to New Life $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Journey to New Life provides emergency assistance to men and women who have re-entered the community after incarceration.

Kanbe’s Market $50,000 (Food Insecurity)
Kanbe’s Market delivers fresh, affordable produce to partner convenience stores located in Jackson County food deserts.

Kansas Children’s Services League $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Kansas Children’s Service League provides emergency assistance to families in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas.

KC Tenants $25,000 (Housing Supports)
KC Tenants assists renters facing eviction in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kids TLC $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Kids TLC is a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility for children located in Johnson County, Kansas.

Lawson Food Pantry/Heartland Presbytery $2,500 (Food Insecurity)
Lawson Food Pantry serves the residents of the Lawson School District in Clay and Ray counties.

Lazarus Ministries KC $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Lazarus Ministries provides emergency assistance to low-income residents in the historic Ivanhoe neighborhood.

LeanLab Education $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
LeanLab is working to secure connectivity through the distribution of Wi-Fi-hotspots to students across the Kansas City metro.

The Leavenworth Mission, Inc. $9,000 (Food Insecurity)
The Leavenworth Mission operates a food pantry in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Legal Aid of Western Missouri $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Legal Aid of Western Missouri provides legal assistance in the areas of domestic violence, mortgage foreclosure, unemployment, landlord-tenant, and adult guardianships.

Mattie Rhodes $30,000 (Critical Human Services)
Mattie Rhodes is a community development organization that provides social services, behavioral health counseling and the arts.

Mid-America Assistance Coalition $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Mid-America Assistance Coalition administers the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for Jackson, Clay ad Platte counties in Missouri.

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
MOCSA provides emergency assistance for victims of sexual violence in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Morning Glory Ministries-Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception $10,234 (Food Insecurity)
Morning Glory Ministries provides to-go food containers and supplies to people experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mother’s Refuge $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Mother’s Refuge provides shelter and assistance to homeless young mothers and their babies.

Mt. Carmel Redevelopment Corporation $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Mt. Carmel Redevelopment Center provides emergency assistance and healthcare to low-income residents in the historic northeast area of Wyandotte County, Kansas.

New Zion Missionary Baptist Church $5,000 (Food Insecurity)
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church operates a food pantry in the Marlborough neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.

Northland Assistance Center $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Northland Assistance Center provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

Northland Health Care Access $10,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Northland Health Care Access serves low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

Nourish KC $75,000 (Food Insecurity)
Nourish KC is working with Morning Glory Ministries and other service providers to distribute meals to low-income individuals and people experiencing homelessness.

Nurture KC $45,000 (Critical Human Services)
Nurture KC provides emergency assistance to pregnant women and their infants in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.

Olathe Public School Foundation $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Olathe Public Schools Foundation provides emergency assistance to students and families defined as homeless by the Federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Act.

Operation Breakthrough $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Operation Breakthrough is providing food, diapers, and supplies to the families served by the early childcare program.

Phoenix Family $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Phoenix Family provides critical needs assistance to low-income children, adults and seniors.

Pleasant Hill Lay Clergy Council $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Pleasant Hill Lay Clergy provides emergency assistance and Meals on Wheels to low-income seniors and families living in the Pleasant Hill School District area.

Raytown Emergency Assistance Program $35,000 (Critical Human Services)
Raytown Emergency Assistance Program provides rent and utility assistance and operates a food pantry for low-income residents of Raytown, Missouri.

Redemptorist Social Services $25,000 (Critical Human Services)
Redemptorist Social Services provides emergency assistance for individuals and families as well as senior adults and the clients with disabilities.

Rosedale Development Association $10,000 (Critical Human Services)
Rosedale Development Association provides emergency assistance for individuals and families living in the southeast portion of Wyandotte County, Kansas.

The Salvation Army $200,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Salvation Army provides emergency assistance and operates feeding programs in Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties in Kansas, and Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri.

Second Harvest Food Bank $25,000 (Food Insecurity)
Second Harvest Food Bank operates the Fresh Mobil Pantry which provides emergency meals in a number of Kansas counties, including Leavenworth County.

Seton Center $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Seton Center provides emergency assistance and operates a food pantry on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri.

Shawnee Community Services $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Shawnee Community Services provides emergency assistance for residents of Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.

Sheffield Place $25,000 (Housing Supports)
Sheffield Place provides housing and clinical support to women and children experiencing homelessness.

Shelter KC $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Shelter KC Provides emergency and residential services to men and women experiencing homelessness in Jackson and Clay counties in Missouri, and Wyandotte County in Kansas.

Shepherd’s Center of KC KS $5,000 (Housing Supports)
Shepherd’s Center of KC KS provides housing supports to older adult homeowners in Kansas City, Kansas.

Shepherd’s Staff Food Pantry $5,432 (Food Insecurity)
Shepherd’s Staff Food Pantry serves low-income individuals and families living in Cass County, Missouri.

St. Therese Little Flower $15,000 (Critical Human Services)
St. Therese Little Flower provides emergency assistance for low-income families as well as meals for home-bound seniors in Kansas City, Missouri.

St. Vincent de Paul at St. Therese Church $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
St. Vincent de Paul at St. Therese Church operates a food pantry and provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in southern Platte County, Missouri.

True Light Family Resource Center $12,652 (Critical Human Services)
True Light Family Resource Center provides emergency assistance for individuals and families in Kansas City, Missouri.

Vaughn-Trent Community Services $6,000 (Critical Human Services)
Vaughn-Trent Community Services provides emergency assistance to individuals and families in western Wyandotte County in Kansas.

Victorious Life Church $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Victorious Life Church provides emergency assistance to the working poor, with a focus on single parent households.

Village Initiative $67,000 (Critical Human Services)
Village Initiative provides emergency assistance and internet connectivity to immigrant populations in Kansas City, Kansas.

Visiting Nurses Association $25,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Visiting Nurses Association provides in-home health care throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Westside Housing Organization $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Westside Housing Organization operates 165 units of affordable housing in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, and is providing rent and other assistance to residents in that neighborhood.

The Whole Person $57,400 (Critical Human Services)
The Whole Person provides emergency assistance and in-home health care for clients with disabilities in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

YMCA of Greater Kansas City $200,000 (Access to Childcare)
YMCA is providing emergency childcare for healthcare workers, first responders, grocery store employees and other essential service workers.

Announced on April 13: more than $2.6 Million to 56 Organizations

Avenue of Life $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Avenue of Life is the backbone organization for Impact KCK, focusing on providing stable housing for at-risk children. They provide food and emergency assistance to families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Bishop Sullivan Center $40,000 (Housing Supports)
Bishop Sullivan Center provides rent, mortgages and utility assistance in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.

Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph provides emergency assistance to meet basic needs through their network of food pantries, emergency assistance sites and community partners.

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
CCNEK provides food and emergency assistance to support families in crisis. CCNEK also operates a food pantry in Kansas City, Kansas at the Hope Distribution Center and a Mobile Resource Bus that travels to Miami County, Kansas to provide food, direct financial assistance and case management services.

Center of Grace $20,000 (Food Insecurity)
Center of Grace provides food and personal hygiene kits to individuals and families living in southern Johnson County, Kansas.

City Union Mission $25,000 (Housing Supports)
City Union Mission provides housing for men and families experiencing homelessness in emergency shelters.

Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Community Action Agency provides emergency services to meet the housing, food, medical, utility and other crisis needs of families in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri.

Community LINC $20,000 (Housing Supports)
Community LINC provides housing supports for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in Jackson County, Missouri.

Community Services League $75,000 (Food Insecurity)
Community Services League provides comprehensive case management and housing services and operates 10 feeding sites in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri. CSL partners with Giving the Basics and KC Medicine Cabinet to provide personal hygiene kits and prescription assistance.

Connecting For Good $75,000 (Critical Human Services)
Connecting for Good focuses on addressing the digital divide by providing access to low-cost computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and digital literacy training for low-income families.

Cross-Lines Community Outreach $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Cross-Lines provides emergency assistance and hunger relief for individuals and families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Della Lamb Community Services $17,500 (Critical Human Services)
Della Lamb Community Services provides emergency assistance and food to low-income families, immigrants and refugees living in the Historic Northeast neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri.

Don Bosco Centers $40,000 (Critical Human Services)
Don Bosco Centers provides emergency assistance and delivers meals to senior adults and adults with disabilities in Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass Counties in Missouri.

East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation (ECKAN) provides assistance with rent, utilities, transportation and access to healthcare to individuals and families in crisis in Miami County, Kansas.

El Centro $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
El Centro provides emergency assistance and educational kits for preschool-age children in English and Spanish to families in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Fairmount Community Center $17,500 (Food Insecurity)
Fairmount Community Center provides meals for homebound seniors, children and families in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri.

Feed Northland Kids $50,000 (Food Insecurity)
Feed Northland Kids distributes food to children and families in Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri, in conjunction with six school districts, including Community Food Kits designed to feed the entire family.

Food Equality Initiative $60,000 (Food Insecurity)
Food Equality Initiative works to increase access to safe and healthy food for individuals with food allergies and celiac disease.

Friends of Yates $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Located in Wyandotte County, Kansas, Friends of Yates provides housing and emergency assistance to people experiencing domestic violence.

Giving the Basics $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
Giving the Basics provides access to personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies in the following counties in Kansas: Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte and the following counties in Missouri: Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray.

Grandview Assistance Program $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Grandview Assistance Program provides housing assistance, food and hygiene products for individuals and families living in Grandview, Missouri.

Guadalupe Centers $100,000 (Critical Human Services)
The Guadalupe Centers is the longest continuously operating agency serving Latinos in the United States. The Guadalupe Centers offers a variety of social support and emergency assistance services to clients in Kansas City, Missouri, through the Family Support Program.

Harvesters - The Community Food Network $200,000 (Food Insecurity)
Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others.

Health Partnership Clinic, Inc. $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Health Partnership Clinic operates clinics in Johnson and Miami counties in Kansas, providing access to primary medical care and behavioral health services, and working with local governments to develop drive-thru COVID-19 screening and testing.

Heart of America Indian Center d/b/a Kansas City Indian Center $7,800 (Food Insecurity)
Kansas City Indian Center provides food and toiletries to low-income members of the American Indian community in Jackson, Clay and Cass Counties in Missouri, and Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas.

Heart to Heart International $75,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Heart to Heart International is providing medical care and training for people experiencing homelessness and hygiene kits for distribution by local school districts.

Hillcrest Ministries of MidAmerica, Inc., dba Hillcrest Transitional Housing $20,000 (Housing Supports)
Hillcrest Transitional Housing provides housing for at-risk families in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas, and Jackson and Clay Counties in Missouri.

Hope Faith $65,000 (Critical Human Services)
Hope Faith provides direct services to people experiencing homelessness throughout Kansas City. Hope Faith provides for immediate needs such as food, showers, clothing, laundry service, case management, and other essential services.

Johnson County Mental Health Center $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Johnson County Mental Health Center provides food, emergency housing and assistance with rent and utilities for individuals and families living in Johnson County, as well as crisis/trauma counseling for emergency responders and healthcare workers.

Kansas City's Medicine Cabinet/Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation $15,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Kansas City’s Medicine Cabinet provides emergency assistance for clients, including the cost of prescription delivery service for the homebound elderly. The service area includes Jackson, Cass, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.

KC CARE Health Center $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
KC CARE Health Center provides medical, dental and behavioral health face-to-face and telemedicine visits to uninsured and underinsured patients.

Kearney Enrichment Council $5,000 (Critical Human Services)
Kearney Enrichment Council provides emergency assistance for the residents of Kearney, Missouri, including meals for homebound seniors, assistance with rent, utilities, medicine and food.

Kim Wilson Housing $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Kim Wilson Housing provides housing support services for people at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope $20,000 (Housing Supports)
Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope operates an emergency night shelter, a day shelter and a service agency for people experiencing homelessness in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Lee's Summit Social Services $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
Lee’s Summit Social Services provides food, utility and rent assistance for those in need in Lee’s Summit, Greenwood, Lone Jack, and Lake Lotawana in Missouri.

Love INC of Clay County $17,500 (Critical Human Services)
Love INC. provides emergency assistance and housing supports to low-income residents in Clay County, Missouri.

Metro Lutheran Ministry $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
Metro Lutheran Ministry provides emergency assistance, food, and housing programming across the Greater Kansas City metro area. Service centers are located in Clay, Jackson, & Wyandotte Counties.

Newhouse $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, Newhouse provides housing and emergency assistance for individuals and families experiencing domestic violence.

Northland Shepherd's Center $17,500 (Food Insecurity)
Northland Shepherd’s Center delivers meals and provides transportation to medical appointments to seniors living in Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri.

PACES, Inc. $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
PACES provides therapy, case management, psychiatric services, medication management, psychosocial groups, caregiver support, and emergency shelter for children and adolescents in Wyandotte County in Kansas.

Platte Senior Services, Inc. $17,500 (Food Insecurity)
Platte Senior Services serves low-income and minority seniors living in Platte County, Missouri, ensuring that they have proper nutrition and household supplies.

reStart, Inc. $75,000 (Housing Supports)
reStart provides housing and supportive services for youth, families, women and men experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rose Brooks Center $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Rose Brooks provides housing and support for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, as well as prevention and intervention services to ensure that families can remain safe.

Safehome $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Safehome provides emergency shelter for people experiencing domestic violence in Johnson County, Kansas.

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Samuel Rodgers provides medical and behavioral healthcare services to medically and socially vulnerable patients.

SAVE, Inc. $20,000 (Critical Human Services)
SAVE, Inc. provides emergency assistance and hygiene supplies to socially and medically disadvantaged individuals and operates a drop-in center for LGBTQIA+ young adults experiencing homelessness.

Sharon Lee Family Health Care $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Sharon Lee Family Health Care is located in Wyandotte County, in Kansas. Family Health Care is providing COVID-19 testing and treatment for uninsured and underinsured residents in Wyandotte County.

Shepherd's Center KC Central $20,000 (Food Insecurity)
Shepherd’s Center KC Central provides home delivered meals and other supplies to seniors living in Kansas City, Missouri.

Shepherd's Center of Raytown $8,000 (Food Insecurity)
Shepherd’s Center of Raytown delivers Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors in Raytown, Missouri.

Swope Health Services $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Swope Health provides primary healthcare and behavioral health services throughout Greater Kansas City, and will be providing on-site, drive-up testing for COVID-19.

Synergy Services, Inc. $50,000 (Housing Supports)
Synergy Services provides housing supports for youth experiencing homelessness, victims of domestic violence, and children and families in crisis in Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri.

United Inner City Services $50,000 (Critical Human Services)
UICS provides meal kits and social-emotional learning kits to the students and families served through their early childhood center, as well as case management for vulnerable families in need of assistance.

Veterans Community Project $20,000 (Critical Human Services/Housing Supports)
Veterans Community Project provides housing supports and emergency assistance to veterans living in poverty or experiencing homelessness.

Vibrant Health (Turner House Clinic) $65,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Vibrant Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Wyandotte County, Kansas that provides essential health services to underserved and uninsured children and adults.

Working Families' Friend $17,500 (Critical Human Services)
Working Families’ Friend provides emergency assistance to individuals and families living in Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties in Missouri, and Johnson and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.

Wyandot Center $50,000 (Access to Healthcare)
Wyandot Center provides essential mental health services to the underserved, uninsured and people experiencing homelessness in Wyandotte County in Kansas.