Kansas City area nonprofits will receive $2.6 million from COVID-19 recovery fund
More than 50 Kansas City area nonprofits will receive $2.6 million in aid from the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, the fund’s advisory board announced Monday.
The 56 nonprofits support housing, food assistance, access to healthcare and other critical services, according to the news release.
“The programs and organizations benefiting from this first round of grants are those on the front lines of providing the most urgent of basic needs,” said Brent Stewart, United Way of Greater Kansas City president and CEO, in the news release.
A coalition of governmental, charitable and business organizations hopes to raise $10 million for the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. It’s led by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, United Way of Greater Kansas City, Local Initiatives Support Corporation of Greater Kansas City and Mid-America Regional Council.
These are the first grants to be released on a rolling basis as needs are identified. Fundraising will continue.
“Thanks to our community’s generosity, the Fund was able to quickly collect and deploy resources to address critical needs in vulnerable populations,” said Debbie Wilkerson, President & CEO, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.
Here is a list of the 56 nonprofits:
- Avenue of Life
- Bishop Sullivan Center
- Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph
- Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas
- Center of Grace
- City Union Mission
- Community Action Agency of Greater Kansas City
- Community LINC
- Community Services League
- Connecting For Good
- Cross-Lines Community Outreach
- Della Lamb Community Services
- Don Bosco Centers
- East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp.
- El Centro
- Fairmount Community Center
- Feed Northland Kids
- Food Equality Initiative
- Friends of Yates
- Giving the Basics
- Grandview Assistance Program
- Guadalupe Centers
- Harvesters
- Health Partnership Clinic, Inc.
- Heart of America Indian Center
- Heart to Heart International
- Hillcrest Ministries of MidAmerica, Inc.
- Hope Faith
- Johnson County Mental Health Center
- Kansas City’s Medicine Cabinet
- KC CARE Health Center
- Kearney Enrichment Council
- Kim Wilson Housing
- Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope
- Lee’s Summit Social Services
- Love INC of Clay County
- Metro Lutheran Ministry
- Newhouse
- Northland Shepherd’s Center
- PACES, Inc.
- Platte Senior Services, Inc.
- reStart, Inc.
- Rose Brooks Center
- Safehome
- Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
- SAVE, Inc.
- Sharon Lee Family Health Care
- Shepherd’s Center KC Central
- Shepherd’s Center of Raytown
- Swope Health Services
- Synergy Services, Inc.
- United Inner City Services
- Veterans Community Project
- Vibrant Health
- Working Families’ Friend
- Wyandot Center
This story was originally published April 13, 2020 at 11:56 AM.
