Previous Grant Recipients
2023 ECF Grant Awards
- $3,000– Camp Wood funding a workshop for camp professionals on diversity, equity and inclusion
- $10,000 – COF Training Services, Inc. funding for repairs on a building foundation and housing repairs for their Burlington location where they provide housing for adults with development and intellectual disabilities
- $2,500 – CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness funding training for an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training instructor
- $4,810 – Main Street Mommas funding for playground pieces, a climbing cave and an adaptive swing for the Madison playground
- $5,000 – Street Cats Club funding life-saving medical care for sick, injured and/or orphaned stray cats and kittens
2022 ECF Grant Awards
- $2,300 - City of Lebo Park and Recreation Board for safety and lighting for tennis and basketball courts
- $2,500 - Communities in Schools of Mid-America to provide direct basic students' needs assistance such as food, clothing, school supplies, and personal items
- $5,000 - Family Promise of the Flint Hills to provide beds and 'welcome home' packs
- $5,500 - Hartford Park Revitalization Project to replace picnic tables
- $3,500 - Project Playscape for splashpad construction at Americus Jones Park
- $5,000 - United Way of the Flint Hills to fund the Emergency Housing Project
- $1,200 - USD #253 Logan Avenue Elementary School for Sonday Let's Play Learn system
2021 ECF Grant Awards
- $5,000 - Chase County 'Old School' Development District, Inc. to renovate a workroom into a kitchen/concession area
- $6,000 - CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness for support of the Evergreen home
- $6,000 - Emporia Senior Center to replace equipment and furniture in the Emporia Senior Center
- $8,000 - Project Playscape for the Americus Recreation/Baseball Complex
2020 ECF Grant Awards
- $7,185 - Emporia Senior Center, Inc. to address mechanical issues of a non-functioning walk-in cooler
- $3,038 - Family Life Services, Inc. to purchase lawn care and snow removal equipment
- $ 650 - Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland to assist with camp items and supplies
- $3,426 - Help House of Osage County to add an ADA compliant automatic door opener
- $ 800 - Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. to purchase a new computer
- $5,000 - Wabaunsee County Historical Society & Museum to assist with installation of a direct heating and cooling source for the museum annex
Grant Recipients from Various ECF Funds
**This list is a sampling of grants made by funds held within the ECF.
- Abundant Harvest
- All Veterans Memorial Association
- Area Churches
- Camp Alexander
- Camp Wood
- Chase County Care and Compassion
- College and university foundations
- Cradle to Career Literacy Center
- CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness
- Emporia Arts Council
- Emporia Eastside Community Group
- Emporia Friends of the Zoo
- Emporia Municipal Band
- Emporia Recreation Commission
- Emporia Rescue Mission
- Family Promise of the Flint Hills
- Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
- Greenwood County Hospital
- Harvest House Food Pantry
- Healthier Greenwood County
- Healthier Lyon County
- Hispanics of Today & Tomorrow
- Humane Society of the Flint Hills
- Kansas Children's Service League
- K-State Research and Extension - Lyon County
- Lyon County Historical Society
- Lyon County Honor Flight
- Newman Regional Health
- North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
- Pioneer Bluffs
- Salvation Army
- Scholarships to various colleges and universities
- SOS, Inc.
- Support for children with cancer
- Support for children with Type 1 Diabetes
- Symphony in the Flint Hills
- Tornado Relief
- United Way of the Flint Hills
- USD 251 North Lyon County Schools
- USD 252 Southern Lyon County Schools
- USD 253 Emporia Schools
- USD 284 Chase County Schools