Previous Grant Recipients

2025 ECF Grant Awards

$3,000 - Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas to provide scholarships for the USD 253 Emporia program
$3,000 - Dwight Community Development Corporation for window replacement for third renovation project
$2,500 - Greenwood County Health Department for the Peek-A-Boo Pantry to address baby, toddler and maternity needs
$3,000 - Hamilton City Library towards the purchase of two laptops and one computer
$3,000 - Imaginarium for their new space expansion
$2,400 - Integrated Behavioral Technologies, Inc. for the ABA start up set for each child at the Emporia location
$ 900 - Southern Lyon County USD 252 to purchase Slumberkins animals and books
$3,000 - Southwick House for the construction of transitional housing
$1,500 - St. Mark's Lutheran Church for handicap parking spaces

$4,000 – CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness to provide funding for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and Mental Health First Aid courses
$6,000 – Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Lyon County funding to support existing and new one-to-one mentoring matches
$4,000 – Latimer Lutheran Church Preservation Society funding to remove and replace the current front staircase
$6,000 – Madison Home Plate Project funding to upgrade and improve current public baseball fields in Madison
$2,000 – USD 252 Southern Lyon County Wellness Committee funding to provide annual health fairs for the students of USD 252
$4,000 - Verdigris Valley Community Foundation Inc./Madison FFA Booster Club funding for the Madison Ag Building Project

$3,000– Camp Wood to fund a workshop for camp professionals on diversity, equity and inclusion
$10,000 – COF Training Services, Inc. funding of 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 to fund training for an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training instructor
$4,810 – Main Street Mommas to provide funding for playground pieces, a climbing cave and an adaptive swing for the Madison playground
$5,000 – Street Cats Club to fund life-saving medical care for sick, injured and/or orphaned stray cats and kittens

$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

$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

**This list is a sampling of grants made by funds held within the ECF.

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