SCCF Updates 2024 Grant Cycle

South Central Community Foundation is excited to be celebrating our 30^th anniversary in September!

With such a big anniversary, the SCCF Board and staff took an annual review of the grant cycle and we are excited to announce a big change for the 2024 Cycle (for a one-year term).

Exploring data received from our Community Listening Tours in the summer of 2022, SCCF has elected to offer one large $15,000 grant as well as five $1,000 grants to each of the counties in our service area. *All other grant opportunities such as Teacher’s $250 and specific county opportunities remain unchanged.

With the intent to impact a few of the areas identified by each of our communities, we hope this one-time grant cycle will offer nonprofits the opportunity to think bigger for their SCCF grant application.

The guidelines for each grant opportunity are listed online at sccfks.org and please reach out the Foundation with questions at (620) 672.7929 or holly@sccfks.org.

Grant Cycle opens June 1^st with a deadline of midnight on August 31^st.

$15,000 COMMUNITY GRANT (ONE PER COUNTY):

The purpose of this grant is to allow our communities to have the opportunity for larger funding that has not previously been available through SCCF. This grant should inspire forward thinking and create a large impact in your community/county.

Requirements:

• Must be a nonprofit, school, city, or church in one of the following Barber, Comanche, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Rice, or Stafford Counties.
• The budget must equal $15,000 or over. Please address how your organization will cover any additional cost not covered by this grant.
• Must impact at least 50% children (18 years or younger).
• Collaboration between nonprofits/organizations is recommended but not required.
• Impacting the entire county is a priority but not a requirement.
• This grant CANNOT be for a one-year project/program (i.e. example: one time event, class, etc.).
• Salary/grant administrative fees cannot exceed $1,500.

$1,000 COMMUNITY GRANTS (FIVE PER COUNTY):

These grants will be available as previous years community grants have been.

Requirements:

• Must be a nonprofit, school, city, or church in Barber, Comanche, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Rice, or Stafford Counties.
• Must impact only one of the seven counties we serve (cannot be a multi-county grant).
• The budget must equal at least $1,000. Please address how your organization will cover any cost over this amount.

*THE OPPORTUNTIES BELOW WILL NOT BE CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

TEACHER’S $250 CLASSROOM GRANT:

This grant is available to K-12 Classroom Teachers in our seven-county service area. This grant is for $250 for any classroom need. Budget must be for $250 or more with overages paid by the school.

GREENSBURG FUTURE FUND GRANT:

SCCF is excited to offer the 3rd annual Greensburg Future Fund Grant! This application is available to any nonprofit, school, or church located in Greensburg, KS.

LEADERSHIP GRANTS, BARBER, COMANCHE, AND HARPER COUNTY:

SCCF is thrilled to be offering the 2nd annual opportunity for leadership programs in Barber, Comanche, or Harper County. This grant aims to help organizations, schools, and communities with their local leadership programs or projects. The priority for this grant is to help with class member tuition, supplies, conference fees, etc. Salaries/mileage is not allowed.

MAJORIE GILLIG GRANT:

This grant will help support Pratt County or City of Kiowa, KS nonprofits with projects or programs impacting the following areas: Music and Arts, Primary Education, Senior Activities, Community Organizations, Church Programs, or Mission Trips.

PRATT COUNTY ACHIEVEMENT PLACE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANT:

This grant is funded by the Pratt County Achievement Place Endowed Fund and is available to any nonprofit, school, or church located in Pratt County for projects/programs that aims to help children/youth in Pratt County.