These major initiatives are approved by the board of directors and represent the largest percentage of grant money given each year. Developed strategically and proactively, these initiatives are the key driving forces for the Foundation to achieve its mission and they are consistent with the Foundation's five focus areas.
Below you will see the major initiatives approved by the board of directors in 2012. Most of the grants are multi-year initiatives commencing in 2012, with funds distributed throughout the grant's duration. As such, each year the Foundation also distributes funds for initiatives approved in previous years. To view all Foundation grants from 2008 to the present, please visit our grant search page.
2012 Major Initiatives
Grant Amount: $905,000
Duration (months): 36
To provide core support funding for the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition, a statewide tobacco control advocacy organization
Grant Amount: $52,402
Duration (months): 15
To fund a study examining the health and economic impacts of the 2010 Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act
Grant Amount: $500,000
Duration (months): 12
To inform Kansans on the negative health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke
Grant Amount: $728,000
Duration (months): 36
To strengthen the capacity of Kansas safety net clinics to provide clinical preventive services to better treat their patients with diabetes, who use tobacco, who are over/underweight and to better ensure that patients receive immunizations and cervical cancer screenings
Grant Amount: $750,000
Duration (months): 36
To create a healthier early child care environment by supporting physical activity and nutrition-focused technical assistance and professional development for Kansas child care providers
Grant Amount: $175,000
Duration (months): 12
To fund the Pew Charitable Trusts to form collaborative partnerships and help build and strengthen local oral health coalitions in Kansas.
Grant Amount: $308,000
Duration (months): 13
To fund the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's (KDHE) Bureau of Health Promotion to conduct the Kansas Adult Tobacco Survey.
Grant Amount: $200,000
Duration (months): 24
To fund the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) to develop an incentive program for schools across Kansas to participate in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge.
Grant Amount: $1,003,250
Duration (months): 60
To fund Kansas Action for Children to manage and administer the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program for up to three Kansas counties.
Grant Amount: $2,079,767
Duration (months): 60
To fund an additional eight communities to join the Foundation's Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI), which will promote healthy eating and active living within Kansas communities.
