Golden Belt Community Foundation recently completed the March competitive grant cycle and awarded a total of $21,163. The foundation supports programs or projects that are innovative, collaborative, proactive, measurable and sustainable.
Competitive Grant Awards for March, 2016 include:
Grants Funded Through the Kansas Health Foundation Youth Endowment Fund
$1,000 – GPS Kids Club After School & Summer Care Program – Play Equipment
$960 – Lasting Life Ministries – CPR training for school
$800 – Otis Community Library – Books, movies, and video games for youth
$500 – Great Bend USD 428 – Summer Food Program signage
$400 – Fort Larned USD 495 – Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp for middle school students
$272 – Pawnee Heights USD 496 – Weights for weight room in Rozel
$200 – Fort Larned 495 – Math games
Grants Funded Through the Kansas Health Foundation Fund
$2,000 – Rush County Memorial Hospital – Door key card entry system for community Wellness Center
$655 – Barton County Extension Council – Community garden fencing, soil, fertilizer, seeds and compost bin
$334 – ElderCare, Inc. – Medication lock boxes for seniors
$300 – City of Larned – Sunscreen and dispenser for Larned City Pool
Grants Funded Through the Amos Bayer Endowment Fund
$8,075 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator
Grants Funded Through the Golden Belt Community Improvement Fund
$1,358 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator
Grants Funded Through the Jim and Kathi Armatys Donor Advised Fund
$1,603 – Great Bend Children’s Learning Center – Classroom rugs
$1,139 – Central Kansas Dream Center – Fire Escape
Grants Funded Through the Stafford County Endowment Fund
$567 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator
For questions, please call Golden Belt Community Foundation at 620-792-3000 or email gbcf@goldenbeltcf.org.   
Golden Belt Community Foundation
At $18.3 million in total assets and more than 160 funds under management, Golden Belt Community Foundation has been connecting people who care to causes that matter since 1996. Golden Belt Community Foundation exists to provide non-profit organizations in central Kansas with a permanent source of support and to serve as a vehicle for charitable giving for donors. GBCF serves the counties of Barton, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford.  For more information about Golden Belt Community Foundation, call (620) 792-3000 or visit their website at www.goldenbeltcf.org.