Douglas County Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Douglas County Community Foundation supports arts and culture, children and youth, education, environment, health and wellness, housing and human services in Kansas.
FUNDING AREAS: Arts and culture, children and youth, education, environment, health and wellness, housing, human services
IP TAKE: This community funder has an accessible community grants process and considers nearly any type of nonprofit need in its cycles twice per year.
PROFILE: Established in 2000, the Douglas County Community Foundation (DCCF) is a community foundation based in Lawrence, Kansas. A major gift from the late Tensie Oldfather of Lawrence helped to create the foundation, and the Kansas Health Foundation has played a critical role in helping the foundation grow since then. The foundation aims to "enrich the quality of life in the communities of Douglas County by building philanthropic resources and relationships, providing attractive options for donors to make philanthropic contributions and being a catalyst for the betterment of the lives of the citizens of Douglas County.” DCCF funds local efforts for arts and culture, children and youth, education, environment, health and wellness, housing and human services.
The Douglas County Community Foundation awards grants through donor-advised, field-of-interest, organization, scholarship and unrestricted funds. The unrestricted funds at DCCF include the DCCF Community Grants Fund, DCCF Douglas County Disaster Response Fund, DCCF Grants Endowment Fund, DCCF Operating Fund and KHF Operating Endowment Fund. Grant awards address a variety of nonprofit issues in DCCF’s home region. Community grants are among the most accessible opportunities here, and the funder offers grant information sessions with one-on-one consultations about the DCCF grant process. In addition to grants, DCCF’s nonprofit services include board and staff training, capacity building advice, online resources and meeting facilitation.
Grants range between about $1,000 and $10,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking focuses on Douglas County in Kansas. This includes the cities of Baldwin City, Eudora, Lawrence and Lecompton. Past local grantees include the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City and Harvesters – The Community Food Network.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for some of its grant programs, including community grants. There are spring and fall grant cycles each year with deadlines of February 1 and September 1. DCCF uses an online grant application system. Direct general questions to the staff at 785-843-8727 or via online form.
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