Hutchinson Community Foundation chosen for another year of Kansas Leadership Center grant

22 Oct Hutchinson Community Foundation chosen for another year of Kansas Leadership Center grant

Hutchinson Community Foundation was selected recently as one of 50 organizations from across the state to continue with a fourth year of funding as a partner of the Kansas Leadership Center’s Leadership Transformation Grant.

In all, the foundation has sent 80 people to KLC training, representing 36 Reno County nonprofit and for-profit organizations and businesses. Seventeen have completed all three core programs of the KLC Pathway.

The leadership team for the community foundation’s grant includes Donna Davis, retired executive director of BrightHouse; Laurie Carr, health education and promotion supervisor at the Reno County Health Department; Denice Gilliland-Burbank, community impact coordinator at United Way of Reno County; Kari Mailloux, director of strategic initiatives at Hutchinson Community Foundation; and Lance Patterson, director of operations at Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson.

“Through our grant, we are collaboratively working to invite change-makers in Reno County into a movement toward a resilient and thriving community where experimentation and collaboration is the norm,” said Mailloux. “We are asking people to learn the KLC principles and competencies and then apply them to the issues, opportunities, and organizations they care about advancing in Reno County.”

The grants, valued at up to $150,000 each, are divided among the education, nonprofit, faith, government and business sectors. Thirty-seven new organizations in Kansas were also chosen for the 2022 cycle.

Through the grant, 40 slots are available for community partners to attend KLC training. Those interested, should contact Kari Mailloux.