Hutchinson Community Foundation enters 3rd year of KLC grant

15 Dec Hutchinson Community Foundation enters 3rd year of KLC grant

Hutchinson Community Foundation was selected recently as one of 57 organizations from across the state to continue with a third year of funding as a partner of the Kansas Leadership Center’s Leadership Transformation Grant.

In all, the foundation has sent 53 people to KLC training, representing 31 Reno County nonprofit organizations and businesses.

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

“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. Twenty new organizations in Kansas were also chosen for the 2021 cycle.