- Initiatives
- Opportunities
Opportunities
Learn more about what opportunities mean at KHF, including for both funding and participation.
Current Opportunities
At any given time, we may have multiple available opportunities. This could include grants, sponsorships or when we seek your opinions.
- News & Views
News
See the latest news releases from KHF, including information on initiatives, opportunities and people.
Blog
Whether it's our staff or our board, the people associated with KHF have unique expertise and insights. Through this blog, you can read more about the topics that are important to us.
Stories
Want to know about the impact our partners are having across the state? Here, we try and share stories of impact and effort taking place each day.
Podcast
The Kansas Health Foundation published Leading Health in 2025. Today, this companion podcast will help break down key concepts in the book and introduce actionable ways we can work together to make a real impact on Health in Kansas.
- About Us
Who We Are
See a high-level overview of our work, our strategies, our team and our history.
Our Team
Learn more about the people that make KHF a place of both impact and enjoyment.
Financial Information
We try to always be effective stewards of the KHF endowment. Learn more about our finances and how they're managed.
Careers
Check here to see of any job postings and more information about working with us.
Empowering Kansas to lead the nation in health.
Striving to be THE model for philanthropic impact.
Our mission is to
improve the health of all Kansans
We envision a culture where every Kansan can make healthy choices in their daily lives.
Strategic framework
We are committed to improving the health of all Kansans and to best do that, we've outlined a three-part purpose statement and six key strategies to achieve this goal.
Our Initiatives
Latest News
Vazquez joins KHF as Southwest Kansas Regional Manager
Vazquez joins KHF as Southwest Kan...
The Kansas Health Foundation has hired Janeth Vazquez as its first Southwest Kansas Regional Manager.
Foundations collaborate to fund upward mobility efforts statewide
Foundations collaborate to fund up...
A collaboration between the Hall Family Foundation, Patterson Family Foundation and Kansas Health Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to Kansas nonprofits through the 2026 Upward Mobility Transformation Fund.
Kansas Health Foundation backs Indigenous Futures Fund with $3 million commitment
Kansas Health Foundation backs Ind...
The commitment to the Indigenous Futures Fund moves flexible capital to businesses and projects building economic opportunity across four Kansas Tribes.
Our Team
Different backgrounds. Various strengths. A wide range of viewpoints. But, all working toward the common purpose of empowering Kansas to lead the nation in health. Whether board members, staff members, or members of different advisory groups, everyone in the KHF family is dedicated toward improving health in this state we call home.
Editors Picks (From the Blog)
Celebrate. Accelerate. Mobilize.
Celebrate. Accelerate. Mobilize.
During HealthRise, we celebrate progress we’ve made, accelerate action and mobilize Kansans for the work ahead of us.
A Network of Collaboration
A Network of Collaboration
Mindset #4 asks us to use our authority and leadership to create the conditions for effective collaboration to exist and succeed.
Leading Health Through Courageous Conversations
Leading Health Through Courageous ...
When writing Leading Health, we knew that it had to be one of the key mindsets to adopt if we are to lead the nation in Health.
Systems Change Requires Systemic Work
Systems Change Requires Systemic W...
Emergent needs, rather than the sluggish process of making systemic change, often dictate our collective behavior and the choices we make.
Bring Leading Health to Your Community
Bring Leading Health to Your Commu...
Reading the book is the first step. Talking about it with your team, neighbors, and families is where the work starts.
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