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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.

09/24/2026

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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.

09/18/2026

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Kansas Health Foundation Awards $600k Grant to YMCA; Goal to Extend YMCA Programs, Services

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The Greater Wichita YMCA and Kansas Health Foundation announced a new three-year partnership today focused on delivering an integrated health and wellness model at scale to bring preventive health, connection and opportunity to a targeted 1 in 3 Kansans, or one million residents.

07/13/2026

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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.

09/15/2026

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Rutledge joins KHF as Southeast Kansas Regional Manager

Rutledge joins KHF as Southeast Ka...

The Kansas Health Foundation has hired Jen Rutledge as its first Southeast Kansas Regional Manager.

09/11/2026

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Kleinmann joins KHF as Northeast Kansas Regional Manager

Kleinmann joins KHF as Northeast K...

The Kansas Health Foundation has hired Matt Kleinmann as its first Northeast Kansas Regional Manager.

09/01/2026

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Mini-grant opportunity launches to improve Upward Mobility in Kansas

Mini-grant opportunity launches to...

The Kansas Health Foundation (KHF) and the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) are teaming up on a new grant program in support of KHF’s efforts to improve Upward Mobility in Kansas.

08/18/2026

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Wilburne promoted to KHF Associate Vice President

Wilburne promoted to KHF Associate...

Drew Wilburne has been promoted to Associate Vice President at the Kansas Health Foundation.

07/31/2026

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White transitions to KHF Director of Operations role

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Juston White has been named Director of Operations at the Kansas Health Foundation.

06/10/2026

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KHF Upward Mobility grant program open through July 14

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Applications are now being accepted for the Kansas Health Foundation 2026 Upward Mobility Transformation Fund.

06/04/2026

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Kansas’s Dramatic Health Decline is a Threat to State’s Economic Prosperity

Kansas’s Dramatic Health Decline...

New report from the Kansas Health Foundation reframes health as a strategy for growth, not just a cost to manage.

01/29/2026

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Local organizations receive grant funding for health screenings, communication efforts related to groundwater contamination

Local organizations receive grant ...

A total of $3.5 million in grant funds have been distributed to six organizations in the Wichita area to ensure residents of Sedgwick County impacted by groundwater contamination have access to free health testing, particularly those living in neighborhoods close to 29th and Grove.

12/04/2025

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