Support to build capacity for leadership development, DEIB training, and operational and technical effectiveness to better serve nonprofits.

Support to strengthen nonprofit talent recruitment through a regional initiative. Support KC proposed utilizing its fiscally sponsored project, Purpose Works KC, to advance this grant’s purpose.

Support for a college access and completion project seeking to increase the post-secondary readiness of a focus cohort of approximately 1,000 students entering four KCKPS middle schools next year through their eleventh-grade year.

Support for program enhancement and staffing related to workforce and career development.

Support to build capacity for staffing related to workforce and career development.

Support for research examining the potential of consortiums to advance tech transfer at smaller universities.

Support for research to identify the inter-related, systemic challenges that Latino-Owned Businesses (LOBs) face when growing and develop tools to help these business owners.

Support for a workforce and career development project to expand the Civil Society Fellowship to develop culturally sensitive leadership skills with increased access for KC fellows.

Support for an entrepreneurship project to pilot a City Lab leveraging the 2026 FIFA World Cup to host workshops, convenings, and exchanges that expand inclusive economic opportunity in Kansas City.

Capacity building support to enhance the Launch/ReLaunch Program, an incubator initiative providing entrepreneurs with essential training and improved access to capital.