Tag: United Way of Greater Kansas City

Catalyst Fund tops $2M invested in nonprofits boosting people of color; meet the latest grantees

By Tommy Felts / July 10, 2024

The latest batch of Catalyst Fund grants — a combined $500,000 across nearly two dozen organizations — seeks to elevate the work of small nonprofits that are led by or primarily serve Black, Latino, and other people of color across the region, said Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace. “Looking across the list of organizations in this third…

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United Way’s $2M Kauffman-backed Catalyst Fund just picked its first 22 nonprofit grantees

By Tommy Felts / June 20, 2023

Leaders and organizations who are directly connected and engaged with their communities — especially communities of color — are essential to building a vibrant and inclusive Kansas City, said Gloria Jackson-Leathers, announcing a slew of grant winners from the new $2 million Nonprofit Catalyst Fund. “We are excited to see these grants begin to benefit small…

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United Way launching $2M fund with Kauffman to back nonprofits that serve people of color

By Tommy Felts / February 27, 2023

A new Nonprofit Catalyst Fund is expected to help the United Way of Greater Kansas City invest in advancing small nonprofit organizations that serve Black, Latino, and other people of color in the community, said Essence Yancey. “We believe that small, nonprofit organizations within communities of color play a key role in addressing a range…

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