Spirituality

Kids 4 Peace Vermont –  Operating funds for a multifaceted summer camp in Vermont for Christian, Jewish, and Muslim children from the Near East and Christian, Jewish, and Muslim children from Vermont (2011, 2012)

St Andrew Christian Church – Expenses of bringing a speaker, Dr. Rita Naksashima Brock, to Kansas City for lectures and discussions about Christianity and social justice (2012)

Ecumenical Christian Ministry – Funds to help renovate and update the 60-year-old building of this center for spiritual, religious, and ethical inquiry, located adjacent to The University of Kansas in Lawrence (2010, 2011)

Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence – Operating funds to a Providence, RI organization that promotes nonviolent conflict resolution and conflict reduction by hiring former gang members to work with current and potential offenders; and working with victims as well. (2011)

Spiritual Diversity in Social Work – to educate social work and religion students at the University of Kansas concerning spiritual diversity, and the recognition of clients’ spirituality as a source of strength and resilience in response to adversity  (2008, 2009, 2010)

Metta Center for Nonviolence – Funds to help support the 2011 session of Metta Mentors, a program to equip young adults to be community leaders in nonviolent conflict resolution (2010, 2011)

On Earth Peace - Challenge grant to help expand a multi-year multifaceted nonviolent conflict resolution training for youth to additional cities and sites serving underprivileged youth (2009, 2010)

Living Waters, Brazil – Construction and operating funds for spiritual center (2008)

House of Menuha - Partial scholarships for moderate-income women to attend a spiritual growth program (2009)

KTWU-TV, Topeka – To produce Beyond Theology, a series of programs for people who are seeking, studying, and striving to understand the various dimensions of religion and spirituality in the modern world (2007)

Every Church a Peace Church – Organizational strengthening of this pacifist organization (2006, 2007)

Chalice Christian Church – Building fund (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

St. Paul School of Theology – Scholarships (2006)

Social Justice

Rose Brooks Center - Support for reliability and validity testing of a Stages of Healing Instrument applicable to individuals healing from domestic violence (2009, 2010, 2011)

Bridge of Hope National - A program to connect homeless women with children and multiple mentors from different churches, to help the homeless families reestablish themselves (2009, 2010, 2011)

Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence - Operating funds for this organization that promotes the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, through provision of research-based information to the public domain, preparation of amicus briefs, and other initiatives (2009, 2010, 2011)

Power U Center for Social Change - Operating funds for this organization that advocates for residents, in a multitude of ways, who live in a very disadvantaged section of Miami; and teaches them to advocate for themselves  (2009, 2010, 2011)

First Call  (formerly National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Kansas City) – Funds to assess the long-term benefits of their programs for children of substance-addicted parents  (2010, 2011)

Lawrence Community Shelter – Funds toward the purchase of a building for the only homeless shelter in Lawrence, KS (2010, 2011)

Hope House – To complete a technology upgrade at this domestic violence shelter in Lee’s Summit, MO (2010, 2011)

Cross-Lines - To develop and run a program that helps adults acquire the strengths and skills to become independent from emergency assistance and related kinds of supports (2010)

Metro Lutheran Ministry - Assistance with increased need for emergency services as a result of the economic downturn (2008, 2009)

NewHouse - Support for children’s programming at this shelter for women victims of domestic violence and their children (2008, 2009)

Jackson County CASA - Funds to hire a 3rd attorney to serve as Guardian ad Leitem in Jackson County courts (2007, 2008, 2009)

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas - Assistance with increased need for emergency services as a result of the economic downturn (2008)

Episcopal Community Services - Assistance with increased need for emergency services as a result of the economic downturn (2008)

Harvesters - Assistance with increased need for emergency services as a result of the economic downturn (2008)

Gillis Center - Funds toward the renovation of offices in this residence for boys, into an emergency residence wing.  Also funds for emergency services for non-residential families (2008, 2009, 2010)

Committed Caring Faith Communities - To help bring to Kansas City an intergenerational HIV/AIDS prevention program for African-American women (2009)

Heart of America Indian Center, Kansas City, MO – Organizational strengthening (2006, 2007)

Kansas Coalition against Sexual and Domestic Violence – Support for annual Safe Homes, Safe Streets Awareness Day (2006, 2007, 2008)

Johnson County Community College School of Dental Hygiene – To help purchase a custom-equipped bus to teach dental hygiene students by providing dental care to people with developmental disabilities and at health clinics (2006)

Tiny K - Equipment and professional development for special education teachers (2006)

Humane Society of the U. S. – Rescue efforts for abandoned pets after Katrina (2006)

Grace UMC - Bone Marrow Program (2005)

Transformational Journeys – Transcultural trips to Brazil (2004, 2005)

Family of God and Nova Divineia Community, Brazil – Construction funds and operating funds (2006)

CERTO, Brazil – Operating funds for local church (2006)

GABOU, Brazil – Artisan center for local church (2006)

Environment

Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition – Challenge grant for operating funds to expand this organization, which helps religious bodies of any faith develop and grow their own environmental stewardship programs (2010, 2011, 2012)

Open Source Ecology – Operating funds for this organization which creates and demonstrates Web-based digital blueprints for equipment for economic development, lessening the impact of global warming, increasing the use of solar power, and improving the world (2012)

Let’s Retrofit a Million – Program funds to support volunteers’ going into inner-city neighborhoods and changing out light bulbs for energy-efficient ones, making other energy-conserving upgrades to homes, and teaching residents about environmental conservation (2012)

Kansas Land Trust – Project funds for a recruitment campaign for additional landowners willing to grant a conservation easement on land strategically important to preserve indigenous flora and fauna (2011)

Stewards of Creation – Challenge grant to the only Alaska organization that works through religious congregations by enlisting congregation members to undertake environmental care and preservation. Affiliated with the national Interfaith Power and Light network (2011)

Kansas Interfaith Power and Light – Organizational consulting to this organization that equips religious congregations to lead creation care initiatives for their respective members. Affiliated with the national Interfaith Power and Light network (2011)

Bridging the Gap – Operating funds for organization that coordinates recycling and environmental education (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

Church Extension – To finish pilot testing and bring to scale a program to help churches become more environmentally responsible, i.e.,”green” (2009)

Nature’s Voice, Our Choice – To partially support a water resource Management for Energy Conservation study on 10-12 freshwater and wastewater treatment facilities in different parts of the U.S. (2009, 2010, 2011)

Dream of a Nation – Toward the production of a book, interactive website, and related media focusing on the interaction of environmental and social justice, and specific measures to advance these (2009, 2010, 2011)

Animal Rights

Animals and Society Institute – Challenge grant to expand AniCare, parallel therapy programs for adult and child animal abusers respectively. Expansions will take place in Denver and Albuquerque, and the programs will be introduced to Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO (2010, 2011, 2012)

Fix-It Foundation – Program funds for this organization that helps low-income pet owners get their companion animals spayed and neutered (2012)

Cincinnati Zoo, Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) – Challenge grant for noninvasive tracking of reproductive hormones in polar bears, as a component of increasing the breeding success of polar bears in zoos to enhance species survival (2009, 2010, 2011)

Wayside Waifs – Support for a children’s education program about kindness to animals and avoidance of all bullying (2009)

German Wirehaired Pointer Shelter – Operating funds for this no-kill shelter that cares for and outplaces dogs from all over the Midwest and beyond (2009)

Humane Society of the U. S. – Rescue efforts for abandoned pets after Katrina (2006)

Education – Early Childhood

United Way of Greater St. Joseph – Partial support for Success by Six, a program to connect preschool children, their parents, child care providers, teachers, and area businesses so that children start school better equipped for success (2009, 2010, 2011)

Children’s Campus of Kansas City – Partial funding for collaborations among educational organizations around greater involvement of parents in their young children’s education. Previously, a capital campaign contribution to a new campus  (2008, 2011)

Family Service & Guidance Center – Funds to help hire an Early Childhood Educator to help young children with behavior challenges transition successfully from a special education program to a “regular” kindergarten. (2011)

Kansas Children’s Discovery Center – Capital campaign for a children’s museum and learning center in Topeka, KS (2008)

Tiny K – Equipment and professional development for special education teachers (2006)

Education – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters – Partial support for the GEMS program, which encourages Kansas youth to consider careers in science / engineering / technology through matches with mentors in these fields, workplace visits, and excursions to significant science events (2008, 2009, 2011)

Northwest Middle School, Kansas City, KS – Science education projects (2006, 2007)

Kansas State University Solar Car Project – Funds to support solar car development for the World Solar Challenge in Australia in 2007 (2006, 2007)

Metropolitan Community College – Toward the purchase of electronic manikins for the mock emergency room at a Health Sciences Professions training center at this inner-city community college (2009, 2010)

YouthFriends UpLink – Computer-based program to connect Kansas City, KS high school students with mentors who work in science, math, engineering, and technology (2008, 2009, 2010)

Gordon Parks Elementary School – Funds to revamp and upgrade the science curriculum at this inner-city charter school (2007)

Family Service & Guidance Center – Funds to help hire an Early Childhood Educator to help young children with behavior challenges transition successfully from a special education program to a “regular” kindergarten. (2011)

Education – Arts

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Partial funding for the New Dimensions program, which offers high school students the opportunity to study museum-caliber art and, working in teams, create a multimedia presentation about it. (2009, 2010, 2011)

Lyric Opera of Kansas City – Partial funding for a program to bring opera to Kansas City, KS elementary schools, plus enabling students to attend opera dress rehearsals (2011)

Arts in Prison – Organizational strengthening for organization that involves inmates actively in the arts (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Jellybean Conspiracy – Funds to help take this play, integrating high school drama and special ed students, national (2007, 2008, 2009)

Center for Expressive Arts – Painting lessons for children and youth staying at a battered women’s shelter with their mothers (2008)

UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance – Purchase of instruments for the Musical Bridges program, which brings individual music instruction to talented, motivated inner-city students (2008, 2009, 2010)

UMKC Conservatory for Music and Dance – Funding for a wind quintet to provide performances, workshops, and lessons to inner-city students during their performance tour in Kansas City (2009)

Van Go – Support for ArtsTrain, a program to teach older youth art disciplines that can translate into livelihood activities (2008, 2009, 2010)

Spencer Museum of Art – Funding for An Ear for Art, a project to create and offer art tours through viewers’ cell phones (2009, 2010)

Kansas City Ballet – Funding to bring Reach Out And Dance (ROAD), an educational program utilizing dance moves and music, to a Kansas City, KS elementary school (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)