The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City reserves money each year for special initiatives. This funding helps to extend our grantmaking impact and advance our mission in a way that complements our three, core-funding areas. Over the past decade, HCF has funded more than 200 initiatives totaling more than $34 million. Grants ranged in […]

When HCF was formed a decade ago, then-Attorney General Jay Nixon had already witnessed too many foundations and charities lose their sense of mission along the way. To circumvent this outcome for HCF, he chose to form a Community Advisory Committee (CAC), which would oversee the board of directors of the foundation. The CAC would […]

When the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City embarked on their grantmaking journey a decade ago, we were at ground zero, certainly not the grantmaking organization of today. Starting from the ground up is never easy, but thankfully we had partners helping us along the journey. At the time, I was the only employee […]

Shortly after I was hired as the President/CEO, founding board Chairman Dr. Harry Jonas asked me to contact several relatively new foundations around the country to find out what mistakes they made in their start-up years, and what things they did early on that they found successful. I was pleasantly surprised with how open other […]

It’s hard to believe that next month marks the 10-year anniversary of our first grant at the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. I feel very blessed when I reflect on the flurry of activities 10 years ago. These are just a few memories of that very busy time spent building and shaping the […]