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Investing in People and Places for a Healthier Kansas

About Sunflower Foundation

Our Mission

Serving as a Catalyst for Improving the Health of All Kansans

Our Work

Investing in Communities

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Healthy
Communities

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Health
Systems

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Nonprofit
Center

More About Our Work

Our Events

Sunflower Foundation held a pair of capacity building learning collaboratives aimed at providing health-related nonprofits with opportunities to hear and learn from experts, network with each other, and share ideas for how to make their organizations more impactful and sustainable. See a summary and view photos, slide presentations and videos from the event.
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Food & Society at the Aspen Institute partnered with Sunflower Foundation to bring the Food is Medicine Midwest Convening to the Sunflower Nonprofit Center in January 2024. The event brought together leaders in the food and intervention field, as well as partners and stakeholders in Sunflower's Food is Medicine initiative. See a summary of the Midwest Convening, view photos and slide presentations, and watch videos from the event.
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The 2024 Food is Medicine Learning Collaborative, which brought the six Sunflower Foundation Food is Medicine health clinics and stakeholders together with regional and national Food is Medicine experts, was an opportunity for all participants to share information and inspire innovation in food as medicine. See a synopsis, as well as slide presentations, videos and photos, on the event's web page.
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Our Impact

5.6 Million

meals served through “Feeding Kansas Kids”, in conjunction with Kansas Health Foundation

86 of 100

Kansas health departments received COVID-19 emergency funds to address needs during the pandemic

67

organizations held meetings or events at the Sunflower Nonprofit Center in its first year of operation

HOw We Work

News & Stories

Foundation President & CEO Brandon Skidmore, Senior VP Elizabeth Burger guests on podcast

Sunflower Foundation President & CEO Brandon Skidmore and Senior Vice President of Programs and Strategy Elizabeth Burger recently joined Kansas Health Institute‘s Wyatt Beckman on the latest episode of KHI’s Health on the Plains podcast.

From the foundation’s mission, to its vision and goals, to the work we’re doing to create a healthier Kansas, they talked all things Sunflower Foundation.

Watch the full interview below!

Latest News

Looking back on the pandemic

COVID challenges called for streamlined approach to philanthropy.
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Insights & Information

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