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We offer a range of grant opportunities to qualified charitable organizations, including 501c3 nonprofits, educational, governmental and religious institutions.
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We offer scholarships to assist and encourage promising students, including those challenged by educational costs. Application deadline is April 1.
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News from the Community Foundation

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS!

๐Ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐›๐จ๐ฑ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ! Weโ€™re honored to be featured in this weekโ€™s Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter celebrating 25 years of the Smoky Hills Community Foundation! A huge thank-you to

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November 6, 2025

OCTOBER MATCH MOTH IS HERE!

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž. ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ! This October, your gift to the Smoky Hills Community Foundation goes further than ever before. With the help of our generous partners,

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October 1, 2025

Fall Grants Open – Let’s Build What’s Next!

๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง โ€” ๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ!! The Smoky Hills Community Foundationis now accepting applications for our Fall Grant Season, open ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ. This is

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August 6, 2025
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Colby Richard

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Office: 519 Prairie Lane Mail: PO Box 265 Ellsworth, KS 67439

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