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Grants that Grow Sher­man Coun­ty

Sup­port­ing projects that make Sher­man Coun­ty stronger.

Sherman County Community Foundation

At the core of what we do is help­ing peo­ple give back. With the sup­port of gen­er­ous donors, the Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion awards grants to local organizations—supporting projects in arts and cul­ture, com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tion, envi­ron­ment, health, human ser­vices, recre­ation, and youth pro­grams. 

Togeth­er, we’re strength­en­ing Sher­man Coun­ty today while invest­ing in a brighter tomor­row.

Grant Opportunities

Ready to see what kind of good you can do? Check out our grant oppor­tu­ni­ties here!

General Grant Guidelines

These guide­lines give you the nuts and bolts—who’s eli­gi­ble, what we sup­port, and what to keep in mind when apply­ing for a grant.

Past Grant Awarded

Grants have already made an impact here at home—supporting local schools, com­mu­ni­ty projects, infra­struc­ture, and even emer­gency ser­vices across Sher­man Coun­ty.

Our Grant Opportunities

The Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion offers grant oppor­tu­ni­ties on a quar­ter­ly basis, allow­ing local orga­ni­za­tions to plan ahead and apply for fund­ing through­out the year.

NEW 2026 Grant Cycle Schedule

1st Quarter

  • Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: March 31st

  • Board Review: April Board Meet­ing

2nd Quar­ter

  • Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: June 30th

  • Board Review: July Board Meet­ing

3rd Quar­ter

  • Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: Sep­tem­ber 30th

  • Board Review: Octo­ber Board Meet­ing

4th Quar­ter

  • Appli­ca­tion Dead­line: Decem­ber 31st

  • Board Review: Jan­u­ary Board Meet­ing

The Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion (SCCF) is an affil­i­ate of the Greater North­west Kansas Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion (GNWKCF) in Bird City. Because of this part­ner­ship, when you click the Apply Now but­ton, you’ll be direct­ed to the Greater North­west Kansas Com­mu­ni­ty Foundation’s web­site to com­plete your appli­ca­tion. 

No worries—your grant request will still come back to SCCF for review and sup­port right here in Sher­man Coun­ty.

Apply Now!

General Grant Guidelines

Who is eli­gi­ble to apply?
  • The com­mu­ni­ty foun­da­tion can make grants to the fol­low­ing enti­ties:
    • 501(c)(3) non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions
    • Edu­ca­tion
    • Gov­ern­ment
    • Reli­gious
  • Indi­vid­u­als or orga­ni­za­tions that do NOT fall into one of the above enti­ties are encour­aged to part­ner with a fis­cal agent in one of those cat­e­gories.
    • If that is not pos­si­ble, please con­tact the com­mu­ni­ty foun­da­tion to see if your project still qual­i­fies and if there are any addi­tion­al report­ing require­ments
  • Grants are typ­i­cal­ly restrict­ed to the geo­graph­ic areas served by the com­mu­ni­ty foun­da­tion.
  • Projects or pro­grams that serve the com­mu­ni­ty and/or advance the mis­sion of the orga­ni­za­tion.
  • Seed mon­ey to estab­lish or ini­ti­ate a new project, pro­gram, or orga­ni­za­tion, includ­ing oper­at­ing expens­es
  • Capac­i­ty build­ing or activ­i­ties that strength­en an orga­ni­za­tion to increase its abil­i­ty to ful­fill its mis­sion, includ­ing tech­nol­o­gy & equip­ment, pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment & train­ing, addi­tion­al staff to imple­ment a new pro­gram, etc.
  • Cap­i­tal improve­ments includ­ing new con­struc­tion or ren­o­va­tion of a facil­i­ty.
  • Endow­ment funds to pro­vide per­ma­nent and long-term sup­port for an orga­ni­za­tion or pro­gram.
    • Note: The grants com­mit­tee will con­sid­er requests for endow­ment funds, but it is unlike­ly to receive fund­ing unless it sup­ports a spe­cif­ic ini­tia­tive.

 

The fol­low­ing grant requests will NOT be con­sid­ered:

  • Incom­plete, incor­rect or late appli­ca­tions.
  • Polit­i­cal projects of any kind.
  • Orga­ni­za­tions or projects that prac­tice dis­crim­i­na­tion of any kind.
  • Oper­at­ing deficits or retire­ment of debt (if the project has already hap­pened or been paid for, this is con­sid­ered fund­ing debt).

Past Grants Award­ed

2025

March 22, 2023

To: Goodland Public Library

Awarded: $5,000.00

Teen / Meeting Room

SCCF has award­ed $5,000 for a ren­o­va­tion project designed to bet­ter serve the com­mu­ni­ty. Accord­ing to library direc­tor, Karen Gilli­han, “Remod­el­ing the exist­ing teen/meeting room will pro­vide a com­fort­able, safe space for young peo­ple and…our cur­rent meet­ing rooms are con­sis­tent­ly busy each day.”

March 22, 2023

To: Main Street Arts Council

Awarded: $4,250.00

Main Street Summer Theater Festival

This year’s pro­duc­tion is “James and the Giant Peach Jr” and will pro­vide Sher­man Coun­ty youth with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn and take part free of charge. Stu­dents select­ed will rehearse 4–5 days a week start­ing in May and the show is sched­uled for the begin­ning of July.

May 10, 2023

To: Northwest Technical College

Awarded: $10,295.00

Campus Beautification Project

The grant cites a cam­­­pus-wide effort to increase out­door social spaces for stu­dents. The pro­pos­al involves a waste tire bench project to enhance the land­scape with sus­tain­able and durable out­door fur­nish­ings such as bench­es and pic­nic tables.

July 13, 2022

To: Goodland Activities Center

Awarded: $1,951.00

T‑Shirts for Summer Children Activities

December 21, 2022

To: Goodland USD 352

Awarded: $4,500.00

Surprise Teacher Wishlists

Teach­ers were sur­prised with a class­room shop­ping spree! They were shut­tled to Wal­mart in Good­land to spend $50 on items they need­ed for their class­rooms. The site coun­cil met teach­ers back at the high school with cook­ies and hot cocoa to show their appre­ci­a­tion for all of our teach­ers’ hard work!

July 13, 2022

To: Northwest Kansas District Free Fair

Awarded: $10,000.00

Portable Stage 2.0