Kansas Health Foundation — Kansas Innovation Fund

Opportunity Overview

The Kansas Health Foundation Kansas Innovation Fund is an active rolling opportunity for new ideas and projects that can improve health and well-being in Kansas.

Funding and Timing

Eligible applicants may request up to $5,000 per approved new project. The fund remains open until annual funds are exhausted. KHF states that applications are reviewed monthly and funding decisions are made within a 12-week period. Because the current program does not publish a fixed closing date, Atlas does not invent one.

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include qualifying independent Kansas 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities and churches that meet the Foundation’s tax-status requirements. Fiscal sponsorships are not permitted. Funding cannot support individuals, capital campaigns or endowments, debt retirement, duplicate funding, or existing operations and programming.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score: 66/100. This is a useful low-dollar innovation pathway for Kansas organizations with a genuinely new health-related project. N9+ Fit: 15/100. The award ceiling makes a meaningful N9+ deployment unlikely unless the device/platform is only one modest component of a broader eligible project. QC Healthcare Fit: low and project-dependent. Dr. Miltie is not treated as an eligible direct applicant under the published applicant structure.

Next Action

Eligible Kansas organizations should confirm that the proposed work is a new project rather than existing operations, verify tax-status eligibility, define a concrete Kansas health benefit, and submit while annual funds remain available.

Official source: Kansas Health Foundation — Grant Opportunities.