Opportunity Overview
The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) is accepting applications for its 2027 Common Good Partnerships, formerly known as Leadership Transformation Grants. Selected Kansas organizations receive grant-funded access for one year to KLC Path leadership-development programs, including When Everyone Leads, Your Leadership Edge, and advanced Step 3 programming through Lead for Change or Equip to Lead.
What the Award Covers
This is not a cash grant. KLC awards participant spots and program support. The 2027 application materials state that partner requests generally fall between 20 and 60 participant spots, with requests outside that range considered case by case. KLC lists regular tuition values of $199 for When Everyone Leads, $499 for Your Leadership Edge, $899 for Lead for Change, and $499 for Equip to Lead.
The grant does not cover books or materials, and selected organizations remain responsible for participant travel expenses.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are civically engaged Kansas organizations. KLC identifies eligible sectors including school districts, higher education institutions, school-support organizations and education networks; faith organizations; city, county and state government agencies; and nonprofit organizations such as community foundations, health organizations, social-advocacy organizations, arts organizations, chambers of commerce, civic clubs and business associations.
Application Requirements
Applicants identify a 3-5 person Core Team that includes a person with senior organizational authority. The online application asks about the organization, community served, major concerns and aspirations, leadership-development goals, requested participant spots by KLC program, and the proposed Core Team. Applicants must upload a letter of support from a senior organizational authority and a PDF version of the organization logo.
The application materials expressly include healthcare, mental healthcare, education, family services, housing and homelessness, food insecurity, environmental health and other community challenges among the issues applicants may identify.
Deadline
Applications are due September 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM. The controlling KLC grant page does not explicitly state a time zone for this deadline, so Atlas does not infer one.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 71/100. N9+ Fit: 0/100. QC Healthcare Fit: 0/100. The opportunity can support leadership and organizational capacity for Kansas health, mental-health, education and community-serving organizations, but it does not provide cash or an equipment, clinical-technology or procurement pathway. No legitimate direct Dr. Miltie vendor path is established.
Because fewer than 48 hours remain before the deadline, Atlas does not initiate new applicant outreach for this cycle.