Aspen CSG partners with Rural Development Hubs across the country to strengthen local leadership, align funding, and build regional capacity. Through research and peer learning, we support Hub leaders to refine strategies and apply what works across regions.
In Kansas, we work with Hub partners that coordinate across sectors, align resources, and connect communities to advance long-term regional strategies:
Hutchinson Community Foundation
For more than 35 years, Hutchinson Community Foundation has been working to multiply the impact of charitable giving by connecting community members, nonprofits, and other partners to brighten the future of Hutchinson and Reno County through philanthropy. They work with individuals, families and professional advisors to engage and educate you about the issues affecting our community and how to make a greater impact with your giving. They provide administrative support and fiscal stewardship, encourage innovative thinking and share community knowledge.
Hutchinson Community Foundation is featured in these Aspen CSG resources: The Power of Connection: Rural Development Hubs in Action
It operates with a three-part purpose: empowering Kansas to lead the nation in health, eliminating health disparities, and becoming the model for philanthropic impact. They are a nonprofit organization working with partners across Kansas to find solutions to the most challenging health issues facing our state. They fund a variety of organizations, programs and initiatives, all with the aim of making progress on the major health challenges facing Kansas communities.
For 30 years, the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) has believed evidence-based information, objective analysis and civil dialogue enable policy leaders to be champions for a healthier Kansas. Established in 1995 with a multiyear grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, KHI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization based in Topeka.
Network Kansas is growing an entrepreneurial environment in Kansas by cultivating resources to start and grow small businesses. They are a statewide network of non-profit business-building resources that help entrepreneurs and small business owners startup and grow successful businesses.
