Heartland Community Foundation

10/16/2026

Good conversations, familiar faces, new ideas, and a little LEGO fun! 🧱🩵

We had a wonderful time at this year’s National Conference for Growing Community Foundations, catching up with our community foundation friends, making mini LEGO versions of ourselves, and bringing home plenty of inspiration for the work we do across Heartland. 🎉

We also had the opportunity to share a little of what we’ve learned about bringing more whimsy into our work, with Sarah and Savannah presenting to a packed room yesterday! ✨

Thanks to the Kansas Association of Community Foundations for putting together such a great conference. We’re already looking forward to the next one!

10/15/2026

⏳🚨Just one month to go until our Fall Grants deadline! Apply before 11:59 p.m., November 15. Get started here 👉 heartlandcommunityfoundation.org/grants/

10/12/2026

Still smiling about Give Fest! 🧡🥹

What an incredible day of community, generosity, and coming together to support the organizations that make our community so special. We are beyond grateful for everyone who showed up, gave back, volunteered, and helped make this year's Give Fest one to remember!

Thank you for being part of it. Until next year!

10/10/2026

We love celebrating the joys of our Heartland Youth Action Council members. ❤️💚💜 We have four Homecoming Queens this year! 🎉

Congrats to Camille Lowry at Stockton High School, Raegan Kastle at Trego Community High School, Hannah Rose at TMP-Marian High School, and Brooke Hamel at Palco High School! 👑

We’re also celebrating our other senior Queen candidates: Shelby Molina at Plainville High School and Jocelyn Eck at Ellis High School. And king candidates: Mason Yingling at Trego Community High School, Kamden McBride at Hays High School, and Isaac Bloom at Hays High School.

Wow! I can’t remember a year with so many. Lots of great young people here.

(Photos taken from Facebook)

10/09/2026

Shout out to Carleigh Rae Klitzke who covered Give Fest for Tiger Media Network. Carleigh is one of our YAC alums!! ❤️💚💜

By CARLEIGH KLITZKE Tiger Media Network To view full-size images and cutlines, click on each photo

10/08/2026

🎉 HEARTLAND, YOU SHOWED UP! 🎉

Give Fest 2026 wrapped up with $422,000+ in donations and more than 1,000 gifts! ❤️

Thank you to every donor who gave, shared, encouraged and showed up for our 73 participating nonprofits. You make our communities stronger through the power of giving!

We’re auditing the final numbers now to determine match amounts for each organization. Stay tuned — we’ll share those results soon!

10/08/2026

Give Fest 2026 is winding down… 😅 But, there’s still an hour left to donate online.
👉 www.heartlandgivefest.org.

Giving ends at 11:59 p.m.

10/08/2026

We had a goal for today — and we’ve blown clear past it!! Our Give Fest giving total is currently $409,935!! 😱🤯🎉

We have had 977 gifts made today and during early-giving! You guys!?! That is incredible!

Can we make it 1,000 gifts?? We need 23 people to go to www.HeartlandGiveFest.org and pick an organization to make a gift to. $10, $25, $100 … any amount is eligible for a portion of the match pool! There are 73 participating organizations. I promise there is one you would love to support.

Giving closes at 11:59 p.m.! ⏳

Thanks to all of the donors so far! 🩵