HUMAN SERVICE FUND

QUESTIONS? CONTACT
ERIKA GARCIA REYES

CURRENT GRANT CYCLE

2026 Grant Cycle Opened: May 8, 2025
2026 Grant Cycle Closed: June 23, 2025 by 12 p.m.

The Human Service Fund provides grants to nonprofit agencies in support of human service programs that promote the well-being, personal safety and self-sufficiency of Johnson County residents.  Nearly $480,000 is anticipated to be awarded in 2026 grants through the regular HSF application and the small grants application.

Applicant Criteria: Applicants must deliver direct services to Johnson County residents, be recognized by the IRS under section 501(c)(3), provide health and human services programming as their primary mission, and be in good standing in Kansas or Missouri as a nonprofit corporation. Applicants must affirm they are in compliance with any nondiscrimination ordinances of the municipalities providing resources to the Human Service Fund. Grant recipients must offer equal access to programs or services for which Human Service Fund support has been awarded, to all clients and prospective clients who could benefit from the program. Funded programs must offer county-wide services or fill a gap which results in county-wide benefit.

Applicants not receiving a 2025 HSF grant, which includes all new small grant pool applicants, must discuss their 2026 request with Erika García Reyes, UCS Director of Resource Allocation, before an application is submitted. Please email erikag@ucsjoco.org. Applications are due June 23, 2025, by 12:00 p.m. Instructions are included in the application and RFP document.