Ramirez could be among the first to receive a low-interest loan from a new fund aimed at helping local small businesses grow. The Create Capital Fund, launched with a $25,000 grant from Fidelity...more
Raquel Ramirez opened the Lunchbox restaurant downtown more than two years ago, and now she's ready to open a second location. Her restaurant serves breakfast and lunch weekdays from its first-floor...more
Two local health care organizations will receive $50,000 in funding from the Wichita Community Foundation. Funding is being distributed to Via Christi Hospitals Wichita Inc. and the Wesley Children's...more
Granada and Hudson, the West High principal, said they plan to continue the project next year. "Whatever we can do to help kids be more successful, we want to do it," Hudson said. This...more
The first piece earmarks $500,000 for the creation of the Bravely Onward Fund, which will be administered through the Wichita Community Foundation. Bastian says that money will be allocated as grant...more
His estate is selling the home at auction as a benefit for the Wichita Community Foundation. "It's just one of a kind," said Braden McCurdy, chief executive officer at McCurdy Auction,...more
And Shelly Prichard, CEO of the Wichita Community Foundation, whom I caught up with outside the arena on Saturday, has heard the same. What she's heard has impressed those tournament officials the...more
Empowerment Plan is a nonprofit aimed at helping countless homeless people find jobs. To combat the country’s homeless crisis, the Plan hires homeless people and teaches them how to make coats for the homeless suffering on the streets.