Past Years Recipients

2020

Amethyst Place
EPEC’S The Grooming Project
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City
Kansas City Community Gardens
Rightfully Sewn
The Sewing Labs
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network

2019

Amethyst Place
Girls on the Run Kansas City
The Grooming Project
Literacy KC
Minddrive Inc.
Rightfully Sewn
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network

2018

Amethyst Place
Girls on the Run Kansas City
The Grooming Project
Rightfully Sewn
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network
Young Women on the Move

2017

Due to the production of the biography Becoming Marjorie, the Life and Legacy of Marjorie Powell Allen, SkillBuilders Fund suspended grant making in 2017. Read more about Becoming Marjorie, the Life and Legacy of Marjorie Powell Allen here.

2016

Amethyst Place
Girls on the Run Kansas City
Johnson County Community College
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network

2015

Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri
Girls on the Run Kansas City
Johnson County Community College
KC STEM Alliance
Wildwood Outdoor Edcation Center
Women’s Employment Network

2014

Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri
Girls on the Run Kansas City
Green Works
Newhouse
The Family Conservancy
Urban League of Kansas City, Missouri
Wildwood Outdoor Edcation Center
Women’s Employment Network
Women in Politics

2013

Bridging the Gap
Girls on the Run Kansas City
Green Works
KU School of Engineering
Miles of Smiles
Saint Luke’s College of Health Sciences
The Family Conservancy
Wildwood Outdoor Edcation Center
Women’s Employment Network
Women in Politics

 2012

Cristo Rey Kansas City
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri
The Family Conservancy
Urban League of Kansas City, Missouri
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network 

2011

United Way
Women’s Employment Network
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center

2010

The Family Conservancy
Harvesters Community Food Network
Health Partnership Clinic of Johnson County
KidsTLC, Inc.
Urban League of Greater Kansas City
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network

2009

UMKC Women’s Council
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network

2008

Cristo Rey Kansas City
Planned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid-Missouri
Smiles Change Lives
University of Kansas Hospital
Women’s Employment Network
YMCA of Greater Kansas City

2007

DeLaSalle Education Center
The Family Conservancy
First Step Fund
Powell Gardens, Inc. 
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network
YMCA of Greater Kansas City

2006

Wildwood Outdoor Education Center
Women’s Employment Network