Sunflower Bank, N.A. Announces 2024 Community Partner Award Recipients

October 24, 2024

Sunflower Bank, N.A. is excited to announce the 2024 winners of our Community Partner Awards. The awards, led by our Community Affairs Office, were started in 2023 to recognize outstanding organizations in Sunflower Bank and First National 1870 communities. 

“We’re excited to continue the Community Partner Awards in 2024. This allows us to provide much-needed support to wonderful local partners that enhance our communities,” said Danny Spears, Community Reinvestment Act Program Director for Sunflower Bank, N.A.

In 2024, $80,000 is being awarded through nineteen grants between $2,000 and $15,000. We congratulate all our winners and thank them for their important work and impact on their respective communities.

 

Creating Possibility Award Recipients

Upward Bound of Barton County – Great Bend, KS

Stout Street Foundation – Denver, CO

 

In the Lives We Touch Award Recipients

St. Vincent de Paul – Phoenix, AZ

Heart of Colorado CASA – Canon City, CO

Willow Domestic Violence Center – Lawrence, KS

New Mexico Athletic Activities Foundation – Albuquerque, NM

El Paso Children's Hospital Foundation – El Paso, TX

 

Bringing Out the Best Award Recipients

New Freedom Ops – Phoenix, AZ

CASA of Pueblo – Pueblo, CO

CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties – Overland Park, KS

Communities In Schools of New Mexico – Santa Fe, NM

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank – El Paso, TX

Generation Alive – Spokane, WA

 

Empowerment Award Recipients

Local First Arizona – Phoenix, AZ 

Clothes to Kids of Denver – Denver, CO

Reality U - Pando University – Wichita, KS

Santa Fe Community Foundation – Santa Fe, NM

Chef to the Shelters – Dallas, TX

Habitat for Humanity - Spokane – Spokane, WA


To learn more about the Community Partner Awards, the nomination process, and the award recipients, visit the Community Partner Awards page on our website.