2024 Grant Recipients
Thank you to everyone who supports the Jo Zakas Legacy Foundation. Your generous support helps underserved adults and young people enjoy a better life. This year, we funded a few…
Getting ahead
With 2023 funds, the Zakas Foundation supported Children's 1st Bridges Out of Poverty. The grant paid for the equivalent of one 16-week Getting Ahead class. Grant Funds paid for workbooks,…
WSU Check Presentation
This past August, we met with the WSU School of Performing Arts to present their 2024 Grant. We look forward to this year’s Incubator Program, as these past two years…
WSU Musical Theatre
Incubator Program This winter, we supported Wichita State University's School of Performing Arts Musical Theatre's Incubator Program. The students' performances impressed those of us on the Board who could attend.…
2023 Grant Recipients
Serving on the Jo Zakas Legacy Foundation Board brings satisfaction to us. Through collaborations, we see firsthand how small donations can help bring on large changes in people’s lives. We…
Extending our focus . . .
Dear Supporters, In 2022, the volunteer Board members of the Jo Zakas Legacy Foundation voted to extend our focus to include funding more educational organizations. Before, we had limited ourselves…
2022 Grant Recipients
Each year brings satisfaction knowing we had a part in helping to improve lives through these charitable organizations. American Heart Association | $5,000 American Heart Association Heart Ball Ambassador Program…
2021 Grant Recipients
American Cancer Society Amount Granted: $1,890 The American Cancer Society's mission is to free the world from cancer. They fund and conduct research, share expert information, support patients, and spread…
2019 & 2020 Grant Recipients
2020 Jo Zakas Legacy Foundation Recipients American Heart Association $5,000 | Funding paid for scholarships which allowed underserved high school students to take part in their Go Red Ambassadors Leadership…
Jo Zakas – The Artist
“My painting started in 1982 at Newport Beach, California. Returning to Wichita, Kansas, I progressed to iron sculptures. I am now focused on painting. My paintings are the essence of…
