The mission of CFSEK is to serve the Southeast Kansas region by encouraging charitable giving for the common good and quality of life improvement. It aims to inspire leadership through programming responsive to the interests and needs of its community, both now and in the future.
The Knights of Columbus Endowment Fund, established after the sale of the Knights of Columbus Tower, continues the council’s mission through an annual grant cycle. Grants target programs and projects in Pittsburg, Kansas, and the surrounding areas that support the elderly, handicapped, and low-income families and individuals. Specifically, grants focus on providing housing, rent, and utilities assistance, health and human services that cater to educational, social, physical, spiritual, and psychological needs, promoting health, security, happiness, and usefulness, and improving community services for these groups.