Jasper Community Foundation announces grant awards

Dan Skokan, president of the Jasper Community Foundation, announced $125,000 in grant awards were distributed recently to area non-profit organizations. The community foundation receives funds for grant-making and endowment building each year from the state-sponsored County Endowment Fund Program. The grant proposals were received from educational, municipal and non-profit organizations throughout Jasper County.

“I am pleased to announce the Foundation awarded grant funding to 25 non-profits throughout Jasper County. These grant funds will provide much-needed financial support for a variety of important programs and services in our communities,” Skokan said. “Each year we make an effort to fund a wide variety of programs that touch residents all over the county. This year we were able to make grants to organizations supporting programs and services in human services, education, recreation, arts and culture, community vitality and many others.”

The Foundation awarded grants that ranged from $900 to $10,000 to new or enhanced, innovative programs that address needs or issues within Jasper County.

All submitted grant proposals were reviewed by the Jasper Community Foundation Board. The 25 organizations receiving funding through this program are:

City of Mingo — $2,500

City of Monroe — $2,400

Food Pantry of Colfax — $2,250

Friends of the Lynnville Library — $2,500

Jasper Co Agriculture Society — $2,500

Lucy’s Pet Pantry — $2,500

Prairie City Farmer’s Market — $900

Colfax Park & Rec Auxiliary Board — $4,500

Kid Assist — $6,271

Jasper Co Conservation — $8,100

Newton Fire Dept — $5,000

Colfax Library — $3,250

Friends of Rock Creek — $10,000

Colfax Mainstreet — $4,000

Kick it Forward — $10,000

MercyOne — $5,000

Lynnville Historical Society — $3,000

Jasper Co Historical Museum — $4,000

Newton Community Theater — $5,000

Food Bank of Iowa — $5,000

Sully Garden Club — $5,000

Baxter Economic Dev Corp — $8,000

Sully Hometown Pride — $5,000

Newton Arboretum — $8,000

Lynnville Sully Comm Education Foundation — $5,000

Jasper Community Foundation — $6,000

The County Endowment Fund Program made the funds for these grants possible. This Fund was established by the state legislature in 2004 to help promote charitable giving and endowment building throughout the state. These funds are distributed annually to participating community foundations and affiliate community foundations associated with counties without a state-issued gaming license.