The Winneshiek County Community Foundation (WCCF) held its grant awards celebration at Luther College’s Dahl Centennial Union on March 21, highlighting the impacts of WCCF’s 2024 grant awards and announcing the distribution of $168,636 to 25 projects of organizations serving Winneshiek County through its 2024 grant cycle.
“It’s an honor for the Winneshiek County Community Foundation to support these local organizations in their work to strengthen our communities and create vibrant places for all to live, work and play,” said Lilly Jensen, chair of the WCCF committee.
The 2024 grant recipient organizations, project the grant will fund, and grant amount is listed below by funding area.
Arts & Culture
Community Betterment
Education & Youth Development
Environment & Animal Welfare
Health
Human Service
Decisions on grant awards are determined by a local committee, which consists of volunteers from Winneshiek County. Committee members include: Jeannie Boyer, Ashley Christensen, Tracy Dostal, Nate Ersig, Terry Haindfield, Lilly Jensen, Chelsey Kephart, Terry Linderbaum, Marcia McKelvey, Emily Mineart, Keith Newhouse, and Jana Olson.
Grants are awarded through WCCF’s competitive grant process to projects in the program areas of arts and culture, community betterment, education and youth development, environment and animal welfare, health and human service. Grant applicants must be a 501(c)(3) designated organization or government entity serving Winneshiek County in order to be considered for funding. More information about the WCCF can be found at www.winneshiekccf.org.
The Winneshiek County Community Foundation is a local foundation making grants to organizations creating stronger, more vibrant communities in Winneshiek County and helps people establish funds to support the causes they care about. The Winneshiek County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, a nonprofit committed to creating long-term impacts in 20 counties in Iowa. For more information, contact 319-287-9106 or visit www.cfneia.org. CFNEIA is confirmed in compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.