The Greater Delaware County Community Foundation has awarded several grants to area non-profit organizations.
Thirteen McGee Barr Grants and two Harlo Coon Grants have been awarded to the following:
$3,952 – Delaware County Food Bank
$2,500 – Operation Santa Claus
$5,000 – Helping Services for Youth & Families
$550 – First Presbyterian Church Birthday Bag Program
$748 – Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
$2,500 – Lutheran Services of Iowa
$2,000 – Riverview Center
$5,000 – Second Helpings
$4,000 – West Delaware Back to School Fair
$750 – West Delaware Elementary and Middle School Book Fair
$4,000 – Sleep in Heavenly Peace
$2,500 – Delhi Thrift Store & Food Pantry
$500 – Clothing Closet United Methodist Church
$1,200 – The Meadows Assisted Living (Harlo Coon Grant)
$698 – University of Northern Iowa Foundation (Harlo Coon Grant)
Foundation Chairman Jack Klaus says the McGee Barr Grants are funded with money left to the GDCCF by Garrett McGee – they are to be used to help the poor of Delaware County. The Harlo Coon Grants are funded by GDCCF investments – these funds are to be used to help the elderly of Delaware County have a better life.
Some grant dollars are still available and several additional grant applications are under consideration for funding at this time.
The GDCCF accepts applications for these grants from non-profit organizations in October of each year and hands out the funding the following January. Other McGee funds are used for scholarships, grants to local schools and other worthy projects, as well as a Discretionary Funding Program through Community Services.
photo courtesy of Manchester Chamber
