Greater Delaware County Community Foundation Awards Grants to Non-Profits

The Greater Delaware County Community Foundation is helping local non-profits once again this year.

The foundation has awarded fourteen McGee Barr Grants and two Harlo Coon Grants to several organizations.

Recipients of McGee Barr Grants include:

• Clothing Closet at the Manchester Methodist Church $ 800
• Community Childcare of Manchester $ 3,500
• Delaware County Food Bank $ 10,000
• Delhi Thrift Store & Food Pantry $ 2,500
• First Presbyterian Church Birthday Bags project $ 520
• Helping Services for Youth & Families $ 4,000
• Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa $ 250
• The Neighbor’s Table (GNS) $ 2,500
• Operation Santa Claus $ 2,500
• Riverview Center $ 2,000
• Second Helpings $ 8,600
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace $ 3,000
• West Delaware Back to School Fair $ 5,000
• West Delaware Elementary and Middle School Book Fair $ 750

Recipients of the Harlo Coon Grants include:

• Delaware County Food Bank $ 943
• The Meadows Assisted Living $ 1,000

The grants totaled more than $47,000.

Greater Delaware County Community Foundation Chairman Jack Klaus says the McGee Barr Grants are funded with money left to the foundation by Garrett McGee 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.

The Greater Delaware County Community Foundation accepts applications for these grants from non-profit organizations in October of each year and hands out the funding the following January/February. Other McGee funds are used for scholarships, grants to local schools, worthy projects, and a Discretionary Funding Program through Community Services.

Greater Delaware County Community Foundation Board

photos courtesy of Manchester Chamber