The Cass County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that grants totaling $27,230 were awarded to Cass County nonprofit agencies and local municipalities. With these grants, the Cass County Community Foundation has distributed over $2 million in grants and scholarships over the last 21 years.
The following organizations were awarded grants by the Cass County Community Foundation Advisory Board at a November 1st check presentation, pictured above:
- Anita Health and Wellness Center – $3,000, Exercise Equipment
- Anita Public Library – $1,000, Automated External Defibrillator
- Anita Volunteer Fire Association – $3,130, Air Tanks with Regulators
- Ann W. Wickman Child Development Center – $5,000, Indoor Interactive Technology and Gym Games
- Atlantic Public Library – $3,000, Shelving and Furniture for Youth Services
- Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE) – $1,400, Rock Island Depot Interior Window Coverings
- Cass County Historical Museum – $1,250, Signage
- City of Griswold – $1,750, Community Building ADA Compliant Doors
- Friends of the Griswold Public Library – $2,450, Lighting Update
- Griswold Rescue – $1,250, Ambulance Pharmaceutical Refrigerator
- Massena Public Library – $1,500, Upgrade System to Digital Check-out Process
- Nishna Valley Family YMCA – $2,500, Fire Alarm System Replacement
All grantees met the criteria as Cass County nonprofit agencies or organizations with charitable missions supporting community needs in the areas of civic engagement, culture, health, education, and social services. Only organizations providing services in Cass County were eligible to apply.
These grant funds were made possible by the generosity of donors to the Cass County Community Foundation and the following charitable funds through the community foundation: Griswold Community Development Endowed Fund and Triumph Endowed Fund for Cass County.
The Cass County Community Foundation works with individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to create permanent and expendable funds—such as those above—that address changing, vital community needs and interests. To inquire about donating to the Cass County Community Foundation, please contact the Community Foundations of Southwest Iowa staff or any board member listed below. Gifts to permanently endowed funds through the Cass County Community Foundation may be eligible to receive a 25% Endow Iowa Tax Credit.
Board members of the Cass County Community Foundation are Chair, Nicholas Hunt of rural Atlantic; Vice Chair, Gary Maas of Anita; Secretary/Treasurer, Roland K. Landsness, Esq. of Atlantic; Royal Bierbaum of rural Griswold; Kristi Burg of Massena; and Mark D. Kyhnn, CPA of Atlantic.
For information about donating or establishing an individual foundation/fund, please contact Stacey Goodman, Iowa Foundations Director, at 800-794-3458 or stacey@omahafoundation.org.