Floyd County Community Foundation Distributes $152,668 to Local Organizations
Floyd County Community Foundation
January 16, 2025
The Floyd County Community Foundation (FCCF) held its 2024 grant awards celebration at the Youth Enrichment Center on January 15, announcing the distribution of $152,668.51 to 31 projects of organizations serving Floyd County through its 2024 grant cycle.
Grant recipient, organization, project the grant will fund, and grant amount is listed below by funding area.
Program Area: Arts & Culture
- Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Restoration of Civil War Memorial - $5,000
- Floyd County Fair Society - Camel Kingdom Exhibit - $10,000
- Floyd County Historical Society and Museum - Technology Updates - $2,351.47
- National 19th Amendment Society - Setting the Table - $1,800
Program Area: Community Betterment
- Charles City Family YMCA - Sidewalk Replacement - $5,000
- City of Charles City - Library - Zastrow Meeting Room Update - $9,750
- City of Floyd - Pickleball Court Renovation - $10,000
- Floyd County - Auditor - Emergency Management - Drone Program - $9,347.89
- Grow Rockford Together Association - Wyatt Park Trail Phase I - $10,000
- Iowa Underwater Search and Rescue Inc - IUSR – Equipment Upgrade - $2,000
- Main Street Charles City - Charles City Street Banner Replacement - $1,000
- Main Street Charles City - Charley Western Trail Committee - Signs - $7,000
- Marble Rock Fire Department - MRFD Hose Replacement - $7,500
- Nora Springs Impact Group - Panther Village Ball Diamonds - $5,970.57
- Rudd Community Fire Service - Air Packs & Tanks - $10,000
Program Area: Education & Youth Development
- Boy Scouts of America, Winnebago Council - Eliminating Barriers to Success in School - $1,450
- Floyd County ISU Extension and Outreach - 4-H Archery Program - $1,400
- North Central Iowa Ag in the Classroom - Connecting Floyd County Youth with Agriculture - $2,000
- North Iowa Area Community College Foundation - Charles City Career Center Nursing Equipment - $3,157
- Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School District - RRMR Daycare - $5,000
- Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School District - RRMR PTO 2024 - $1,000
- The Learning Center (TLC) - Healthy Habits Start Now - $5,000
Program Area: Environment & Animal Welfare
- Floyd County Humane Society Inc. (PAWS) - Microchip & Cat Neuter/Spay Clinics - $3,922
- N-Compass, Inc. - Iowa Project AWARE 2025 - $5,000
- Program Area: Health
- Senior Citizens of Charles City Area - Programming & Communication - $4,500
Program Area: Human Service
- Crisis Intervention Service - Technology Update & Access - $1,909
- Lutheran Services in Iowa - Floyd County Healthy Families Iowa (HFI) - $2,000
- Northeast Iowa Food Bank - Feeding Communities, Floyd County - $10,000
- St John Evangelical Lutheran Church - Coats for Kids - $2,500
- Sunset Generation of Rockford - Rockford Congregate Meals - $2,000
- Trinity United Methodist Church - Our Brothers Keeper - $5,110.58
Decisions on grant awards are determined by a local committee, which consists of volunteers from Floyd County. Committee members include Lisa Garden (Chair), Jennifer Burton, Hannah Chambers, Cheryl Erb, Beverly Fisher, Melissa Jones, Amy Leaman, and Sarah Murray. FCCF funds established by generous donors contributing to the discretionary grant process are the Starr Home Endowment Fund and the Bucklen Family Community Endowment Fund.
Grants are awarded through FCCF’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 Floyd County in order to be considered for funding. The 2025 grant cycle opens September 1 with an application deadline of October 15. The grant guidelines and application can be found at www.floydccf.org.
