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$57,750 in Grants Will Be Awarded this Year

2007 Grant App The Davis County Community Foundation will award $57,750 in funds later this year, it was announced this week.

Anne Morgan, chairperson of the foundation, said the deadline for applying for the grants is Nov. 5. The tentative date to announce the awards is Dec. 19.

A public information meeting on the grant application process will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Davis County Middle School Commons. In order to be eligible, Morgan said groups must have a 501(c)3 tax letter from the Internal Revenue Service or be a government entity with a 170b label or join with a group that has one of these two distinctions.

Areas of emphasis for this year’s grants are arts and culture, health and human services, community betterment, recreation and environment, education, and youth development.

To get your copy of this year's application, please one of the following links:
2007 Fall Grant Application (PDF - Read Only) 334.91 Kb
2007 Fall Grant Application (MS Word Doc) 147.00 Kb

Fall 2006 Grants Awarded

An estimated 9,000 Davis County residents will benefit from the Second round of grants made by the Davis County Community Foundation. The 12 grants totaling $49,900 support arts & culture, education, community betterment, health & recreation, and youth development.
The Foundation was awarded $67,000 from the Iowa County Endowment program. This program is a legislative initiative designed to foster the investment of philanthropic resources into local communities throughout the state.

The legislation requires that 25% of the funds be placed into a permanent county endowment to be invested, and that 75% be awarded in grants.
In addition to the funds from the state legislation, the Foundation can assist donors who wish to make outright and testamentary gifts to the DCCF and support those charitable organizations important to them. DCC Foundation received a gift of $10,000 a year ago and just received yesterday $10,000 from a different family. It’s even possible for local charitable organizations to establish their own funds with DCCF and call upon available investment and management expertise that the Foundation has because of its affiliation with the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation.

Spring 2006 Grants Awarded

An estimated 9,000 Davis County residents will benefit from the first grants made by the newly organized Davis County Community Foundation.

The 8 grants totaling $45,957 support arts & culture, education, community betterment, health & recreation, and youth development.

The Foundation applied for and was awarded $63,600 from the Endow Iowa program. Endow Iowa is a legislative initiative designed to foster the investment of philanthropic resources into local communities throughout the state.

The legislation requires that 25% of the funds be placed into a permanent county endowment to be invested, and that 75% be awarded in grants.

In addition to the funds from the state legislation, the Foundation can assist donors who wish to make outright and testamentary gifts to the DCCF and support those charitable organizations important to them. DCC Foundation has had one such gift of $10,000 already given. It's even possible for local charitable organizations to establish their own funds with DCCF and call upon available investment and management expertise that the Foundation has because of its affiliation with the Greater Des Moines Community Foundation.

Now There is a Way - Bloomfield Democrat Editorial

Published November 9, 2005 in the Bloomfield Democrat

New foundation is a vehicle to help retain local wealth and repay the community.

It’s great that the Davis County Community Foundation is organized and up and running. It’s great that more than $63,600 has come from the State of Iowa creating grants in 2006 that can help worthy local projects and organizations.

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