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Harrison County Grant Application Process
The Harrison County Endowment Fund is here to help our community’s charitable projects and programs contribute to the quality of life in our area. One of the ways that is done is through grantmaking. Harrison County Endowment Fund currently has two granting cycles each year - application deadlines are February 1 and September 1.
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Grant Evaluation Form
Below is the form required for grant evaluations. If you have any questions, or require additional information, please contact Kris Penney at kris@omahafoundation.org or (402) 342-3458.
Thank you for the important work you are doing in your community.
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Harrison County
Advisory Board
Greg L. Christiansen, Chair
John Mock, Vice Chair
Treva Block, Secretary/Treasurer
Gary J. Altwegg
Nancy Cohen
Cindy Pryor
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Harrison County Needs Assessment
The Harrison County Endowment Fund commissioned a study conducted by the Iowa State University Extension Community Development – Data Information and Analysis Laboratory to determine community needs and charitable giving in Harrison County.
A random sample of Harrison County residents was selected to receive a questionnaire. The attached summary is the result of all individuals who returned useable questionnaires.
The Harrison County Endowment Fund would like to thank those residents who participated in the survey. The compilation of your answers helped Harrison County officials begin a 2006 planning and granting process to determine the future of Harrison County. | |
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Harrison County Website
To see what's going on in Harrison County, please visit their website at http://www.harrisoncountyia.org/.
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Harrison County Scholarships
The following scholarships are available to residents of Harrison County: Birks Endowed Scholarship Fund, available to any Harrison County high school district senior, with preference given to the Logan-Magnolia School District; Velda R. Currie Endowed Scholarship Fund, available to students attending vocational/technical school; and Wubbena C. Rand Endowed Scholarship Fund, available to students pursuing a degree in the medical/health field.
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Countywide Foundation Reaches $1.5 Million Dollar Milestone
For Good. For Harrison County. For Ever.
March 26, 2007. The Harrison County Endowment Fund has recently received a check in the amount of $50,000 from the Southwest Iowa Foundation for the county's endowment fund. This brings a total of $500,000 from the Southwest Iowa Foundation’s Challenge Grant Program for the Harrison County’s discretionary grant program and is a direct result of the establishment of the following major designated funds:
Harrison County Endowment Fund
Wubbena C. Rand Endowed Fund
Richard & Kathryn Randall Endowed Fund
Lloyd & Donna Leonard Endowed Fund
Velda R. Currie Endowed Scholarship Fund
Wubbena C. Rand Endowed Scholarship Fund
Birks Endowed Scholarship Fund
Harrison County HF2302 Endowment Fund
Harrison County HF2302 Grant Fund
Since the establishment of these funds a number of additional donations have come from board members and former board members, residents, and former residents.
Dennis N. Nissen, Iowa Program Officer, with the Southwest Iowa Foundation, presented the matching gift of $50,000 to the Harrison County Endowment Fund. “On behalf of the Southwest Iowa Foundation, it is a privilege to present this $50,000 check for charitable works in Harrison County,” said Dennis N. Nissen. He added, “This $50,000 check brings the total of matching gifts to ½ million in undesignated funds for Harrison County and ½ million in designated funds creating a $1.5 MILLION Harrison County Community Foundation.”
Harrison County Endowment Fund Board Chair, John Mock of Logan, said "We very gratefully accept the gift from the Southwest Iowa Foundation. The Board of Directors will see that these gifts are destined, For good. For Harrison County. For Ever. Interest from the $50,000 matching gift will annually be used for the discretionary grant-making program of the Harrison County Endowment Fund. In 2007 the funds will distribute approximately $120,000 to charitable projects, a new record for our countywide community foundation.”
The Harrison County Endowment Fund is a countywide community foundation that serves the interests of Harrison County and its residents. It was established to help donors contribute to the betterment of their community by creating their own family foundation, an endowed named fund, or a scholarship fund to honor a loved one. Because the Harrison County Endowment Fund is a community foundation and a public charity, each gift has maximum tax benefits. The Harrison County Endowment Fund is one of nine “Qualified Community Foundations” in Southwest Iowa, as recognized by the Iowa Department of Economic Development. The nine community foundations are collectively known as the Endowment Funds of Southwest Iowa, affiliated with the Omaha Community Foundation.
Former board members include Roger Barry, Jay Randall, and Larry King. Board members of the Harrison County Endowment Fund are: Chair, John Mock of Mondamin; Vice Chair, Jacqueline Dollen of rural Persia; Secretary/Treasurer, Treva Block of Dunlap; Gary J. Altwegg, Esq. of Logan; Cindy Pryor of Woodbine; and Greg Christiansen of Missouri Valley. For more information on establishing a scholarship, a family fund, or foundation in Harrison County, contact any of these board members or the Endowment Funds of Southwest Iowa, Dennis N. Nissen, Iowa Program Officer at 800-794-3458.
From left to right: Dennis Nissen, Cindy Pryor, Jacque Dollen, Greg Christiansen, Treva Block, Gary Altwegg, and John Mock |
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Grants Distributed to Harrison County Nonprofit Agencies
April 19, 2007. John Mock, Chair of the Harrison County Endowment Fund, announced today the distribution of $51,237.55 in grants to Harrison County nonprofit agencies. The following organizations received grants:
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Program |
Award |
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Boyer Valley Community School |
Computer key card system and hardware for daycare |
$1,500.00 |
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Logan Public Library |
Handicap Accessible Door and Main Computer |
$3,000.00 |
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City of Logan |
Park Shelter for the Logan City Park |
$1,500.00 |
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City of Missouri Valley |
Watson Steam Train Restoration and Museum Project |
$5,000.00 |
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Mondamin Public Library |
Purchase a Copy/Scanner/Fax Machine and Ink Cartridges |
$1,500.00 |
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Woodbine Fire and Rescue Dept. |
Purchase a New Ambulance |
$6,000.00 |
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Dunlap Public Library Friends |
Large Print and Audio Books |
$1,000.00 |
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Harrison County Fair Board |
Air Conditioning for the 4-H Building |
$4,000.00 |
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Harrison County Sheriff's Office |
Purchase 9 bullet proof vests |
$3,000.00 |
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Harrison County Board of Supervisors |
Restoration of Courthouse Overhang |
$1,500.00 |
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Harrison County Conservation Board |
Wetland Restoration at Vaile Wetland Nature Area |
$2,500.00 |
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Little Sioux Historic Preservation Association |
Murray Hall Project |
$1,000.00 |
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Loess Hills Hospitality Association, Inc. |
Loess Hills Educational Experience |
$1,150.00 |
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Little Sioux Scout Camp |
Repairing the Water Distribution System |
$3,500.00 |
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Nishnabotna Girl Scout Council |
Uniquely ME! |
$875.00 |
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Persia Fire and Rescue, Inc. |
Update and Improve the Water Tanker |
$2,500.00 |
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Dunlap Senior Center |
Dunlap Senior Center Renovations |
$3,500.00 |
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St. Patrick's School |
Automatic Main Locked Door Release System for Daycare Center |
$1,000.00 |
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WCDC Head Start |
Missouri Valley and Woodbine Head Start Centers |
$1,000.00 |
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Woodbine Community Foundation |
Merry Brook Museum Project |
$800.00 |
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Woodbine Community Foundation |
Woodbine Historic Corridor--Interior renovation of the historic COOP Station |
$1,500.00 |
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Lo-Ma Community Swimming Pool Corp. |
Lo-Ma Aquatic Center |
$3,912.55 |
These organizations had submitted grant applications to the Harrison County Endowment Fund by the February 1st deadline and were approved at its recent Board meeting. All grantees met the criteria as Harrison County nonprofit agencies or organizations with charitable missions in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services. Only organizations providing services in Harrison County were eligible.
Harrison County agency representatives received their checks this week. During brief check distribution activities, Mr. Mock honored the nonprofit agencies for their individual efforts to provide a better quality of life for the residents of Harrison County. The twenty-two agencies receiving grants represent their community’s efforts at building stronger communities. That is what the Harrison County Endowment Fund is all about. Our Advisory Board is pleased to direct $51,237.55 in grants to these important community efforts in Harrison County.”
Mock explained, “The Harrison County Endowment Fund is a countywide community foundation that serves the interests of Harrison County and its residents. It was established to help donors contribute to the betterment of their community by creating their own family foundation, an endowed named fund, or a scholarship fund to honor loved ones. Because the Harrison County Endowment Fund is a community foundation and a public charity each gift has maximum tax benefits. The Harrison County Endowment Fund is one of nine “Qualified Community Foundations” in Southwest Iowa as recognized by the Iowa Department of Economic Development. The nine community foundations are collectively known as the Endowment Funds of Southwest Iowa, are affiliated with the Omaha Community Foundation, and meet or exceed the Standard for Community Foundations as established by the Council on Foundations in Washington DC. Mock said, “In other words we are For Good…Forever.”
The Harrison County Endowment Fund works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create permanent funds that address the changing, vital community needs. Contributions large and small come in the form of cash, appreciated securities, real estate and end of life bequests that leave a lasting legacy. The Harrison County Endowment Fund invests and administers these funds and makes the funds available each year for distribution to qualified organizations. “This is an annual granting process,” said Mock, “this year the Harrison County Endowment Fund will distribute approximately $120,000 in grants and scholarships.”
Board members of the Harrison County Endowment Fund are Chair, John Mock of Mondamin; Vice Chair, Jacque Dollen of Persia; Secretary/Treasurer, Treva Block of Dunlap; Gary Altwegg, Esq. of Logan; Greg Christiansen of Missouri Valley; and Cindy Pryor of Woodbine. For more information on establishing a scholarship, a family fund, or foundation, in Harrison County contact any of these board members or the Endowment Funds of Southwest Iowa, Dennis N. Nissen, Iowa Program Officer at 800-794-3458.
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