The 2017 Dallas County Foundation (DCF) grant application materials will be made available to prospective applicants beginning Dec. 1, the foundation announced this week.
The DCF funds grant requests for projects that significantly impact the lives of Dallas County residents in the areas of health and human services, arts and culture, youth development, education, recreation or the environment and community betterment.
Grant awards range from $500 to $20,000. The DCF anticipates awarding more than $100,000 to grant applicants in 2017.
Applicants must be a 501(c)3, 5 or 6 organization or 107(b) unit of government or must affiliated with an organization that has one of these designations. The grant application deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at 5 p.m.
Thanks to the generosity of the Grow Green County Gaming Corporation, the DCF will be able to award additional dollars this year. Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Guthrie and Webster County Community Foundations will also receive these non-competitive grant dollars.
A workshop offering assistance to DCF grant applicants, explaining application requirements and instructions, is scheduled for Jan. 9, 2017, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Adel Public Library 303 S. 10th Street in Adel.
Interested applicants can reserve a place at the workshop by emailing DCF Secretary Vicki Lage at VickiLage@gmail.com. The workshop is free, and any qualified organization is welcome to attend.
For those unable to attend the face-to-face workshop, a training video will be posted on the Dallas County Foundation webpage that covers the same information.
The Dallas County Foundation, an affiliate of Greater Des Moines Community Foundation, was established in 2005 to foster private giving, strengthen service providers and improve the conditions of the communities and rural areas of Dallas County. Most of the DCF’s funds derive from state-ordered sharing of gaming revenues from Iowa casinos.
For more information and grant application materials please visit the DCF website at www.dallascountyfoundation.org.
