GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy County Community Foundation held its 2023 grant awards celebration at the Grundy Center Community Center on April 27, announcing the distribution of $146,558.28 to 24 projects of organizations serving Grundy County through its 2023 grant cycle.

Grant recipient organization, project the grant will fund and grant amount is listed below by funding area.

• Arts & Culture

Dike-New Hartford Community School District, Arts Department – Celebrating Artwork Through Connection and Community, $2,000

Dike-New Hartford Community School District, Music Department – Creating Community One Strum at a Time, $1,000

• Community Betterment

City of Beaman, Fire Department – Helmets and Rescue Tools, $6,500

City of Grundy Center, Community Center – Baby Changing Stations, $1,000

City of Grundy Center, Park Board – Pickleball Courts, $5,000

City of Holland, Fire Department – Gear, Breathing Apparatus, & Cylinder, $10,000

City of Reinbeck, Park Board – Aquatic Center Bathhouse, $7,000

City of Stout, Fire Department – Bunker Gear, Station, and Truck Equipment Update, $10,000

City of Wellsburg, Library – Programming, $1,200

City of Wellsburg, Playground Project Committee – A Place 2 Play Playground, $10,000

Conrad Chamber – Main Street, Community LED Sign, $4,000

The Larrabee Center, Trickets & Togs Carpet, $1,000

• Education & Youth Development

City of Beaman, Library – Young Adult Resources, $1,990

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community Schools, Computer Science Department – Improvement for Room 42, $1,000

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community Schools, Science Department – ActivityBot360 for the Classroom, $3,662

Grundy Community Preschool and Childcare Center, Kids Campus Additions, $3,000

Joyful Noise Daycare and Preschool, Carpet Improvement, $2,100

Maroon & White, Tuckpointing Project, $20,000

• Environment & Animal Welfare

Grundy County Auditor, Conservation Board – Wolf Creek Disk Golf Addition, $3,281.28

• Health

BCLUW Community School District, Stop the Bleed School Cabinets and Kits, $1,840

Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Improving Rural Access to Surgery Services, $20,000

UnityPoint Health Marshalltown – Grundy Center Family Medicine, Improving Pediatric Vision Screening in Grundy County, $5,985

• Human Service

Northeast Iowa Food Bank, Feeding Families, $15,000

Operation Threshold, Grundy County Crisis Assistance, $10,000