The Audubon County Community Foundation has announced that grants totaling $41,515 were awarded today (Friday), to five Audubon County non-profit agencies. With this latest round of grant funding, the ACCF has distributed more than $2.1-million in grants and scholarships over the last 22-year.

The following were awarded grants by the Audubon County Community Foundation:

• Audubon County Conservation Board – $15,015 for a playground at the Littlefield Rec. Area.
• Audubon County Fair Board – $20,000 for the Grandstand renovation.
• Aud. County Fire and Rescue Assoc. – $2,500 for Fire state construction & relocation.
• Nathaniel Hamlin Park & Museums – $1,500 for restoration of the Nathaniel Hamlin Museum House.
• The Children’s Nest – $2,500 for renovation to a classroom.

All grantees met the criteria as Audubon County nonprofit agencies or organizations with charitable missions supporting community needs in the areas of civic engagement, culture, health, education, and social services. Only organizations providing services in Audubon County were eligible to apply.

These grant funds were made possible by the generosity of donors to the Audubon County Community Foundation and the following charitable funds through the community foundation:Audubon Masonic Association Endowed Fund; Audubon State Bank/Stephen Garst Endowed Fund;Charles T. and Kathleen K. Manatt Endowed Fund; Leon and Iva Milliman Endowed Fund for Audubon County, Iowa; Fred and Evelyn Nissen Endowed Fund for Audubon; and Merle and Norma Petersen Endowed Fund.

The Audubon County Community Foundation works with individuals, families, businesses, and organizations to create permanent and expendable funds—such as those above—that address changing, vital community needs and interests. To inquire about donating to the Audubon County Community Foundation, please contact the Community Foundations of Southwest Iowa staff or any board member listed below. Gifts to permanently endowed funds through the Audubon County Community Foundation may be eligible to receive a 25% Endow Iowa Tax Credit.

For information about donating or establishing an individual foundation/fund, please contact Stacey Goodman, Iowa Foundations Director, at 800-794-3458 or stacey@omahafoundation.org.