Community Grants 2025

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January 2025

Barthell OES Home purchase chairs, electronic board, deluxe sling lift $5,000.00

St Benedict Cemetery new fence between parking lot and cemetery $600.00

Frankville Emergency Volunteer Assoc new hot water pressure washer unit $6,000.00

Ossian Senior Hospice new telephone system $5,000.00

Humane Society of Northeast Iowa the 2025 Driftless Companion Animal Network Program $3,000.00

Halverson-Giesen American Legion Post 266 replacing flags and poles at local cemeteries $5,000.00

January Total:  $24,600.00

February 2025

Oneota Valley Literacy Foundation purchase books for Decorah High School book club $2,500.00

Decorah Community Food Pantry Farmer's Market coupon program $3,000.00

Porter House Museum restore windows in the garage $5,000.00

Spectrum Network purchase laptops, iPads and equipment $5,000.00

Winneshiek Energy District blower door and accessories $4,200.00

Kickin It Forward assist families in times of medical emergency $5,000.00 

February  Total:  $24,700.00

March 2025

Civic Improvement Association Inwood Ballroom bathroom renovations $2,000.00

Winneshiek County Development & Tourism informational video on the Sunflower emergency shelter $2,500.00

Decorah Parks & Recreation Dept purchase and install 16 bluebird boxes $900.00

Oneota Valley Community Orchestra sheet music rental $2,500.00

United Way of Winneshiek County redesign and improve website $4,000.00

Decorah Viking Athletic Booster Club new flooring, weights and equipment for DHS weight room $5,000.00

March Total:  $16,900.00

April 2025

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum offset costs of Free Second Saturday at the Museum $3,500.00

Spillville Legion Post 467 repairing the steps to the Veterans Memorial $5,000.00

Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum HVAC and plumbing in Burr Oak Mercantile $5,000.00

Stone Ridge Community Church install new air conditioning unit $5,000.00

City of Fort Atkinson renovations for Community Center Memorial Park $5,000.00

Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit monitored alarm and panic buttons

$3,250.00

April Total:  $26,750.00

May 2025

Turkey Valley Community Schools technology upgrades, supplies and registration fees for Robotics Team $4,000.00

Guardians of Northeast Iowa folders and supplies to track Winneshiek County client receipts $760.55

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church renovate the garden $3,000.00

Winn Med Foundation purchase of a Vscan ultrasound device $4,000.00

City of Calmar painting the pickleball courts $5,000.00

Glenwood Lutheran Church renovation of pipe organ $5,000.00

May Total:  $21,760.55

Year To Date Total Granted:  $114,710.55

All Funding Programs 2025 Year To Date

High School After Proms  $250.00

Cab Program (DOLR)  $12,260.00

Vouchers $200.00

Other  $280.00

Total Funding 2025 Year to Date for All Programs:  $127,700.55

Lifetime Grants and Funding Donated Back to Winneshiek County Totals Over $3.4 Million!

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