$47,187 Available for Shelby County Nonprofit Agencies
Frank Powers, Chair of the Shelby County Community Foundation, announced today that at the board meeting the board established a September 1, 2009 grant deadline for the $47,187 available for Shelby County nonprofit agencies through a grant application process. Application procedures and grant guidelines can be obtained online at www.iowacommunityfoundations.org/shelbycef. Contact any board member for additional information. The original signed grant application must be emailed to grants@omahafoundation.org or mailed to the foundation office at 302 South 36th Street, Suite 100, Omaha, NE 68131 no earlier than August 15, 2009 with a final deadline of September 1, 2009. Previous versions of the application form will not be accepted. A second complete application must be mailed to Frank Powers, Defiance State Bank, 201 Main Avenue, Defiance, IA 51527-0279.
Please contact Dennis Nissen at 800-794-3458 or dennis@omahafoundation.org or Kris Penney at kris@omahafoundation.org with grant application specific questions. All completed applications will be considered at the October board meeting with notification of results the end of October.
Board members of the Shelby County Community Foundation are Chair, Frank Powers of Defiance, 748-3561; Vice Chair, Robert Burton of Irwin, 782-3320; Secretary/Treasurer, Gene McCool of Shelby, 483-2406; Tom Cannon of Elk Horn, 764-5306; and Robert Hall, Esq. of Harlan, 755-2111; and Lonnie Muxfeldt, CPA of Harlan, 755-3366.
