Grant donations top $500K in 10 years

With the fall donations, the Montgomery County Community Foundation topped the $500,000 mark in grants given in the last 10 years.

On Nov. 18, Foundation representatives distributed $17,000 in grants. The largest amount was $5,000 given to Nishna Productions Inc. for the Vocational Training Center  Project in Red Oak. Nishna Productions Inc. has been working at raising funds for the Vocational Training Center.
“Last December we were awarded a $75,000 one-to-one challenge from Iowa Western out of Council Bluffs. We have been working to raise money to match that so we could, in fact, get that $75,000 grant,” said Sherri Clark, director of Nishna Productions.
Villisca CSD Before and After School Program $1,500 grant went toward the Having Fun and Feeling Safe Program. The VHS Class of 1977 En-dowment Fund received $500.
Other grants awarded: Elliott Library $500; Red Oak Library $2,000; Stanton Library $250; Elliott Business and Betterment Association $500; Grant Community Preservationists $1,000; Montgomery Co. YMCA $3,000; Performing Arts and Education Association $1,000; Stanton Child Resource Center $1,250 and Stanton Friends $1,000.