The Marshall County Community Foundation is accepting applications for the first round of Community Funds grant and the Ralph C. Vonnegut Jr. Fund.
Applicants must be organizations with a 501(c)(3) IRS status and organizations with a 501(c) IRS status whose request is for start-up costs for new programs or the expansion or needed programs, and one-time projects or needs.
These grant funds support specific projects or programs throughout Marshall County typically focusing on the arts, education, health and human services, recreation, and the environment.
Community members who serve on the Foundation’s Grants Committee evaluate the grant proposals and conduct site visits during a competitive application process.
In addition to the Marshall County Community Fund, several ‘named’ unrestricted funds support competitive grant rounds in Marshall County, including the Barbara and Ralph Winters Community Fund, the Billy and Vickie Ellinger Community Fund, Brian and Patricia Kitch Family Community Fund, the C & M Overmyer Unrestricted Endowment Fund, the Eleanor and Randy Danielson Community Aesthetic Improvement Fund, the First Merchants Bank Community Fund, the Gibson Community Fund, the Janet Newberg Community Fund, the John and Kay Finlay Community Fund, the Paul and Carol Nye Community Fund, the Philip and Sylvia Bieghler Community Fund, and the Will and June Erwin Community Fund.
Grant applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday, February 1.
