First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that 86 area organizations were the recipients of $486,500 in donations in 2018. 

Recipients are: American Red Cross $1,000; B.A.D.G.E.S. $5,000; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Iowa $2,500; Charles City Booster Club $1,000; Charles City Community School District $2,500; Charles City Garden Corridor Committee $1,000; Charlie Brown Preschool & Child Care $5,000; Chickasaw Athletic Booster Club $3,600; Chickasaw Township Fire Department $10,000; City Improvement Association of Charles City $1,000; City of Forest City $10,000; City of Ionia $2,500; City of Mason City $10,000; Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce $2,500; Community Bankers of Iowa Educational Foundation $5,000; Community Health Center of Fort Dodge, Inc. $10,000; Community Kitchen of North Iowa $5,250; Comprehensive Systems, Inc. $6,500; Coulter Public Library $1,000; Crisis Intervention $4,000; Cub Cadet Childhood Center $5,000; Elderbridge Agency on Aging $10,000; Faith Lutheran Home $2,000; Family YMCA of Charles City $2,000; Floyd County Fair Society $15,000; Fossil & Prairie Center Foundation $5,000; Foster Grandparent Program – Floyd County $2,500; Francis Lauer Youth & Shelter Services, Inc. $40,000; Friends of Winnebago County Conservation Foundation $1,000; Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa $5,000; Good Shepherd, Inc. $1,000; Healthy Harvest of North Iowa $2,000; Homes for Haiti $1,500; Iowa College Foundation $5,000; Iowa Specialty Hospital Foundation $11,000; Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa $2,500; Kanabec County Community Health $25,000; Kanabec County Sheriff Reserves $3,500; Kanawha Christian School $1,000; Kanawha Community Swimming Pool $2,500; KCMR Radio $2,500; Kick Cancer to the Curb $2,000; Lutheran Services in Iowa $5,000; Mason City Choral Music Guild $5,000; Mason City Family YMCA $8,500; Mason City Police Department $1,500; Mason City Public Library $5,000; Meals on Wheels $5,000; Mercy Medical Center – New Hampton $5,000; Mercy Medical Center Foundation – North Iowa $2,000; Mitchell County Memorial Foundation, Inc. $1,000; Mora Elementary $5,650; Mora Food Pantry $3,000; Mora High School $2,000; NIACC $1,000; NIACC Foundation $31,950; NIACOG Housing Trust Fund $5,000; North Iowa Band Festival Foundation $5,000; North Iowa Christian School $12,500; North Iowa Community Action Organization $5,000; North Iowa Events Center $10,000; North Iowa Transition Center $1,000; NIVC Services, Inc. $2,750; North Iowa Youth For Christ $10,000; Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless $21,500; Ogilvie-Mora Swim Team $7,000; One Heartland $5,000; One Vision $1,000; Osage Community Day Care $15,000; Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavior Healthcare $15,000; Project Flo Association $2,000; Rockwell Lions Club $2,000; Salvation Army $1,000; Salvation Army Adult Day Health Center $11,000; Senior Citizens Center $1,000; Spin Devo $2,500; St. Paul’s Lutheran School $1,800; Stacyville Community Nursing Home $1,000; Stebens Children’s Theatre $1,000; The World Food Prize Foundation $10,000; TLC: The Learning Center $5,000; UNI Foundation $1,000; Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc. $2,000; Visit Mason City Iowa $5,000; Winnebago Council Boy Scouts of America $5,000; Wright On The Park, Inc. $1,500. 

First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. was organized to distribute funds to charitable, religious, educational and health care institutions in North Iowa and Minnesota. Application deadlines are June 1 and November 15 of each year. Since 1995, over $6.4 million has been donated to our North Iowa and Minnesota communities. Organizations wishing to apply for funding can click here for the official application form and criteria.