First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that 77 area organizations were the recipients of $435,900 in donations in 2020.

Recipients are: 43 North Iowa $5,000; Build a Better Belmond $2,500; Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud $10,000; Cedar Valley Seminary Foundation $25,000; Charles City Arts Council $1,000; Charles City Community School District $10,000; Charles H. MacNider Art Museum $2,000; Chickasaw Event Center $1,000; Community Kitchen of North Iowa, Inc. $250; Elderbridge Agency on Aging $6,000; Everybody Plays Inclusive Playground $5,000; Family Pathways $10,000; Floyd County Fair Society $13,500; Floyd County Historical Society $15,000; Food Bank of Iowa $5,000; Forest City Education Foundation $1,000; Four Oaks Family and Children's Services $2,000; Franklin County Fair Foundation $5,000; Friends of the Mora Dog Park - City of Mora $2,500; Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa $5,000; Greater Iowa Youth for Christ $10,000; Hansen-Have American Legion Post 658 $2,000; IOOF Home and Community Therapy Center $11,000; Iowa College Foundation $5,000; Iowa Legal Aid $5,000; Iowa Specialty Hospital Clarion Foundation $6,000; Kanabec County Community Health $3,500; Kanawha Swimming Pool $2,000; Lawler Firefighters Foundation Inc. $10,000; Lutheran Music Program $1,000; Lutheran Services in Iowa $10,000; Main Street Mason City $7,500; Mason City Chamber of Commerce $5,000; Mason City Chamber of Commerce Foundation $5,000; Mason City Community School District - Lincoln Intermediate $5,000; Mason City YMCA $1,750; Mason City Instrumental Music Booster $9,000; Mason City Police Department $2,000; Mason City Senior Activity Center $1,000; Meals on Wheels $2,905; MercyOne North Iowa Foundation $2,000; Mitchell County Memorial Foundation, Inc. $25,000; Mohawk Market $2,000; Mora Area Fire Department $10,000; Mora Elementary School Special Education Department $1,700; Mora Food Pantry $5,000; Mora Public Library $6,000; National 19th Amendment Society $5,000; New Hampton Police Department $4,050; NIACC Foundation $14,500; NIACOG Housing Trust Fund, Inc. $5,000; Northeast Iowa Food Bank $10,000; Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless $16,000; Northwood-Kensett Booster Club $5,000; Ogilvie Public Schools $3,295; One Heartland $5,000; One Vision $3,000; Osage Community Daycare $15,000; Our Daily Bread Food Pantry $1,000; Our Savior's Lutheran Church - Osage $1,000; Pheasants Forever $10,000; Post 733 San Juan-Marne Veterans of Foreign Wars $3,000; Project Flo Association $2,000; Quilts of Valor Foundation $1,500; Rockwell Lions Club $2,000; Salvation Army Adult Day Health Center $1,000; Salvation Army of North Iowa $1,000; Spin Development Cycling Team (Spin Devo) $2,500; St. Ansgar Historic School Project, Inc. $2,500; Stebens Children's Theatre $3,000; The World Food Prize Foundation $10,000; Trailside Park Committee $2,500; United Way of North Central Iowa $3,000; Vasaloppet, Inc $4,000; West Hancock Community School District $5,000; Winnebago Council, Boy Scouts of America $5,000. 

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 $7.2 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.