First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that 49 area organizations were the recipients of $293,995 in donations in the first half of 2020. 

Recipients are: Cedar Valley Seminary Foundation $25,000; Charles City Community School District $10,000; Charles H. MacNider Art Museum $2,000; Chickasaw Event Center $1,000; Elderbridge Agency on Aging $5,000; Everybody Plays Inclusive Playground $5,000; Floyd County Historical Society $15,000; Food Bank of Iowa $5,000; Forest City Education Foundation $1,000; Franklin County Fair Association $5,000; Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa $5,000; Hansen-Have American Legion Post 658 $2,000; IOOF Home and Community Therapy Center $5,000; Iowa College Foundation $5,000; Iowa Legal Aid $5,000; Kanawha Swimming Pool $2,000; Lawler Firefighters Foundation, Inc. $10,000; Lutheran Services in Iowa $5,000; Main Street Mason City $5,000; Mason City Chamber of Commerce $5,000; Mason City Chamber of Commerce Foundation $5,000; Mason City Instrumental Music Boosters $9,000; Mason City Senior Activity Center $1,000; 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 Dept. $4,050; NIACC Foundation $20,450; NIACOG Housing Trust Fund, Inc $5,000; Northeast Iowa Food Bank $10,000; Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless $10,000; Northwood-Kensett Booster Club $5,000;  Ogilvie Public Schools $3,295; One Heartland $5,000; Post 733 San Juan-Marne Veterans of Foreign Wars $3,000; Project Flo Association $2,000; Rockwell Lions Club $2,000; Salvation Army Adult Day Health Center $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; 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 $7.0 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.