Jasper Community Foundation Awards its 2025 Grants

The Jasper Community Foundation announced $115,000 in grants to twenty-two area nonprofit organizations. Recipients of the Foundation’s 2025 grants are:

• Baxter Federated Garden Club - $964
• Baxter Recreation - $3,500
• Capstone Behavioral Healthcare - $10,000
• City of Colfax - $5,000
• City of Monroe - $5,000
• Colfax Economic Development Corporation - $10,000
• Colfax Park & Recreation Auxiliary Board, Inc. - $ 3,924
• Colfax Public Library - $ 1,000
• Jasper County Agriculture Society - $ 10,000
• Jasper County Conservation - $ 2,500
• Jasper County Habitat for Humanity - $ 5,000
• Kellogg Fire Department Volunteer Association - $ 3,800
• Lynnville Historical Society - $ 2,500
• Mingo Hometown Pride - $ 10,000
• Monroe Public Library $ - 5,000
• Newbotics-Newton Community School - $ 3,000
• Newton Community Theatre - $ 5,400
• Newton High School Esports - $ 5,000
• Newton Public Library - $ 4,710
• Prairie City Public Library - $ 3,200
• Sully Rural Fire and Ambulance - $ 10,000
• Wesley Retirement Services, Inc. (Park Centre) - $ 5,000

The Jasper Community Foundation received grant proposals from educational, municipal, and non-profit organizations throughout Jasper County. All submitted grant proposals were reviewed by the Jasper Community Foundation Board. 

The community foundation receives funds for grant making and endowment building each year from the state sponsored County Endowment Fund Program and from other public sources. The County Endowment Fund Program was established by the state legislature in 2004 to help promote charitable giving and endowment building throughout the state. These funds are distributed annually to participating community foundations and affiliate community foundations associated with counties that do not have a state-issued gaming license.

The Jasper Community Foundation was established in 1997 to receive tax-deductible bequests and gifts in the form of cash or property from individuals, corporations, and other organizations that have an interest in improving the quality of life for Jasper County residents. The Foundation has one grant cycle a year. It supports arts and culture, economic development, education, environmental, recreation, and health and human services organizations, as well as other high-impact projects and programs throughout Jasper County.