The 2026 Paint Iowa Beautiful Program is Accepting Grant Applications

9 Dec 2025

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Through a partnership with Diamond Vogel Paint of Orange City, Iowa, nonprofit, public, and private entities can apply to receive reimbursement for paint purchased for community enhancement projects.

The Paint Iowa Beautiful program is administered by Keep Iowa Beautiful, with the paint provided by the Diamond Vogel Paint Company. The program provides free paint to various community projects throughout Iowa.

Through its partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful, Diamond Vogel has provided enough paint to cover more than 5 million square feet of surfaces for 1,651 community projects in Iowa. Many organizations in Jasper County have benefited from the grant program.

In its 2025 grant cycle, the Paint Iowa Beautiful program provided paint for three organizations in Jasper County:

Baxter Chamber of Commerce
Jasper County Conservation
Lynnville Historical Society

The online grant application is due Friday, February 12, 2026.

For more information, visit Keep Iowa Beautiful's website.

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