Enhance Henry County Community Foundation to award grant recipients

The Enhance Henry County Community Foundation is planning a celebration ceremony and announcement of their eleventh grant-making awards and results.

The event will be held on Dec. 13, in the Union Block building on the north side of the Mt. Pleasant square at 11 a.m. Grant recipients, county elected officials and the general public are encouraged to attend.

The Enhance Henry County Community Foundation applied, received and was awarded $133,164 in County Endowment Funds. Under terms of the award 75 percent of the funds shall be awarded to county not-for-profits, communities and charities.

A special grantmaking committee of the foundation has been busy receiving and evaluating grant applications. Thirty grant applications were received totaling over $372,000.

The Enhance Henry County Community Foundation is actively seeking contributions and gifts to build the grantmaking capacity of the new foundation.

For more information contact the Enhance Henry County Community Foundation administrator, Lora Roth, at 319-385-8728 or via email at lora@kilj.com.