
A local Perry non-profit is benefitting many organizations within the community with a large grant.
The Bock Family Foundation recently announced at a presentation in the Perry Library on Wednesday that they gave away $91,725 to 21 recipients. The recipients include organizations in Dallas County and operated for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes. Also recipients must have been a non-profit organization or a unit of state or local government. The largest grants of $8,000 went to Dallas County Hospital Foundation for smart technology and to the Dallas County Conservation Board for RRVT Connector Phase V.
Since 2002, The Bock Family Foundation, Incorporated has awarded over $2.4 million, including the recipients in this grant cycle. For a full list of grant winners visit here.
Dallas County Conservation Board $8,000 for RRVT/HTT Connector Phase V
Dallas County Master Gardeners $3,370.50 towards Demonstration Garden
Dallas County Hospital Foundation $8,000 for Smart ABI machine
DCH Foundation Family Medicine Clinics $2,000 for Blessing Box
First United Methodist Church of Perry $5,625 to replace windows & gutters
P.A.C.E.S. $8,000 for Before/After School Program
Perry Area Child Development Center $6,000 for tuition assistance
Perry Little League $6,800 to reconstruct Junior League field & practice pitcher mounds
The Perry School Foundation $4,000 towards Perry Veterans Memorial Park Field of Poppies and enhanced lighting
Perry Area Emergency Food Council $2,500 for meat protein for Food Pantry
Nudgers, Inc. $2,000 towards concrete re-staining of Big Bike Perry, IA
Pegasus, Inc. $1,047.32 to expand programming & accessibility
City of Bouton $6,000 towards Bouton Trailhead
Minburn Area Firefighters Association $3,520 for replacement of SCBA cylinders
City of Minburn $5,300 towards remodeling City Hall
Friends of Minburn Public Library $1,672 for meeting room tables & chairs
City of Dallas Center-Parks & Recreation $1,500 towards pool
Linden Public Library Foundation, Inc. $1,391 for bookshelf & storage cabinet
AHeinz57 Pet Rescue & Transport Inc $2,500 for spay/neuter clinics
Heart of Transit $7,500 for FlexConnect in City of Perry
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa $5,000 for program funding