The Bock Family Foundation awarded 23 grants to nonprofit groups in northern Dallas County Wednesday afternoon, giving out $60,084 in their spring grant cycle.
Scott Finneseth, Executive Director of the Bock Foundation, as well as Board member Paul Burrow, presented the checks to individuals representing the different organizations. Among the larger grants presented included: $5,000 to the Perry Area Child Development Center for scholarships; $6,000 to Perry Economic Development to help build a speculative home; $6,500 to Genesis Development for counseling students; and $7,000 to Perry’s Academic, Cultural, and Enrichment Services (PACES) program for the summer learning center program.
The largest grant presented was $7,500 to the Dallas County Conservation Board to further fund phase two of the “Let’s Connect” project to link the Raccoon River Valley Trail in Perry to the High Trestle Trail in Woodward. Since its founding in 2002, the Bock Family Foundation has now awarded more than $1.8 million to local nonprofits. They’ve also given nearly $16,000 in scholarships to students attending the DMACC VanKirk Career Academy over the last four years. The grants are awarded twice a year, in the spring and fall, and the next deadline for grant proposals is September 1st.
See below for a full list of grant recipients from the spring cycle.
Dallas County Conservation Board: $7,500 for RRVT Connector Phase II
Dallas County Conservation Board: $2,500 for Prairie Awakening-Prairie Awoke Celebration
First United Methodist Church, Perry: $4,000 to replace parsonage windows
City of Perry Parks & Rec: $1,000 to refurbish starting blocks at McCreary Center Pool
Friends of Perry Public Library: $1,000 for KidsFest 2019
Perry Economic Development Inc: $6,000 for speculative home
Dallas County Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,500 for Medical Equipment Loan Closet
Dallas County Habitat for Humanity: $1,500 for affordable housing education and cohosting HabiTour bicycle ride
Art on the Prairie: $1,500 towards Sesquicentennial Celebration
Genesis Development: $6,500 for counseling students
Perry Area Child Development Center: $5,000 for scholarships
Perry Area Child Development Center: $1,400 for carpet cleaning
Acorns & Oaks Daycare: $560 to purchase iPads
Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church: $1,000 toward AC & furnace replacement
St. Patrick Church: $800 to purchase Automated External Defibrillator
Everybody Wins! Iowa: $1,500 to expand PowerRead Program in Perry Elementary
PACES: $7,000 for Summer Learning Center Program
Perry Middle School: $3,000 for STEM elective class
Perry Middle School: $2,000 for DIY Robot kits & codecombat.com subscription
HomeCare Services Inc of Dallas County: $574 for food proofer cabinet
Minburn Community Betterment Group: $750 for Meet Me in Minburn concert series
Minburn Area Firefighters Association: $1,900 for Mobile 700MHz radio
Faith’s Flock Preschool: $1,600 for iPads
