The Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation’s Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund has reached a new milestone.
With the most recent round of grant awards, the Legacy Foundation’s Bright Ideas Community
Enrichment Fund has invested $4,104,087 in organizations and communities in Wapello County.
The most recent grantee organizations awarded though the Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund
are:
- Bridge View Center, Inc. to repair the exterior LED marquee sign
- Cardinal A-Club to install a safety backstop at the Cardinal High School Softball field
- Eddyville Community Foundation to install a concrete pad for the Eddyville Pocket Park
- Food Bank of Iowa to assist with the replacement and installation of new HVAC system at the Ottumwa
- Distribution Warehouse
- Ottumwa Park and Recreation to re-establish a tree nursery in Memorial Park for future transplanting
- into other parks in the Ottumwa parks system
- Friends of the Blakesburg Public Library to assist with electrical upgrades in the library renovation
- project
- Iowa Babe Ruth Leagues, Inc. to assist with upgrading to LED lights at the Ottumwa Babe Ruth field
- Iowa Legal Aid to provide funding for an Employment Barriers & Expungement Clinic
- Southeast Iowa Dream Center for the installation of safety and security technology at the Southeast
- Iowa Dream Center warehouse facility
The Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund has three competitive grant cycles and awards up to $450,000 each calendar year. The next grant cycle opens on February 1, 2021. Additional program information can be found on the Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation website at www.orlf.org/for- grantees-scholars or by contacting Amy Nossaman at 641-455-5260 or [email protected]
