We are pleased to announce awards totaling $150,000 to Cycle 32 Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund (BICEF) grant recipients. Since the first grant cycle in 2011, the Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund has awarded $4,612,978 to nonprofit organizations that serve Wapello County.
The most recent Wapello County nonprofit organizations to receive BICEF grants are:
- American Home Finding Association for the remodeling of a storage shed into offices and a recreational center for youth shelter residents
- Cardinal A-Club to assist with lighting upgrades to the baseball and softball fields
- Cardinal Youth Foundation to purchase a washer and dryer
- Family Crisis Center for mobile health and wellness outreach
- IHCC Development Corporation to purchase a mobile sound system for performing arts outdoors
- Latinas Latinos al Éxito Inc to assist with funding the Iowa Latinx Project in Wapello County
- National Inventor’s Hall of Fame to provide scholarships for low-income youth to attend Camp Invention
- Ottumwa Park & Recreation Foundation for pickleball courts at Bell and Memorial Parks
- STARR Workforce Inc for tools and equipment for STARR Industries
- UNI Foundation for the Fortépan project to digitize the Lemberger Collection
- Wapello County Sheriff’s Reserve to assist with officer’s portion of New Officer Training
More information about the Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund grant program can be found at https://www.ottumwalegacy.org/for-grantees-scholars/bright-ideas-community-enrichment-fund/
