Bock Family Foundation announces fall grant recipients

COURTESY OF BOCK FAMILY FOUNDATION
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The Bock Family Foundation, Inc. announced that $91,725.82 was awarded to 21 grant recipients at a presentation held on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Perry Public Library. Since 2002, The Bock Family Foundation, Inc. has awarded grants totaling more than $2.4 million, including grants awarded in this grant cycle.

The recipients of fall 2022 grant awards include:

  • 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

Dallas County Conservation Board receives a Bock Family Foundation grant during a presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, at the Perry Public Library.
Dallas County Conservation Board receives a Bock Family Foundation grant during a presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, at the Perry Public Library.

The Bock Family Foundation, Inc., located in Perry, was established by the Larry Bock and Barbara Bock Estates in 2002, and is a nonprofit supporting organization for the benefit of organizations operated for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes.

Projects funded must be located in Dallas County. Applicants must be a nonprofit organization or a unit of state or local government. The foundation awards grants in the fall and spring.  Application deadlines are Sept. 1 and March 1 respectively. Questions about the grant guidelines and the application form may be directed to Scott Finneseth, Executive Director of the Bock Family Foundation, at 515-465-4641 or lawyers@fdplawfirm.com or PO Box 487, Perry, IA, 50220.

Directors of the Bock Family Foundation include Jon S. Peters, President; Brent Halling, Vice President; Joyce Van Kirk, Secretary; Jean Bromert, John C. Powell, Cat Stokes and Rusty Burgett.

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