January 4, 2021 – The deadline to submit grant applications to the Tama County Community Foundation for its 2021 grant cycle is 11:59 p.m. on January 15, 2021. The online grant application can be found on the Community Foundation’s website at www.tamaccf.org.

Grants are awarded to projects in the following areas: art and culture, community betterment, education, environment, health, historic preservation and human service. Grant applicants must be a 501(c)(3) designated organization or a government entity serving Tama County in order to be considered for funding. First-time grant applicants should contact Dotti Thompson, program manager for the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, at (319) 243-1358 prior to submitting an application. Grant recipients will be announced in March 2021.

In 2020, a total of $137,324 in grants were awarded to 34 area nonprofits and government agency projects serving Tama County. Since 2005, the Tama County Community Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in grants benefitting Tama County residents and communities.

For more information, please contact the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa at (319) 287-9106.