First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that 37 area organizations were the recipients of $216,000 in donations in July and August of 2025.
Recipients in the North Iowa Area include:
City of Osage Parks and Recreation $10,500; World Food Prize Foundation $10,000; 43 North Iowa $10,000; North Iowa Fair Association $10,000; Northeast Iowa Food Bank $5,000; Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) $5,000; NIACOG Housing Trust Fund, Inc. $5,000; One Vision $5,000; Stebens Children's Theatre $3,000; Wright Community Connections $2,500; Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion $2,500; Belmond Community Hospital $2,500; Mercy Medical Center Foundation North Iowa $2,500; Elderbridge Agency on Aging $2,500; Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa $2,500; Charlie Brown Preschool and Child Care $2,000; Cerro Gordo County 4-H Foundation $2,000; Mason City Schools Instrumental Music Boosters Foundation $2,000; Mason City Public Library $1,500; Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity $1,000; Charles City Arts Council $1,000; City of Rudd – Rudd Public Library $1,000; Charles City Art-a-Fest $1,000; Garner Community Christian Child Care $1,000; North Central Iowa Genealogical Society $1,000; United to Serve with Passion and Purpose $1,000; KCMR Radio $1,000; North Iowa Southern Minnesota Veteran Stand Down $1,000; Mason City Senior Activity Center $1,000, City of Clarion Recreation Department Lions Park Baseball & Softball Fields $10,000.
Recipients in the Mora, MN Area include:
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services, Inc. $15,000; Ruff Start Rescue $5,000; Mora Imagination Library $4,000; CHANGING GAITS, INC. $1,000.
First Citizens Charitable Foundation, Inc. was organized to distribute funds to charitable, religious, educational and health care institutions in North Iowa and Minnesota. Application deadlines are June 1 and November 15 of each year. Since 1995, over $9.2 million has been donated to our North Iowa and Minnesota communities.